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.East Asian Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-05-01.1st EAG Shanghai PR 1993 . Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved on 2010-05-01. The competition featured only track and field events as there was no marathon race and the 20 km walk was held on the track.
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.Asian Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-03-11.
Medal summary
Men 100 metresWind: 3.4m/s 10.23 w 10.24 w 10.25 w200 metresWind: 3.0 m/s 20.99 w 21.19 w 21.19 w400 metres 46.77 46.92 47.00800 metres 1:47.13 1:48.75 1:48.801500 metres 3:56.17 3:56.18 3:57.465000 metres 13:47.61 13:51.67 13:54.0910,000 metres 29:03.55 29:05.09 29:41.44110 metre hurdlesWind: 2.4 m/s 13.77 w 13.88 w 14.21 w400 metre hurdles 49.93 50.84 51.033000 metre steeplechase 8:51.72 8:52.66 9:04.544×100 metre relay 39.36 39.59 40.374×400 metre relay 3:04.35 3:05.99 3:26.7520 km track walk 1:21:29.1 1:22:18.4 1:22:40.2 High jump 2.26 m 2.26 m 2.24 m Pole vault 5.20 m 5.10 m 5.10 m Long jump 8.34 m 7.93 m 7.84 m Triple jump 16.77 m w 16.58 m w 16.53 m Shot put 19.50 m 18.32 m 17.12 m Discus throw 57.18 m 51.56 m 49.72 Hammer throw 74.60 m 67.62 m 66.78 m Javelin throw 77.56 m 75.02 m 69.32 m Decathlon 7995 pts 7824 pts 7678 pts
Women 100 metres Wind: 1.6m/s 11.38 11.56 11.57200 metresWind: 2.0 m/s 23.47 23.67 23.76400 metres 53.75 54.97 55.75800 metres 2:01.68 2:03.38 2:08.031500 metres 4:04.42 4:07.25 4:14.763000 metres 8:40.30 8:44.82 8:59.1010,000 metres 32:32.37 32:36.29 33:20.94100 metre hurdlesWind: −1.8 m/s 13.23 13.31 13.35400 metre hurdles 56.21 56.96 59.084×100 metre relay 44.23 45.49 Only two finished4×400 metre relay 3:33.41 3:40.85 Only two finished10,000 m walk 45:00.32 46:08.07 46:29.39 High jump 1.89 m 1.87 m 1.83 m Long jump 6.45 m 6.33 m 6.15 m Triple jump 13.64 m 13.25 m w 13.01 m Shot put 19.88 m 18.17 m 15.99 m Discus throw 63.12 m 55.50 m 49.90 m Javelin throwOld model 64.52 m 61.44 m 60.12 m Heptathlon 6064 pts 5821 pts 5636 pts
Medal table
See also 1993 in athletics (track and field)
References
External links Olympic Council of Asia website