Sunday, February 6, 2011

2011 Asian Winter Games

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 most recent 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 Asiad history.

List of Asian Winter Games

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

Year Games Host city 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
1986
I
Japan Sapporo Japan (29) China (4) South Korea (1)
1990
II
Japan Sapporo Japan (18) China (9) South Korea (6)
1996
III
People's Republic of China Harbin China (15) Kazakhstan (14) Japan (8)
1999
IV
South Korea Gangwon China (15) South Korea (11) Kazakhstan (10)
2003
V
Japan Aomori Japan (27) South Korea (10) China (9)
2007
VI
People's Republic of China Changchun China (19) Japan (13) South Korea (9)
2011
VII
Kazakhstan AstanaAlmaty Kazakhstan

2017
VIII
Japan SapporoObihiro

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