Soft tennis at the 1994 Asian Games | |
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Venue | Hiroshima Central Tennis Stadium |
Dates | 10–14 October 1994 |
Soft tennis was a discipline of the tennis competitions at the 1994 Asian Games. Competition took place from October 10 to October 14. All events were held at the Central Tennis Stadium in Hiroshima, Japan.
South Korea topped the medal table winning two gold medals.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's doubles | South Korea Lee Myung-gu You Young-dong | South Korea Jang Han-sub Lee Suk-woo | Chinese Taipei Liao Nan-kai Lai Yung-liao |
Men's team | Chinese Taipei Chen Hsin-teng Hsieh Shun-feng Lai Yung-liao Liao Nan-kai Liu Hung-yu | South Korea Jang Han-sub Kim Tae-kyun Lee Myung-gu Lee Suk-woo You Young-dong | Japan Takahisa Hirayama Hideyuki Kitamoto Hironobu Saito Tsuneo Takagawa Akihiro Uematsu |
Women's doubles | Japan Miyuki Kumano Yuriko Sunamoto | South Korea Yoon Sun-kyung Jung Soon-young | Japan Reiko Sahashi Miyuki Furusawa |
Women's team | South Korea Jung Soon-young Kang Ji-sook Park Soon-joung Park Young-a Yoon Sun-kyung | Chinese Taipei Chang Shih-tsung Chang Shu-chuan Cheng Shu-chen Lin Li-jung Peng Mei-yuan | Japan Miyuki Furusawa Yoshiko Goto Miyuki Kumano Reiko Sahashi Yuriko Sunamoto |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
2 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
3 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Totals (3 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
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