1996 Asian Winter Games


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The 3rd Asian Winter Games (Chinese: 第三届亚洲冬季运动会; pinyin: Dì sān jiè yàzhōu dōngjì yùndònghuì), also known as Harbin 1996 (Chinese: 哈尔滨1996), were held from February 4 to 11, 1996 in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.[1] North Korea's Samjiyon was the original host for the games scheduled in 1995, but withdrew in August 1992. After the withdrawal, South Korea and then China submitted bids respectively. The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) decided to elect the host cities for these 3rd games and the next 4th games simultaneously. On December 2, 1993, The OCA announced that the 3rd games would be held in China in 1996 and the 4th games would be held in South Korea in 1999.

III Asian Winter Games
Host cityHarbin, Heilongjiang, China
Nations15
Athletes453
Events43 in 8 sports
Opening4 February 1996
Closing11 February 1996
Opened byJiang Zemin
President of China
Main venueBaqu Arena
Summer
Winter
 
Doudou, official mascot of the 1996 Asian Winter Games

The 1996 Winter Asiad mascot is Doudou, a character inspired by the pea plant.[2]

A total of 43 events in eight medal sports were held in the Third Winter Asian Games. Figure skating was reinstated and Freestyle skiing was added to the program.

Demonstration sport only:

Participating nations

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Names are arranged in alphabetical order.

Non-competing nations
Number of athletes by National Olympic Committees (by highest to lowest)
IOC Letter Code Country Athletes
CHN   China 280
KOR   South Korea 127
TPE   Chinese Taipei 113
HKG   Hong Kong 15
JPN   Japan 9
IRI   Iran 4
IND   India 2
KAZ   Kazakhstan 2
KGZ   Kyrgyzstan 2
MGL   Mongolia 2
PAK   Pakistan 2
KUW   Kuwait 1
LIB   Lebanon 1
TJK   Tajikistan 1
UZB   Uzbekistan 1

  *   Host nation (China)

  • 제4회 강원 동계아시아경기대회 공식보고서 (The 4th Kangwon Asian Winter Games Official Report) (in Korean). The 4th Kangwon Asian Winter Games Organizing Committee. 30 August 1999.
  1. ^ World of Chinese Stamps and Philatelic Items Archived 2006-12-13 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Logos and Mascots of Selected Sport Games and Sports". Archived from the original on 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2006-11-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)