The 2023 Asia Pacific Masters Games (), the second edition of the Asia Pacific Masters Games, also known as Jeonbuk 2023, was held in the South Korean province of North Jeolla from 12 to 20 May 2023. Organised by the International Masters Games Association (IMGA), it is the second Masters Games for the Asia-Pacific region.
Host city North Jeolla was selected as the host of the inaugural edition of the Asia Pacific Masters Games during a bidding process in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2019.
Venues List of venues by administrative divisions.
Jeonju Specific City Jeonju Gymnasium - Basketball Jeonju High School Gymnasium - Basketball Vision College of Jeonju - Basketball, Squash Cheonil Bowling Alley - Bowling Jeonju Bike Arena - Cycling (Track) North Jeolla Sports Center - Squash Jeonju Wansan Swimming Pool - Swimming Jeonju Geunyeong Girls High School Gymnasium - Volleyball Hwasan Gymnasium - Wushu
Iksan City Iksan Sports Complex - Athletics (Track) Iksan City - Athletics (Road) Iksan Indoor Gymnasium - Badminton Kim's Rock Bowling Alley - Bowling Southern Top Bowling Alley - Bowling Iksan Geumma Stadium - Football Iksan Ungpo Triathlon Venue - Triathlon
Gunsan City Gunsan Wolmyeong Sports Complex - Baseball, Football, Table Tennis Gunsan Country Club - Golf
Jeongeup City Taein Seonghwang Stadium - Football Jeongeup Sintaein Football Stadium - Football
Gimje City Gimje Civic Stadium - Football Gimje International Hockey Field - Field hockey
Namwon City Namwon Chunhyanggol Sports Park - Roller Sports
Wanju County Wanju Saeng-gang Park Golf Course - Park Golf Woosuk University Gymnasium - Volleyball
Gochang County Gochang County Gymnasium - Judo
Buan County Buan Byeonsan Yachting Center - Sailing
Sunchang County Sunchang Public Stadium Tennis Court - Tennis
Imsil County North Jeolla International Archery Field - Archery North Jeolla International Shooting Range - Shooting
Muju County Muju MTB Race Track - Cycling (Mountain Biking) Muju Taekwondo Won T1 Stadium - Taekwondo
Jinan County Jinan Yongdam Dam - Cycling (Road) Jinan Culture and Art Stadium - Weightlifting
Jangsu County Jangsu Gaya Gateball Stadium - Gateball
Emblem The emblem that resembles people holding hands and playing sports is inspired by the eaves of Hanok represents friendship between participants, the dynamics of sports-for-all and the beauty and tradition of Korea.
Mascots
Achi and Taechi are the official mascots of the 2023 Asia Pacific Masters Games. Achi & Taechi are described as white and black magpies and were chosen as the oriental magpie is the official bird of the North Jeolla Province. These were the first Asia Pacific Masters Games to feature more than one mascot.
Sports The second edition of the Asia Pacific Masters Games in 2023 will include 26 sports. In 2023, Roller sports, sailing, triathlon, baseball, park golf, gateball, and judo will be added, while lion dance, netball, pencak silat will be removed.
2023 Asia-Pacific Masters Games Sporting ProgrammesIndividual Archery Athletics Badminton Cycling Golf Judo Roller sports Sailing Shooting Squash Swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Ten-pin bowling Triathlon Weightlifting Wushu
Team sports Baseball Basketball Football Hockey Softball Volleyball
Demonstrate events Park golf Gateball
Results Source:
Archery: Athletics Road: Athletics Track: Athletics Field: Badminton Men and Mixed: Badminton Women: Baseball and Softball: Basketball: Cycling Road: Cycling Cross Country: Cycling Track: Hockey: Football: Golf: Shooting: Squash: Table Tennis: Taekwondo: Tennis: Triathlon: Volleyball: Weightlifting: Bowling: Gateball: Judo: Park Golf: Roller Sports: Sailing and Windsurfing: Swimming Women: Swimming Men: Swimming Mixed: Wushu:
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.
Compared to the previous period, the number of participants and countries was much less.
Asia Pacific 8621 people - Page 90-95:
8,621 Athletes - Only 2,099 Non-Korea
5,556 Accompanying Person
14,177 Total
(6,522) (566) (392) (278) (135) (83) (78) (61) (53) (27) (18) (15) (7) (4) (3) (3) (3) (2) (2) (2) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)
(90) (16) (7) (1) (1) (1)
Guests 243 Athletes from other nations:
(83) (80) (15) (13) (7) (5) (5) (4) (4) (3) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)
Medal summary Source:
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Number of medals:
2200 G, 1441 S, 1073 B, Total: 4714 Medals
+Medal table Sports Gold Silver Bronze Total Archery 44 42 34 120 Athletics (R+T+F) 352 215 145 712 Badminton 177 173 193 543 Basketball 152 74 41 267 Cycling (R+T+MTB) 46 24 17 87 Football 82 79 0 161 Golf 14 13 10 37 Park golf 4 4 4 12 Gateball 6 5 6 17 Hockey 77 28 0 105 Shooting 52 30 27 109 Baseball 52 37 32 121 Squash 17 17 19 53 Swimming 364 264 187 815 Table tennis 92 62 100 254 Taekwondo 96 45 23 164 Tennis 77 56 63 196 Ten-pin bowling 32 31 29 92 Volleyball 86 46 24 156 Weightlifting 125 41 22 188 Wushu 89 30 20 139 Roller sports 52 46 29 127 Sailing 15 4 3 22 Judo 42 31 8 81 Triathlon 55 44 37 136 Total 2,200 1,441 1,073 4,714
Archery Compound 30+ Men's Compound Santhosh Kumar JosybhatlaKim SeunghwiNot awarded 40+ Men's Compound Jinseok HwangVignyanand RacherlaYunjae ChoiWomen's Compound Jo In-jooRajeshwari DonthaNot awarded 50+ Men's Compound Mooyang LeeCho Yang-hoOke KusumaWomen's Compound Soonam LeeWonjeong LeeNot awarded
Recurve 30+ Men's Recurve Woo Seok-jaeGido DeoPyeon DaebeomWomen's Recurve Kyuri KangHwang GaeulJung Eun-ji 40+ Men's Recurve Ann AungNamcheol LeeBongwon LeeWomen's Recurve Noh YunhwaMiyeon ParkJeong Gahee 50+ Men's Recurve Kyungwon LimJeonggeun LeeLee Hyo-sikWomen's Recurve Zanaa JurmedRegzedma RavjilBymbasuren Shagdar
Athletics 30+ Men 100 mYu-syuan TsengXuechao DongShunta Nakamae200 mXuechao DongNot awardedNot awarded800 mDongheon SeolYoungcheol KimNot awarded1,500 mSeonho LimSeongji Gaa-ngDongheon SeolDiscus throwXuechao DongLambadi Varthyavath GopalnaikNot awarded Hammer throwPurevsurev GansukhNot awardedNot awardedJavelin throwPurevsurev GansukhNot awardedNot awardedShot putLambadi Varthyavath GopalnaikNot awardedNot awardedLong jump Shunta NakamaeNot awardedNot awarded
Badminton Men's Doubles A 35+Stefan Fernandez VincentThong TeronFernando KurniawanJosé Augusto Maria da Rosa jr.Not awardedMen's Doubles A 40+Stefan Fernandez VincentThong TeronNot awardedNot awarded
See also
Asia Pacific Masters Games European Masters Games Pan-American Masters Games
References
External links 2023 Asia Pacific Masters Games https://www.imga.ch/about-the-imga/documents/host-city-reports/ https://www.imga.ch/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/APMG-2023-Master-Plan.pdf https://www.imga.ch/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/WHITE-PAPER_ASIA-PACIFIC-MASTERS-GAMES-2023-JEONBUK-KOREA.pdf