| Men's slalom at the 2003 Asian Winter Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Ajigasawa Ski Area | |||||||||
| Dates | 4 February 2003 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 11 from 5 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Snowboarding at the 2003 Asian Winter Games | |
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| Halfpipe | men |
| Slalom | men |
| Giant slalom | men |
The men's slalom competition at the 2003 Asian Winter Games in Aomori, Japan was held on 4 February 2003 at the Ajigasawa Ski Area.
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 4 February 2003 | 10:00 | 1st run |
| 12:10 | 2nd run |
| Rank | Athlete | 1st run | 2nd run | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  Kohei Kawaguchi (JPN) | 49.84 | 49.09 | 1:38.93 |
 |  Ji Myung-kon (KOR) | 51.00 | 49.34 | 1:40.34 |
 | Kentaro Tsuruoka (JPN) | 51.20 | 49.61 | 1:40.81 |
| 4 | Teruumi Fujimoto (JPN) | 53.57 | 50.42 | 1:43.99 |
| 5 | Ji Won-duk (KOR) | 56.51 | 50.39 | 1:46.90 |
| 6 | Fuyuki Hattori (JPN) | 54.53 | 52.38 | 1:46.91 |
| 7 |  Hossein Kalhor (IRI) | 54.86 | 52.38 | 1:47.24 |
| 8 | Hossein Seid (IRI) | 55.04 | 52.68 | 1:47.72 |
| 9 |  Wang Jen-hsiang (TPE) | 57.29 | 53.55 | 1:50.84 |
| 10 |  Zaher El-Hage (LIB) | 56.74 | 55.21 | 1:51.95 |
| 11 | Morteza Seid (IRI) | 56.84 | 55.94 | 1:52.78 |
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