The East Asian Games is a multi-sport event organised by East Asian Games Association (EAGA) and held every four years since 1993 among athletes from East Asian countries. A multi-sport event -- 246717740 ( talk) 1859 5 October 2008 (UTC is an organized sporting event often held over multiple days and featuring competition in many The 1st East Asian Games were held in Shanghai, China from May 9 to May 18 1993.
Teams
All EAGA's members able to take part in the Games, they are:
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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. 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
List of East Asian Games
2005 East Asian Games final medal tally
(Host nation in bold)
List of events
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The 1st East Asian Games were held in Shanghai, China from May 9 to May 18 1993. Shanghai ( 上[[wikt 海|海]] is the largest city in China in terms of population and one of the largest urban areas in the world with over 20 million Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES The 2nd East Asian Games were held in Busan, South Korea from May 10 to May 19 1997. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː The 3rd East Asian Games were held in Osaka, Japan from May 19 2001 to May 27 2001. is a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshū For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The 4th East Asian Games were held in Macau, China from October 29 2005 to November 06 2005 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Macau topics. 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Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Busan, South Korea
Osaka, Japan
Macau, China
Tseung Kwan O New Town, Hong Kong
Chinese Taipei
DPR Korea
Mongolia
Guam, United States