PyeongChang 2018 Olympics Bid logo |
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| Host city | Pyeongchang, South Korea |
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| Motto | New Horizons |
| Events | 98 in 15 sports |
| Opening ceremony | 9 February |
| Closing ceremony | 25 February |
| Stadium | Alpensia Ski Jumping Stadium |
The 2018 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXIII Olympic Winter Games, is a winter multi-sport event scheduled to take place in Pyeongchang, South Korea, between 9 and 25 February 2018. The elected host city was announced on 6 July 2011 by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), after the 123rd IOC Session in Durban. Other candidates that applied to host the games were Annecy, France, and Munich, Germany.
Pyeongchang won on its third consecutive bid, having lost to Vancouver, Canada, and Sochi, Russia. It will be the first Winter Olympic Games in South Korea and second Olympic Games after the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. After a series of large cities (Nagano to Sochi), for the first time since Lillehammer 1994 the Winter Olympics returned to a mountain resort.
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Pyeongchang launched its third consecutive bid for the Winter Olympic Games, which ultimately won. Pyeongchang won on the first round of voting. They received 63 of the 95 votes cast, giving them the required majority to be elected as host city.
Munich also launched a bid to host. Should Munich have been chosen, they would have been the first city to stage both the Winter and Summer Games. (Munich previously hosted the 1972 Summer Olympics.) Annecy launched a bid but failed to gain public support from locals. Their bid ultimately just received seven votes. Only these three cities made bids for these games and all three became candidates.
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| City | Nation | Round 1 | ||||
| Pyeongchang | South Korea | 63 | ||||
| Munich | Germany | 25 | ||||
| Annecy | France | 7 | ||||
On August 5, 2011, the IOC announced the formation of the Pyeongchang 2018 Coordination Commission. [1] [2] On October 4, 2011 it was announced that the Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics will be headed by Jin-Sun Kim. The PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG) was launched at its inaugural assembly on October 19, 2011. The first tasks of the organizing committee will be to put together a master plan for the games as well as forming a design for the venues.[3]
The Alpensia Resort in Daegwallyeong-myeon will be the focus of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.[4][5]
The coastal cluster is located in the city of Gangneung
| Preceded by Sochi |
Winter Olympics Pyeongchang XXIII Olympic Winter Games (2018) |
Succeeded by TBD 2022 |
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