2003 Asian Winter Games

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

V Asian Winter Games

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

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.

• Ajigasawa Town:
  • Ajigasawa Ski Area - Freestyle skiing, snowboarding
• Aomori City:
  • Aomori City Sports Complex - Curling
  • Aomori Prefectural Skating Rink - Figure skating
• Hachinohe City:
  • Nagane Park Speed Skating Rink - Speed skating
  • Niida Indoor Rink - Ice hockey (men's)
• Iwaki Town:
  • Iwaki General Athletic Park - Biathlon
• Misawa City:
  • Misawa Ice Arena - Ice hockey (women's), short-track speed skating

Official mascot

• Owani Town:
  • Ajara Athletic Park - Cross-country skiing
  • Owani Onsen Ski Area - Alpine skiing
  • Takinosawa Ski Jumping Hill - Ski jumping

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.

Alpine skiing (4) () Biathlon (6) () Cross-country skiing (7) () Curling (2) () Figure skating (4) () Freestyle skiing (2) ()

Ice hockey (2) () Short track speed skating (10) () Ski jumping (2) () Speed skating (9) () Snowboarding (3) ()

Demonstration sports

• Snowboarding (3) () (Women)

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 (117)  Chinese Taipei (16)  India (6)  Iran (16)  Japan (154)  Kazakhstan (91)  Kyrgyzstan (1)  Lebanon (7)  Mongolia (33)

Nepal (3)  North Korea (29)  Pakistan (6)  Palestine (1)  South Korea (127)  Tajikistan (3)  Thailand (27)  Uzbekistan (4)

Non-competing nations

Bangladesh  Bhutan  Hong Kong  Kuwait  Macau  Malaysia

Qatar  Singapore  Sri Lanka  Timor-Leste  Turkmenistan  Vietnam

Calendar

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Opening ceremony

Event competitions

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Event finals

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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 (Japan)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)*	24	23	20	67
2	South Korea (KOR)	10	8	10	28
3	China (CHN)	9	11	13	33
4	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	7	7	6	20
5	Lebanon (LIB)	1	1	0	2
6	North Korea (PRK)	0	1	1	2
7	Uzbekistan (UZB)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 nations)		51	51	51	153

References

1. Logos and Mascots of Selected Sport Games and Sports
2. AWAGOC News Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Official Website of the 5th Winter Asian Games

Preceded by Kangwon

Asian Winter Games Aomori V Asian Winter Games (2003)

Succeeded by Changchun