1999 Asian Winter Games

IV Asian Winter Games
MottoAsia, Shining brightly through Everlasting Friendship
Nations14
Athletes799
Events43 in 4 sports
OpeningJanuary 30, 1999
ClosingFebruary 6, 1999
Opened byKim Dae-jung
President of South Korea
Main venueYongpyong Indoor Ice Rink
Websitekangwonasiad.or.kr (Archived)
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The 4th Asian Winter Games (Korean: 제 4 회 동계 아시안 게임, romanizedje 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.[1] 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.