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2018 Winter Olympics
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Host city | Pyeongchang, South Korea | ||
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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 | ||
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Cauldron | |||
Stadium | Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium | ||
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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.
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Official host city
Former potential bids
Asia
Europe
On July 4, 2007, Sochi, Russia was selected to host the 2014 Winter Games, hurting European candidates' chances at a successful bid.[1] The IOC rarely awards back-to-back games to the same continent.
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Munich, Germany
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Upper Carniola, Slovenia
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France
- Annecy (eliminated)
- Hautes-Alpes (eliminated)
- Grenoble (eliminated)
- Nice (eliminated)
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Sofia, Bulgaria
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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:
South America
The Games
Sports
2018 Winter Olympic sports[2] |
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References
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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 |
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Summer Games: 2010, 2014, 2018 | ||
Winter Games: 2012, 2016 | ||
Singapore 2010 — Innsbruck 2012 — Nanjing 2014 |