| Men's giant slalom at the 2003 Asian Winter Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Owani Onsen Ski Area | |||||||||
| Dates | 7 February 2003 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 34 from 12 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Alpine skiing at the 2003 Asian Winter Games | ||
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| Slalom | men | women |
| Giant slalom | men | women |
The men's giant slalom at the 2003 Asian Winter Games was held on 7 February 2003 at Owani Onsen Ski Area, Japan.
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, 7 February 2003 | 10:00 | 1st run |
| 13:00 | 2nd run |
| Rank | Athlete | 1st run | 2nd run | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  Niki Fürstauer (LIB) | 1:05.69 | 1:02.50 | 2:08.19 |
 |  Tetsuya Otaki (JPN) | 1:06.04 | 1:02.92 | 2:08.96 |
 | Masami Kudo (JPN) | 1:06.30 | 1:02.68 | 2:08.98 |
| 4 | Yusuke Kaji (JPN) | 1:06.19 | 1:02.81 | 2:09.00 |
| 5 |  Byun Jong-moon (KOR) | 1:07.09 | 1:02.54 | 2:09.63 |
| 6 | Ji Young-ha (KOR) | 1:06.75 | 1:02.94 | 2:09.69 |
| 7 | Hur Seung-wook (KOR) | 1:07.68 | 1:03.95 | 2:11.63 |
| 8 | Shohei Yokota (JPN) | 1:07.71 | 1:04.06 | 2:11.77 |
| 9 |  Ren Ligang (CHN) | 1:10.43 | 1:06.63 | 2:17.06 |
| 10 |  Alidad Saveh-Shemshaki (IRI) | 1:10.81 | 1:06.77 | 2:17.58 |
| 11 | Bagher Kalhor (IRI) | 1:09.68 | 1:07.96 | 2:17.64 |
| 12 | Hossein Kalhor (IRI) | 1:11.77 | 1:06.56 | 2:18.33 |
| 13 | Zhang Qingliang (CHN) | 1:11.72 | 1:08.26 | 2:19.98 |
| 14 | Sun Maoxin (CHN) | 1:12.59 | 1:08.96 | 2:21.55 |
| 15 |  Kayrat Ermetov (UZB) | 1:13.28 | 1:09.53 | 2:22.81 |
| 16 | Jamil Mehanna (LIB) | 1:13.65 | 1:09.58 | 2:23.23 |
| 17 | Liu Changfu (CHN) | 1:10.36 | 1:14.01 | 2:24.37 |
| 18 |  Nanak Chand Thakur (IND) | 1:18.70 | 1:13.46 | 2:32.16 |
| 19 | Chuni Lal Thakur (IND) | 1:20.18 | 1:13.58 | 2:33.76 |
| 20 |  Muhammad Abbas (PAK) | 1:18.96 | 1:14.94 | 2:33.90 |
| 21 | Muhammad Iqbal Shah (PAK) | 1:19.91 | 1:15.43 | 2:35.34 |
| 22 |  Jayaram Khadka (NEP) | 1:22.04 | 1:20.87 | 2:42.91 |
| 23 |  Karomadin Akhioev (TJK) | 1:26.17 | 1:19.82 | 2:45.99 |
| 24 | Sher Afzal (PAK) | 2:54.56 | 1:20.29 | 4:14.85 |
| — | Kang Min-heuk (KOR) | DNF | DNF | |
| — | Farshad Tir (IRI) | DNF | DNF | |
| — | Andrei Drygin (TJK) | DNF | DNF | |
| — |  Ruslan Issayev (KAZ) | DNF | DNF | |
| — | Viktor Ryabchenko (KAZ) | DSQ | DSQ | |
| — | Kaisar Kayrouz (LIB) | DSQ | DSQ | |
| — | Pramod Lama (NEP) | DSQ | DSQ | |
| — | Sawar Khan (PAK) | DNF | DNF | |
| — | Shamsoullo Zokirov (TJK) | DNS | DNS | |
| — |  Chagnaagiin Aranzalzul (MGL) | DNS | DNS |
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