Athletics at the 1993 East Asian Games

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Athletics at the 1st East Asian Games
Dates9 – 18 May
Host city Shanghai, PR China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
Venue Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium
LevelSenior
Events41
Participation? athletes from
8 nations


At the 1993 East Asian Games , the athletics events were held at the Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. A total of 41 events were contested, 22 by male and 19 by female athletes. [1] [2] The competition featured only track and field events as there was no marathon race and the 20 km walk was held on the track.

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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, with a total of 62 medals. Japan was second with a total of 29 medals, while South Korea was the third-most successful nation with 12 medals. All the countries at the Games won at least one medal in the athletics competition, with the sole exception of Macau.

Wang Huei-Chen, representing Chinese Taipei, was the only woman to upset the Chinese hegemony and she won the gold in both the 100 metres and 200 metres events. Qu Yunxia won the 1500 metres – an event that she went on to set a long-standing world record in at the 1993 Chinese National Games. The hammer throw saw 18-year-old Koji Murofushi (later an Olympic champion) reach his first international podium, winning a bronze medal. Zhang Lirong 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 of North Korea won silver medals in the long and triple jump, 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: 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. [3]

Medal summary

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metres
Wind: 3.4m/s
Flag of South Korea.svg  Jin Sun-Kuk  (KOR)10.23 wFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Lin Wei  (CHN)10.24 wFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen Wenzhong  (CHN)10.25 w
200 metres
Wind: 3.0  m/s
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhao Cunlin  (CHN)20.99 wFlag of Japan.svg  Koji Ono  (JPN)21.19 wFlag of Japan.svg  Koji Ito  (JPN)21.19 w
400 metresFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yu Baoyi  (CHN)46.77Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xie Hong  (CHN)46.92Flag of Japan.svg  Koichi Konakatomi  (JPN)47.00
800 metresFlag of South Korea.svg  Lee Jin-Il  (KOR)1:47.13Flag of South Korea.svg  Kim Yong-Hwan  (KOR)1:48.75Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Han Bo  (CHN)1:48.80
1500 metresFlag of South Korea.svg  Kim Soon-Hyung  (KOR)3:56.17Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Lin Jun  (CHN)3:56.18Flag of South Korea.svg  Kim Bong-Yoo  (KOR)3:57.46
5000 metresFlag of Japan.svg  Yosuke Osawa  (JPN)13:47.61Flag of Japan.svg  Jun Hiratsuka  (JPN)13:51.67Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Jiu Shangxuan  (CHN)13:54.09
10,000 metresFlag of Japan.svg  Nozomi Saho  (JPN)29:03.55Flag of Japan.svg  Tadashi Fukushima  (JPN)29:05.09Flag of North Korea.svg  Ryu Ok-Hyon  (PRK)29:41.44
110 metre hurdles
Wind: 2.4  m/s
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zheng Jinsuo  (CHN)13.77 wFlag of Japan.svg  Nobuaki Hoki  (JPN)13.88 wFlag of Japan.svg  Kimihiro Kaneko  (JPN)14.21 w
400 metre hurdlesFlag of Japan.svg  Shunji Karube  (JPN)49.93Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Gao Yonghong  (CHN)50.84Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Du Yuechun  (CHN)51.03
3000 metre steeplechaseFlag of Japan.svg  Akira Nakamura  (JPN)8:51.72Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Sun Ripeng  (CHN)8:52.66Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Niu Xinxiang  (CHN)9:04.54
4×100 metre relayFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)39.36Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)39.59Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)40.37
4×400 metre relayFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)3:04.35Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)3:05.99Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea  (PRK)3:26.75
20 km track walkFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen Shaoguo  (CHN)1:21:29.1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Mingcai  (CHN)1:22:18.4Flag of Japan.svg  Tsutomu Takushima  (JPN)1:22:40.2
High jumpFlag of Japan.svg  Takahisa Yoshida  (JPN)2.26 mFlag of South Korea.svg  Lee Jin-Taek  (KOR)2.26 mFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xu Yang  (CHN)2.24 m
Pole vaultFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ge Yun  (CHN)5.20 mFlag of Japan.svg  Takumi Takahashi  (JPN)5.10 mFlag of Japan.svg  Toshiyuki Hashioka  (JPN)5.10 m
Long jumpFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Nai Hui-Fang  (TPE)8.34 mFlag of Japan.svg  Nobuharu Asahara  (JPN)7.93 mFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhou Ming  (CHN)7.84 m
Triple jumpFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zou Sixin  (CHN)16.77 m wFlag of South Korea.svg  Park Min-Soo  (KOR)16.58 m wFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen Yanping  (CHN)16.53 m
Shot putFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ma Yongfeng  (CHN)19.50 mFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xie Shengying  (CHN)18.32 mFlag of South Korea.svg  Lee Sung-Hoon  (KOR)17.12 m
Discus throwFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ma Wei  (CHN)57.18 mFlag of North Korea.svg  Kim Yong-Nam  (PRK)51.56 mFlag of Mongolia.svg  Dashdendev Makhashiri  (MGL)49.72
Hammer throwFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Bi Zhong  (CHN)74.60 mFlag of Japan.svg  Akiyoshi Ikeda  (JPN)67.62 mFlag of Japan.svg  Koji Murofushi  (JPN)66.78 m
Javelin throwFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Lianbiao  (CHN)77.56 mFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen Junlin  (CHN)75.02 mFlag of South Korea.svg  Kim Ho-Kyum  (KOR)69.32 m
DecathlonFlag of Japan.svg  Munehiro Kaneko  (JPN)7995 ptsFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Cai Min  (CHN)7824 ptsFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Lee Fu-an  (TPE)7678 pts

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metres
Wind: 1.6m/s
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Wang Huei-Chen  (TPE)11.38Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xiao Yehua  (CHN)11.56Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Gao Han  (CHN)11.57
200 metres
Wind: 2.0  m/s
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Wang Huei-Chen  (TPE)23.47Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen Zhaojing  (CHN)23.67Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Han Qing  (CHN)23.76
400 metresFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Len Xuiyan  (CHN)53.75Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Hsu Pei-Ching  (TPE)54.97Flag of Japan.svg  Keiko Amano  (JPN)55.75
800 metresFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Yumei  (CHN)2:01.68Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Lü Yi  (CHN)2:03.38Flag of North Korea.svg  Choi Ok-Soon  (PRK)2:08.03
1500 metresFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Qu Yunxia  (CHN)4:04.42Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liu Dong  (CHN)4:07.25Flag of North Korea.svg  Choi Ok-Soon  (PRK)4:14.76
3000 metresFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Lirong  (CHN)8:40.30Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Linli  (CHN)8:44.82Flag of Japan.svg  Junko Kataoka  (JPN)8:59.10
10,000 metresFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhong Huandi  (CHN)32:32.37Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Xiuting  (CHN)32:36.29Flag of Japan.svg  Maiko Kawasaki  (JPN)33:20.94
100 metre hurdles
Wind: −1.8  m/s
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Yu  (CHN)13.23Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Feng Yinghua  (CHN)13.31Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Chan Sau Ying  (HKG)13.35
400 metre hurdlesFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Weimin  (CHN)56.21Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Jiang Limei  (CHN)56.96Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Hsu Pei-Ching  (TPE)59.08
4×100 metre relayFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)44.23Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)45.49Only two finished
4×400 metre relayFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)3:33.41Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)3:40.85Only two finished
10,000 m walkFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Chunxiu  (CHN)45:00.32Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Cui Yingzi  (CHN)46:08.07Flag of Japan.svg  Yuko Sato  (JPN)46:29.39
High jumpFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Wei  (CHN)1.89 mFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Fu Xiuhong  (CHN)1.87 mFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Lin Su-Chi  (TPE)1.83 m
Long jumpFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yang Juan  (CHN)6.45 mFlag of North Korea.svg  Li Yong-Ae  (PRK)6.33 mFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Wang Shu-Hwa  (TPE)6.15 m
Triple jumpFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Jing  (CHN)13.64 mFlag of North Korea.svg  Li Yong-Ae  (PRK)13.25 m wFlag of Japan.svg  Yoko Morioka  (JPN)13.01 m
Shot putFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Liuhong  (CHN)19.88 mFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Xiaoyun  (CHN)18.17 mFlag of South Korea.svg  Lee Myung-Sun  (KOR)15.99 m
Discus throwFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Min Chunfeng  (CHN)63.12 mFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Qiu Qiaoping  (CHN)55.50 mFlag of Japan.svg  Ikuko Kitamori  (JPN)49.90 m
Javelin throw
Old model
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ha Xiaoyan  (CHN)64.52 mFlag of South Korea.svg  Lee Young-Sun  (KOR)61.44 mFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhao Yuhong  (CHN)60.12 m
HeptathlonFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhu Yuqing  (CHN)6064 ptsFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Xiaohui  (CHN)5821 ptsFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Ma Chun-Ping  (TPE)5636 pts

Medal table

Japan's Nobuharu Asahara was the long jump silver medallist. Asahara Nobuharu, Japanese athlete.jpg
Japan's Nobuharu Asahara was the long jump silver medallist.

  *   Host nation (China)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)*29221162
2Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan  (JPN)6111229
3Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea  (KOR)34512
4Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei  (TPE)3159
5Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea  (PRK)0347
6Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong  (HKG)0011
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia  (MGL)0011
8Bandeira do Leal Senado.svg  Macau  (MAC)0000
Totals (8 entries)414139121

See also

References

  1. East Asian Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-05-01.
  2. 1st EAG Shanghai PR 1993 Archived 2010-06-13 at the Wayback Machine . Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved on 2010-05-01.
  3. Asian Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-03-11.