1993 National Games of China

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7th National Games of the People's Republic of China
Host city Beijing and Qinhuangdao
Athletes7481
Events43
Opening4 September
Closing15 September
Opened by Jiang Zemin (CCP General Secretary & President)
Torch lighter Deng Yaping, Yang Wenyi
Main venue Beijing Workers' Stadium
A rooster, the mascot of the Games 7th Chinese National Games Mascot.jpg
A rooster, the mascot of the Games

The 7th National Games of the People's Republic of China was held from September 4 to September 15, 1993 in Beijing. Qi Yunhui started the Games, to be held every four years one year after the Olympic Games. For the opening ceremony, China's major state leaders including CCP General Secretary Jiang Zemin, Premier Li Peng, and Vice-premier Zhu Rongji were present. The main current games are hosted by Beijing, Sichuan and Qinhuangdao City. The games played a significant role in Beijing's bid for the 2000 Olympic Games, as they were used to test and see if Beijing was capable of hosting big international meetings.

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Emblem

The emblem is a burning torch, accompanied by the Roman numeral VII (seven), shaped into a runway by two opposite "7" symbols, representing the number of sessions.

List of Heads of Delegations

Sports

There were a total of 43 sports contested across three cities.

Locations

Beijing hosted 26 events: athletics, swimming, gymnastics, artistic gymnastics, weight lifting, fencing, judo, international style wrestling, boxing, modern pentathlon, equestrianism, Chinese-style wrestling, Go, speed skating, short track skating, cycling, navigation model, radio direction finding, parachute, soccer, basketball, table tennis, tennis, handball, hockey, and women's softball.

Sichuan hosted 15 events: diving, water polo, synchronized swimming, fencing, shooting, archery, rowing, kayaking, swimming, water skiing, aviation model, volleyball, badminton, baseball, and martial arts.

Qinhuangdao City hosted two events: sailing and windsurfing.

Records

There were 4 world records set at the Games[ citation needed ]. Three of them in Athletics were:

More details: See Athletics at the 1993 National Games of China.

Medals

PlaceNationalityGoldSilverBronze
1 Liaoning Province 444844
2 Guangdong 292826
3 Shanghai 261916
4 Beijing 212023
5 Hubei 191211
6 Henan 19817
7 Jiangsu Province 181218
8 Sichuan Province 151422
9 Hunan 141313
10 People's Liberation Army 141210
11 Shandong 121515
12 Fujian Province 1142
13 Anhui 11310
14 Inner Mongolia 101210
15 Shanxi 1043
16 Jilin 9812
17 Zhejiang 879
18 Hebei 71511
19 Guangxi 6137
20 Tianjin 5157
21 Xinjiang 539
22 Heilongjiang 41311
23 Gansu 475
24 Guizhou 341
25 Jiangxi 335
26 Yunnan 234
27 Shaanxi 155
28Posts114
29 Qinghai 113
30Avant113
31 Hainan 101
32 Tibet 001
33Oil001
34Mine001
35 Ningxia 001
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