2018 Winter Olympics

XXIII Olympic Winter Games

PyeongChang 2018 Olympics official emblem
Host city Pyeongchang, South Korea
Motto Passion. Connected.
Korean: 하나된 열정.
Nations participating 100 (Estimated)
Events 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
Opening ceremony 9 February
Closing ceremony 25 February
Stadium Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium

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 9 to 25 February 2018, in PyeongChang, South Korea. It will be the second winter Olympics to be held on mainland Asia, after Sochi, Russia.

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 fourth Asian city to host the Winter Games after Sapporo, Japan (1972) and Nagano, Japan (1998), and Sochi, Russia. It will be the first Winter Olympic Games since 2010 to be held in a ski resort town.

Bidding

PyeongChang launched bids to host both the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympic Games. However, despite having the most votes in the first round of voting, Pyeongchang lost in the final round of voting by three and four votes respectively. It finally won 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 these Games. Prior to Beijing's successful 2022 Winter Olympics bid, Munich would have become the first city to host both the Winter and Summer Games, having previously hosted the 1972 Summer Olympics, but only received 25 votes. Annecy launched a bid, but failed to secure public support from local citizens. Their bid ultimately just received seven votes.

48 votes were needed for selection.

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]

Olympic venues 2018

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.

The PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games created PyeongChang WINNERS in 2014 by recruiting university students living in South Korea to spread awareness of the Olympic Games through social networking services and news articles.[11]

Venues

Dragon Valley Ski Resort

Pyeongchang Mountain cluster

Alpensia Sports Park

The Alpensia Resort in Daegwallyeong-myeon will be the focus of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.[12][13]

Stand-alone venues

Gangneung Coastal cluster

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

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

Marketing

Branding

The host city Pyeongchang is marketed as PyeongChang with the letter "C" in uppercase. This is after concerns were raised that foreign visitors to the Games might confuse Pyeongchang for Pyongyang, the capital of neighboring North Korea.[15]

Choi Moon-Soon, governor of Gangwon province, acknowledges the similarities of the names of the two cities. Choi cited a case of Daniel Olomae Ole Sapit, a Maasai from Kenya who was invited to attend a United Nations conference on biodiversity in Pyeongchang in September 2014 to justify such concerns. Sapit mistakenly flew to Pyongyang, North Korea instead, and was interrogated by suspicious North Korean immigration officers. He was later put in a flight back to Beijing after paying a $500 fine.[15]

Sports

15 winter sport disciplines, organized as 7 Olympic sports, are scheduled in the 2018 Winter Olympics program. The three skating sports are figure skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. The six skiing sports are alpine, cross-country, freestyle, nordic combined, ski jumping, and snowboarding. The two bobsleigh sports are bobsleigh and skeleton. The other four sports are biathlon, curling, ice hockey, and luge.[13]

In June 2015, four new disciplines were approved for inclusion in the games and will feature in the Olympic program for the first time in 2018. These four are snowboarding big air, curling mixed doubles, speed skating mass start, and Alpine skiing team. Parallel slalom in snowboarding was dropped to make room for big air.[16]

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

Participating National Olympic Committees

Participating National Olympic Committees

Calendar

All dates are KST (UTC+9)
OCOpening ceremony ●Event competitions 1Event finals EGExhibition gala CCClosing 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
CeremoniesOC CC
Alpine skiing 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11
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 1 3
Figure skating ● 1 ● 1 ● ● 1 ● 1 EG 1 5
Freestyle skiing 1 1 ● 1 ● 1 1 1 4 10
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 2 14
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		 102

Broadcasting rights

Broadcast rights to the 2018 Winter Olympics in some countries were already sold as part of long-term broadcast rights deals. On 29 June 2015, the IOC announced that Discovery Communications—owner of Eurosport, had acquired exclusive rights to the Olympics from 2018 through 2024 across Europe, excluding Russia, on all platforms. Discovery will sub-license its broadcast rights to local free-to-air networks on a territorial basis. Discovery's rights deal will, initially, not cover France or the United Kingdom, due to pre-existing rights deals with the BBC and France Télévisions that run through the 2020 Games. Unlike previous pan-European deals, such as with the European Broadcasting Union and Sportfive, Discovery will not solely serve as a reseller, and intends to carry coverage on its regional properties, but has committed to sub-licensing at least 100 hours of coverage to free-to-air networks.[20][21][22]

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "French and English are the official languages for the Olympic Games.", .(..)
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20110918071136/http://www.olympic.org:80/pyeongchang-2018?articleid=135745. Archived from the original on 18 September 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ "Coordination Commissions". Olympic.org. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  4. ↑ "PyeongChang 2018 Organizing Committee Launched". GamesBids.com. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  5. ↑ "PyeongChang 2018 Praised". Gamesbids.com. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  6. ↑ "Pyeongchang 2018 have "good grasp of what is expected" says Lindberg after first IOC Coordination Commission visit". Insidethegames.biz. 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  7. ↑ "Construction Begins on High-Speed Railway, Critical for PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Games". Gamesbids.com. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  8. ↑ "IPC Orientates PyeongChang 2018". Gamesbids.com. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  9. ↑ "Pyeongchang 2018 on "right track" declares Rogge after first visit". Insidethegames.biz. 2013-02-01. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  10. ↑ "2018평창동계올림픽대회 및 장애인동계올림픽대회 마스코트 아이디어 공모".
  11. ↑ "Pyeongchang 2018 recruits college student reporters: WINNERS". June 18, 2015. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  12. ↑ "PyeongChang 2018 Alpensia Resort and water park complete and full for summer season". Sportsfeatures.com. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  13. 1 2 "Pyeongchang2018 Volume 2 (Sport and Venues)" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  14. 1 2 "Pyeongchang 2018 move venue for Opening and Closing Ceremonies | Winter Olympics 2018". insidethegames.biz. 2012-07-06. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  15. 1 2 "Olympics: 2018 Winter Olympics … not in Pyongyang". Manila Bulletin. Agence France-Presse. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  16. ↑ "Winter Olympics: Big air, mixed curling among new 2018 events". BBC.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "2018 Winter Olympics". IIHF (iihf.com). Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  18. 1 2 "2014 Women's World Ranking (after WW)". IIHF (iihf.com). Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  19. ↑ "Pyeongchang2018 Volume 2" (pdf). pyeongchang2018.org. p. 8. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  20. ↑ "IOC awards European broadcast rights to SPORTFIVE". ESPN. 18 February 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  21. ↑ "Discovery Lands European Olympic Rights Through ’24". Sports Business Journal. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  22. ↑ "BBC dealt another blow after losing control of TV rights for Olympics". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  23. ↑ "IOC awards 2018-2024 broadcast rights in Asia". International Olympic Committee (Olympic.org). 29 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  24. ↑ "Seven Network reclaims rights to broadcast Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and Tokyo in 2020". News.com.au. 2014-07-09. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
  25. ↑ "IOC reaches agreement for broadcast rights in Brazil with Grupo Globo through to 2032". International Olympic Committee (Olympic.org). 10 December 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  26. ↑ "IOC awards 2018-2020 broadcast rights in Canada". International Olympic Committee (Olympic.org). 28 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  27. ↑ "IOC awards 2018-2024 broadcast rights in China". International Olympic Committee (Olympic.org). 4 December 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  28. ↑ "IOC awards all TV and multiplatform broadcast rights in Europe to Discovery and Eurosport for 2018-2024 Olympic Games". International Olympic Committee (Olympic.org). 29 June 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  29. ↑ Lloyd, Tom (21 April 2016). "Finnish broadcaster in Discovery Olympics deal". SportsPro. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  30. ↑ "IOC awards TV rights in Germany, Korea, France". Forbes.com. 2011-07-05. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
  31. ↑ "IOC awards 2018-2024 broadcast rights in Japan". International Olympic Committee (Olympic.org). 19 June 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  32. ↑ "IOC awards 2018-2024 broadcast rights in Middle East and North Africa". International Olympic Committee (Olympic.org). 27 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  33. ↑ Emmett, James (21 March 2016). "Dutch broadcaster follows BBC with Discovery Olympic deal". SportsPro. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  34. 1 2 "IOC awards 2018-2024 broadcast rights in New Zealand and Pacific Island Territories". Olympic.org. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  35. 1 2 "IOC awards SBS broadcast rights for 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2024 Olympic Games". Olympic.org. 2011-07-04. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
  36. ↑ "IOC awards broadcast rights in United Kingdom for 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games to the BBC". Olympic.org. 2012-07-18. Retrieved 2012-07-18.
  37. ↑ "BBC & Discovery Communications Sign Long-Term Olympic Games Partnership". Discovery Communications (corporate.discovery.com). 3 February 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  38. ↑ "IOC awards US broadcast rights for 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games to NBCUniversal". Olympic.org. 2011-06-07. Retrieved 8 June 2011.

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Preceded by
Sochi		 Winter Olympics
Pyeongchang
XXIII Olympic Winter Games (2018) 		Succeeded by
Beijing
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