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2005 East Asian Games

The 4th East Asian Games was an international multi-sport event for countries in East Asia which was held in Macau from October 29 to November 6, 2005.

IV East Asian Games
The license plate with the logo of the Games
Host cityMacau
Motto東亞風創紀元運動會齊參與
Uma Nova Era para o Oriente Juntos: Vamos Todos Participar
New East New Era, Let's All Join The Games
Nations9
Events233 in 17 sports
Opening29 October 2005
Closing6 November 2005
Opened byVice Premier Wu Yi
Main venueEstádio Campo Desportivo

Host city edit

At the 11th EAGA Council Meeting held in Guam in March 1996, Macau, then a Portuguese colony was awarded the right and honour to host the 4th East Asian Games.[1]

Venues edit

  • Estádio Campo Desportivo
    • Macau Stadium - Opening ceremony, Athletics, Football
    • Macau Hockey Centre - Hockey
    • Macau Olympic Aquatic Centre - Aquatics (Diving, Swimming, Synchronised swimming)
    • Macau Stadium Pavilion - Weightlifting
  • Macau East Asian Games Dome
    • Theatre - Dance sport
    • Arena - Closing ceremony, Gymnastics
  • Macau University of Science and Technology
  • Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion - Basketball
  • Bowling Centre - Bowling
  • Nam Van Lake Nautical Centre - Dragon boat, Rowing
  • IPM Multi-sport Pavilion - Karate
  • Macau International Shooting Range - Shooting
  • Tennis Academy - Soft tennis, Tennis
  • Macau Forum - Taekwondo, Wushu

Emblem edit

 
Pak Pak the squirrel as the official mascot[2]

The official emblem is the swirling pattern image of five Olympic colours blue, black, red, yellow and green which represents the Five Elements - Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth as well as Macau as a new era multi-cultural city that fuse the Western and Eastern culture in the East Asian region with strong global influence.

Mascot edit

The official mascot is "Pak Pak" the squirrel which comes from Guia Hill, a place in Macau which has a lot of fir trees and is the site of the oldest lighthouse on the China coast - the Guia Lighthouse. He is described as friendly, sporty and happy-go-lucky.

Motto edit

The official motto: "New East New Era Let's All Join The Games" represents the East Asians' powerful energy that generates the new era, new beginning and progress towards prosperity with the rest of the world.

Theme song edit

The official theme song is "We Will Shine" which represents the value and meaning of persistence, sacrifice and pain and the dreams of the athletes and the celebration of the games as part of life.[3]

Sports edit

The 2005 East Asian Games featured events in 17 sports, which was a new high for the competition. 11 of them are Olympic sports.

Calendar edit

[4]

       Event competitions        Event finals
October/November 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 Gold medals
Ceremonies    ●       ●   
Diving 3 3 4 10
Swimming 8 8 8 9 7 40
Synchronised swimming 1 1 2
Athletics 9 15 13 8 45
Basketball 2 2
Bowling 2 2 6 2 12
Dancesport 10 10
Dragon boat 8 8
Football 1 1
Gymnastics 1 1 2 10 14
Hockey 1 1 2
Karate 7 5 12
Rowing 8 8
Shooting 3 3 3 4 1 14
Soft tennis 2 2 2 6
Taekwondo 4 4 8
Tennis 3 2 5
Weightlifting 3 3 3 2 4 15
Wushu 12 7 19
Total 0 27 18 22 40 41 26 42 17 233
Cumulative total 0 27 45 67 107 148 174 216 233

Medal table edit

[5]

  *   Host nation (Macau)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China (CHN)1276333223
2  Japan (JPN)465677179
3  South Korea (KOR)324865145
4  Chinese Taipei (TPE)12342672
5  Macau (MAC)*11161744
6  North Korea (PRK)6102036
7  Hong Kong (HKG)22913
8  Mongolia (MGL)1168
9  Guam (GUM)0011
Totals (9 entries)237230254721

Results edit

Basketball edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Men   Chinese Taipei   Japan   China
Women   China   Chinese Taipei   South Korea

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "The 4th East Asian Games". Archived from the original on 2005-12-10.
  2. ^ Emblem, Slogan, Mascot, Anthem
  3. ^ Theme song on Youtube
  4. ^ Schedule
  5. ^ Medals

External links edit

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