2003 FESPIC Youth Games

The 2003 FESPIC Youth Games, officially known as the 1st, Final and Only FESPIC Youth Games（Chinese：2003年第一屆遠東和南太平洋地區青年殘疾人運動會、2003年第一届远东和南太平洋地区青年残疾人运动会、第一屆遠南青殘會、第一届远南青残会）, was an Asia Pacific youth disabled multi-sport event held in Hong Kong, China from 23 to 27 September 2003. Around 314 athletes from 15 participating nations participated at the games which featured 5 sports.[1]

I FESPIC Youth Games
Host cityHong Kong
MottoLet the Youths Lead the Way
Nations participating15
Athletes participating314
Sport(s)5
Opening ceremony23 September
Closing ceremony27 September
Officially opened byTung Chee Hwa
Main venueMa On Shan Sports Ground
Website2003 FESPIC Youth Games

Hong Kong is the only nation that had hosted the FESPIC Youth Games, hence it was the first and only time Hong Kong hosted the games. The games was opened by Tung Chee Hwa at the Ma On Shan Sports Ground.

The final medal tally was led by China, followed by Malaysia, Japan, and host Hong Kong. Several games and national records were broken during the games. The games were deemed generally successful with the rising standard of disabled sports competition among the Pacific and Asian nations for other active sports tournaments. Later in 2006, the FESPIC organisation was officially defunct, and since then, the Asian Countries participate at the Asian Youth Para Games beginning with the 2009 edition in Tokyo, Japan.

Organisation

Development and preparation

The 2003 FESPIC Youth Games Organising Committee was formed to oversee the staging of the games.[2]

Venues

[3]

City Competition Venue Sports
Hong Kong
Ma On Shan Sports GroundAthletics, Opening and closing ceremony
Kowloon Park Sports CentreBadminton, Table tennis
Yuen Wo Road Sports CentreBoccia
Kowloon Park Swimming PoolSwimming

The games

Participating nations

[4]

Sports

[4]

  • Athletics
  • Badminton
  • Boccia
  • Swimming
  • Table tennis

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Hong Kong)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)7418395
2 Malaysia (MAS)36362799
3 Japan (JPN)31161057
4 Hong Kong (HKG)294639114
5 South Korea (KOR)1919846
6 Thailand (THA)16241252
7 Chinese Taipei (TPE)108321
8 Macau (MAC)82414
9 Vietnam (VIE)72312
10 India (IND)591024
11 Singapore (SIN)35614
12 Sri Lanka (SRI)05611
13 Indonesia (INA)0213
14 Philippines (PHI)0112
15 Tonga (TGA)0000
Totals (15 nations)238193133564
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References
  1. "Inaugural FESPIC Youth Games to be held in HK next week".
  2. "Organising committee". Archived from the original on 2005-02-08.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  3. "Venues". Archived from the original on 2005-02-08.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  4. MPC Eye 51 gold medals
  5. "Games Information at the official website". Archived from the original on 2005-02-08.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)


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