2018 Asia Pacific Masters Games


The 2018 Asia Pacific Masters Games, 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, 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 District|Northeast Penang Island]]

  1. City Stadium-Athletics, Opening ceremony
  2. Downtown UNESCO Zone-Cycling, Athletics
  3. Gurney Drive to Teluk Bahang-Cycling
  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
  9. Dumbar Hill Penang Water Supply Corporation Badminton Hall-Badminton
  10. Nicol David International Squash Centre-Squash
  11. Universiti Sains Malaysia -Netball, Softball, Football, Hockey, Tennis, Volleyball
  12. Penang Golf Club, Bukit Jambul-Golf
  13. Relau City Sports Complex-Swimming
  14. Relau Agro Agriculture Centre-Cycling

Southwest Penang Island">Southwest Penang Island District">Southwest Penang Island

[Central [Seberang Perai District|Central Seberang Perai]]

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

South Seberang Perai">South Seberang Perai District">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 - 125 participants from 12 countries
  • Athletics - 1300 participants from 37 countries
  • Badminton - 538 participants from 21 countries
  • Cycling - 466 participants from 13 countries
  • Golf - 107 participants from 9 countries
  • Pencak silat - 95 participants from 5 countries
  • Shooting - 52 participants from 3 countries
  • Squash - 111 participants from 13 countries
  • Swimming - 306 participants from 27 countries
  • Table tennis - 277 participants from 16 countries
  • Taekwondo - 69 participants from 9 countries
  • Tennis - 131 participants from 21 countries
  • Tenpin bowling - 135 participants from 7 countries
  • Weightlifting - 83 participants from 14 countries
  • Wushu - 197 participants from 17 countries
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Team Sports:

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 and 1,180 finishers medals in all age group.
  1. 2438 Gold
  2. 1850 Silver
  3. 1558 Bronze
  4. 5846 Total
SportsGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Archery16151344
Athletics4674674671401
Badminton138128117383
Basketball2047248324
Cycling433931113
Football15211457323
Golf18141446
Hockey162126126414
Lion dance404040120
Netball28282884
Pencak silat38272792
Shooting2226
Softball306030120
Squash615035146
Swimming5003332611094
Table tennis966553214
Taekwondo25201560
Tennis696944182
Ten-pin bowling808080240
Volleyball1502010180
Weightlifting49201079
Wushu706150181
Total2438185015585846

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.
2273 athletes from 66 other countries.
4,073 men and 1,528 women.

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

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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.