2012 Asian Beach Games

The third Asian Beach Games were held in Haiyang, China in 2012.

Hai Hai, Yang Yang, and Sha Sha, the official mascots.

III Asian Beach Games

Host city	Haiyang, China
Motto	Share the Joy
Nations participating	43
Athletes participating	1,336
Events	49 in 13 sports
Opening ceremony	June 16
Closing ceremony	June 22
Officially opened by	Ma Kai State Councilor of China
Torch lighter	Wu Qi
Main venue	Haiyang International Conference Centre
Website	Official website

Sports

• 3x3 basketball (2) ()
• Beach handball (2) ()
• Beach kabaddi (2) ()
• Beach sepak takraw (4) ()
• Beach soccer (1) ()
• Beach volleyball (2) ()
• Beach woodball (4) ()
• Dragon boat (6) ()
• Paramotoring (3) ()
• Roller speed skating (8) ()
• Sailing (2) ()
• Sport climbing (8) ()
• Water skiing (4) ()

Participating nations

43 out of 45 Asian countries participated in these games. The only exception being North Korea and Myanmar. They only participated in 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

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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
	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
	Pakistan (PAK)	0	1	1	2
15	Bahrain (BRN)	0	1	0	1
	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 nations)		49	49	54	152

References

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.

• Competition Schedule

External links

• Olympic Council of Asia
• Official Website