The 4th

Asian Winter Games The Asian Winter Games (AWG) is an international multi-sport event held every four years for members of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) featuring winter events. The Japanese Olympic Committee first suggested creating a winter version of the ...

(), also known as Kangwon 1999 (), were held from January 30 to February 6, 1999, in the province of Kangwon (now Gangwon),

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...

. The games were staged in three different clusters in the province which were Yongpyong, Kangnung (Gangneung) and Chunchon (Chuncheon). The name Yongpyong was derived from the

Yongpyong Resort Yongpyong (Dragon Valley) Ski Resort is a ski resort in South Korea, located in Daegwallyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province. It is the largest ski and snowboard resort in Korea, and offers golf in the summer months. In 2003, Segye Ilbo, ...

. On December 2, 1993, the

Olympic Council of Asia The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) is a sports governing body, governing body of sports in Asia, currently with 45 member National Olympic Committees. Talal Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah was elected as President of the OCA on 8 July 2023. However, on 3 ...

announced that South Korea would host the 4th Asian Winter Games in 1999. South Korea initially aimed to host the previous 3rd games but losted the voting process and the 1999 games are awarded for the country.

Development and preparations

Marketing

Mascot

The 1999 Winter Asiad mascot is ''Gomdori'' (곰돌이), a half-moon black bear cub.

Venues

Yongpyong

– Alpine skiing and organizing committee * Yongpyong Indoor Ice Rink – Short track speed skating, figure skating, opening and closing ceremonies * Provincial nordic venue – Cross-country skiing and Biathlon

Kangnung (Gangneung)

* Kangnung Indoor Ice Rink – Ice hockey

Chunchon (Chuncheon)

* Chunchon Outdoor Ice Rink – Speed skating

Games

Sports

A total of 43 medal events in seven sports were played in the Fourth Winter Asian Games.

Freestyle skiing Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, Mogul Skiing, moguls, Ski Cross, cross, Half-pipe skiing, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics, Winter Olympics. It can consist of a ...

was removed from the program while two more events were added to

alpine skiing Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel Ski binding, bindings, unlike other types of skiing (Cross-country skiing, cross-country, Telemark skiing, Telemark, or ski jumping) ...

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Participating National Olympic Committees

Names are arranged in alphabetical order. A total of 14 Asian NOCs sent delegations, with those that sent only officials. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ;Non-competing nations * * * * * * * *

Calendar

Medal table

References

External links

1999 Asian Winter Games Official website
{{Events at the 1999 Asian Winter Games

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