Biathlon at the Winter Asian Games 2003

Biathlon at the 2003 Winter Asian Games in Aomori Prefecture was held in the fifth edition of the event for men and women in three races, sprint, pursuit and relay. The dominant nations were China and, for the first time since 1990, Japan, which won all six individual medals for men. The dominant athlete for the men was Hironao Meguro , who won all three possible gold medals, for the women Kong Yingchao with two golds and one silver.

The venue for the biathlon competitions was the Iwaki-san sōgō kōen (English Mt. Iwaki Sports Park or Iwaki General Athletic Park ) in Iwaki , now part of the city of Hirosaki , in the southwest of Aomori Prefecture.

Men

sprint

rank	Biathlete	time	error
1	Hironao Meguro	28: 40.3	3
2	Sunao Noto	29: 14.8	3
3	Tatsumi Kasahara	29: 45.8	4th
4th	Jerden Abbirachmanov	30: 02.7	2
5	Qiu Lianhai	30: 05.0	3
6th	Kyōji Suga	30: 23.7	7th
7th	Son Hae-kwam	30: 53.4	1
8th	Zhang Qing	30: 56.3	5
9	Alexander Fadeev	31: 20.0	2
10	Dmitri Posdnyakov	31: 23.9	5
11	Igor Selenkov	31: 36.1	4th
12	Kim Kyung-tae	31: 51.8	3
13	Wang Xin	32: 29.9	4th
14th	Zhang Hongjun	32: 46.4	5
15th	Shin Byung-kook	33: 08.1	6th
16	Yun-bae Park	34: 59.8	7th

February 3, 2003

persecution

rank	Biathlete	time	error
1	Hironao Meguro	39: 09.8	4th
2	Sunao Noto	41: 34.3	6th
3	Kyōji Suga	41: 56.9	6th
4th	Jerden Abbirachmanov	43: 47.5	5
5	Qiu Lianhai	45: 20.0	7th
6th	Tatsumi Kasahara	45: 44.8	12
7th	Dmitri Posdnyakov	45: 46.0	5
8th	Zhang Qing	46: 24.0	10
9	Igor Selenkov	46: 31.3	10
10	Kim Kyung-tae	46: 36.2	4th
11	Shin Byung-kook	47: 45.3	3
12	Son Hae-kwam	48: 28.9	4th
13	Zhang Hongjun	49: 01.8	5
14th	Wang Xin	49: 54.8	8th
15th	Alexander Fadeev	54: 31.5	14th
16	Yun-bae Park	55: 01.0	8th

February 5, 2003

Season

rank	team	Biathletes	time	error
1	Japan	Sunao Noto Hironao Meguro Tatsumi Kasahara Kyōji Suga	1: 25: 40.0	0 + 15
2	South Korea	Son Hae-kwam Kim Kyung-tae Shin Byung-kook Park Yun-bae	1: 32: 36.1	0 + 14
3	People's Republic of China	Qiu Lianhai Zhang Hongjun Zhang Qing Wang Xin	1: 33: 49.3	3 + 13
4th	Kazakhstan		1: 33: 49.6	5 + 20

February 7, 2003

Women

sprint

rank	Biathlete	time	error
1	Tamami Tanaka	24: 30.9	4th
2	Kong Yingchao	24: 43.9	3
3	Liu Xianying	24: 50.6	3
4th	Jelena Dubok	25: 23.1	2
5	Sun Ribo	25: 25.9	4th
6th	Liu Yuanyuan	25: 36.5	4th
7th	Kanae Suzuki	26: 27.3	7th
8th	Viktoria Afanasseva	26: 31.5	5
9	Sanae Takano	26: 46.9	5
10	Irina Moshevitina	27: 51.3	2
11	Ikuyo Tsukidate	28: 09.1	7th
12	Olga Dudchenko	28: 13.4	3
13	Kim Ja-youn	28: 21.6	2
14th	Baik Mi-ra	29: 34.5	4th
15th	Jung Yang-mi	31: 42.6	5
16	Dong Jung-lim	33: 44.2	4th
17th	Schirnengiin Bolortsetseg	41: 20.2	10

February 3, 2003

persecution

rank	Biathlete	time	error
1	Kong Yingchao	40: 17.9	4th
2	Liu Xianying	41: 16.8	3
3	Sun Ribo	42: 28.7	5
4th	Tamami Tanaka	42: 34.0	8th
5	Jelena Dubok	43: 36.4	4th
6th	Kanae Suzuki	46: 25.3	10
7th	Ikuyo Tsukidate	46: 40.2	7th
8th	Viktoria Afanasseva	48: 23.5	9
9	Liu Yuanyuan	49: 21.4	10
10	Sanae Takano	50: 14.2	12
11	Olga Dudchenko	51: 29.0	7th
12	Kim Ja-youn	54: 05.5	9
13	Irina Moshevitina	55: 17.0	11
14th	Jung Yang-mi	57: 10.9	6th
15th	Baik Mi-ra	59: 48.4	13
16	Dong Jung-lim	1: 03: 37.2	11
17th	Schirnengiin Bolortsetseg	1: 09: 46.1	18th

February 5, 2003

Season

rank	team	Biathletes	time	error
1	People's Republic of China	Kong Yingchao Liu Xianying Sun Ribo Yu Shumei	1: 27: 45.9	1 + 11
2	Japan	Sanae Takano Tamami Tanaka Ikuyo Tsukidate Kanae Suzuki	1: 28: 26.0	7 + 21
3	Kazakhstan	Jelena Dubok Olga Dudchenko Irina Moshevitina Viktorija Afanassjewa	1: 31: 15.2	0 + 11
4th	South Korea		1: 38: 28.6	1 + 14

February 7, 2003

Web links

• Result lists

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hirosaki City: Iwaki-san sōgō kōen
2. ↑ Aomori Prefecture ( Memento of December 5, 2003 in the Internet Archive ) (archived in the Internet Archive )