The 2010 Asian Para Games

2010 Asian Para Games

The 2010 Asian Para Games, also known as the First Asian Para Games, was a parallel sport event for Asian athletes with a disability held in Guangzhou, China...

 (officially known as the Guangzhou 2010 Asian Para Games) was a multi-sport event

Multi-sport event

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 held in Guangzhou

Guangzhou

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, China

China

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 from December 12–19, 2010, in which athletes with physical disabilities

Physical disability

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 competed against one another. The Games replaced the FESPIC Games

FESPIC Games

The FESPIC Games or the Far East and South Pacific Games for the Disabled, was the biggest multi-sports games in the Asia and South Pacific region....

 (Far East and South Pacific Games for the Disabled), and were held two weeks after the conclusion of the 16th Asian Games. A total of 2,512 athletes from 41 Asia

Asia

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n National Paralympic Committee

National Paralympic Committee

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s participated in the Games, competing in 19 sports

Disabled sports

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. In the Games, 17 world and 82 Asian records were broken, compared with 3 world and 103 Asian records in the 2010 Asian Games.

Athletes from 31 nations earned medals at the Games, and athletes from 20 of these nations won at least one gold medal. Competitors from the host nation, China

China at the 2010 Asian Para Games

China participated in the 2010 Asian Para Games–First Asian Para Games in Guangzhou, China from 13 to 19 December 2010. Athletes from China led all the medal categories, winning more than half of the total gold medals , the most silver medals , the most bronze medals and the most medals overall ....

, led all medal categories; they won more than half the total gold medals (185), the most silver medals (118), the most bronze medals (88) and the most medals overall (391, nearly 38% of all medals awarded). Japanese

Japan at the 2010 Asian Para Games

Japan participated in the 2010 Asian Para Games–First Asian Para Games in Guangzhou, China from 13 to 19 December 2010. Athletes from Japan achieved total 103 medals , and finished second at the medal table, one spot behind the host nation China....

 athletes claimed 103 medals in total (including 32 golds), earning second spot on the table. South Korea

South Korea at the 2010 Asian Para Games

South Korea participated in the 2010 Asian Para Games, the first multi-sport event for athletes with a physical disability to run parallel to an edition of the Asian Games.-Medal Table:-References:*...

 and Iran

Iran at the 2010 Asian Para Games

Iran participated in the 2010 Asian Para Games in Guangzhou, China on 13–19 December 2010. 156 athletes represented Iran in the first Asian Para Games...

 both won 27 gold medals, but South Korea's silver-medal count (43) helped it clinch third position on the table; Iran, with 24 silvers, finished in the fourth spot.

Chinese swimmer Zhi Guo won six medals (five gold and one silver) and was the most medalled athlete at the Games, as well as the athlete with the most gold medals. Kitsana Jorchuy of Thailand

Thailand at the 2010 Asian Games

Thailand participated in the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China between 12–27 November 2010. The National Olympic Committee of Thailand sent 593 athletes to Guangzhou , and competed in 39 out of 42 sports. Thailand ended the games at 52 overall medals including 11 gold medals...

 won four golds in athletics, and was the most successful non-Chinese athlete at the Games. Rong Jing and Zhang Lei of China were the most successful athletes outside of athletics or swimming; both won three medals (two gold and one silver) in wheelchair fencing.

Medal table

The ranking in this table is consistent with International Paralympic Committee

International Paralympic Committee

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 convention in its published medal tables

Olympic medal table

The Olympic medal table is a method of sorting the medal placements of countries in the modern day Olympics and Paralympics. Officially, the International Olympic Committee does not recognize a ranking of participating countries at the Olympic Games...

. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a "nation" is an entity represented by an National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next, and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given; they are listed alphabetically by IPC country code.

A total of 1,020 medals (341 gold, 338 silver and 341 bronze medal) were awarded. Two bronze medals were awarded per event in wheelchair fencing

Wheelchair fencing at the 2010 Asian Para Games

Wheelchair fencing at the 2010 Asian Para Games was held in Guangda Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China from December 14 to 16, 2010.-Medal table:Retrieved from Asian Para Games 2010 Official Website.-Men:-Women:...

 (except women's team epee) and judo

Judo at the 2010 Asian Para Games

Judo at the 2010 Asian Para Games was held in Huagong Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China from December 14 to 17, 2010.-Medal table:Retrieved from Asian Para Games 2010 Official Website.-Men:-Women:-−60 kg:December 14-−66 kg:December 15...

 (except women's 48-, 57-, 63- and 70-kg categories). In athletics

Athletics at the 2010 Asian Para Games

Athletics at the 2010 Asian Para Games were held in Aoti Main Stadium from December 14 to December 19. There were 120 gold medals in this sport.-Classification:Athletes are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability...

 only three athletes participated in some events, thus bronzes were not awarded in four women's events (shot put – F35/36, 400 m – T12, 200 m – T12 and 100 m – T12) and the men's discus throw – F51/52/53, long jump – F36, 1500 m – T11 and 1500 m – T37. A tie for second place in the men's high jump – F42 event meant that two silvers were awarded; in this event, all medals were won by Chinese athletes. In badminton

Badminton at the 2010 Asian Para Games

Badminton at the 2010 Asian Para Games were held in Tianhe Gymnasium from December 13 to December 18. There were 13 gold medals in this sport.-Medal table:Retrieved from Asian Para Games 2010 Official Website.-Events:-Men's singles - BMSTL1:...

, due to the participation of only three players in the women's singles BMSTL2 event, no bronze medal was awarded. Only two athletes participated in women's −82.50 kg event of powerlifting

Powerlifting at the 2010 Asian Para Games

Powerlifting at the 2010 Asian Para Games was held in Asian Games Town Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China from December 13 to 18, 2010.-Medal table:-Men:-Women:-References:*...

, so no bronze was awarded. In women's wheelchair basketball, only three teams participated and no bronze was awarded.

Host nation

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List of medal-winning nations, showing the number of gold, silver, and bronze medals won

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	*	185	118	88	391
2		32	39	32	103
3		27	43	33	103
4		27	24	29	80
5		20	34	39	93
6		9	13	23	45
7		9	5	6	20
8		8	7	11	26
9		5	9	14	28
10		4	6	1	11
11		3	4	10	17
12		3	0	2	5
13		2	1	1	4
14		1	5	5	11
15		1	4	9	14
16		1	4	1	6
17		1	2	6	9
18		1	2	3	6
19		1	2	0	3
20		1	0	1	2
21		0	4	3	7
21		0	4	3	7
23		0	2	5	7
24		0	2	3	5
25		0	2	2	4
26		0	1	2	3
27		0	1	1	2
28		0	0	4	4
29		0	0	2	2
30		0	0	1	1
30		0	0	1	1
Total		341	338	341	1020

External links

• Official website of the Asian Paralympic Committee