The 1994 Asian Games (also known as the XII Asiad), was a multi-sport event held in Hiroshima, Japan from 2 to 16 October 1994. They were the first Asian Games to be held in a non-capital city. The main theme of this edition was to promote peace and harmony among Asian nations. It was emphasized by the host because the venue was the site of the first atomic bomb attack in 1945. A total of 6,828 athletes from 42 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in these games, competing in 34 sports. Baseball, Karate, Modern Pentathlon and Soft tennis were included for the first time. This medal table ranks the participating NOCs by the number of gold medals won by their athletes.[1]
Athletes from 32 participating NOCs won at least one medal; athletes from 20 of these NOCs secured at least one gold. Athletes from China won 125 gold medals, the most of any nation at these Asiad. Host nation Japan finished second in total medals. South Korea finished third in total medals. Kazakhstan, which participated for the first time, finished fourth.[1]
Medal table edit
The ranking in this table is consistent with Olympic Council of Asia convention in its published medal tables.[1] By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a nation is an entity represented by a National Olympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given; they are listed alphabetically by IOC country code.[2]
* Host nation (Japan)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China (CHN) | 126 | 83 | 57 | 266 |
| 2 |  Japan (JPN)* | 64 | 75 | 79 | 218 |
| 3 |  South Korea (KOR) | 63 | 56 | 64 | 183 |
| 4 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 27 | 25 | 27 | 79 |
| 5 |  Uzbekistan (UZB) | 11 | 12 | 19 | 42 |
| 6 |  Iran (IRI) | 9 | 9 | 8 | 26 |
| 7 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 7 | 13 | 24 | 44 |
| 8 |  India (IND) | 4 | 3 | 16 | 23 |
| 9 |  Malaysia (MAS) | 4 | 2 | 13 | 19 |
| 10 |  Qatar (QAT) | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 11 |  Indonesia (INA) | 3 | 12 | 11 | 26 |
| 12 |  Thailand (THA) | 3 | 9 | 14 | 26 |
| 13 |  Syria (SYR) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 14 |  Philippines (PHI) | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 15 |  Kuwait (KUW) | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 16 |  Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 17 |  Turkmenistan (TKM) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 18 |  Mongolia (MGL) | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 19 |  Vietnam (VIE) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 |  Singapore (SIN) | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 21 |  Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 22 |  Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 23 |  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 24 |  Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 25 |  United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 26 |  Macau (MAC) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Sri Lanka (SRI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 28 |  Bangladesh (BAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 |  Brunei (BRU) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Myanmar (MYA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
 Nepal (NEP) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
 Tajikistan (TJK) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Totals (32 entries) | 339 | 337 | 403 | 1079 | |
Changes in medal standings edit
| Ruling date | Sport | Event | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 December 1994 | Athletics | Women's 400 m hurdles | China
|
–1 | –1 | ||
| Chinese Taipei
|
+1 | –1 | 0 | ||||
| Kazakhstan
|
+1 | +1 | |||||
| 3 December 1994 | Cycling – Track | Women's sprint | China
|
–1 | –1 | ||
| Chinese Taipei
|
+1 | +1 | |||||
| 3 December 1994 | Canoeing | Men's C1 500 m | China
|
–1 | –1 | ||
| Kazakhstan
|
+1 | –1 | 0 | ||||
| South Korea
|
+1 | –1 | 0 | ||||
| Uzbekistan
|
+1 | +1 | |||||
| 3 December 1994 | Canoeing | Men's C1 1000 m | China
|
–1 | –1 | ||
| Uzbekistan
|
+1 | –1 | 0 | ||||
| South Korea
|
+1 | –1 | 0 | ||||
| Japan
|
+1 | +1 | |||||
| 3 December 1994 | Canoeing | Men's C2 500 m | China
|
–1 | –1 | ||
| Uzbekistan
|
+1 | –1 | 0 | ||||
| South Korea
|
+1 | +1 | |||||
| 3 December 1994 | Canoeing | Men's C2 1000 m | China
|
–1 | –1 | ||
| Uzbekistan
|
+1 | –1 | 0 | ||||
| India
|
+1 | +1 | |||||
| 3 December 1994 | Swimming | Men's 50 m freestyle | China
|
–1 | +1 | –1 | –1 |
| Kazakhstan
|
+1 | –1 | +1 | +1 | |||
| 3 December 1994 | Swimming | Men's 200 m freestyle | China
|
–1 | –1 | ||
| Japan
|
+1 | –1 | 0 | ||||
| South Korea
|
+1 | +1 | |||||
| 3 December 1994 | Swimming | Men's 200 m butterfly | China
|
–1 | –1 | ||
| Japan
|
+1 | +1 | |||||
| 3 December 1994 | Swimming | Men's 200 m individual medley | China
|
–1 | –1 | ||
| Thailand
|
+1 | –1 | 0 | ||||
| Japan
|
+1 | +1 | |||||
| 3 December 1994 | Swimming | Men's 400 m individual medley | China
|
–1 | –1 | –2 | |
| Thailand
|
+1 | –1 | 0 | ||||
| Japan
|
+1 | +1 | +2 | ||||
| 3 December 1994 | Swimming | Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | China
|
–1 | 0 | ||
| Kazakhstan
|
+1 | –1 | 0 | ||||
| Uzbekistan
|
+1 | +1 | |||||
| 3 December 1994 | Swimming | Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | China
|
–1 | –1 | ||
| Japan
|
+1 | –1 | 0 | ||||
| South Korea
|
+1 | –1 | 0 | ||||
| Thailand
|
+1 | +1 | |||||
| 3 December 1994 | Swimming | Women's 50 m freestyle | China
|
–1 | –1 | ||
| Japan
|
+1 | –1 | 0 | ||||
| Hong Kong
|
+1 | +1 | |||||
| 3 December 1994 | Swimming | Women's 100 m freestyle | China
|
–1 | –1 | ||
| Japan
|
+1 | +1 | |||||
| 3 December 1994 | Swimming | Women's 200 m freestyle | China
|
–1 | –1 | ||
| Japan
|
+1 | +1 | |||||
| 3 December 1994 | Swimming | Women's 400 m freestyle | China
|
–1 | –1 | –2 | |
| Japan
|
+1 | +1 | –1 | +1 | |||
| South Korea
|
+1 | +1 | |||||
| 3 December 1994 | Swimming | Women's 800 m freestyle | China
|
–1 | –1 | ||
| Japan
|
+1 | +1 | |||||
| 3 December 1994 | Swimming | Women's 100 m backstroke | China
|
–1 | –1 | ||
| Japan
|
+1 | +1 | |||||
| 3 December 1994 | Swimming | Women's 200 m individual medley | China
|
–1 | –1 | ||
| Japan
|
+1 | +1 | |||||
| 3 December 1994 | Swimming | Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | China
|
–1 | –1 | ||
| Japan
|
+1 | –1 | 0 | ||||
| Hong Kong
|
+1 | –1 | 0 | ||||
| South Korea
|
+1 | +1 |
References edit
- ^ a b c "Hiroshima 1994 Asian Games". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 17 June 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
- ^ Johnson, Ian (13 August 2008). "Who's on First in Medals Race". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 11 April 2011.