Go at the 2010 Asian Games
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A Weiqi tournament was held at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou for the first time at an Asiad.[1] The three events in the competition - men's team, women's team and mixed doubles[2] — were held between 20 and 26 November 2010 at the Guangzhou Chess Institute.[3]
VenueGuangzhou Chess Institute
Dates20–26 November 2010
Competitors77 from 10 nations
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| Venue | Guangzhou Chess Institute |
| Dates | 20–26 November 2010 |
| Competitors | 77 from 10 nations |
Competitors from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Chinese Taipei, Thailand and Vietnam were taking part in Weiqi across the three events, although not all nations had competitors in each.
Schedule
| ● | Round | S | Semifinals | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 20th Sat | 21st Sun | 22nd Mon | 23rd Tue | 24th Wed | 25th Thu | 26th Fri | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's team | ●● | ●● | ●● | ● | F | ||||
| Women's team | ●● | ●● | ●● | ● | F | ||||
| Mixed pair | ●●● | ●●● | S | F | |||||
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's team |
 South KoreaLee Chang-ho Kang Dong-yun Lee Se-dol Cho Han-seung Park Jeong-hwan Choi Cheol-han |
 ChinaChang Hao Gu Li Liu Xing Kong Jie Xie He Zhou Ruiyang |
 JapanKeigo Yamashita Yuta Iyama Shinji Takao Satoshi Yuki Kimio Yamada Jiro Akiyama |
| Women's team |
South Korea Lee Min-jin Kim Yoon-yeong Cho Hye-yeon Lee Seul-a |
China Wang Chenxing Rui Naiwei Song Ronghui Tang Yi |
 Chinese TaipeiHsieh Yi-min Joanne Missingham Chang Cheng-ping Wang Jing-yi |
| Mixed pair |
South Korea Park Jeong-hwan Lee Seul-a |
China Xie He Song Ronghui |
South Korea Choi Cheol-han Kim Yoon-yeong |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea (KOR) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (4 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
Participating nations
A total of 77 athletes from 10 nations competed in go at the 2010 Asian Games:
China (10)
Chinese Taipei (10)
Hong Kong (4)
Japan (10)
Malaysia (10)
Mongolia (2)
North Korea (5)
South Korea (10)
Thailand (10)
Vietnam (6)
