2018 Winter Olympics

XXIII Olympic Winter Games

Host city	Pyeongchang, South Korea
Motto	Passion. Connected. (Korean: 하나된 열정., Hanadoen Yeoljeong)
Nations	92
Athletes	2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women)
Events	102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
Opening	9 February
Closing	25 February
Opened by	President Moon Jae-in
Cauldron	Kim Yun-a
Stadium	Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium
Winter
← Sochi 2014 Beijing 2022 →
Summer
← Rio 2016 Tokyo 2020 →

The 2018 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXIII Olympic Winter Games, is a sporting event that took place in between February 9 and 25, 2018. The deadline for bids was January 2009. The winning city, Pyeongchang, South Korea, was announced on July 6, 2011.

Officially, it is being called 'PyeongChang', spelled that way so people don't confuse it with Pyongyang, which is in North Korea.

Official host city

• Pyeongchang, South Korea

Former potential bids

Asia

• Almaty, Kazakhstan
• Bursa, Turkey

Europe

On July 4, 2007, Sochi, Russia was selected to host the 2014 Winter Games, hurting European candidates' chances at a successful bid. The IOC rarely awards back-to-back games to the same continent.

• Munich, Germany
• Upper Carniola, Slovenia
• France
  • Annecy (eliminated)
  • Hautes-Alpes (eliminated)
  • Grenoble (eliminated)
  • Nice (eliminated)
• Sofia, Bulgaria
• Tromsø, Norway (cancelled bid)

North America

America was going to submit a bid, but the country changed its bid to the 2022 Winter Olympics. Here are the cities which had showed interest:

• United States
  • Denver, Colorado
  • Reno/Lake Tahoe, Nevada/California
  • Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Detroit, Michigan

South America

• Santiago, Chile

The Games

Sports

2018 Winter Olympic sports
Biathlon Bobsledding Bobsleigh Skeleton Curling Ice Hockey Luge Skating Figure skating Short track speed skating Speed skating Skiing Alpine skiing Cross-country skiing Freestyle skiing Nordic combined Ski jumping Snowboarding

References

Olympic Games
Summer Games: 1896, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1912, (1916), 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940), (1944), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028
Winter Games: 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940), (1944), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022
Athens 2004 — Turin 2006 — Beijing 2008 — Vancouver 2010 — London 2012 — Sochi 2014 — Rio 2016 — Pyeongchang 2018 — Tokyo 2020 Games in italics will be held in the future, and those in (brackets) were cancelled because of war. See also: Ancient Olympic Games