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1999 Asian Winter Games

Multi-sport event in Gangwon, South Korea

Field	Value
name	IV Asian Winter Games
logo	1999 Asian Winter Games logo (fair use).svg
size	180px
motto	Asia, Shining brightly through Everlasting Friendship
host_city	Kangwon Province, South Korea
nations	14
athletes	799
events	43 in 4 sports
opening	January 30, 1999
closing	February 6, 1999
opened_by	Kim Dae-jung
President of South Korea
torch_lighter	Yoo Sun-hee
stadium	Yongpyong Indoor Ice Rink
SpreviousS	[Bangkok 1998](1998-asian-games)
SnextS	[Busan 2002](2002-asian-games)
Sprevious	[Harbin 1996](1996-asian-winter-games)
Snext	[Aomori 2003](2003-asian-winter-games)
website	[kangwonasiad.or.kr (Archived)](https://web.archive.org/web/19991001180616/http://www.kangwonasiad.or.kr:80/english/main/main.html)

President of South Korea The 4th Asian Winter Games (), also known as Kangwon 1999 (), 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 games in 1996 but lost the voting process and awarded the 1999 edition instead.

Development and preparations

Marketing

Mascot

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

Venues

[[Yongpyong Resort|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

[[Gangneung|Kangnung (Gangneung)]]

Kangnung Indoor Ice Rink – Ice hockey

[[Chuncheon|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.

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

●	Opening ceremony		Event competitions	●	Event finals	●	Closing ceremony

January / February 1999	30th
Sat	31st
Sun	1st
Mon	2nd
Tue	3rd
Wed	4th
Thu	5th
Fri	6th
Sat	Gold
medals	Total gold medals	6	10	4	6	6	10	1	43	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	15px]] Alpine skiing		1	1	1	1	1	1		6
[[File:Biathlon pictogram.svg	15px]] Biathlon			2		2		2		6
[[File:Cross country skiing pictogram.svg	15px]] Cross-country skiing		1	1	1	1	1	1		6
[[File:Figure skating pictogram.svg	15px]] Figure Skating						1	3		4
[[File:Ice hockey pictogram.svg	15px]] Ice hockey						1		1	2
[[File:Short track speed skating pictogram.svg	15px]] Short-track speed skating		4	6						10
[[File:Speed skating pictogram.svg	15px]] Speed skating				2	2	2	3		9
Ceremonies	●							●

Medal table

References

"강원 동계아시안게임 화려한 개막". [[Korean Broadcasting System]].
[http://www.ocasia.org/ Olympic Council of Asia's Official Website]
"Logos and Mascots of Selected Sport Games and Sports".

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