2003 Asian Winter Games

V Asian Winter Games
Host city Aomori, Japan
Nations participating 17
Athletes participating 641
Events 51 in 5 sports
Opening ceremony February 1
Closing ceremony February 8
Officially opened by Crown Prince Naruhito
Athlete's Oath Kiminobu Kimura
Torch Lighter Kayoko Fukushi
Main venue Aoi-mori Arena, Aomori City

The 5th Asian Winter Games took place from February 1 to February 8, 2003 in Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

Mascot

The 2003 Winter Asiad mascot is Winta, a black woodpecker.[1]

Venues

The venues for the 2003 Winter Asiad were distributed all over Aomori Prefecture.

Sports

A total of 51 medal events in 11 medal sports were contested in the 5th Asian Winter Games. Freestyle skiing was reinstated, and ski jumping, a demonstration sport in past Winter Asiads, was included in the official roster of medal events. The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of events for the sport.

Demonstration sports

Participating nations

Names are arranged in alphabetical order. The number in parentheses indicates the number of participants (athletes and officials) that the NOC contributed.[2]

  • China (175)
  • Chinese Taipei (26)
  • India (14)
  • Iran (23)
  • Japan (237)
  • Kazakhstan (140)
  • Kyrgyzstan (15)
  • Lebanon (11)
  • Mongolia (58)

  • Nepal (6)
  • North Korea (51)
  • Pakistan (10)
  • Palestine (2)
  • South Korea (197)
  • Tajikistan (15)
  • Thailand (42)
  • Uzbekistan (6)

Non-competing nations

Calendar

  Opening ceremony   Event competitions   Event finals   Closing ceremony
January / February 2003 30th
Thu
31st
Fri
1st
Sat
2nd
Sun
3rd
Mon
4th
Tue
5th
Wed
6th
Thu
7th
Fri
8th
Sat
Gold
medals
Alpine skiing 1 1 1 1 4
Biathlon 2 2 2 6
Cross-country skiing 2 1 1 1 1 1 7
Curling 2 2
Figure Skating 1 3 4
Freestyle skiing 2 2
Ice hockey 1 1 2
Short track speed skating 4 6 10
Ski jumping 1 1 2
Snowboarding 1 1 1 3
Speed skating 2 4 3 9
Total gold medals 6 10 6 8 8 13 51
Ceremonies
January / February 2003 30th
Thu
31st
Fri
1st
Sat
2nd
Sun
3rd
Mon
4th
Tue
5th
Wed
6th
Thu
7th
Fri
8th
Sat
Gold
medals

Medal table

      Host nation

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Japan (JPN) 24232067
2 South Korea (KOR) 1081028
3 China (CHN) 9111333
4 Kazakhstan (KAZ) 77620
5 Lebanon (LIB) 1102
6 North Korea (PRK) 0112
7 Uzbekistan (UZB) 0011
Total 51 51 51 153

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