2010 Asian Games

XVI Asian Games

Host city	Guangzhou, China
Motto	Thrilling Games, Harmonious Asia (Chinese: 激情盛会，和谐亚洲) (Jīqíng shènghuì, héxié yǎzhōu)
Nations	45
Athletes	9,704
Events	476 in 42 sports (57 disciplines)
Opening	November 12, 2010
Closing	November 27, 2010
Opened by	Wen Jiabao Premier of China
Closed by	Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah President of the Olympic Council of Asia
Athlete's Oath	Fu Haifeng
Judge's Oath	Yan Ninan
Torch lighter	He Chong
Main venue	Haixinsha Island
Website	gz2010.cn
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The 2010 Asian Games (Chinese: 2010年亚洲运动会; pinyin: Èr líng yī líng nián yǎzhōu yùndònghuì), officially known as the XVI Asian Games (Chinese: 第十六届亚洲运动会; pinyin: dì shíliù jiè yǎzhōu yùndònghuì) and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (Chinese: 广州2010; pinyin: Guǎngzhōu Èr líng yī líng), were a regional multi-sport event that had taken place from November 12 to 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China (although several events commenced earlier on November 7, 2010). It was the second time China hosted the Asian Games, with the first one being Asian Games 1990 in Beijing.

Guangzhou's three neighboring cities, Dongguan, Foshan and Shanwei co-hosted the Games. Premier Wen Jiabao opened the Games along the Pearl River in Haixinsha Island. A total of 53 venues were used to host the events. The design concept of the official logo of the 2010 Asian Games was based on the legend of the Guangzhou's Five Goats, representing the Five Goats as the Asian Games Torch.^[1]

A total of 9,704 athletes from 45 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 476 events of 42 sports and disciplines (28 Olympic sports and 14 non-Olympic sports), making it the largest event in the history of the Games. Due to reductions in the number of sports for competition in the 2014 Asian Games, these Games marked the final time that six non-Olympic events would be held during the Asian Games.

China led the final medal tally, followed by South Korea in second place, and Japan in third place. China set a new Games record with 199 gold medals. China became the first nation in the history of Asian Games to cross the 400 medal-mark in one edition.^[2] Three world and 103 Asian records were broken.^[3] Macau and Bangladesh won their first ever Asian Games gold medals. In addition, the badminton men's singles gold medalist Lin Dan was voted as the most valuable player (MVP).^[4] The President of the Olympic Council of Asia Sheikh Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah hailed the Games as "outstanding" and "one of the best ever."^[5]