2012 Asian Beach Games

III Asian Beach Games
Host city Haiyang, China
Motto Share the Joy
Nations participating 43
Athletes participating 1,336
Events 49 in 13 sports
Opening ceremony June 16
Closing ceremony June 22
Officially opened by Ma Kai
State Councilor of China
Torch lighter Wu Qi
Main venue Haiyang International Conference Centre
Website Official website
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The 3rd Asian Beach Games was held in Haiyang, China in 2012.

Hai Hai, Yang Yang, and Sha Sha, the official mascot.

Sports

Participating nations

43 out of 45 Asian countries participated in these games. The only exception being North Korea and Myanmar. They only participated in opening ceremony.[1] According to the Games' official website, Kuwaiti athletes participated the Games under the Olympic flag because the Kuwait Olympic Committee was suspended due to political interference in January 2010.

  •  Afghanistan (34)
  •  Bahrain (25)
  •  Bangladesh (15)
  •  Bhutan (4)
  •  Brunei (6)
  •  Cambodia (4)
  •  China (160)
  •  Chinese Taipei (40)
  •  Hong Kong (80)
  •  Independent Olympic Athletes (29)
  •  India (64)
  •  Indonesia (106)
  •  Iran (23)
  •  Iraq (10)
  •  Japan (82)
  •  Jordan (7)
  •  Kazakhstan (6)
  •  Kyrgyzstan (4)
  •  Laos (5)
  •  Lebanon (10)
  •  Macau (34)
  •  Malaysia (24)
  •  Maldives (8)
  •  Mongolia (29)
  •  Nepal (17)
  •  Oman (24)
  •  Pakistan (18)
  •  Palestine (15)
  •  Philippines (33)
  •  Qatar (31)
  •  Saudi Arabia (5)
  •  Singapore (2)
  •  South Korea (43)
  •  Sri Lanka (32)
  •  Syria (10)
  •  Tajikistan (4)
  •  Thailand (160)
  •  Timor-Leste (6)
  •  Turkmenistan (23)
  •  United Arab Emirates (10)
  •  Uzbekistan (1)
  •  Vietnam (89)
  •  Yemen (4)

Calendar

 OC Opening ceremony  ●  Event competitions  1 Event finals  CC Closing ceremony
June 2012 12th
Tue		 13th
Wed		 14th
Thu		 15th
Fri		 16th
Sat		 17th
Sun		 18th
Mon		 19th
Tue		 20th
Wed		 21st
Thu		 22nd
Fri		 Gold
medals
3-on-3 basketball ● ● 2 2
Beach handball ● ● ● ● ● ● 2 2
Beach kabaddi ● ● ● 2 2
Beach sepak takraw ● ● ● 2 ● 1 1 4
Beach soccer ● ● ● ● ● 1 1
Beach volleyball ● ● ● ● ● ● 2 2
Beach woodball ● ● 2 2 4
Dragon boat 2 2 2 6
Powered paragliding ● ● ● 1 3 4
Roller speed skating 4 4 8
Sailing ● ● ● ● 2 2
Sport climbing ● 4 2 2 8
Water skiing ● ● 4 4
Total gold medals 6 12 8 5 9 9 49
Ceremonies OC CC
June 2012 12th
Tue		 13th
Wed		 14th
Thu		 15th
Fri		 16th
Sat		 17th
Sun		 18th
Mon		 19th
Tue		 20th
Wed		 21st
Thu		 22nd
Fri		 Gold
medals

Medal table

  Host nation

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  China (CHN) 14 10 12 36
2  Thailand (THA) 13 9 6 28
3  South Korea (KOR) 6 7 10 23
4  Indonesia (INA) 6 6 4 16
5  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 3 6 6 15
6  India (IND) 2 0 1 3
7  Iran (IRI) 2 0 0 2
8  Japan (JPN) 1 3 2 6
9  Afghanistan (AFG) 1 0 0 1
9  Qatar (QAT) 1 0 0 1
11  Philippines (PHI) 0 2 2 4
12  Vietnam (VIE) 0 2 1 3
13  Kazakhstan (KAZ) 0 1 1 2
13  Pakistan (PAK) 0 1 1 2
15  Bahrain (BRN) 0 1 0 1
15  Turkmenistan (TKM) 0 1 0 1
17  Sri Lanka (SRI) 0 0 2 2
18  Bangladesh (BAN) 0 0 1 1
18  Brunei (BRU) 0 0 1 1
18  Laos (LAO) 0 0 1 1
18  Mongolia (MGL) 0 0 1 1
18  Palestine (PLE) 0 0 1 1
18  Singapore (SGP) 0 0 1 1
Total 49 49 54 152

References

  1. ↑ "China and Thailand Have the Most Members, North Korea and Burma Will Only Join in the Opening". Official Website. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
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