2018 Asia Pacific Masters Games
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. 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. 18 venues within Penang's four districts were utilised in the Asia Pacific Masters Games. Most of the venues for the event are situated around Penang's capital city, George Town on Penang Island. = City Stadium-Athletics (Track and field), Opening ceremony Downtown UNESCO Zone-Cycling (Criterium), Athletics (Half marathon) Gurney Drive to Teluk Bahang-Cycling (Road race) Penang Macallum Street Table Tennis Training Centre-Table tennis Residency Road Primary School-Archery Penang Sports Club-Tennis Penang Rifle Club-Shooting Hard Rock Hotel-Volleyball (beach) Dumbar Hill Penang Water Supply Corporation Badminton Hall-Badminton Nicol David International Squash Centre-Squash Universiti Sains Malaysia (Island Campus)-Netball, Softball, Football, Hockey, Tennis, Volleyball (Indoor) Penang Golf Club, Bukit Jambul-Golf Relau City Sports Complex-Swimming Relau Agro Agriculture Centre-Cycling (Mountain bike) = SPICE Arena-Basketball, Lion dance, Pencak silat, Taekwondo, Wushu, Closing ceremony = Mega Lanes Bowling Centre-Bowling Seberang Perai Arena-Weightlifting = Bukit Jawi Golf Resort-Golf 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. The inaugural edition of the Asia Pacific Masters Games in 2018 will include 22 sports. Note: Volleyball consist of Beach Volleyball too. Source: Archery: Athletics: https://d3tfdru9q5sbcz.cloudfront.net/2019/11/APMG-2018-Athletics.pdf Badminton: https://d3tfdru9q5sbcz.cloudfront.net/2019/11/APMG-2018-Badminton.pdf Basketball: https://d3tfdru9q5sbcz.cloudfront.net/2020/09/APMG-2018-Basketball.pdf Beach volleyball: https://d3tfdru9q5sbcz.cloudfront.net/2020/09/APMG-2018-Beach-Volleyball-All-Results.pdf Cycling: Football: Golf: Hockey: https://d3tfdru9q5sbcz.cloudfront.net/2019/11/APMG-2018-Field-Hockey.pdf Lion dance: Netball: https://d3tfdru9q5sbcz.cloudfront.net/2019/11/APMG-2018-Netball.pdf Pencak silat: Shooting: Softball: Squash: https://d3tfdru9q5sbcz.cloudfront.net/2019/11/APMG-2018-SQUASH-final-results.pdf Swimming: https://d3tfdru9q5sbcz.cloudfront.net/2019/11/APMG-2018-Swimming.pdf Table tennis: https://d3tfdru9q5sbcz.cloudfront.net/2019/11/APMG-2018-Table-Tennis.pdf Taekwondo: Tennis: Ten-pin bowling: Volleyball: https://d3tfdru9q5sbcz.cloudfront.net/2020/09/APMG-2018-INDOOR-VB-RESULT-All-Results.pdf Weightlifting: https://d3tfdru9q5sbcz.cloudfront.net/2020/09/All-Weightlifting.pdf Wushu: Source page 70 and 77: 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. 2438 Gold 1850 Silver 1558 Bronze 5846 Total 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: 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%). = Under 20: 25 persons 20-29: 55 persons 30-39: 1346 persons 40-49: 1748 persons 50-59: 1420 persons 60-69: 745 persons 70-79: 220 persons Over 80: 42 persons = Malaysia (3328) India (385) Australia (296) Japan (240) China (179) = Asia (30) Pacific (7) Guest (30) 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. Asia Pacific Masters Games European Masters Games Pan-American Masters Games 2018 Asia Pacific Masters Games https://web.archive.org/web/20180421031735/https://www.apmg2018.com/sport-list/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190618182647/https://www.apmg2018.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20180315152102/https://www.apmg2018.com/