2003 Asian Winter Games
The 5th Asian Winter Games took place from February 1 to 8, 2003 in Aomori Prefecture, Japan.
Mascot
The 2003 Winter Asiad mascot is Winta, a black woodpecker.Venues
The venues for the 2003 Winter Asiad were distributed all over Aomori Prefecture.- Ajigasawa Town:
- *Ajigasawa Ski Area - Freestyle skiing, snowboarding
- Aomori City:
- *Aomori City Sports Complex - Curling
- *Aomori Prefectural Skating Rink - Figure skating
- Hachinohe City:
- *Nagane Park Speed Skating Rink - Speed skating
- *Niida Indoor Rink - Ice hockey
- Iwaki Town:
- *Iwaki General Athletic Park - Biathlon
- Misawa City:
- *Misawa Ice Arena - Ice hockey, short-track speed skating
- Owani Town:
- *Ajara Athletic Park - Cross-country skiing
- *Owani Onsen Ski Area - Alpine skiing
- *Takinosawa Ski Jumping Hill - Ski jumping
Sports
Participating nations
;Non-competing nations
Calendar
| January / February 2003 | 30th Thu | 31st Fri | 1st Sat | 2nd Sun | 3rd Mon | 4th Tue | 5th Wed | 6th Thu | 7th Fri | 8th Sat | Gold medals |
| Alpine skiing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Biathlon | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||||||
| Cross-country skiing | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Curling | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Figure Skating | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
| Freestyle skiing | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Ice hockey | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Short track speed skating | 4 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||
| Ski jumping | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Snowboarding | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Speed skating | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |||||||
| Total gold medals | 6 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 51 | ||||
| Ceremonies | ● | ● | |||||||||
| January / February 2003 | 30th Thu | 31st Fri | 1st Sat | 2nd Sun | 3rd Mon | 4th Tue | 5th Wed | 6th Thu | 7th Fri | 8th Sat | Gold medals |