Go at the 2010 Asian Games
A Weiqi tournament was held at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou for the first time at an Asiad.[1] The three events in the competition - men's team, women's team and mixed doubles[2] — were held between 20 and 26 November 2010 at the Guangzhou Chess Institute.[3]
Competitors from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Chinese Taipei, Thailand and Vietnam were taking part in Weiqi across the three events, although not all nations had competitors in each.
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's team |
 South Korea (KOR)Lee Chang-ho Kang Dong-yoon Lee Se-dol Cho Han-seung Park Jeong-hwan Choi Cheol-han |
 China (CHN)Chang Hao Gu Li Liu Xing Kong Jie Xie He Zhou Ruiyang |
 Japan (JPN)Keigo Yamashita Yuta Iyama Shinji Takao Satoshi Yuki Kimio Yamada Jiro Akiyama |
| Women's team |
South Korea (KOR) Lee Min-jin Kim Yoon-yeong Cho Hye-yeon Lee Seul-a |
China (CHN) Wang Chenxing Rui Naiwei Song Ronghui Tang Yi |
 Chinese Taipei (TPE)Hsieh Yi-min Joanne Missingham Chang Cheng-ping Wang Jing-yi |
| Mixed pair |
South Korea (KOR) Park Jeong-hwan Lee Seul-a |
China (CHN) Xie He Song Ronghui |
South Korea (KOR) Choi Cheol-han Kim Yoon-yeong |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea (KOR) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
Participating nations
A total of 77 athletes from 10 nations competed in go at the 2010 Asian Games:
- China (10)
- Chinese Taipei (10)
Hong Kong (4)- Japan (10)
Malaysia (10)
Mongolia (2)
North Korea (5)- South Korea (10)
Thailand (10)
Vietnam (6)
References
- ↑ Jiang, Yuxia. "New sports to be introduced at Asian Games 2010". Xinhua. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
- ↑ "The Guangzhou 2010 Asian Games Sports Events Programme". Official Games website. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
- ↑ "Weiqi - Sport Related Information". Guangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
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