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The East Asian Games was a
multi-sport event A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of interna ...
organized by the East Asian Games Association (EAGA) and held every four years from 1993 to
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. Among those who competed included athletes from
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n countries and territories of the
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(OCA), as well as the Pacific island nation of
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, which is a member of the
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. The East Asian Games was one of five subregional Games of the
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(OCA). The others are the Central Asian Games, the
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, the
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(or SEA Games), and the West Asian Games.Games page
of the website of the
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; retrieved 2010-07-09. It ended after the 2013 tournament. Instead, the East Asian Youth Games had a plan to start in
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,
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in 2019 but failed. The
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(OCA) plans to revive the East Asian Games, after the cancellation of the 2019 East Asian Youth Games due to the 2018 Taiwanese referendum, where one of the questions inquired whether Taiwan should participate in Olympics using the name, "Taiwan", instead of
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. The vote was eventually vetoed by the Taiwanese voters, but the game was officially cancelled regardless due to the Chinese government exerting political pressures over the Olympic Council.


Participating nations

All 8 countries whose
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is recognized by the East Asian Games Association and 1 country whose
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is recognized by the
Oceania National Olympic Committees The Oceania National Olympic Committees (acronym: ONOC) is an international organization that congregates the 17 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of Oceania. It often assembles with other continental NOCs in the form of the Association of Nat ...
. * * * * * * * * *
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
is a former member of the EAGA. It now participates in the Central Asian Games.


List of East Asian Games


Medal count

Of the 10 National Olympic Committees participating throughout the history of the Games, all nations have won at least a single medal in the competition. 9 nations have won at least a single gold medal. 1Former member


Sports

30 sports were competed in East Asian Games history, including the 2013 edition in
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. * Aquatics ** ** ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Tennis ** ** *Volleyball ** * * * *


See also

* Events of the
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(Continental) **
Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until t ...
** Asian Winter Games **
Asian Youth Games The Asian Youth Games, also known as AYG, is a multi-sport event held every four years among Sportsperson, athletes from all over Asia. The Games have been organized by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). The Games are described as the second lar ...
**
Asian Beach Games The Asian Beach Games, also known as ABG, is a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games have been organized by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). The Games are described as the second or third largest ...
**
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games The Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (abbreviated as AIMAG) is a pancontinental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. It is organised by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and consists of Indoor and martia ...
* Events of the
OCA OCA or Oca may refer to: Places and jurisdictions * The ancient town and bishopric Oca in Asia Minor (present Asia Turkey), now a Latin Catholic titular see * The former Spanish Oca, modern Villafranca Montes de Oca, also see of a medieval bis ...
(Subregional) ** Central Asian Games ** East Asian Youth Games **
South Asian Games The South Asian Games (SAG or SA Games), formerly known as the South Asian Federation Games (SAFG or SAF Games), is a quadrennial multi-sport event held among the athletes from South Asia. The governing body of these games is South Asia Olympic ...
**
Southeast Asian Games The Southeast Asian Games, also known as the SEA Games, is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games are under the regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with sup ...
** West Asian Games * Events of the APC (Continental) **
Asian Para Games The Asian Para Games also known as Para Asiad is a multi-sport event regulated by the Asian Paralympic Committee that's held every four years after every Asian Games for athletes with physical disabilities. Both events had adopted the strateg ...
** Asian Winter Para Games **
Asian Youth Para Games The Asian Para Games also known as Para Asiad is a multi-sport event regulated by the Asian Paralympic Committee that's held every four years after every Asian Games for athletes with physical disabilities. Both events had adopted the strateg ...
**
Asian Youth Winter Para Games Asian may refer to: * Items from or related to the continent of Asia: ** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia ** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia ** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...
* Events of the APC (Subregional) **
ASEAN Para Games The ASEAN Para Games is a biennial multi-sport event held after every Southeast Asian Games involving disabled athletes from the current 11 Southeast Asia countries. Participating athletes have a variety of disabilities ranging from spastic, c ...


References


External links


East Asian Games Information


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2013 East Asian Games official website


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