The 2018 Asia Pacific Masters Games (), the inaugural edition of the Asia Pacific Masters Games, also known as Penang 2018, was held in the Malaysian state of Penang from 7 to 15 September 2018. Organised by the International Masters Games Association (IMGA), it is the first ever Masters Games for the Asia-Pacific region.
The multi-sport event is open to participants of all abilities and most ages – the minimum age criterion ranges between 25 and 35 years depending on the sport. There are no competition qualification requirements apart from the age requirement and membership in that sport's governing body.
Host city Penang was selected as the host of the inaugural edition of the Asia Pacific Masters Games during a bidding process in Nice, France in 2015.
Venues
18 venues within Penang's four districts were utilised in the Asia Pacific Masters Games. Most of the venues for the event are situated around Penang's capital city, George Town on Penang Island.
Northeast Penang Island City Stadium-Athletics (Track and field), Opening ceremony Downtown UNESCO Zone-Cycling (Criterium), Athletics (Half marathon) Gurney Drive to Teluk Bahang-Cycling (Road race) Penang Macallum Street Table Tennis Training Centre-Table tennis Residency Road Primary School-Archery Penang Sports Club-Tennis Penang Rifle Club-Shooting Hard Rock Hotel-Volleyball (beach) Dumbar Hill Penang Water Supply Corporation Badminton Hall-Badminton Nicol David International Squash Centre-Squash Universiti Sains Malaysia (Island Campus)-Netball, Softball, Football, Hockey, Tennis, Volleyball (Indoor) Penang Golf Club, Bukit Jambul-Golf Relau City Sports Complex-Swimming Relau Agro Agriculture Centre-Cycling (Mountain bike)
Southwest Penang Island Setia SPICE-Basketball, Lion dance, Pencak silat, Taekwondo, Wushu, Closing ceremony
Central Seberang Perai Mega Lanes Bowling Centre-Bowling Seberang Perai Arena-Weightlifting
South Seberang Perai Bukit Jawi Golf Resort-Golf
Emblem The emblem consisted of four strokes of pink, blue, sky blue and yellow represents the four spirits of sportsmanship - fairness, discipline, courage and perseverance.
Mascot CUN the cat, symbolizing "Capable, United and Noble", was the official mascot of the 2018 Games.
Sports The inaugural edition of the Asia Pacific Masters Games in 2018 will include 22 sports.
Archery (16) - 125 participants from 12 countries Athletics (467) - 1300 participants from 37 countries Badminton (138) - 538 participants from 21 countries Cycling (43) - 466 participants from 13 countries Golf (18) - 107 participants from 9 countries Pencak silat (38) - 95 participants from 5 countries Shooting (2) - 52 participants from 3 countries Squash (61) - 111 participants from 13 countries Swimming (500) - 306 participants from 27 countries Table tennis (96) - 277 participants from 16 countries Taekwondo (25) - 69 participants from 9 countries Tennis (69) - 131 participants from 21 countries Tenpin bowling (80) - 135 participants from 7 countries Weightlifting (49) - 83 participants from 14 countries Wushu (70) - 197 participants from 17 countries
Team Sports:
Basketball (204) - 245 participants from 9 countries Football (152) - 484 participants from 12 countries Hockey (162) - 157 participants from 9 countries Lion dance (40) - 110 participants from 8 countries Netball (28) - 138 participants from 7 countries Softball (30) - 109 participants from 3 countries Volleyball (150) - 199 participants from 15 countries
Note: Volleyball consist of Beach Volleyball too.
Results Source:
Archery: Athletics: https://d3tfdru9q5sbcz.cloudfront.net/2019/11/APMG-2018-Athletics.pdf Badminton: https://d3tfdru9q5sbcz.cloudfront.net/2019/11/APMG-2018-Badminton.pdf Basketball: https://d3tfdru9q5sbcz.cloudfront.net/2020/09/APMG-2018-Basketball.pdf Beach volleyball: https://d3tfdru9q5sbcz.cloudfront.net/2020/09/APMG-2018-Beach-Volleyball-All-Results.pdf Cycling: Football: Golf: Hockey: https://d3tfdru9q5sbcz.cloudfront.net/2019/11/APMG-2018-Field-Hockey.pdf Lion dance: Netball: https://d3tfdru9q5sbcz.cloudfront.net/2019/11/APMG-2018-Netball.pdf Pencak silat: Shooting: Softball: Squash: https://d3tfdru9q5sbcz.cloudfront.net/2019/11/APMG-2018-SQUASH-final-results.pdf Swimming: https://d3tfdru9q5sbcz.cloudfront.net/2019/11/APMG-2018-Swimming.pdf Table tennis: https://d3tfdru9q5sbcz.cloudfront.net/2019/11/APMG-2018-Table-Tennis.pdf Taekwondo: Tennis: Ten-pin bowling: Volleyball: https://d3tfdru9q5sbcz.cloudfront.net/2020/09/APMG-2018-INDOOR-VB-RESULT-All-Results.pdf Weightlifting: https://d3tfdru9q5sbcz.cloudfront.net/2020/09/All-Weightlifting.pdf Wushu:
Medals Source page 70 and 77: There should not be any medal table or results in the article as Master games are not like the Olympics. As mentioned in the rules of IMGA, there are no national delegation and all participants compete individually.
Total 5,846 Podium medals (G, S, B) and 1,180 finishers medals (in Road cycling and road athletics events) in all age group.
2438 Gold 1850 Silver 1558 Bronze 5846 Total
+Medal table Sports Gold Silver BronzeTotal Archery 16 15 13 44 Athletics 467 467 467 1401 Badminton 138 128 117 383 Basketball 204 72 48 324 Cycling 43 39 31 113 Football 152 114 57 323 Golf 18 14 14 46 Hockey 162 126 126 414 Lion dance 40 40 40 120 Netball 28 28 28 84 Pencak silat 38 27 27 92 Shooting 2 2 2 6 Softball 30 60 30 120 Squash 61 50 35 146 Swimming 500 333 261 1094 Table tennis 96 65 53 214 Taekwondo 25 20 15 60 Tennis 69 69 44 182 Ten-pin bowling 80 80 80 240 Volleyball 150 20 10 180 Weightlifting 49 20 10 79 Wushu 70 61 50 181 Total 2438 1850 1558 5846
Participating nations
Below are the countries of origin of the participating athletes. Note that there are no national delegations in Masters Games, as the athletes compete on their own.
Summary Source event report page 6 and 75:
A total of 5601 participants:
3328 athletes from Malaysia (59.4%).
2273 athletes from 66 other countries (40.6%).
4,073 men (73%) and 1,528 women (27%).
Ages Under 20: 25 persons 20-29: 55 persons 30-39: 1346 persons 40-49: 1748 persons 50-59: 1420 persons 60-69: 745 persons 70-79: 220 persons Over 80: 42 persons
Top (3328) (385) (296) (240) (179)
Asia Pacific
Asia (30)
(1) (2) (13) (179) (102) (73) (385) (48) (240) (20) (52) (2) (12) (host) (3328) (135) (35) (1) (52) (5) (2) (113) (64) (1) (5) (22) (6) (1)
Pacific (7)
(296) British Indian Ocean Territory (1) (6) (2) Nouméa (1) (39) (1)
Guest (30)
(3) (1) (2) (5) (11) (2) (6) (1) (1) (1) (1) (4) (4) (31) (1) (1) (17) (5) (2) (1) (1) (1) (87) (64) (1) (1) (7) (18) (47) (28) (1)
Athlete's death On 13 September 2018, Ukrainian football player Oleksandr Shcherbinin died of a heart attack in his hotel room at 6.45 am, after he complained of chest pain and collapsed.
See also Asia Pacific Masters Games European Masters Games Pan-American Masters Games
References
External links 2018 Asia Pacific Masters Games https://web.archive.org/web/20180421031735/https://www.apmg2018.com/sport-list/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190618182647/https://www.apmg2018.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20180315152102/https://www.apmg2018.com/