The 2nd Asian Winter Games

Asian Winter Games

The Asian Winter Games is a multi-sport event held every four years for members of the Olympic Council of Asia which features winter events. The Japanese Olympic Committee first suggested the idea of holding a winter version of the Asian Games in 1982...

were held from March 9 to March 14, 1990 in Sapporo, Hokkaidō

Hokkaido

, formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is Japan's second largest island; it is also the largest and northernmost of Japan's 47 prefectural-level subdivisions. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaido from Honshu, although the two islands are connected by the underwater railway Seikan Tunnel...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

.. India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 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. The 2nd Winter Asiad saw three NOCs participating in the games for the first time: Chinese Taipei

Chinese Taipei

Chinese Taipei is the designated name used by the Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan, to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events, such as the Olympics, Paralympics, Asian Games and Asian Para Games...

, Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

 and the Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

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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
  Alpine skiing at the 1990 Asian Winter Games
  Alpine skiing at the 1990 Winter Asian Games took place in the city of Sapporo, Japan with four events contested — two each for men and women. Slalom events would later be substituted for Super Giant Slalom events in the next Winter Asiad but reinstated in the 1999 Winter Asian Games in South...
  
  
• Biathlon
  Biathlon at the 1990 Asian Winter Games
  Biathlon at the 1990 Winter Asian Games took place in the city of Sapporo, Japan with three events contested — all of them men's events.-Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:...
  
  
• Cross-country Skiing
  Cross-country skiing at the 1990 Asian Winter Games
  Cross-country skiing at the 1990 Winter Asian Games took place in the city of Sapporo, Japan with six events contested — three each for men and women.-Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:...
  
  
• Ice Hockey
  Ice hockey at the 1990 Asian Winter Games
  Ice hockey at the 1990 Asian Winter Games took place in the city of Sapporo, Japan. Just like in the inaugural edition of the Winter Asiad, only four nations competed in the sport: China, Japan, the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.-Medal...
  
  
• Short Track Speed Skating
  Short track speed skating at the 1990 Asian Winter Games
  Short track speed skating at the 1990 Winter Asian Games took place in the city of Sapporo, Japan with ten events contested — five each for men and women. Relay events for both men and women were added in this edition of the Winter Asiad.-Medal summary:...
  
  
• Speed Skating
  Speed skating at the 1990 Asian Winter Games
  Speed skating at the 1990 Winter Asian Games took place in the city of Sapporo, Japan with nine events contested — five for men and four for women.-Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:...
  
  

Participating nations

Teams from Iran, Chinese Taipei and the Philippines made their debut at the event, which had a total of over three hundred athletes entering from nine nations.

Non-competing nations
Hong Kong, which had sent a delegation of figure skaters to the last games, this time sent only officials.

Medal count

(Host nation highlighted)