1999 Asian Winter Games

Template:Short description The 4th Asian Winter Games (Template:Langx), also known as Kangwon 1999 (Template:Langx), were held from January 30 to February 6, 1999, in the province of Kangwon (now Gangwon), South Korea. 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 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

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Gomdori, the official mascot of the games

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

Venues

Yongpyong

• Yongpyong Resort – 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 was removed from the program while two more events were added to alpine skiing.

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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.

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Non-competing nations

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Calendar

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Opening ceremony

Event competitions

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Event finals

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Closing ceremony

January / February 1999	30th Sat	31st Sun	1st Mon	2nd Tue	3rd Wed	4th Thu	5th Fri	6th Sat	Gold medals
File:Alpine skiing pictogram.svg Alpine skiing		1	1	1	1	1	1		6
File:Biathlon pictogram.svg Biathlon			2		2		2		6
File:Cross country skiing pictogram.svg Cross-country skiing		1	1	1	1	1	1		6
File:Figure skating pictogram.svg Figure Skating						1	3		4
File:Ice hockey pictogram.svg Ice hockey						1		1	2
File:Short track speed skating pictogram.svg Short-track speed skating		4	6						10
File:Speed skating pictogram.svg Speed skating				2	2	2	3		9
Total gold medals		6	10	4	6	6	10	1	43
Ceremonies	●							●
January / February 1999	30th Sat	31st Sun	1st Mon	2nd Tue	3rd Wed	4th Thu	5th Fri	6th Sat	Gold medals

See also

• 1997 Winter Universiade
• 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games
• 2018 Winter Olympics
• 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

External links

• 1999 Asian Winter Games Official website