| V Asian Winter Games | |
| Size: | 90 |
| Host City: | Aomori, Japan |
| Nations: | 17 |
| Motto: | Asian Beat To The World |
| Athletes: | 641 |
| Events: | 51 in 5 sports |
| Opening: | February 1, 2003 |
| Closing: | February 8, 2003 |
| Opened By: | Naruhito |
| Athlete Oath: | Kiminobu Kimura |
| Torch Lighter: | Kayoko Fukushi |
| Stadium: | Aoi-mori Arena, Aomori City |
| Website: | net.pref.aomori.jp/awagoc (archived) |
| Spreviouss: | Busan 2002 |
| Snexts: | Doha 2006 |
| Sprevious: | Kangwon 1999 |
The 5th Asian Winter Games (ja|第5回アジア冬季競技大会|Dai 5-kai Ajia tōkikyōgitaikai), also known as Aomori 2003 (ja|青森2003), took place from February 1 to 8, 2003 in Aomori Prefecture, Japan.
The 2003 Winter Asiad mascot is Winta, a black woodpecker.[1]
The venues for the 2003 Winter Asiad were distributed all over Aomori Prefecture.
A total of 51 medal events in 11 medal sports were contested in the 5th Asian Winter Games. Freestyle skiing was reinstated, and ski jumping, a demonstration sport in past Winter Asiads, was included in the official roster of medal events. The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of events for the sport.
Names are arranged in alphabetical order. The number in parentheses indicates the number of participants (athletes and officials) that the NOC contributed.[2]
| IOC Letter Code | Country | Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| JPN | 154 | |
| KOR | 127 | |
| CHN | 117 | |
| KAZ | 91 | |
| MGL | 33 | |
| PRK | 29 | |
| THA | 27 | |
| TPE | 16 | |
| IRI | 16 | |
| LIB | 7 | |
| IND | 6 | |
| PAK | 6 | |
| UZB | 4 | |
| NEP | 3 | |
| TJK | 3 | |
| KGZ | 1 | |
| PLE | 1 | |
| ● | Opening ceremony | Event competitions | ● | Event finals | ● | Closing ceremony |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
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