1990 Asian Winter Games

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II Asian Winter Games
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Nations participating	10
Athletes participating	310
Events	33 in 6 sports
Opening ceremony	March 9, 1990
Closing ceremony	March 14, 1990
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Athlete's Oath	---
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The 2nd Asian Winter Games were held from March 9 to 14, 1990 in Sapporo, Japan.^[1]. India was originally scheduled to host the second edition of the games, but due to technical and financial difficulties it gave up its hosting rights to Japan in 1989.^[2] The 2nd Winter Asiad saw three NOCs participating in the games for the first time: Chinese Taipei, Iran and the Philippines.^[3]

Contents 1 Sports 2 Participating NOCs 3 Medal count 4 References

[edit] Sports

Events from only six sports were held in the Second Winter Asiad. Figure skating was temporarily out while Large-hill (90m) Ski Jumping was again a demonstration sport.

• Alpine Skiing
• Biathlon
• Cross-country Skiing
• Ice Hockey
• Short Track Speed Skating
• Speed Skating

[edit] Participating NOCs

Names are arranged in alphabetical order by their IOC country codes.

People's Republic of China Hong Kong India Iran Japan

South Korea Mongolia Philippines North Korea Chinese Taipei

[edit] Medal count

1990 Asian Winter Games medal count
Pos	Country				Total
1	Japan	18	16	13	47
2	China	9	9	8	26
3	South Korea	6	7	8	21
4	North Korea	0	1	4	5
5	Mongolia	0	0	1	1

(Host nation highlighted)

[edit] References

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