2001 East Asian Games

The 3rd East Asian Games were held in Osaka, Japan from May 19 to 27, 2001. The host China and Japan each ended with 191 medals, although China's tally included 85 golds, compared to Japan's 61.^[1]

III East Asian Games

Host city	Osaka, Japan
Nations	9
Athletes	2804
Events	15 sports
Opening	May 19, 2001
Closing	May 27, 2001
Opened by	Prince Takamado
Torch lighter	Naoko Takahashi
Main venue	Osaka Dome
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Sports

The 2001 East Asian Games featured events in 15 sports, which was a new high for the competition.

Aquatics (details) Swimming Synchronized swimming Diving Athletics (45) (details) Basketball (details) Bowling (details)

Boxing (details) Football (details) Gymnastics (details) Artistic gymnastics Rhythmic gymnastics Handball (details) Judo (details)

Soft tennis (details) Taekwondo (details) Volleyball (details) Weightlifting (details) Wrestling (details) Wushu (details) Taolu Sanshou

Medal table

  Host nation (Japan)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	85	48	58	191
2	Japan (JPN)*	61	65	65	191
3	South Korea (KOR)	34	46	32	112
4	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	13	18	26	57
5	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	6	16	31	53
6	Hong Kong (HKG)	3	1	3	7
7	Mongolia (MGL)	1	2	7	10
8	Macau (MAC)	1	0	3	4
9	Guam (GUM)	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		204	196	226	626