2018 Winter Olympics

XXIII Olympic Winter Games

PyeongChang 2018 Olympics Bid logo
Host city	Pyeongchang, South Korea
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 previously to Vancouver, Canada and Sochi, Russia. It will be the first Winter Olympic Games and second Olympic Games in South Korea. (The 1988 Summer Olympics were held in Seoul.) For the first time since the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, the Winter Olympics will return to a mountain resort area in 2018.

Organization

Bidding

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. Had Munich 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.

2018 Winter Olympics bidding results
City	Nation	Round 1
Pyeongchang	South Korea	63
Munich	Germany	25
Annecy	France	7

Preparations

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 IOC Coordination Commission for the 2018 Winter Olympics made their first visit to PyeongChang in March 2012. By March 2012, construction was already underway on the Olympic Village. ^{[4] [5]}

Venues

Skiing in Pyeongchang

Dragon Valley Ski Resort

Alpensia Cluster

The Alpensia Resort in Daegwallyeong-myeon will be the focus of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.^[6][7]

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

Coastal Cluster

The coastal cluster is located in the city of Gangneung

• Gangneung Indoor Ice Rink – Curling
• Gangneung Youngdong College Gymnasium – Ice Hockey
• Gangneung Science Oval – Speed Skating
• Gyeongpo Ice Hall – Short track speed skating and Figure skating
• Union Hockey Centre – Ice Hockey (temporary)

Stand-Alone Venues

• Bokwang Phoenix Park – Freestyle skiing and Snowboard
• Jungbong – Alpine skiing (downhill, Super-G, and Combined)

Broadcasting rights

•  France – France Télévisions^[8]
•  North Korea – SBS^[9]
•  South Korea – SBS^[9]
•  United States – NBC^[10]

See Also

• 2018 Winter Paralympics
• Bids for the 2018 Winter Olympics

Notes

External links

• Pyeongchang 2018 web site
• Pyeongchang 2018 IOC Page