At the 2001 East Asian Games, the

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events were held in

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from 23 to 26 May

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. A total of 45 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 22 by female athletes. All events were held at the

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, with the exception of the

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and

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events. A team of

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n athletes took part in the competition but they were excluded from the medal tally. This was the last time that

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competed in the competition. In the third edition of the

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, 20 Games records were improved over the four-day athletics competition.

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had the greatest gold medal haul with 27, largely due to the success of their women athletes, who won all but three of the women's events. The hosts, Japan, won the most medals overall, winning 11 golds, 22 silvers and 51 medals in total. The women's events over

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brought a number of Japanese records: Kazue Kakinuma broke the 400 m sprint record, Makiko Yoshida set a new record in the

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, and the

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team made a new national best of 3:33.06. Seventeen-year-old Liu Xiang set a new

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record of 13.42 for the first gold medal of his career. All the Games records in the

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s were broken, meaning that both

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(who broke the

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record) and Bu Fanfang (who broke the 400 m record) made new Games records in multiple events. Some athletes took on two individual events in the competition schedule and doubled their medal hauls: Gennadiy Chernovol took 100 m gold and 200 m silver while his Kazakh compatriot Mihail Kolganov won gold in the 800 and 1500 m.

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did a bronze double in the 5000 m and steeplechase for

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, and

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won two golds in the 5000 and 10,000 m events.

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of Japan set personal bests in the

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and

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for a silver and bronze medal, respectively.Nakamura, Ken (2001-05-28)
Day three of the East Asian Games in Osaka

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. Retrieved on 2010-02-28.

Records

Medal summary

Men

Women

* Events marked † were won by Australian guest athletes: **Men's 1500 m – Clinton Mackevicius in 3:44.87 **Women's 400 m hurdles – Sonia Brito with 56.17 m **Women's hammer – Bronwyn Eagles with 67.08 m

Medal table

References

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East Asian Games
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-02-28. *Nakamura, Ken (2001-05-25)
Day One of the East Asian Games

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Day two of the East Asian Games in Osaka

. Retrieved on 2010-02-28. *Sato, Shigemi (2001-5-27)
Ma's protege wins second gold at East Asian Games

. Retrieved on 2010-02-28. *Nakamura, Ken (2001-05-28)
Day three of the East Asian Games in Osaka

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Day Four of the East Asian Games in Osaka

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External links

Official Olympic Council of Asia website
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International athletics competitions hosted by Japan