East Asian Games
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The '''East Asian Games''' is a [[multi-sport event]] organised by [[East Asian Games Association]] (EAGA) and held every four years since [[1993 East Asian Games|1993]] among athletes from East Asian countries.
==Teams==
All EAGA's members able to take part in the Games, they are:
*[[People's Republic of China]]<ref>name designated to the team of the [[People's Republic of China]] – no athlete from the [[Special administrative region (People's Republic of China)|special administrative region]]s has represented People's Republic of China in any of the past editions of the East Asian Games</ref>
*[[Guam]]
*[[Hong Kong|Hong Kong, China]]<ref>as Hong Kong in 1993 and 1997</ref>
*[[Japan]]
*[[North Korea|DPR Korea (North Korea)]]
*[[South Korea|Republic of Korea (South Korea)]]
*[[Macau|Macau, China]]<ref>as Macau in 1993 and 1997</ref>
*[[Mongolia]]
*[[Chinese Taipei]]<ref>name designated to the [[Republic of China]] (Taiwan)</ref>
[[Kazakhstan]] is a former member of EAGA, however since it became an [[European Olympic Committee]] member, they do not take part in these Games anymore.
These countries and territories are mostly in the northern part of [[East Asia]] , and there is a similar event called the [[South East Asian Games]] for South East Asian countries.
==List of East Asian Games==
*[[1993 East Asian Games|1993]]: {{flagicon|PRC}} [[Shanghai]], [[People's Republic of China]]
*[[1997 East Asian Games|1997]]: {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Busan]], [[South Korea]]
*[[2001 East Asian Games|2001]]: {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Osaka]], [[Japan]]
*[[2005 East Asian Games|2005]]: {{flagicon|MAC}} [[Taipa]], [[Macau]]
*[[2009 East Asian Games|2009]]: {{flagicon|HKG}} [[Tseung Kwan O New Town]], [[Hong Kong]]
*[[2013 East Asian Games|2013]]: {{flagicon|PRC}} [[Tianjin]], [[People's Republic of China]]
==2005 East Asian Games final medal tally==
(''Host nation in '''bold''')
{| {{Sports result table}}
!Position
!Country
!align="center" bgcolor="gold"|Gold
!align="center" bgcolor="silver"|Silver
!align="center" bgcolor="CC9966"|Bronze
!Total
|-
|1
|{{flagicon|PRC}} [[People's Republic of China]]
|127||63||33||223
|-
|2
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Japan]]
|46||56||77||179
|-
|3
|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[South Korea|Republic of Korea]]
|32||48||65||145
|-
|4
|{{flagicon|TPE}} [[Chinese Taipei]]
|12||34||26||72
|-
|5
|{{flagicon|MAC}} '''[[Macau|Macau, China]]'''
|11||16||17||44
|-
|6
|{{flagicon|PRK}} [[North Korea|DPR Korea]]
|6||10||20||36
|-
|7
|{{flagicon|HKG}} [[Hong Kong|Hong Kong, China]]
|2||2||9||13
|-
|8
|{{flagicon|MNG}} [[Mongolia]]
|1||1||6||8
|-
|9
|{{flagicon|GUM}} [[Guam]]
|0||0||1||1
|}
==List of events==
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*[[Aquatics]]
*[[Athletics (track and field)|Athletics]]
*[[Badminton]] (1993, 1997)
*[[Basketball]]
*[[Bowling]] (exhibition in 1997)
*[[Dancesport]] (2005)
*[[Dragon boat|Dragonboat racing]] (2005)
*[[Field hockey]] (2005)
*[[Football (soccer)|Football]]
*[[Gymnastics]]
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*[[Handball]] (2001)
*[[Judo]] (1993, 1997, 2001)
*[[Karate-do]] (2005)
*[[Sport rowing|Rowing]] (1993, 2005)
*[[Shooting]] (2005)
*[[Soft Tennis]] (since 1997)
*[[Taekwondo]] (since 1997)
*[[Tennis]] (2005)
*[[Weightlifting]] (1997, 2001)
*[[Wushu (sport)|Wushu]]
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==References and footnotes==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.internationalgames.net/east.htm East Asian Games Information]
*[http://www.east-asian-games2005.com/en/ 2005 East Asian Games Official Website]
*[http://www.2009eastasiangames.hk 2009 East Asian Games Official Website]
{{Asian Games}}
[[Category:Multi-sport events]]
[[Category:East Asian Games|East Asian Games]]
[[ja:東アジア競技大会]]
[[zh:東亞運動會]]