The 1st East Asian Games

East Asian Games

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

were held in Shanghai

Shanghai

Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...

, People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

 from May 9 to May 18, 1993. The main stadium for the inaugural edition of the games was the Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium

Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium

Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Shanghai, China. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 20,000.-References:...

.

Shanghai also hosted a number of sports-themed exhibitions to coincide with the games, including exhibitions of photography

Photography

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, art

Art

Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....

 and stamps

Postage stamp

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. A total of 8 nations competed in a programme of twelve sports. Julio Iglesias

Julio Iglesias

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 and Wei Wei

Wei Wei (singer)

Wei Wei is a Mandopop singer and actress. She was born in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia and was raised in Liuzhou, Guangxi.Wei Wei recently performed at the opening ceremony of the , as well as at the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics...

 performed a duet at the games closing ceremony. The hosts, China, topped the medal table, winning almost two-thirds of the gold medal

Gold medal

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s on offer. Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 and South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

were the second- and third-most successful nations.

Medal table

1	align=left	|105	74	34	213
2	align=left	|25	37	55	117
3	align=left	|23	28	40	91
4	align=left	|10	20	24	54
5	align=left	|6	5	19	30
6	align=left	|1	2	8	11
7	align=left	|0	1	16	17
8	align=left	|0	0	1	1
Total		170	167	197	534