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{{Short description|Multi-sport event in Aomori, Japan}}
{{Infobox games
|name = V Asian Winter Games
|logo = 5th_Asian_Winter_Games_(Aomori_2003)_logo.svg
|size = 90
|caption =
|host_city = [[Aomori Prefecture|Aomori]], [[Japan]]
|nations = 17
|motto = Asian Beat To The World
|athletes = 641
|events = 51 in 5 sports
|opening = February 1, 2003
|closing = February 8, 2003
|opened_by = [[Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan|Naruhito]]<br />{{small|Crown Prince of Japan}}
|athlete_oath = Kiminobu Kimura
|judge_oath = 
|torch_lighter = [[Kayoko Fukushi]]
|stadium = [[Aoi-mori Arena]], [[Aomori City]]
|website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20030810045527/http://www.net.pref.aomori.jp/awagoc/index_e.html net.pref.aomori.jp/awagoc (archived)]
|SpreviousS = [[2002 Asian Games|Busan 2002]]
|SnextS = [[2006 Asian Games|Doha 2006]]
|Sprevious = [[1999 Asian Winter Games|Kangwon 1999]]
|Snext = [[2007 Asian Winter Games|Changchun 2007]] 
}}
The '''5th [[Asian Winter Games]]''' ({{langx|ja|第5回アジア冬季競技大会|Dai 5-kai Ajia tōkikyōgitaikai}}), also known as '''Aomori 2003''' ({{langx|ja|青森2003}}), took place from February 1 to 8, 2003 in [[Aomori Prefecture]], [[Japan]].

==Mascot==
[[File:5th winter asiad mascot.png|left|Official mascot]]
The 2003 Winter Asiad mascot is ''Winta'', a [[black woodpecker]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aldaver.com/other.html#wasiads|title=Logos and Mascots of Selected Sport Games and Sports|access-date=2006-11-26|archive-date=2017-07-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730205348/http://www.aldaver.com/other.html#wasiads|url-status=usurped }}</ref>

==Venues==
The venues for the 2003 Winter Asiad were distributed all over Aomori Prefecture. 
*[[Ajigasawa, Aomori|Ajigasawa Town]]:
**Ajigasawa Ski Area - Freestyle skiing, snowboarding
*[[Aomori City]]:
**Aomori City Sports Complex - Curling
**Aomori Prefectural Skating Rink - Figure skating
*[[Hachinohe, Aomori|Hachinohe City]]:
**Nagane Park Speed Skating Rink - Speed skating
**Niida Indoor Rink - Ice hockey (men's)
*[[Iwaki, Aomori|Iwaki Town]]:
**Iwaki General Athletic Park - Biathlon
*[[Misawa, Aomori|Misawa City]]:
**Misawa Ice Arena - Ice hockey (women's), short-track speed skating
*[[Owani, Aomori|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.

{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* {{GamesSport|Alpine skiing|Events=4}}
* {{GamesSport|Biathlon|Events=6}}
* {{GamesSport|Cross country skiing|Events=7}}
* {{GamesSport|Curling|Events=2}}
* {{GamesSport|Figure skating|Events=4}}
* {{GamesSport|Freestyle skiing|Events=2}}
* {{GamesSport|Ice hockey|Events=2}}
* {{GamesSport|Short-track speed skating|Events=10}}
* {{GamesSport|Ski jumping|Events=2}}
* {{GamesSport|Speed skating|Events=9}}
* {{GamesSport|Snowboarding|Events=3}}
{{div col end}}
;Demonstration sports
* {{GamesSport|Snowboarding|Events=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.<ref>[http://www.net.pref.aomori.jp/awagoc/aomori2003/index3.htm AWAGOC News] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930025232/http://www.net.pref.aomori.jp/awagoc/aomori2003/index3.htm|date=September 30, 2007 }}</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagIOC2|CHN|2003 Asian Winter Games|117}}
*{{flagIOC2|TPE|2003 Asian Winter Games|16}}
*{{flagIOC2|IND|2003 Asian Winter Games|6}}
*{{flagIOC2|IRI|2003 Asian Winter Games|16}}
*{{flagIOC2|JPN|2003 Asian Winter Games|154}}
*{{flagIOC2|KAZ|2003 Asian Winter Games|91}}
*{{flagIOC2|KGZ|2003 Asian Winter Games|1}}
*{{flagIOC2|LIB|2003 Asian Winter Games|7}}
*{{flagIOC2|MGL|2003 Asian Winter Games|33}}
*{{flagIOC2|NEP|2003 Asian Winter Games|3}}
*{{flagIOC2|PRK|2003 Asian Winter Games|29}}
*{{flagIOC2|PAK|2003 Asian Winter Games|6}}
*{{flagIOC2|PLE|2003 Asian Winter Games|1}}
*{{flagIOC2|KOR|2003 Asian Winter Games|127}}
*{{flagIOC2|TJK|2003 Asian Winter Games|3}}
*{{flagIOC2|THA|2003 Asian Winter Games|27}}
*{{flagIOC2|UZB|2003 Asian Winter Games|4}}
{{div col end}}

;Non-competing nations
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{BAN}}
*{{BHU}}
*{{HKG}}
*{{KWT}}
*{{MAC}}
*{{MAS}}
*{{QAT}}
*{{SIN}}
*{{SRI}}
*{{TLS}}
*{{TKM}}
*{{VIE}}
{{div col end}}

== Number of athletes by National Olympic Committees (by highest to lowest) ==
{|class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="border:0;"
|-
! [[List of IOC country codes|IOC Letter Code]]
! Country
! Athletes
|-
|JPN||{{flagIOC2|JPN|2003 Asian Winter Games}}||154
|-
|KOR||{{flagIOC2|KOR|2003 Asian Winter Games}}||127
|-
|CHN||{{flagIOC2|CHN|2003 Asian Winter Games}}||117
|-
|KAZ||{{flagIOC2|KAZ|2003 Asian Winter Games}}||91
|-
|MGL||{{flagIOC2|MGL|2003 Asian Winter Games}}||33
|-
|PRK||{{flagIOC2|PRK|2003 Asian Winter Games}}||29
|-
|THA||{{flagIOC2|THA|2003 Asian Winter Games}}||27
|-
|TPE||{{flagIOC2|TPE|2003 Asian Winter Games}}||16
|-
|IRI||{{flagIOC2|IRI|2003 Asian Winter Games}}||16
|-
|LIB||{{flagIOC2|LIB|2003 Asian Winter Games}}||7
|-
|IND||{{flagIOC2|IND|2003 Asian Winter Games}}||6
|-
|PAK||{{flagIOC2|PAK|2003 Asian Winter Games}}||6
|-
|UZB||{{flagIOC2|UZB|2003 Asian Winter Games}}||4
|-
|NEP||{{flagIOC2|NEP|2003 Asian Winter Games}}||3
|-
|TJK||{{flagIOC2|TJK|2003 Asian Winter Games}}||3
|-
|KGZ||{{flagIOC2|KGZ|2003 Asian Winter Games}}||1
|-
|PLE||{{flagIOC2|PLE|2003 Asian Winter Games}}||1
|-
|}

==Calendar==
{|class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:90%; position:relative;" width=65%
|-
|bgcolor="#00cc33" align=center|&nbsp;●&nbsp;||Opening ceremony
|bgcolor="#3399ff" align=center|&nbsp; &nbsp;||Event competitions
|bgcolor="#ffcc00" align=center|&nbsp;●&nbsp;||Event finals
|bgcolor="#ee3333" align=center|&nbsp;●&nbsp;||Closing ceremony
|}

{|class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:90%; line-height:1.25em;"
|-
!width=200|January / February 2003
!width=32|30th<br />Thu
!width=32|31st<br />Fri
!width=32|1st<br />Sat
!width=32|2nd<br />Sun
!width=32|3rd<br />Mon
!width=32|4th<br />Tue
!width=32|5th<br />Wed
!width=32|6th<br />Thu
!width=32|7th<br />Fri
!width=32|8th<br />Sat
!width=55|Gold<br/>medals
|- align="center"
|align="left"|[[File:Alpine skiing pictogram.svg|15px]] [[Alpine skiing at the 2003 Asian Winter Games|Alpine skiing]]
|
|
|
|bgcolor=#ffcc00|1
|bgcolor=#ffcc00|1
|
|bgcolor=#ffcc00|1
|
|bgcolor=#ffcc00|1
|
|4
|- align="center"
|align="left"|[[File:Biathlon pictogram.svg|15px]] [[Biathlon at the 2003 Asian Winter Games|Biathlon]]
|
|
|
|
|bgcolor=#ffcc00|2
|
|bgcolor=#ffcc00|2
|
|bgcolor=#ffcc00|2
|
|6
|- align="center"
|align="left"|[[File:Cross country skiing pictogram.svg|15px]] [[Cross-country skiing at the 2003 Asian Winter Games|Cross-country skiing]]
|
|
|
|bgcolor=#ffcc00|2
|bgcolor=#ffcc00|1
|bgcolor=#ffcc00|1
|bgcolor=#ffcc00|1
|bgcolor=#ffcc00|1
|bgcolor=#ffcc00|1
|
|7
|- align="center"
|align="left"|[[File:Curling pictogram.svg|15px]] [[Curling at the 2003 Asian Winter Games|Curling]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|bgcolor=#3399ff|
|bgcolor=#3399ff|
|bgcolor=#ffcc00|2
|
|2
|- align="center"
|align="left"|[[File:Figure skating pictogram.svg|15px]] [[Figure skating at the 2003 Asian Winter Games|Figure Skating]]
|
|
|
|bgcolor=#3399ff|
|bgcolor=#ffcc00|1
|bgcolor=#ffcc00|3
|
|
|
|
|4
|- align="center"
|align="left"|[[File:Freestyle skiing pictogram.svg|15px]] [[Freestyle skiing at the 2003 Asian Winter Games|Freestyle skiing]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|bgcolor=#ffcc00|2
|
|
|2
|- align="center"
|align="left"|[[File:Ice hockey pictogram.svg|15px]] [[Ice hockey at the 2003 Asian Winter Games|Ice hockey]]
|bgcolor=#3399ff|
|bgcolor=#3399ff|
|
|bgcolor=#3399ff|
|bgcolor=#3399ff|
|bgcolor=#3399ff|
|bgcolor=#ffcc00|1
|bgcolor=#3399ff|
|bgcolor=#ffcc00|1
|
|2
|- align="center"
|align="left"|[[File:Short track speed skating pictogram.svg|15px]] [[Short-track speed skating at the 2003 Asian Winter Games|Short-track speed skating]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|bgcolor=#ffcc00|4
|bgcolor=#ffcc00|6
|
|10
|- align="center"
|align="left"|[[File:Ski jumping pictogram.svg|15px]] [[Ski jumping at the 2003 Asian Winter Games|Ski jumping]]
|
|
|
|
|
|bgcolor=#ffcc00|1
|
|bgcolor=#ffcc00|1
|
|
|2
|- align="center"
|align="left"|[[File:Snowboarding pictogram.svg|15px]] [[Snowboarding at the 2003 Asian Winter Games|Snowboarding]]
|
|
|
|bgcolor=#ffcc00|1
|bgcolor=#ffcc00|1
|bgcolor=#ffcc00|1
|
|
|
|
|3
|- align="center"
|align="left"|[[File:Speed skating pictogram.svg|15px]] [[Speed skating at the 2003 Asian Winter Games|Speed skating]]
|
|
|
|bgcolor=#ffcc00|2
|bgcolor=#ffcc00|4
|
|bgcolor=#ffcc00|3
|
|
|
|9
|- align=center
!Total gold medals
!
!
!
!6
!10
!6
!8
!8
!13
!
!51
|-
|Ceremonies
|
|
|bgcolor=#00cc33 align=center|●
|
|
|
|
|
|
|bgcolor=#ee3333 align=center|●
|
|-
!January / February 2003
!width=32|30th<br />Thu
!width=32|31st<br />Fri
!width=32|1st<br />Sat
!width=32|2nd<br />Sun
!width=32|3rd<br />Mon
!width=32|4th<br />Tue
!width=32|5th<br />Wed
!width=32|6th<br />Thu
!width=32|7th<br />Fri
!width=32|8th<br />Sat
!width=55|Gold<br/>medals
|}

==Medal table==
{{Medals table
|caption = 
|host = JPN
|flag_template = flagIOC2team
|event = 2003 Asian Winter Games
|team = 
|gold_JPN = 24|silver_JPN = 23|bronze_JPN = 20|host_JPN = yes 
|gold_KOR = 10|silver_KOR = 8|bronze_KOR = 10
|gold_CHN = 9|silver_CHN = 11|bronze_CHN = 13
|gold_KAZ = 7|silver_KAZ = 7|bronze_KAZ = 6
|gold_LIB = 1|silver_LIB = 1|bronze_LIB = 0
|gold_PRK = 0|silver_PRK = 1|bronze_PRK = 1
|gold_UZB = 0|silver_UZB = 0|bronze_UZB = 1
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030810045527/http://www.net.pref.aomori.jp/awagoc/index_e.html Official Website of the 5th Winter Asian Games]

{{s-start}}
{{s-bef|before=[[1999 Asian Winter Games|Kangwon]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=''[[Asian Winter Games]]''<br />[[Maeda Arena|Aomori]]|years=''V Asian Winter Games'' (2003)}}
{{s-aft|after=[[2007 Asian Winter Games|Changchun]]}}
{{s-end}}
{{Asian Games}}
{{Nations at the 2003 Asian Winter Games}}
{{Events at the 2003 Asian Winter Games}}

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