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) which features winter events. The Japanese Olympic Committee first suggested the idea of holding a winter ...
( ko, 제 4 회 동계 아시안 게임, je 4 hoe dong-gye asian geim) were held from January 30 to February 6, 1999, in the province of
Kangwon (Gangwon),
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
. 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.
On December 2, 1993, the
Olympic Council of Asia
The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) is a governing body of sports in Asia, currently with 45 member National Olympic Committees. The current Acting President is Raja Randhir Singh, substituting Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah.
The headquarters ...
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.
Mascot
The 1999 Winter Asiad mascot is ''Gomdori'' (곰돌이), a half-moon black bear cub.
Venues
Yongpyong
Yongpyong (Dragon Valley) Ski Resort is a ski resort in South Korea, located in Daegwallyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do. It is the largest ski and snowboard resort in Korea, and offers golf in the summer months.
A 1949 news article covere ...
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Yongpyong Resort – Alpine skiing and organizing committee
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Yongpyong Indoor Ice Rink – Short track speed skating, figure skating, opening and closing ceremonies
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Provincial nordic venue – Cross-country skiing and Biathlon
Kangnung (Gangneung)
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Kangnung Indoor Ice Rink – Ice hockey
Chunchon (Chuncheon)
* Chunchon Outdoor Ice Rink – Speed skating
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, moguls, cross, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Winter Olympics. It can consist of a skier performing aerial flips and spins and can include skiers sliding rails an ...
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 bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether ...
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Participating nations
Names are arranged in alphabetical order. A total of 22 Asian NOCs sent delegations, with those that sent only officials.
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Calendar
Medal table
See also
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1997 Winter Universiade
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2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games
The 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games ( ko, 2013년 동계 스페셜 올림픽 세계대회, 2013-nyeon Donggye Special Olympics Segye Daehoe) was a Special Olympics, a multi-sports event that was held in Pyeongchang, South Korea from Janu ...
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2018 Winter Olympics
, nations = 93
, athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women)
, events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, opening =
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, opened_by = President Moon Jae-in
, cauldron = Kim Yun-a
, stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium
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References
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External links
1999 Asian Winter Games Official website
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Sport in Gangwon Province, South Korea
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February 1999 sports events in Asia