The track and field games held in Tangshan in '64 were the Youth Games.
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THE 16TH GAMES OF HEBEI PROVINCE, hosted by the People's Government of Hebei Province, is the first time that Hebei Province has hosted a major comprehensive sports event, and also the first time for Handan to host the province's comprehensive sports event, which will be held on September 8, 2023 at the Handan Sports Center.
The 16th Hebei Provincial Games*** will feature 67 major events and 1,800 minor events in the youth and mass groups, with a total of more than 30,000 participants, making it the provincial games with the largest number of participants and the widest range of programs in the history of Hebei Province.
On September 8, 2023, the opening ceremony of the 16th Hebei Provincial Games was held at the Handan Sports Center; on the morning of September 16, the 16th Hebei Provincial Games came to an end at the Handan Grand Theater.
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The Hebei Provincial Games are held every four years, and are the largest, highest level and most influential comprehensive sports event in Hebei Province.
The morning of January 20, 2022, the 16th Hebei Provincial Games (hereinafter referred to as the Provincial Games) youth group competition work to promote the meeting and the first liaison member meeting was held in the Provincial Sports Bureau.
The meeting conscientiously implement the 10th Party Congress Wang Dongfeng, secretary of the province on "improve the national fitness public **** service system, do a good job of the 16th Provincial Games, the construction of a strong sports province," the requirements of the instructions, summarize the briefing on the previous stage of the preparatory work for the Provincial Games, the deployment of arrangements for the next step in the work of the youth group of the preliminaries. Provincial Sports Bureau party group members, deputy director of the HeWenGe attended the meeting and speech, youth department director WangJiaGang presided over the meeting.
September 20, 2022 morning, the provincial games preparation work task force integrated office and expert consultant team held a work docking meeting, the two sides on the provincial games to promote the situation, the stage of work arrangements and the recent key work arrangements on the line to study.
January 2023, a two-day Hebei Provincial Youth Fencing Championships and the 16th Hebei Provincial Games preliminaries (fencing events A group) held in Tangshan Normal College.
On March 31, the volunteer pledging meeting for the 16th Hebei Provincial Games was held at the city's Youth Activity Center. on June 10, the finals of the Zhangjiakou Bank Cup Square Dance Competition, a qualifier for the mass group of the 16th Hebei Provincial Games, were held. on July 3, the fitness ball drill competition for the mass group of the 16th Hebei Provincial Games came to an end at Congtai Wine Garden in Feixiang District, Handan City.
August 10, 2023 news, Hebei Province, the 16th Games youth group competition work in an orderly manner, the opening ceremony before the final project has been completed. Among them, the winter program all finished; summer program has been 27 big items, 914 small items of the final.
On September 8, 2023, the opening ceremony of the 16th Hebei Provincial Games was held at the Handan Sports Center. After the official opening, the youth group of the 16th Hebei Provincial Games will hold the finals of seven major events, including athletics, swimming, gymnastics, basketball, soccer, chess and table tennis, while the mass group will hold the finals of two major events, namely sports dance and taijiquan.
The morning of September 16, 2023, the 16th Hebei Provincial Games came to an end at the Handan Grand Theater. This year's Provincial Games project settings, the scale of participation have created the history of Hebei Province, athletes participated in more than 30,000, the summer program broke 81 provincial Games record, 18 athletes were selected for the national team, the winter program 37 athletes reached the level of national level athletes.
On the closing ceremony, the announcement of the delegation competition results and sportsmanship award, the mass group excellent organization award, the best organization award, contribution award, outstanding contribution award, and other awards, and held a flag handover ceremony, the seventeenth Hebei Provincial Games will be held in Tangshan in 2026.