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The 1st East Asian Games were held in Shanghai, People's Republic of China from May 9 to May 18, 1993. The main stadium for the inaugural edition of the games was the Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium.[1] Shanghai also hosted a number of sports-themed exhibitions to coincide with the games, including exhibitions of photography, art and stamps. A total of 8 nations competed in a programme of twelve sports. Julio Iglesias and Wei Wei performed a duet at the games closing ceremony.[2][3] The hosts, China, topped the medal table, winning almost two-thirds of the gold medals on offer. Japan and South Korea were the second- and third-most successful nations. Sports Medal table | 1 | | 105 | 74 | 34 | 213 | | 2 | | 25 | 37 | 55 | 117 | | 3 | | 23 | 28 | 40 | 91 | | 4 | | 10 | 20 | 24 | 54 | | 5 | | 6 | 5 | 19 | 30 | | 6 | | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | | 7 | | 0 | 1 | 16 | 17 | | 8 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | Total | 170 | 167 | 197 | 534 | References ko:1993 km: ja:1993 pt:Jogos da sia Oriental de 1993 th: 1993 zh:1993
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