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Asian Winter Games

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For the current games, held in Harbin, see 2025 Asian Winter Games. For the next games, to be held in Trojena, see 2029 Asian Winter Games. For the summer games, see Asian Games.

Asian Winter Games
Official logo of the Games
AbbreviationAWG
First event1986 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, Japan
Occur everyFour years
Last event2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China
Next event2029 Asian Winter Games in Neom, Saudi Arabia
PurposeMulti-sport event for nations on the Asian continent
Games

The Asian Winter Games (AWG) is an international multi-sport event held every four years for members of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) featuring winter events. The Japanese Olympic Committee first suggested creating a winter version of the Asian Games in 1982. Their efforts were rewarded when they received hosting rights for the first edition, 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 OCA member nations participate in the first edition, the number of competing nations in the Winter Asiad has grown consistently. In the 2007 Asian Winter Games in Changchun, 27 out of the 45 members fielded a record number of competitors, while all 45 National Olympic Committees sent delegations for the first time in AWG history.

Although games were considered for Lebanon in 2009, they were ultimately cancelled.[1] The next edition is scheduled to be held in Neom, Saudi Arabia in 2029.

List of Asian Winter Games

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Host cities of the Asian Winter Games
Edition Year Host city Host nation Opened by Start date End date Nations Competitors Sports Events Top-placed team Ref.
1 1986 Sapporo  Japan Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah[a] 1 March 8 March 7 293 7 35  Japan [2]
2 1990 Sapporo  Japan Emperor Akihito 9 March 14 March 9 310 6 33  Japan [3]
3 1996 Harbin  China President Jiang Zemin 4 February 11 February 17 453 8 43  China [4]
4 1999 Gangwon  South Korea President Kim Dae-jung 30 January 6 February 14 798 7 43  China [5]
5 2003 Aomori  Japan Crown Prince Naruhito[b] 1 February 8 February 17 641 11 51  Japan [6]
6 2007 Changchun  China President Hu Jintao 28 January 4 February 25 796 10 47  China [7]
7 2011 Astana and Almaty  Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev 30 January 6 February 26 843 11 69  Kazakhstan [8]
8 2017 Sapporo and Obihiro  Japan Crown Prince Naruhito[b] 19 February 26 February 32 1,147 11 64  Japan [9]
9 2025 Harbin  China President Xi Jinping 7 February 14 February 34 1,222 11 64  China [10]
10 2029 Neom  Saudi Arabia TBD

Sports

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Main article: Asian Winter Games sports
Sport Years
Alpine skiing All
Bandy 2011
Biathlon All
Cross-country skiing All
Curling 2003–2007, since 2017
Figure skating 1986, since 1996
Freestyle skiing 1996, since 2003
Ice hockey All
Short-track speed skating All
Ski jumping 2003, 2011-2017
Ski mountaineering 2025
Ski orienteering 2011
Snowboarding 2003–2007, since 2017
Speed skating All

Medal count

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Main article: All-time Asian Winter Games medal table

As of 2025, the 34 National Olympic Committees have participated throughout the history of the Games.[11] Only China, Japan, and South Korea have won at least one gold medal at every Asian Winter Games, while Japan, China, and Kazakhstan became the only three countries in history to emerge as the first places at the medal tables.[12]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan148156130434
2 China126112131369
3 South Korea9098106294
4 Kazakhstan827162215
5 Uzbekistan2248
6 North Korea151218
7 Lebanon1102
8 Philippines1001
9 Mongolia0167
10 Iran0123
11 Chinese Taipei0011
 Kyrgyzstan0011
 Thailand0011
Totals (13 entries)4514474561,354

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Representing Hirohito, Emperor of Japan.
  2. ^ a b Representing Akihito, Emperor of Japan.

References

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  1. ^ "The skiers of Lebanon". The Sydney Morning Herald. 4 June 2005. Archived from the original on 9 July 2023.
  2. ^ "1st AWG Sapporo 1986". Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 22 July 2010.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "2nd AWG Sapporo 1990". Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 22 July 2010.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ "3rd AWG Harbin 1996". Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 22 July 2010.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ "4th AWG Gangwon 1999". Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  6. ^ "5th AWG Aomori 2003". Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on 8 December 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2003.
  7. ^ "6th AWG Changchun 2007". Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2007.
  8. ^ "7th AWG Astana-Almaty 2011". Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on 8 November 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  9. ^ "8th AWG Sapporo 2017". Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on 7 November 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  10. ^ Pang, Damon. "President Xi declares 2025 Asian Winter Games open - RTHK". news.rthk.hk. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  11. ^ "HAWGOC confirms record entry of NOCs, athletes for Harbin 2025". www.oca.asia/. Olympic Council of Asia. 21 January 2025. Archived from the original on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  12. ^ "Asian Winter Games 1986". oca.asia. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
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