title: Snowboarding at the 2003 Asian Winter Games
text: # 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)
  