title: Cross-country skiing at the 1999 Asian Winter Games
text: # Cross-country skiing at the 1999 Asian Winter Games
  
  Cross-country skiing at the 1999 Asian Winter Games took place in the Provincial Nordic venue, around the resort town of Yongpyong, Kangwon, South Korea, with six events contested — three each for men and women.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  | F | Final |
  | - | - |
  | Event↓/Date → | 31st Sun | 1st Mon | 2nd Tue | 3rd Wed | 4th Thu | 5th Fri |
  | Men's 15 km classical | F | | | | | |
  | Men's 30 km freestyle | | | | | F | |
  | Men's 4 × 10 km relay | | | F | | | |
  | Women's 5 km classical | | F | | | | |
  | Women's 10 km freestyle | | | | | | F |
  | Women's 4 × 5 km relay | | | | F | | |
  
  ## Medalists
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 15 km classical details | Vladimir Smirnov Kazakhstan | Pavel Ryabinin Kazakhstan | Andrey Nevzorov Kazakhstan |
  | 30 km freestyle details | Andrey Nevzorov Kazakhstan | Vladimir Smirnov Kazakhstan | Mitsuo Horigome Japan |
  | 4 × 10 km relay details | Kazakhstan Pavel Ryabinin Igor Zubrilin Andrey Nevzorov Vladimir Smirnov | Japan Katsuhito Ebisawa Takeshi Sato Mitsuo Horigome Hiroyuki Imai | South Korea Park Byung-joo Park Byung-chul Shin Doo-sun Ahn Jin-soo |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 5 km classical details | Sumiko Yokoyama Japan | Svetlana Shishkina Kazakhstan | Luan Zhengrong China |
  | 10 km freestyle details | Svetlana Shishkina Kazakhstan | Sumiko Yokoyama Japan | Fumiko Aoki Japan |
  | 4 × 5 km relay details | Kazakhstan Svetlana Deshevykh Yelena Kolomina Olga Selezneva Svetlana Shishkina | Japan Yukino Sato Sumiko Yokoyama Kumiko Yokoyama Fumiko Aoki | China Liu Hongxia Luan Zhengrong Shi Donghong Guo Dongling |
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
  | 2 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
  | 3 | China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 4 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
  
  ## Participating nations
  
  A total of 49 athletes from 7 nations competed in cross-country skiing at the 1999 Asian Winter Games:
  
  * China (8)
  * India (4)
  * Iran (4)
  * Japan (9)
  * Kazakhstan (10)
  * Mongolia (5)
  * South Korea (9)
  