The 4th East Asian Games was an international multi-sport event for countries in East Asia which was held in Macau from October 29 to November 6, 2005.
Host city At the 11th EAGA Council Meeting held in Guam in March 1996, Macau, then a Portuguese colony was awarded the right and honour to host the 4th East Asian Games.
Venues Estádio Campo Desportivo Macau Stadium - Opening ceremony, Athletics, Football Macau Hockey Centre - Hockey Macau Olympic Aquatic Centre - Aquatics (Diving, Swimming, Synchronised swimming) Macau Stadium Pavilion - Weightlifting Macau East Asian Games Dome Theatre - Dance sport Arena - Closing ceremony, Gymnastics Macau University of Science and Technology Sports Field - Football Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion - Basketball Bowling Centre - Bowling Nam Van Lake Nautical Centre - Dragon boat, Rowing IPM Multi-sport Pavilion - Karate Macau International Shooting Range - Shooting Tennis Academy - Soft tennis, Tennis Macau Forum - Taekwondo, Wushu
Emblem
The official emblem is the swirling pattern image of five Olympic colours blue, black, red, yellow and green which represents the Five Elements - Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth as well as Macau as a new era multi-cultural city that fuse the Western and Eastern culture in the East Asian region with strong global influence.
Mascot The official mascot is "Pak Pak" the squirrel which comes from Guia Hill, a place in Macau which has a lot of fir trees and is the site of the oldest lighthouse on the China coast - the Guia Lighthouse. He is described as friendly, sporty and happy-go-lucky.
Motto The official motto: "New East New Era Let's All Join The Games" represents the East Asians' powerful energy that generates the new era, new beginning and progress towards prosperity with the rest of the world.
Theme song The official theme song is "We Will Shine" which represents the value and meaning of persistence, sacrifice and pain and the dreams of the athletes and the celebration of the games as part of life.Theme song on Youtube
Sports The 2005 East Asian Games featured events in 17 sports, which was a new high for the competition. 11 of them are Olympic sports.
Aquatics
Calendar Schedule Event competitions Event finals October/November293031123456Gold medalsCeremonies ● ● Diving | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 3 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 3 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 4
| 10 Swimming
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 8 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 8 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 8 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 9 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 7 | 40 Synchronised swimming
| bgcolor="#3399ff"| | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | | 2 Athletics
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 9 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 15 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 13 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 8
| 45 Basketball | bgcolor="#3399ff"| | bgcolor="#3399ff"| | bgcolor="#3399ff"| | bgcolor="#3399ff"| | bgcolor="#3399ff"| | bgcolor="#3399ff"| | bgcolor="#3399ff"| | bgcolor="#3399ff"| | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | 2 Bowling
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor="#3399ff"| | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 6 | bgcolor="#3399ff"| | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | | 12 Dancesport
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 10 | | 10 Dragon boat | bgcolor="#3399ff"| | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 8
| 8 Football | bgcolor="#3399ff"| | bgcolor="#3399ff"| | bgcolor="#3399ff"| | bgcolor="#3399ff"| | bgcolor="#3399ff"| | bgcolor="#3399ff"| | | bgcolor="#3399ff"| | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | 1 Gymnastics | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 10
| 14 Hockey | | bgcolor="#3399ff"| | bgcolor="#3399ff"| | bgcolor="#3399ff"| | bgcolor="#3399ff"| | bgcolor="#3399ff"| | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | 2 Karate
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 7 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 5 | 12 Rowing
| bgcolor="#3399ff"| | bgcolor="#3399ff"| | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 8 | | 8 Shooting
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 3 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 3 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 3 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 4 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | 14 Soft tennis | | bgcolor="#3399ff"| | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2
| 6 Taekwondo
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 4 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 4
| 8 Tennis
| bgcolor="#3399ff"| | bgcolor="#3399ff"| | bgcolor="#3399ff"| | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 3 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2
| 5 Weightlifting | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 3 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 3 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 3 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 4
| 15 Wushu | bgcolor="#3399ff"| | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 12 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 7
| 19 Total 0 27 18 22 40 41 26 42 17 233 Cumulative total 0 27 45 67 107 148 174 216 233
Medal table Medals
Results Basketball MenWomen
See also 2006 Lusophony Games 2007 Asian Indoor Games
References
External links Official website archived via Wayback Machine Results from the swimming, diving and synchronized swimming competitions.