2012 Asian Beach Games

III Asian Beach Games
Host city	Haiyang, China
Motto	Share the Joy
Nations	43
Athletes	1,336
Events	49 in 13 sports
Opening	June 16
Closing	June 22
Opened by	Ma Kai; State Councilor of China
Torch lighter	Wu Qi
Main venue	Haiyang International Conference Centre
Website	haiyang2012.com
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The third Asian Beach Games were held in Haiyang, China in 2012.

Sports

Participating nations

43 out of 45 Asian countries participated in these games. The two countries that did not participate in the games, North Korea and Myanmar, only participated in the 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 Wed	14th Thu	15th Fri	16th Sat	17th Sun	18th Mon	19th Tue	20th Wed	21st Thu	22nd Fri	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 medals						6	12	8	5	9	9	49
Ceremonies					OC						CC
June 2012	12th Tue	13th Wed	14th Thu	15th Fri	16th Sat	17th Sun	18th Mon	19th Tue	20th Wed	21st Thu	22nd Fri	Gold medals

Medal table

* Host nation (China)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)*	14	10	12	36
2	Thailand (THA)	13	9	6	28
3	South Korea (KOR)	6	7	10	23
4	Indonesia (INA)	6	6	4	16
5	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	3	6	6	15
6	India (IND)	2	0	1	3
7	Iran (IRI)	2	0	0	2
8	Japan (JPN)	1	3	2	6
9	Afghanistan (AFG)	1	0	0	1
9	Qatar (QAT)	1	0	0	1
11	Philippines (PHI)	0	2	2	4
12	Vietnam (VIE)	0	2	1	3
13	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	1	1	2
13	Pakistan (PAK)	0	1	1	2
15	Bahrain (BRN)	0	1	0	1
15	Turkmenistan (TKM)	0	1	0	1
17	Sri Lanka (SRI)	0	0	2	2
18	Bangladesh (BAN)	0	0	1	1
	Brunei (BRU)	0	0	1	1
	Laos (LAO)	0	0	1	1
	Mongolia (MGL)	0	0	1	1
	Palestine (PLE)	0	0	1	1
	Singapore (SIN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 entries)		49	49	54	152

References

^ "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.

Competition Schedule

External links

[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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