Snowboarding at the 2003 Asian Winter Games
# Snowboarding at the 2003 Asian Winter Games

Snowboarding was featured as part of the 2003 Asian Winter Games at the Ajigasawa Ski Area in Aomori, Japan. Events were held from 2 February to 4 February 2003.

Women's competitions were conducted demonstration sport. The host nation Japan was the only nation and dominated the competition by winning all three gold medals.

## Schedule

| Q | Qualification | F | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event↓/Date → | 2nd Sun | 2nd Sun | 3rd Mon | 4th Tue |
| Men's halfpipe | Q | F | | |
| Men's slalom | | | | F |
| Men's giant slalom | | | F | |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's halfpipe details | Daisuke Murakami Japan | Takaharu Nakai Japan | Han Jin-bae South Korea |
| Men's slalom details | Kohei Kawaguchi Japan | Ji Myung-kon South Korea | Kentaro Tsuruoka Japan |
| Men's giant slalom details | Kohei Kawaguchi Japan | Teruumi Fujimoto Japan | Kentaro Tsuruoka Japan |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (2 entries) | Totals (2 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |

## Demonstration events

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Women's halfpipe | Soko Yamaoka Japan | Maho Yoshimi Japan | Chiyoko Iwabuchi Japan |
| Women's slalom | Ran Iida Japan | Eri Yanetani Japan | Tomoka Takeuchi Japan |
| Women's giant slalom | Ran Iida Japan | Tomoka Takeuchi Japan | Eri Yanetani Japan |

### Women's halfpipe

2 February

| Athlete | Election | Final |
| - | - | - |
| Soko Yamaoka (JPN) | 38.5 | 40.2 |
| Maho Yoshimi (JPN) | 32.7 | 32.9 |
| Chiyoko Iwabuchi (JPN) | 36.5 | 29.9 |

### Women's slalom

4 February

| Athlete | 1st run | 2nd run | Total |
| - | - | - | - |
| Ran Iida (JPN) | 54.95 | 54.70 | 1:49.65 |
| Eri Yanetani (JPN) | 55.17 | 55.09 | 1:50.26 |
| Tomoka Takeuchi (JPN) | 57.95 | 58.46 | 1:56.41 |

### Women's giant slalom

3 February

| Athlete | 1st run | 2nd run | Total |
| - | - | - | - |
| Ran Iida (JPN) | 1:14.17 | 1:16.30 | 2:30.47 |
| Tomoka Takeuchi (JPN) | 1:12.76 | 1:18.21 | 2:30.97 |
| Eri Yanetani (JPN) | 1:14.89 | 1:16.50 | 2:31.39 |

## Participating nations

A total of 26 athletes from 5 nations competed in snowboarding at the 2003 Asian Winter Games:

* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Iran (4)
* Japan (14)
* Lebanon (1)
* South Korea (6)
