East Asian Games

The East Asian Games is a multi-sport event organised by the East Asian Games Association (EAGA) and held every four years since 1993 among athletes from East Asian countries and territories of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), as well as the Pacific island of Guam, which is a member of the Oceania National Olympic Committees.

The East Asian Games is 1 of 5 Regional Games of the OCA. The others are the Central Asian Games, the South Asian Games, the South East Asian Games (or SEA Games), and the West Asian Games.^[1]

It becomes end in 2013 tournament. East Asian Youth Games will start from 2019.

Participants

The current members of the EAGA are:

¹Associate member

Kazakhstan is a former member of the EAGA.^[2] It now participates in the Central Asian Games.

List of East Asian Games

Year	Games	Host City	Country	Winner (gold)	2nd (gold)	3rd (gold)
1993	I	Shanghai	China	China (105)	Japan (25)	South Korea (23)
1997	II	Busan	South Korea	China (62)	Japan (47)	South Korea (45)
2001	III	Osaka	Japan	China (85)	Japan (61)	South Korea (34)
2005	IV	Macau	Macau[3]	China (127)	Japan (46)	South Korea (32)
2009	V	Hong Kong	Hong Kong[4]	China (113)	Japan (63)	South Korea (39)
2013	VI	Tianjin	China	China (134)	Japan (47)	South Korea (36)

Year	Games	Host	Dates	NOCs	Athletes	Sports	Events	Ref
1993	I	Shanghai, China	9–18 May	8	1,283	12	?
1997	II	Busan, South Korea	10–19 May	9	?	13	199
2001	III	Osaka, Japan	19–27 May	9	2,804	15	201
2005	IV	Macau	29 October – 6 November	9	1,919	17	235
2009	V	Hong Kong	5–13 December	9	2,377	22	262
2013	VI	Tianjin, China	6–15 October	9	2,422	24	254

All-time medal table

Of the 10 National Olympic Committees participating throughout the history of the Games, all nations have won at least a single medal in the competition. 9 nations have won at least a single gold medal, while China became the only nation in history to emerge as overall champion.

• As of end of 2013 East Asian Games

Rank	NOC	Participated	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	6	626	396	285	1307
2	Japan	6	288	326	395	1009
3	South Korea	6	209	256	321	786
4	Chinese Taipei	6	57	139	188	384
5	Hong Kong	6	43	54	105	202
6	Kazakhstan1	2	37	30	48	115
7	North Korea	4	30	50	77	157
8	Macau	6	23	30	53	106
9	Mongolia	6	5	14	82	101
10	Guam	5	0	1	4	5
Total			1318	1296	1558	4172

¹Former member

Sports

• : Demonstration Sport

See also

• Asian Games
• Southeast Asian Games
• Far Eastern Championship Games
• East Asian Judo Championships

References

External links

• East Asian Games Information
• 2009 East Asian Games Official Website (Link rot)
• 2013 East Asian Games Official Website
• East Asian Games Schedules

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