2012 Asian Beach Games

The third Asian Beach Games were held in Haiyang, China in 2012.

Hai Hai, Yang Yang, and Sha Sha, the official mascots.
III Asian Beach Games
Host cityHaiyang, China
MottoShare the Joy
Nations participating43
Athletes participating1,336
Events49 in 13 sports
Opening ceremonyJune 16
Closing ceremonyJune 22
Officially opened byMa Kai
State Councilor of China
Torch lighterWu Qi
Main venueHaiyang International Conference Centre
WebsiteOfficial website

Sports

Participating nations

43 out of 45 Asian countries participated in these games. The only exception being North Korea and Myanmar. They only participated in opening ceremony.[1] According to the Games' official website, Kuwaiti athletes participated the Games under the Olympic flag because the Kuwait Olympic Committee was suspended due to political interference in January 2010.

  •  Afghanistan (34)
  •  Bahrain (25)
  •  Bangladesh (15)
  •  Bhutan (4)
  •  Brunei (6)
  •  Cambodia (4)
  •  China (160)
  •  Chinese Taipei (40)
  •  East Timor (6)
  •  Hong Kong (80)
  •  Independent Olympic Athletes (29)
  •  India (64)
  •  Indonesia (106)
  •  Iran (23)
  •  Iraq (10)
  •  Japan (82)
  •  Jordan (7)
  •  Kazakhstan (6)
  •  Kyrgyzstan (4)
  •  Laos (5)
  •  Lebanon (10)
  •  Macau (34)
  •  Malaysia (24)
  •  Maldives (8)
  •  Mongolia (29)
  •  Nepal (17)
  •  Oman (24)
  •  Pakistan (18)
  •  Palestine (15)
  •  Philippines (33)
  •  Qatar (31)
  •  Saudi Arabia (5)
  •  Singapore (2)
  •  South Korea (43)
  •  Sri Lanka (32)
  •  Syria (10)
  •  Tajikistan (4)
  •  Thailand (160)
  •  Turkmenistan (23)
  •  United Arab Emirates (10)
  •  Uzbekistan (1)
  •  Vietnam (89)
  •  Yemen (4)

Calendar

 OC Opening ceremony   Event competitions  1 Event finals  CC Closing ceremony
June 2012 12th
Tue
13th
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15th
Fri
16th
Sat
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Gold
medals
3x3 basketball 2 2
Beach handball 2 2
Beach kabaddi 2 2
Beach sepak takraw 2 1 1 4
Beach soccer 1 1
Beach volleyball 2 2
Beach woodball 2 2 4
Dragon boat 2 2 2 6
Paramotoring 1 3 4
Roller speed skating 4 4 8
Sailing 2 2
Sport climbing 4 2 2 8
Water skiing 4 4
Total gold medals612859949
CeremoniesOCCC
June 2012 12th
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Medal table

  *   Host nation (China)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)*14101236
2 Thailand (THA)139628
3 South Korea (KOR)671023
4 Indonesia (INA)66416
5 Chinese Taipei (TPE)36615
6 India (IND)2013
7 Iran (IRI)2002
8 Japan (JPN)1326
9 Afghanistan (AFG)1001
 Qatar (QAT)1001
11 Philippines (PHI)0224
12 Vietnam (VIE)0213
13 Kazakhstan (KAZ)0112
 Pakistan (PAK)0112
15 Bahrain (BRN)0101
 Turkmenistan (TKM)0101
17 Sri Lanka (SRI)0022
18 Bangladesh (BAN)0011
 Brunei (BRU)0011
 Laos (LAO)0011
 Mongolia (MGL)0011
 Palestine (PLE)0011
 Singapore (SIN)0011
Totals (23 nations)494954152

References

  1. "China and Thailand Have the Most Members, North Korea and Burma Will Only Join in the Opening". Official Website. 15 June 2012. Archived from the original on 21 June 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
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