Host city | Penang, Malaysia |
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Motto | Beyond the Games |
Athletes | 5564[1] from 67 nations |
Events | 22 sports |
Opening | 8 September 2018 |
Closing | 15 September 2018 |
Opened by | Abdul Rahman Abbas Governor of Penang[2] |
Main venue | City Stadium, George Town |
Website | Asia Pacific Masters Games Penang 2018 |
The 2018 Asia Pacific Masters Games (Malay: Sukan Masters Asia Pasifik 2018), the inaugural edition of the Asia Pacific Masters Games, also known as Penang 2018, was held in the Malaysian state of Penang from 7 to 15 September 2018. Organised by the International Masters Games Association (IMGA), it is the first ever Masters Games for the Asia-Pacific region.
The multi-sport event is open to participants of all abilities and most ages – the minimum age criterion ranges between 25 and 35 years depending on the sport. There are no competition qualification requirements apart from the age requirement and membership in that sport's governing body.[3]
Penang was selected as the host of the inaugural edition of the Asia Pacific Masters Games during a bidding process in Nice, France in 2015.[4]
18 venues within Penang's four districts were utilised in the Asia Pacific Masters Games.[5] Most of the venues for the event are situated around Penang's capital city, George Town on Penang Island.
The emblem consisted of four strokes of pink, blue, sky blue and yellow represents the four spirits of sportsmanship - fairness, discipline, courage and perseverance.
CUN the cat, symbolizing "Capable, United and Noble", was the official mascot of the 2018 Games.[8]
The inaugural edition of the Asia Pacific Masters Games in 2018 will include 22 sports.[9]
Team Sports:
Source:[10]
Source page 70 and 77:[10] There should not be any medal table or results in the article as Master games are not like the Olympics. As mentioned in the rules of IMGA, there are no national delegation and all participants compete individually.
Total 5,846 Podium medals (G,S,B) and 1,180 finishers medals (in Road cycling and road athletics events) in all age group.
Sports | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Archery | 16 | 15 | 13 | 44 |
Athletics | 467 | 467 | 467 | 1401 |
Badminton | 138 | 128 | 117 | 383 |
Basketball | 204 | 72 | 48 | 324 |
Cycling | 43 | 39 | 31 | 113 |
Football | 152 | 114 | 57 | 323 |
Golf | 18 | 14 | 14 | 46 |
Hockey | 162 | 126 | 126 | 414 |
Lion dance | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 |
Netball | 28 | 28 | 28 | 84 |
Pencak silat | 38 | 27 | 27 | 92 |
Shooting | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Softball | 30 | 60 | 30 | 120 |
Squash | 61 | 50 | 35 | 146 |
Swimming | 500 | 333 | 261 | 1094 |
Table tennis | 96 | 65 | 53 | 214 |
Taekwondo | 25 | 20 | 15 | 60 |
Tennis | 69 | 69 | 44 | 182 |
Ten-pin bowling | 80 | 80 | 80 | 240 |
Volleyball | 150 | 20 | 10 | 180 |
Weightlifting | 49 | 20 | 10 | 79 |
Wushu | 70 | 61 | 50 | 181 |
Total | 2438 | 1850 | 1558 | 5846 |
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.
Source event report page 6 and 75:[11]
A total of 5601 participants:
3328 athletes from Malaysia (59.4%).
2273 athletes from 66 other countries (40.6%).
4,073 men (73%) and 1,528 women (27%).
On 13 September 2018, Ukrainian football player Oleksandr Shcherbinin died of a heart attack in his hotel room at 6.45 am, after he complained of chest pain and collapsed.[12]