# 1999 Asian Winter Games

The 4th Asian Winter Games (Korean: 제 4 회 동계 아시안 게임, romanized: je 4 hoe dong-gye asian geim), also known as Kangwon 1999 (Korean: 강원1999), 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.

## Mascot

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

## 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.
* Alpine skiing (6) (details)
* Biathlon (6) (details)
* Cross-country skiing (6) (details)
* Figure skating (4) (details)
* Ice hockey (2) (details)
* Short-track speed skating (10) (details)
* Speed skating (9) (details)

## Participating nations

Names are arranged in alphabetical order. A total of 14 Asian NOCs sent delegations, with those that sent only officials.
* China (147)
* Chinese Taipei (11)
* Hong Kong (4)
* India (8)
* Iran (11)
* Japan (101)
* Kazakhstan (74)
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan (1)
* Lebanon (2)
* Mongolia
* Pakistan (2)
* South Korea (102)
* Uzbekistan (7)

### Non-competing nations

* Bhutan
* Macau
* Nepal
* Philippines
* Singapore
* Sri Lanka
* Tajikistan
* Vietnam

## 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 |
| Alpine skiing | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 6 |
| Biathlon | | | 2 | | 2 | | 2 | | 6 |
| Cross-country skiing | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 6 |
| Figure Skating | | | | | | 1 | 3 | | 4 |
| Ice hockey | | | | | | 1 | | 1 | 2 |
| Short-track speed skating | | 4 | 6 | | | | | | 10 |
| 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 |

## Medal table

* Host nation (South Korea)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China | 15 | 10 | 11 | 36 |
| 2 | South Korea* | 11 | 10 | 14 | 35 |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 10 | 8 | 7 | 25 |
| 4 | Japan | 6 | 14 | 9 | 29 |
| 5 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 43 | 43 | 42 | 128 |