1999 Asian Winter Games

IV Asian Winter Games

Motto	Asia, Shining brightly through Everlasting Friendship
Nations	14
Athletes	799
Events	43 in 4 sports
Opening	January 30, 1999
Closing	February 6, 1999
Opened by	Kim Dae-jung President of South Korea
Main venue	Yongpyong Indoor Ice Rink
Website	kangwonasiad.or.kr
Summer
← Bangkok 1998 Busan 2002 →
Winter
← Harbin 1996 Aomori 2003 →

The 4th Asian Winter Games (Korean: 제 4 회 동계 아시안 게임, romanized: je 4 hoe dong-gye asian geim) 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.