The 2018 Asia Pacific Masters Games ( ms, Sukan Masters Asia Pasifik 2018), the inaugural edition of the

Asia Pacific Masters Games The Asia Pacific Masters Games is a regional multi-sport event which involves participants from the Asia-Pacific region. Governed by the International Masters Games Association ( IMGA), the Asia Pacific Masters Games is open to participants of all ...

, also known as Penang 2018, was held in the Malaysian state of

Penang Penang ( ms, Pulau Pinang, is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia, by the Malacca Strait. It has two parts: Penang Island, where the capital city, George Town, is located, and Seberang Perai on the Malay ...

from 7 to 15 September 2018. Organised by the

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(IMGA), it is the first ever Masters Games for the

Asia-Pacific Asia-Pacific (APAC) is the part of the world near the western Pacific Ocean. The Asia-Pacific region varies in area depending on context, but it generally includes East Asia, Russian Far East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and Pacific Isla ...

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.

Host city

was selected as the host of the inaugural edition of the

during a bidding process in

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in 2015.

Venues

18 venues within Penang's four districts were utilised in the

. Most of the venues for the event are situated around

's capital city, George Town on Penang Island.

Northeast Penang Island

# City Stadium-Athletics (Track and field), Opening ceremony #Downtown UNESCO Zone-Cycling (Criterium), Athletics (Half marathon) #

Gurney Drive Gurney Drive (,, ) is a popular seafront promenade within George Town, Penang, Malaysia. The road is also famous for the street cuisine at the seafront's hawker centre and has been listed as one of the 25 best streets worldwide to visit by the A ...

to Teluk Bahang-Cycling (Road race) #Penang Lebuh Macallum Table Tennis Training Centre-Table tennis #SRK Jalan Residensi-Archery #Penang Sports Club-Tennis #Penang Rifle Club-Shooting #Hard Rock Hotel-Volleyball (beach) #Dumbar Hill

Penang Water Supply Corporation Penang Water Supply Corporation ( ms, Perbadanan Bekalan Air Pulau Pinang; abbreviation PBAPP) a State owned company (not to be confused as a GLC) which responsible for water supply services in Penang. Sports PBAPP FC PBAPP FC is a football clu ...

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)

Southwest Penang Island

SPICE Arena The SPICE Arena is an indoor arena located in the township of Bayan Baru in Penang, Malaysia. It serves as Penang's main indoor sports centre as well as the preferred venue within the city-state for meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitio ...

-Basketball, Lion dance, Pencak silat, Taekwondo, Wushu, Closing ceremony

Central Seberang Perai The Central Seberang Perai District ( ms, Daerah Seberang Perai Tengah; abbreviated: "SPT") is a district in the state of Penang, Malaysia. It covers an area of 238 square kilometres, and had a population of 371,975 at the 2010 Census . The distr ...

*Mega Lanes Bowling Centre-Bowling *Seberang Perai Arena-Weightlifting

South Seberang Perai The South Seberang Perai District ( ms, Daerah Seberang Perai Selatan; abbreviated "SPS") is a district in Penang, Malaysia. It covers an area of 242 square kilometres, and had a population of 162,905 at the 2010 Census. The district is bordered b ...

*Bukit Jawi Golf Resort-Golf

Mascot

CUN the cat, symbolizing "Capable, United and Noble", was the official

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of the 2018 Games.

Sports

The inaugural edition of the

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will include 22

sports Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, th ...

. *

Archery Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In m ...

(16) - 125 participants from 12 countries *

Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...

(467) - 1300 participants from 37 countries *

Badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

(138) - 538 participants from 21 countries *

Cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

(43) - 466 participants from 13 countries *

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

(18) - 107 participants from 9 countries * Pencak silat (38) - 95 participants from 5 countries *

Shooting Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missiles can ...

(2) - 52 participants from 3 countries * Squash (61) - 111 participants from 13 countries * Swimming (500) - 306 participants from 27 countries *

Table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

(96) - 277 participants from 16 countries * Taekwondo (25) - 69 participants from 9 countries *

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

(69) - 131 participants from 21 countries * Tenpin bowling (80) - 135 participants from 7 countries *

Weightlifting Weightlifting generally refers to activities in which people lift Weight training#Equipment, weights, often in the form of dumbbells or barbells. People lift various kinds of weights for a variety of different reasons. These may include various t ...

(49) - 83 participants from 14 countries *

Wushu Wushu may refer to: Martial arts * Chinese martial arts, the various martial arts of China * Wushu (sport), a modern exhibition of traditional Chinese martial arts * Wushu stances, five key stances utilized in both contemporary wushu and traditio ...

(70) - 197 participants from 17 countries ---- Team Sports: *

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

(204) - 245 participants from 9 countries *

Football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

(152) - 484 participants from 12 countries * Hockey (162) - 157 participants from 9 countries * Lion dance (40) - 110 participants from 8 countries *

Netball Netball is a ball sport played on a court by two teams of seven players. It is among a rare number of sports which have been created exclusively for female competitors. The sport is played on indoor and outdoor netball courts and is specifical ...

(28) - 138 participants from 7 countries *

Softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

(30) - 109 participants from 3 countries *

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

(150) - 199 participants from 15 countries * Note: Volleyball consist of Beach Volleyball too.

Results

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:

Medals

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

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.

Summary

Source event report page 6 and 75: A total of 5601 participants: 3328 athletes from

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(59.4%). 2273 athletes from 66 other countries (40.6%). 4,073 men (73%) and 1,528 women (27%).

Ages

# 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

Top

# (3328) # (385) # (296) # (240) # (179)

Asia Pacific

Asia (30)

* (1) * (2) * (13) * (179) * (102) * (73) * (385) * (48) * (240) * (20) * (52) * (2) * (12) * ''(host)'' (3328) * (135) * (35) * (1) * (52) * (5) * (2) * (113) * (64) * (1) * (5) * (22) * (6) * (1)

Pacific (7)

* (296) *

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(1) * (6) * (2) * Nouméa (1) * (39) * (1)

Guest (30)

* (3) * (1) * (2) * (5) * (11) * (2) * (6) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (4) * (4) * (31) * (1) * (1) * (17) * (5) * (2) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (87) * (64) * (1) * (1) * (7) * (18) * (47) * (28) * (1)

Athlete's death

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.

References

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External links

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/ Masters Games 2018 in multi-sport events 2018 in Malaysian sport Multi-sport events in Malaysia