Winter Asian Games 2011

Winter Asian Games 2011

venue	Astana and Almaty , Kazakhstan
countries	26th
Athletes	843
Competitions	69 in 11 sports
Opening ceremony	January 30, 2011
Closing ceremony	February 6, 2011

The 7th Asian Winter Games was a multinational sporting event. They took place from January 30th to February 6th 2011 in Astana and Almaty . It was the first time that Kazakhstan had staged an event of this magnitude since independence from the Soviet Union .

Participating countries

Athletes from 26 countries took part in the 2011 Asian Winter Games. Bahrain , Qatar and Singapore were represented for the first time . In contrast to 2007 , Macau and Pakistan were no longer represented.

Kuwait played as athletes from Kuwait under the Olympic flag due to the suspension of its National Olympic Committee by the International Olympic Committee IOC .

Afghanistan 2002 Afghanistan (1)
Bahrain Bahrain (17)
China People's Republic People's Republic of China (134)
Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei (32)
Hong Kong Hong Kong (3)
India India (11)
Iran Iran (10)
Japan Japan (102)
Jordan Jordan (2)
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan (169)
Qatar Qatar (4)
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan (53)
IOC Athletes from Kuwait (21)

Lebanon Lebanon (2)
Malaysia Malaysia (22)
Mongolia Mongolia (52)
Nepal Nepal (1)
Korea North North Korea (32)
Palastina autonomous areas Palestine (2)
Philippines Philippines (3)
Singapore Singapore (1)
Korea South South Korea (108)
Tajikistan Tajikistan (2)
Thailand Thailand (25)
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates (25)
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (8)

sports

Competition facilities

Shymbulak

Medeo

place	investment	Sport / event	capacity
Astana	Astana Arena	Opening ceremony	30,000
	Speed skating stadium	Speed skating	8,773
	Sports Palace Kazakhstan (Hall 1)	ice Hockey	5,050
	Sports Palace Kazakhstan (Hall 2)	ice Hockey	1,200
	Sayarka Velodrome	Short track, figure skating	8,000
Almaty	Sports and Culture Palace Baluan Sholak	Closing ceremony, ice hockey	5,000
	Medeo	Bandy	8,500
	Gorney giant	Ski jumping	9,500
	Shymbulak	Alpine skiing	3,000
	Biathlon and cross-country stadium	Biathlon, cross-country skiing, ski orienteering	6,200
	Tabagan Sports and Leisure Complex	Freestyle skiing	2,250

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	Total
1	Kazakhstan Kazakhstan	32	21st	17th	70
2	Japan Japan	13	24	17th	54
3	Korea South South Korea	13	12	13	38
4th	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	11	10	14th	35
5	Mongolia Mongolia	00	01	04th	05
6th	Iran Iran	00	01	02	03
7th	Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan	00	00	01	01
	Korea North North Korea	00	00	01	01

Web links

Commons : Asian Winter Games 2011 - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Official website of the 2011 Asian Winter Games

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Asiada-2011 in the press. (No longer available online.) Astana-almaty2011.kz, February 3, 2011, archived from the original on January 9, 2011 ; accessed on March 11, 2011 (English).
^ Asian Winter Games challenge for Kazakhstan. The Independent , January 10, 2011, accessed March 11, 2011 .
^ Political interference alleged. Associated Press , January 5, 2010, accessed February 4, 2011 .
↑ 'Athletes from Kuwait' participate under a different banner. Associated Press , November 22, 2010, accessed February 4, 2011 .
^ Asian Games Venues. (No longer available online.) Astana-almaty2011.kz, archived from the original on January 9, 2011 ; accessed on March 11, 2011 (English).

[daten-1] Asiada-2011 in the press. (No longer available online.) Astana-almaty2011.kz, February 3, 2011, archived from the original on January 9, 2011 ; accessed on March 11, 2011 (English).

[2] Asian Winter Games challenge for Kazakhstan. The Independent , January 10, 2011, accessed March 11, 2011 .

[3] Political interference alleged. Associated Press , January 5, 2010, accessed February 4, 2011 .

[4] 'Athletes from Kuwait' participate under a different banner. Associated Press , November 22, 2010, accessed February 4, 2011 .

[5] Asian Games Venues. (No longer available online.) Astana-almaty2011.kz, archived from the original on January 9, 2011 ; accessed on March 11, 2011 (English).