2003 FESPIC Youth Games

I FESPIC Youth Games

Host city	Hong Kong
Motto	Let the Youths Lead the Way
Nations	15
Athletes	314
Sport	5
Opening	23 September
Closing	27 September
Opened by	Tung Chee Hwa
Main venue	Ma On Shan Sports Ground
Website	2003 FESPIC Youth Games

2003 FESPIC Youth Games, the 1st and only FESPIC Youth Games in history(Chinese: 2003年第一屆遠東和南太平洋地區青年殘疾人運動會、2003年第一届远东和南太平洋地区青年残疾人运动会、第一屆遠南青殘會、第一届远南青残会), were an Asia Pacific regional youth disabled multi-sport event held in Hong Kong, China from 23 to 27 September 2003. Around 314 athletes from 15 participating nations participated at the games which featured 5 sports. Hong Kong is the only nation that had hosted the FESPIC Youth Games, and it was the first and only time Hong Kong hosted the event. The games were opened by Tung Chee Hwa at the Ma On Shan Sports Ground.^[1] In 2006, both the FESPIC organisation and the event were officially defunct and succeeded by the Asian Paralympic Committee and the Asian Youth Para Games respectively.

Organisation

Development and preparation

The 2003 FESPIC Youth Games Organising Committee was formed to oversee the staging of the games.^[2]

Venues

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Hong Kong
City	Competition Venue	Sports
	Ma On Shan Sports Ground	Athletics, Opening and closing ceremony
	Kowloon Park Sports Centre	Badminton, Table tennis
	Yuen Wo Road Sports Centre	Boccia
	Kowloon Park Swimming Pool	Swimming

The games

Participating nations

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China (41)
Hong Kong (75)
India (6)
Indonesia (5)
Japan (29)
South Korea (29)
Macau (9)
Malaysia (48)
Philippines (4)
Singapore (19)
Sri Lanka (7)
Thailand (20)
Tonga (1)
Chinese Taipei (6)
Vietnam (3)

Sports

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Athletics
Badminton
Boccia
Swimming
Table tennis

Medal table

Source: ^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Inaugural FESPIC Youth Games to be held in HK next week".
^ "Organising committee". Archived from the original on 2005-02-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Venues". Archived from the original on 2005-02-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c MPC Eye 51 gold medals
^ "Games Information at the official website". Archived from the original on 2005-02-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)