2018 Winter Olympics

XXIII Olympic Winter Games

PyeongChang 2018 Olympics official emblem
Host city	Pyeongchang, South Korea
Motto	New Horizons (Korean: 새로운 지평(地平）, Saeroeun Jipyeong)
Nations participating	90 (Estimated)
Events	98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
Opening ceremony	9 February
Closing ceremony	25 February
Stadium	Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium

2018 Winter Olympics
Bid process Paralympics Event calendar
IOC KOC POCOG

The 2018 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (French: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver;^[1] Hangul: 평창 동계 올림픽; hanja: 平昌 冬季 올림픽; RR: Pyeongchang Donggye Ollimpik) and commonly known as PyeongChang 2018, is a major international multi-sport event scheduled to take place from February 9 to February 25, 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

The elected host city was announced on 6 July 2011 by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), after the 123rd IOC Session in Durban, South Africa. Other candidates that applied to host the games were Annecy, France and Munich, Germany. Pyeongchang won on its third consecutive bid, having lost previously to Vancouver in Canada and Sochi in Russia. It will be the first Winter Olympic Games and second Olympic Games in South Korea; the 1988 Summer Olympics were held in Seoul. Pyeongchang will also be the third Asian city to host the winter games after Sapporo, Japan and Nagano, Japan.

Bidding

Pyeongchang launched bids to host both the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympic Games. However, despite winning in the first rounds of voting in both of their bids, Pyeongchang would ultimately lose in the final rounds by three and four votes respectively. It finally won in its bid for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, in 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. Had Munich won the right to host the games, it would have become the first city to host both the Winter and Summer Games, having previously hosted the 1972 Summer Olympics. Annecy launched a bid but failed to secure public support from local citizens. Their bid ultimately just received seven votes.

2018 Winter Olympics bidding results
City	Nation	Votes
Pyeongchang	South Korea	63
Munich	Germany	25
Annecy	France	7

Preparations

On 5 August 2011, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced the formation of the Pyeongchang 2018 Coordination Commission.^[2][3] On 4 October 2011, it was announced that the Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics will be headed by Kim Jin-sun. The PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG) was launched at its inaugural assembly on 19 October 2011. The first tasks of the organizing committee was to put together a master plan for the games as well as forming a design for the venues.^[4] The IOC Coordination Commission for the 2018 Winter Olympics made their first visit to Pyeongchang in March 2012. By then, construction was already underway on the Olympic Village.^[5][6] In June 2012, construction began on a high-speed rail line that will connect Pyeongchang to Seoul.^[7]

The International Paralympic Committee met with the Pyeongchang 2018 organizing committee for an orientation in July 2012.^[8] Then-IOC President Jacques Rogge visited Pyeongchang for the first time in February 2013.^[9]

On 27 June 2014 the Pyeongchang Olympic Committee announced their mascot selection contest.^[10] The contest ran from 15 September 2014 to 30 September 2014.

The 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games were held in Pyeongchang.

Venues

Pyeongchang Mountain cluster

Alpensia Resort

The Alpensia Resort in Daegwallyeong-myeon will be the focus of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.^[11][12]

• Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium – Ceremonies ^[13]
• Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre – Ski jumping, Nordic combined
• Alpensia Biathlon Centre – Biathlon
• Alpensia Cross-Country Centre – Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined
• Alpensia Sliding Centre – Luge, Bobsleigh, and Skeleton
• Olympic Village
• Yongpyong Alpine Centre – Alpine Skiing (Slalom, Giant Slalom)

Stand-alone venues

• Bokwang Snow Park – Freestyle skiing and Snowboard
• Jeongseon Alpine Centre – Alpine skiing (downhill, Super-G, and Combined)

Gangneung Coastal cluster

The coastal cluster is located in the city of Gangneung. The Gangneung Olympic Park will include the following four venues:

• Gangneung Hockey Centre – Ice Hockey (men competition)
• Gangneung Curling Centre – Curling
• Gangneung Oval^[13] - Speed skating
• Gangneung Ice Arena – Short track speed skating and Figure skating

In addition, a stand-alone venue is located on the grounds of Catholic Kwandong University:

• Kwandong Hockey Centre - Ice Hockey (women competition)

Sports

15 winter sport disciplines, organized as 7 Olympic sports, are scheduled in the 2018 Winter Olympics program. The 3 skating sports are figure skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. The 6 skiing sports are alpine, cross-country skiing, freestyle, Nordic combined, ski jumping and snowboarding. The 2 bobsleigh sports are bobsleigh and skeleton. The other 4 sports are biathlon, curling, ice hockey, and luge.^[12]

Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sports discipline.

Alpine skiing () Biathlon () Bobsleigh () Cross-country skiing () Curling ()

Figure skating () Freestyle skiing () Ice hockey () Luge () Nordic combined ()

Short track speed skating () Skeleton () Ski jumping () Snowboarding () Speed skating ()

Participating National Olympic Committees

Participating National Olympic Committees
Canada (21)[14][15] Finland (25)[14][16] South Korea (46)[14] (host) Sweden (25)[14][16] United States (21)[14][15]

Calendar

All dates are KST (UTC+9)

• Schedule does not yet include:^[17]
  • Figure skating team event
  • Women's ski jumping
  • Mixed relay biathlon
  • Men's and Women's Ski half-pipe Freestyle skiing
  • Team relay luge
  • Four Snowboard events

OC

Opening ceremony

●

Event competitions

1

Event finals

EG

Exhibition gala

CC

Closing ceremony

February		9th Fri	10th Sat	11th Sun	12th Mon	13th Tue	14th Wed	15th Thu	16th Fri	17th Sat	18th Sun	19th Mon	20th Tue	21st Wed	22nd Thu	23rd Fri	24th Sat	25th Sun	??	Events
Ceremonies		OC																CC
Alpine skiing					1	1		1	1		1	1		1	1	1	1			10
Biathlon				1		1		2		1	1		1		1		2		1	11
Bobsleigh										●	1	●	1		●	1				3
Cross country skiing			2		2		2			2		1		1		1		1		12
Curling			●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1				2
Figure skating			●		1	●		1	●		●	1	●		1		EG		1	5
Freestyle skiing			1			1				●	1	●	1	1	1				2	8
Ice hockey			●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	●	●	1		2
Luge			●	1	●	1	1												1	4
Nordic combined				1							1		1							3
Short track speed skating				1			1			2				1		3				8
Skeleton								●	2											2
Ski jumping					●	1		●	1			1							1	4
Snowboarding				1	1		1	1								1	1		4	10
Speed skating			1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1		1	1		●	2			12
February		9th Fri	10th Sat	11th Sun	12th Mon	13th Tue	14th Wed	15th Thu	16th Fri	17th Sat	18th Sun	19th Mon	20th Tue	21st Wed	22nd Thu	23rd Fri	24th Sat	25th Sun		98

Broadcasting rights

•  Australia – Seven Network^[18]
•  Canada – CBC/Radio-Canada^[19]
•  China – CCTV^[20]
•  France – France Télévisions^[21]
•  Japan – Japan Consortium^[22]
•  North Korea – SBS^[23]
•  South Korea – SBS^[23]
•  United Kingdom – BBC^[24]
•  United States – NBC^[25]

See also

• 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
• Samcheok

Notes and references

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2018 Winter Olympics.

• Pyeongchang 2018 web site
• Pyeongchang 2018 (IOC)

Preceded by Sochi

Winter Olympics Pyeongchang XXIII Olympic Winter Games (2018)

Succeeded by TBA

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