Asian Winter Games

Asian Winter Games

Abbreviation	AWG
First event	1986 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, Japan
Occur every	alternatively
Last event	2011 Asian Winter Games in Astana and Almaty, Kazakhstan
Purpose	Multi sport event for nations on the Asian continent

Asian Winter Games
Official logo of the Games
Games
1986 1990 1996 1999 2003 2007 2011 2017

The Asian Winter Games is a 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 version of the Asian Games in 1982. Their efforts were rewarded when they were finally given hosting rights for the first edition that was held in Sapporo in 1986, as the city had the infrastructure and expertise gained from hosting of the 1972 Winter Olympics.

From having only seven member nations of the Olympic Council of Asia taking part in the first edition, the number of nations competing in the Winter Asiad has consistently grown. In the 2007 Asian Winter Games in Changchun, 27 out of the 45 members fielded a record number of competitors, while all 45 NOCs sent delegations for the first time ever in Winter Asian history.

Although games in Lebanon in 2009 were considered, they ultimately did not take place.

List of Games

Map of the Asian Winter Games locations. Countries that have hosted one Winter Games are shaded green, while countries that have hosted two or more are shaded blue.

The number of gold medal per delegation is indicated in brackets.

Year	Games	Host city	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
1986	I	Sapporo	Japan (29)	China (4)	South Korea (1)
1990	II	Sapporo	Japan (18)	China (9)	South Korea (6)
1996	III	Harbin	China (15)	Kazakhstan (14)	Japan (8)
1999	IV	Gangwon	China (15)	22x20px South Korea (11)	Kazakhstan (10)
2003	V	Aomori	Japan (24)	22x20px South Korea (10)	China (9)
2007	VI	Changchun	China (19)	Japan (13)	22x20px South Korea (9)
2011	VII	Astana and Almaty	Kazakhstan (32)	Japan (13)	22x20px South Korea (13)
2017	VIII	Sapporo

Medal count

Main article: All-time Asian Winter Games medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	111	123	89	323
2	China (CHN)	82	71	96	249
3	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	69	51	44	164
4	South Korea (KOR)	58	65	76	199
5	North Korea (PRK)	1	4	11	16
6	Uzbekistan (UZB)	1	2	4	7
7	Lebanon (LIB)	1	1	0	2
8	Mongolia (MGL)	0	1	6	7
9	Iran (IRI)	0	1	2	3
10	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	0	0	1	1
Total		323	319	329	971

Sports

Main article: Asian Games sports

See also

• Asian Games
• Asian Indoor Games
• Asian Beach Games

External links

• 2011 Asian Winter Games official website
• Olympic Council of Asia