At the

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, the

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events were held at the

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. A total of 41 events were contested, of which 22 by male and 19 by female athletes. The competition featured only

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events as there was no marathon race and the 20 km walk was held on the track. The host country, China, dominated the proceedings by winning the most gold medals and having the highest overall total. Chinese athletes won 29 of the 41 events, and won all of the women's competitions except two sprinting events. Japan was a clear second with a total of 29 medals, while

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was the third-most successful nation. All the countries at the Games won at least one medal in the athletics competition, with the sole exception of

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. Wang Huei-Chen, representing Chinese Taipei, was the only woman to upset the Chinese hegemony and she won the gold in both the

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and

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events. Qu Yunxia won the

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– an event that she went on to set a long-standing

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in at the

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. The

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saw 18-year-old

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(later an

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) reach his first international podium, winning a bronze medal.

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became the first and only women's 3000 metres champion of the Games as the event was replaced with the 5000 metres in 1997. Three athletes reached the podium in two individual events:

Li Yong-Ae Ri Yong-ae (born 4 November 1965) is a retired North Korean long jumper. Her personal best jump was 6.79 metres, achieved in May 1988 in Kuala Lumpur. This is the current North Korean record. She also holds the national 100 metres The 100 ...

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won silver medals in the

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and

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, her teammate Choi Ok-Soon was the 800 m and 1500 m bronze medallist, and Lee Myung-Sun won the javelin silver and shot put bronze. A number of athletes went on to further success at the

1994 Asian Games The 1994 Asian Games ( ja, 1994年アジア競技大会, ''Senkyūhyakukyūjūyon-nen Ajia kyōgi taikai''), also known as the XII Asiad and the 12th Asian Games ( ja, 第12回アジア競技大会, Daijūni-kai Ajia kyōgi taikai), were held from ...

: among the men's East Asian Games gold medallists, Lee Jin-Il, Shunji Karube, Takahisa Yoshida, Bi Zhong and Zhang Lianbiao also became the Asian champion in their event. On the women's side, Wang Huei-Chen, Qu Yunxia and Min Chunfeng went on to add the 1994 Asian gold to their East Asian titles.Asian Games
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Medal summary

Men

Women

Medal table

References

External links

Olympic Council of Asia website
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Medal summary

Men

Women

Medal table

See also

References

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