East Asian Games
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The East Asian Games is a multi-sport event organised by East Asian Games Association (EAGA) and held every four years since 1993 among athletes from East Asian countries.
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[edit] Teams
All EAGA's members able to take part in the Games, they are:
- People's Republic of China[1]
- Guam, United States
- Hong Kong, China[2]
- Japan
- DPR Korea (North Korea)
- Republic of Korea (South Korea)
- Macau, China[3]
- Mongolia
- Chinese Taipei[4]
Kazakhstan is a former member of EAGA, however since it became an European Olympic Committee member, they do not take part in these Games anymore.
These countries and territories are mostly in the northern part of East Asia , and there is a similar event called the South East Asian Games for South East Asian countries.
[edit] List of East Asian Games
- 1993:
Shanghai, People's Republic of China - 1997:
Busan, South Korea - 2001:
Osaka, Japan - 2005:
Macau, China - 2009:
Tseung Kwan O New Town, Hong Kong - 2013: Tianjin, People's Republic of China
[edit] 2005 East Asian Games final medal tally
(Host nation in bold)
| Position | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | People's Republic of China |
127 | 63 | 33 | 223 |
| 2 | Japan |
46 | 56 | 77 | 179 |
| 3 | Republic of Korea |
32 | 48 | 65 | 145 |
| 4 |  Chinese Taipei |
12 | 34 | 26 | 72 |
| 5 | Macau, China |
11 | 16 | 17 | 44 |
| 6 |  DPR Korea |
6 | 10 | 20 | 36 |
| 7 | Hong Kong, China |
2 | 2 | 9 | 13 |
| 8 |  Mongolia |
1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 |  Guam, United States |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
[edit] List of events
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[edit] References and footnotes
- ^ name designated to the team of the People's Republic of China – no athlete from the special administrative regions has represented People's Republic of China in any of the past editions of the East Asian Games
- ^ as Hong Kong in 1993 and 1997
- ^ as Macau in 1993 and 1997
- ^ name designated to the Republic of China (Taiwan)
[edit] External links
- East Asian Games Information
- 2005 East Asian Games Official Website
- 2009 East Asian Games Official Website
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