Speed skating at the 1999 Asian Winter Games
# Speed skating at the 1999 Asian Winter Games

Speed skating at the 1999 Winter Asian Games took place in the city of Chuncheon, Gangwon, South Korea with nine events contested — five for men and four for women.

## Schedule

| ● | Race | ● | Last race | ● | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Event↓/Date → | 2nd Tue | 3rd Wed | 4th Thu | 5th Fri |
| Men's 500 m | ● | ● | | |
| Men's 1000 m | | | | F |
| Men's 1500 m | | | F | |
| Men's 5000 m | F | | | |
| Men's 10000 m | | | | F |
| Women's 500 m | ● | ● | | |
| Women's 1000 m | | | | F |
| Women's 1500 m | | | F | |
| Women's 3000 m | F | | | |

## Medalists

### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 500 m details | Shoji Kato Japan | Jaegal Sung-yeol South Korea | Kazuya Nishioka Japan |
| 1000 m details | Choi Jae-bong South Korea | Lee Kyou-hyuk South Korea | Chun Joo-hyun South Korea |
| 1500 m details | Choi Jae-bong South Korea | Chun Joo-hyun South Korea | Hiromichi Ito Japan |
| 5000 m details | Radik Bikchentayev Kazakhstan | Mun Jun South Korea | Kazuki Sawaguchi Japan |
| 10000 m details | Toshihiko Itokawa Japan | Liu Guangbin China | Mun Jun South Korea |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 500 m details | Xue Ruihong China | Yang Chunyuan China | Wang Manli China |
| 1000 m details | Xue Ruihong China | Yang Chunyuan China | Li Xuesong China |
| 1500 m details | Song Li China | Kanae Kobayashi Japan | Aki Narita Japan |
| 3000 m details | Aki Narita Japan | Yuri Horikawa Japan | Song Li China |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |

## Participating nations

A total of 51 athletes from 5 nations competed in speed skating at the 1999 Asian Winter Games:

* China (10)
* Japan (18)
* Kazakhstan (6)
* Mongolia (1)
* South Korea (16)
