2023 Asia Pacific Masters Games

2023 Asia Pacific Masters Games
Host cityNorth Jeolla, South Korea
MottoEnjoy Sports! Play Life!
Athletes8,621 from 60 nations
Events26 sports
Opening12 May 2023
Closing20 May 2023
Websitehttps://www.apmg2023.kr

The 2023 Asia Pacific Masters Games (Korean: 2023 아시아 태평양 마스터즈 게임), the second edition of the Asia Pacific Masters Games, also known as Jeonbuk 2023, was held in the South Korean province of North Jeolla from 12 to 20 May 2023. Organised by the International Masters Games Association (IMGA), it is the second Masters Games for the Asia-Pacific region.[1]

Host city

North Jeolla was selected as the host of the inaugural edition of the Asia Pacific Masters Games during a bidding process in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2019.[2]

Venues

List of venues by administrative divisions.[3]

Jeonju Specific City

  • Jeonju Gymnasium - Basketball
  • Jeonju High School Gymnasium - Basketball
  • Vision College of Jeonju - Basketball, Squash
  • Cheonil Bowling Alley - Bowling
  • Jeonju Bike Arena - Cycling (Track)
  • North Jeolla Sports Center - Squash
  • Jeonju Wansan Swimming Pool - Swimming
  • Jeonju Geunyeong Girls High School Gymnasium - Volleyball
  • Hwasan Gymnasium - Wushu

Iksan City

  • Iksan Sports Complex - Athletics (Track)
  • Iksan City - Athletics (Road)
  • Iksan Indoor Gymnasium - Badminton
  • Kim's Rock Bowling Alley - Bowling
  • Southern Top Bowling Alley - Bowling
  • Iksan Geumma Stadium - Football
  • Iksan Ungpo Triathlon Venue - Triathlon

Gunsan City

  • Gunsan Wolmyeong Sports Complex - Baseball, Football, Table Tennis
  • Gunsan Country Club - Golf

Jeongeup City

  • Taein Seonghwang Stadium - Football
  • Jeongeup Sintaein Football Stadium - Football

Gimje City

  • Gimje Civic Stadium - Football
  • Gimje International Hockey Field - Field hockey

Namwon City

  • Namwon Chunhyanggol Sports Park - Roller Sports

Wanju County

  • Wanju Saeng-gang Park Golf Course - Park Golf
  • Woosuk University Gymnasium - Volleyball

Gochang County

  • Gochang County Gymnasium - Judo

Buan County

  • Buan Byeonsan Yachting Center - Sailing

Sunchang County

  • Sunchang Public Stadium Tennis Court - Tennis

Imsil County

  • North Jeolla International Archery Field - Archery
  • North Jeolla International Shooting Range - Shooting

Muju County

  • Muju MTB Race Track - Cycling (Mountain Biking)
  • Muju Taekwondo Won T1 Stadium - Taekwondo

Jinan County

  • Jinan Yongdam Dam - Cycling (Road)
  • Jinan Culture and Art Stadium - Weightlifting

Jangsu County

  • Jangsu Gaya Gateball Stadium - Gateball

Emblem

The emblem that resembles people holding hands and playing sports is inspired by the eaves of Hanok represents friendship between participants, the dynamics of sports-for-all and the beauty and tradition of Korea.

Mascots

Achi (left) and Taechi (right).

Achi and Taechi are the official mascots of the 2023 Asia Pacific Masters Games. Achi & Taechi are described as white and black magpies and were chosen as the oriental magpie is the official bird of the North Jeolla Province. These were the first Asia Pacific Masters Games to feature more than one mascot.[4][5]

Sports

The second edition of the Asia Pacific Masters Games in 2023 will include 26 sports.[6] In 2023, Roller sports, sailing, triathlon, baseball, park golf, gateball, and judo will be added, while lion dance, netball, pencak silat will be removed.

2023 Asia-Pacific Masters Games Sporting Programmes

Results

Source:[7][8]

  1. Archery:[9]
  2. Athletics Road:[10]
  3. Athletics Track:[11]
  4. Athletics Field:[12]
  5. Badminton Men and Mixed:[13]
  6. Badminton Women:[14]
  7. Baseball and Softball:[15]
  8. Basketball:[16]
  9. Cycling Road:[17]
  10. Cycling Cross Country:[18]
  11. Cycling Track:[19]
  12. Hockey:[20]
  13. Football:[21]
  14. Golf:[22]
  15. Shooting:[23]
  16. Squash:[24]
  17. Table Tennis:[25]
  18. Taekwondo:[26]
  19. Tennis:[27]
  20. Triathlon:[28]
  21. Volleyball:[29]
  22. Weightlifting:[30]
  23. Bowling:[31]
  24. Gateball:[32]
  25. Judo:[33]
  26. Park Golf:[34]
  27. Roller Sports:[35]
  28. Sailing and Windsurfing:[36]
  29. Swimming Women:[37]
  30. Swimming Men:[38]
  31. Swimming Mixed:[39]
  32. Wushu:[40]

Participating nations

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.

Compared to the previous period, the number of participants and countries was much less.

Asia Pacific

8621 people - Page 90-95:[41]

8,621 Athletes - Only 2,099 Non-Korea

5,556 Accompanying Person

14,177 Total

  1.  South Korea (6,522)
  2.  Mongolia (566)
  3.  India (392)
  4.  China (278)
  5.  Hong Kong (135)
  6.  Japan (83)
  7.  Kazakhstan (78)
  8.  Malaysia (61)
  9.  Singapore (53)
  10.  Indonesia (27)
  11.  Sri Lanka (18)
  12.  Chinese Taipei (15)
  13.  Vietnam (7)
  14.  Macau (4)
  15.  Philippines (3)
  16.  Qatar (3)
  17.  Tajikistan (3)
  18.  Myanmar (2)
  19.  Kuwait (2)
  20.  Uzbekistan (2)
  21.  Kyrgyzstan (1)
  22.  Iran (1)
  23.  Bahrain (1)
  24.  Nepal (1)
  25.  Pakistan (1)
  26.  Bangladesh (1)
  27.  Brunei (1)
  28.  Thailand (1)
  1.  Australia (90)
  2.  New Zealand (16)
  3.  Fiji (7)
  4.  New Caledonia (1)
  5.  Papua New Guinea (1)
  6.  Guam (1)

Guests

243 Athletes from other nations:

  1.  Uganda (83)
  2.  United States (80)
  3.  Great Britain (15)
  4.  Canada (13)
  5.  France (7)
  6.  Hungary (5)
  7.  Switzerland (5)
  8.  South Africa (4)
  9.  Ukraine (4)
  10.  Russia (3)
  11.  Egypt (2)
  12.  Brazil (2)
  13.  Turkey (2)
  14.  Norway (2)
  15.  Germany (2)
  16.  Bulgaria (2)
  17.  Belgium (2)
  18.  Finland (2)
  19.  Burkina Faso (1)
  20.  Trinidad and Tobago (1)
  21.  Chile (1)
  22.  Guatemala (1)
  23.  Guyana (1)
  24.  Netherlands (1)
  25.  Italy (1)
  26.  Portugal (1)

Medal summary

Source:[42]

Page 95:[43]

Number of medals:

2200 G, 1441 S, 1073 B, Total: 4714 Medals

Medal table
Sports Gold Silver Bronze Total
Archery 44 42 34 120
Athletics (R+T+F) 352 215 145 712
Badminton 177 173 193 543
Basketball 152 74 41 267
Cycling (R+T+MTB) 46 24 17 87
Football 82 79 0 161
Golf 14 13 10 37
Park golf 4 4 4 12
Gateball 6 5 6 17
Hockey 77 28 0 105
Shooting 52 30 27 109
Baseball 52 37 32 121
Squash 17 17 19 53
Swimming 364 264 187 815
Table tennis 92 62 100 254
Taekwondo 96 45 23 164
Tennis 77 56 63 196
Ten-pin bowling 32 31 29 92
Volleyball 86 46 24 156
Weightlifting 125 41 22 188
Wushu 89 30 20 139
Roller sports 52 46 29 127
Sailing 15 4 3 22
Judo 42 31 8 81
Triathlon 55 44 37 136
Total 2,200 1,441 1,073 4,714

Archery

Compound

30+
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Compound  India
Santhosh Kumar Josybhatla 		 South Korea
Kim Seunghwi 		Not awarded
40+
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Compound  South Korea
Jinseok Hwang 		 India
Vignyanand Racherla 		 South Korea
Yunjae Choi
Women's Compound  South Korea
Jo In-joo 		 India
Rajeshwari Dontha 		Not awarded
50+
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Compound  South Korea
Mooyang Lee 		 South Korea
Cho Yang-ho 		 Indonesia
Oke Kusuma
Women's Compound  South Korea
Soonam Lee 		 South Korea
Wonjeong Lee 		Not awarded

Recurve

30+
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Recurve  South Korea
Woo Seok-jae 		 Mongolia
Gido Deo 		 South Korea
Pyeon Daebeom
Women's Recurve  South Korea
Kyuri Kang 		 South Korea
Hwang Gaeul 		 South Korea
Jung Eun-ji
40+
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Recurve  South Korea
Ann Aung 		 South Korea
Namcheol Lee 		 South Korea
Bongwon Lee
Women's Recurve  South Korea
Noh Yunhwa 		 South Korea
Miyeon Park 		 South Korea
Jeong Gahee
50+
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Recurve  South Korea
Kyungwon Lim 		 South Korea
Jeonggeun Lee 		 South Korea
Lee Hyo-sik
Women's Recurve  Mongolia
Zanaa Jurmed 		 Mongolia
Regzedma Ravjil 		 Mongolia
Bymbasuren Shagdar

Athletics

30+
Men
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m  Chinese Taipei
Yu-syuan Tseng 		 China
Xuechao Dong 		 Japan
Shunta Nakamae
200 m  China
Xuechao Dong 		Not awarded Not awarded
800 m  South Korea
Dongheon Seol 		 South Korea
Youngcheol Kim 		Not awarded
1,500 m  South Korea
Seonho Lim 		 South Korea
Seongji Gaa-ng 		 South Korea
Dongheon Seol
Discus throw  China
Xuechao Dong 		 India
Lambadi Varthyavath Gopalnaik 		Not awarded
Hammer throw  Mongolia
Purevsurev Gansukh 		Not awarded Not awarded
Javelin throw  Mongolia
Purevsurev Gansukh 		Not awarded Not awarded
Shot put  India
Lambadi Varthyavath Gopalnaik 		Not awarded Not awarded
Long jump  Japan
Shunta Nakamae 		Not awarded Not awarded

Badminton

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Doubles A 35+  India
Stefan Fernandez Vincent
Thong Teron 		 Indonesia
Fernando Kurniawan
 Portugal
José Augusto Maria da Rosa jr. 		Not awarded
Men's Doubles A 40+  India
Stefan Fernandez Vincent
Thong Teron 		Not awarded Not awarded

See also

References

  1. ^ "Calendar". web.archive.org. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  2. ^ "Jeollabuk-do wins the bid to host APMG 2022". Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the Swiss Confederation. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Venues".
  4. ^ "The story behind the APMG Jeonbuk 2023 Logo and Mascots design". International Master Games Association. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Brand Identity".
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  8. ^ "Sports Results".
  9. ^ "Archery Results, September 2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Athletics Road Results, September 2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2024.
  11. ^ "Athletics Track Results, September 2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2024.
  12. ^ "Athletics Field Results, September 2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2024.
  13. ^ "Badminton Men and Mixed Results, September 2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2024.
  14. ^ "Badminton Women Results, September 2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2024.
  15. ^ "Baseball Results, September 2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2024.
  16. ^ "Basketball Results, September 2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2024.
  17. ^ "Cycling Road Results, September 2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2024.
  18. ^ "Cycling Cross Country Results, September 2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2024.
  19. ^ "Cycling Track Results, September 2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2024.
  20. ^ "Hockey Results, September 2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2023.
  21. ^ "Football Results, September 2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2024.
  22. ^ "Golf Results, September 2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2024.
  23. ^ "Shooting Results, September 2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2024.
  24. ^ "Squash Results, September 2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2023.
  25. ^ "Table Tennis Results, September 2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2024.
  26. ^ "Taekwondo Results, September 2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2024.
  27. ^ "Tennis Results, September 2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2024.
  28. ^ "Triathlon Results, September 2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2024.
  29. ^ "Volleyball Results, September 2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2024.
  30. ^ "Weightlifting Results, September 2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2024.
  31. ^ "Bowling Results, September 2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2024.
  32. ^ "Gateball Results, September 2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2024.
  33. ^ "Judo Results, September 2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2024.
  34. ^ "Park Golf Results, September 2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2024.
  35. ^ "Roller Sports Results, September 2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2024.
  36. ^ "Sailing Results, September 2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2024.
  37. ^ "Swimming Women Results, September 2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2024.
  38. ^ "Swimming Men Results, September 2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2024.
  39. ^ "Swimming Mixed Results, September 2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2024.
  40. ^ "Wushu Results, September 2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2024.
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