2018 Asia Pacific Masters Games

The 2018 Asia Pacific Masters Games (Sukan Masters Asia Pasifik 2018), the inaugural edition of the Asia Pacific Masters Games, also known as Penang 2018, was held in the Malaysian state of Penang from 7 to 15 September 2018. Organised by the International Masters Games Association (IMGA), it is the first ever Masters Games for the Asia-Pacific 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
Penang was selected as the host of the inaugural edition of the Asia Pacific Masters Games during a bidding process in Nice, France in 2015.

Venues


18 venues within Penang's four districts were utilised in the Asia Pacific Masters Games. Most of the venues for the event are situated around Penang's capital city, George Town on Penang Island.

Northeast Penang Island

 * 1) City Stadium-Athletics (Track and field), Opening ceremony
 * 2) Downtown UNESCO Zone-Cycling (Criterium), Athletics (Half marathon)
 * 3) Gurney Drive to Teluk Bahang-Cycling (Road race)
 * 4) Penang Macallum Street Table Tennis Training Centre-Table tennis
 * 5) Residency Road Primary School-Archery
 * 6) Penang Sports Club-Tennis
 * 7) Penang Rifle Club-Shooting
 * 8) Hard Rock Hotel-Volleyball (beach)
 * 9) Dumbar Hill Penang Water Supply Corporation Badminton Hall-Badminton
 * 10) Nicol David International Squash Centre-Squash
 * 11) Universiti Sains Malaysia (Island Campus)-Netball, Softball, Football, Hockey, Tennis, Volleyball (Indoor)
 * 12) Penang Golf Club, Bukit Jambul-Golf
 * 13) Relau City Sports Complex-Swimming
 * 14) Relau Agro Agriculture Centre-Cycling (Mountain bike)

Southwest Penang Island

 * SPICE Arena-Basketball, Lion dance, Pencak silat, Taekwondo, Wushu, Closing ceremony

Central Seberang Perai

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

South Seberang Perai

 * Bukit Jawi Golf Resort-Golf

Emblem
The emblem consisted of four strokes of pink, blue, sky blue and yellow represents the four spirits of sportsmanship - fairness, discipline, courage and perseverance.

Mascot
CUN the cat, symbolizing "Capable, United and Noble", was the official mascot of the 2018 Games.

Sports
The inaugural edition of the Asia Pacific Masters Games in 2018 will include 22 sports.


 * Archery (16) - 125 participants from 12 countries
 * Athletics (467) - 1300 participants from 37 countries
 * Badminton (138) - 538 participants from 21 countries
 * Cycling (43) - 466 participants from 13 countries
 * Golf (18) - 107 participants from 9 countries
 * Pencak silat (38) - 95 participants from 5 countries
 * Shooting (2) - 52 participants from 3 countries
 * Squash (61) - 111 participants from 13 countries
 * Swimming (500) - 306 participants from 27 countries
 * Table tennis (96) - 277 participants from 16 countries
 * Taekwondo (25) - 69 participants from 9 countries
 * Tennis (69) - 131 participants from 21 countries
 * Tenpin bowling (80) - 135 participants from 7 countries
 * Weightlifting (49) - 83 participants from 14 countries
 * Wushu (70) - 197 participants from 17 countries

Team Sports:


 * Basketball (204) - 245 participants from 9 countries
 * Football (152) - 484 participants from 12 countries
 * Hockey (162) - 157 participants from 9 countries
 * Lion dance (40) - 110 participants from 8 countries
 * Netball (28) - 138 participants from 7 countries
 * Softball (30) - 109 participants from 3 countries
 * Volleyball (150) - 199 participants from 15 countries


 * Note: Volleyball consist of Beach Volleyball too.

Results
Source:


 * 1) Archery:
 * 2) Athletics: https://d3tfdru9q5sbcz.cloudfront.net/2019/11/APMG-2018-Athletics.pdf
 * 3) Badminton: https://d3tfdru9q5sbcz.cloudfront.net/2019/11/APMG-2018-Badminton.pdf
 * 4) Basketball: https://d3tfdru9q5sbcz.cloudfront.net/2020/09/APMG-2018-Basketball.pdf
 * 5) Beach volleyball: https://d3tfdru9q5sbcz.cloudfront.net/2020/09/APMG-2018-Beach-Volleyball-All-Results.pdf
 * 6) Cycling:
 * 7) Football:
 * 8) Golf:
 * 9) Hockey: https://d3tfdru9q5sbcz.cloudfront.net/2019/11/APMG-2018-Field-Hockey.pdf
 * 10) Lion dance:
 * 11) Netball: https://d3tfdru9q5sbcz.cloudfront.net/2019/11/APMG-2018-Netball.pdf
 * 12) Pencak silat:
 * 13) Shooting:
 * 14) Softball:
 * 15) Squash: https://d3tfdru9q5sbcz.cloudfront.net/2019/11/APMG-2018-SQUASH-final-results.pdf
 * 16) Swimming: https://d3tfdru9q5sbcz.cloudfront.net/2019/11/APMG-2018-Swimming.pdf
 * 17) Table tennis: https://d3tfdru9q5sbcz.cloudfront.net/2019/11/APMG-2018-Table-Tennis.pdf
 * 18) Taekwondo:
 * 19) Tennis:
 * 20) Ten-pin bowling:
 * 21) Volleyball: https://d3tfdru9q5sbcz.cloudfront.net/2020/09/APMG-2018-INDOOR-VB-RESULT-All-Results.pdf
 * 22) Weightlifting: https://d3tfdru9q5sbcz.cloudfront.net/2020/09/All-Weightlifting.pdf
 * 23) 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.


 * 1) 2438 Gold
 * 2) 1850 Silver
 * 3) 1558 Bronze
 * 4) 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 Malaysia (59.4%).

2273 athletes from 66 other countries (40.6%).

4,073 men (73%) and 1,528 women (27%).

Ages

 * 1) Under 20: 25 persons
 * 2) 20-29: 55 persons
 * 3) 30-39: 1346 persons
 * 4) 40-49: 1748 persons
 * 5) 50-59: 1420 persons
 * 6) 60-69: 745 persons
 * 7) 70-79: 220 persons
 * 8) Over 80: 42 persons

Top

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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.