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52-569: Pelvoux bid to be the French candidate city for the 2018 Winter Olympics , but the French National Olympic and Sports Committee chose to submit Annecy's bid instead. Pelvoux has a humid continental climate ( Köppen climate classification Dfb ). The average annual temperature in Pelvoux is 7.8 °C (46.0 °F). The average annual rainfall is 970.5 mm (38.21 in) with October as

104-573: A state-sponsored doping program was exposed following the 2014 Winter Olympics, the Russian Olympic Committee was suspended, but selected athletes were allowed to compete neutrally under the special IOC designation of " Olympic Athletes from Russia " (OAR), provided they could meet certain anti-doping requirements. North Korea agreed to participate in the Games in spite of tense relations with South Korea . The two nations paraded together at

156-494: A Summer Games only or a Winter Games only, within the same year, are indicated by "S" and "W" respectively. Most National Paralympic Committees (NPC) cover a territory with an active NOC. In these cases the NPC codes matches the IOC codes shown above. The two current NPCs without a corresponding NOC use the following NPC codes. Fourteen historical NOCs or teams have codes that are still used in

208-477: A collaboration between domestic wireless sponsor KT , and worldwide sponsor Intel . Several venues were outfitted with 5G networks to facilitate features such as live camera feeds from bobsleds, and multi-camera views from cross-country and figure skating events. These were offered as part of public demonstrations coordinated by the two sponsors. On 29 June 2015, the IOC announced that Discovery Communications (now Discovery, Inc. ) had acquired exclusive rights to

260-562: A focus on Russian athletes. Russia was not affected by the Eurosport deal, due to a pre-existing contract held by a marketing agency which extends to 2024. In the United States, the Games were once again broadcast by NBCUniversal properties under its long-term contract with the IOC. Its coverage featured several notable changes in format; citing past criticism of its use of broadcast delay during past Olympic Games (especially for viewers in

312-455: A gold medal in men's skeleton racing, the first Olympic gold ever won by Asia in the sledding event. Norway led the total medal tally with 39, followed by Germany at 31 and Canada at 29. Germany and Norway were tied for the highest number of gold medals, both winning 14. Pyeongchang was elected as the host city at the 123rd IOC Session in Durban , South Africa, on 6 July 2011, earning

364-581: A record number of events for the Winter Games. This is the first edition in Winter Olympic Games history to feature more than 100 medal events, four of which made their Olympic debut in 2018: "big air" snowboarding , mass start speed skating , mixed doubles curling , and mixed team alpine skiing . A total of 2,914 athletes from 93 teams competed, with the national debuts of Ecuador , Eritrea , Kosovo , Malaysia , Nigeria and Singapore . After

416-755: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics ( Korean : 2018년 동계 올림픽 , romanized :  Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik ), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games ( French : Les XXIII Jeux olympiques d'hiver ; Korean : 제23회 동계 올림픽 , romanized :  Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpik ) and also known as PyeongChang 2018 ( Korean : 평창2018 , romanized :  Pyeongchang Icheon sip-pal ), were an international winter multi-sport event held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang , South Korea, with

468-473: Is a list of International Olympic Committee (IOC) country codes. There are 206 current NOCs ( National Olympic Committees ) within the Olympic Movement. The following tables show the currently used code for each NOC and any different codes used in past Games, per the official reports from those Games. Some of the past code usage is further explained in the following sections. Codes used specifically for

520-572: The Korean Unification Flag during the opening ceremony. A unified Korean team , consisting of 12 players from North Korea and 23 from South Korea, competed in the women's ice hockey tournament under a special IOC country code designation (COR) following talks in Panmunjom on 17 January 2018. The two nations also participated separately: the South Korea team competed in every sport, while

572-629: The Korean War that a member of the ruling Kim dynasty had visited South Korea. In contrast, U.S. vice president Mike Pence met with Fred Warmbier (father of Otto Warmbier , who had died after being released from captivity in North Korea) and a group of North Korean defectors in Pyeongchang. American officials said that North Korea cancelled a meeting with Pence at the last minute. List of IOC country codes#Special codes for Olympics This

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624-553: The North Korea team competed in alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, figure skating, and short track speed skating. On 5 December 2017, the IOC announced that the Russian Olympic Committee had been suspended due to the Russian doping scandal and the investigation into the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Individual Russian athletes, who qualified and could demonstrate they had complied with

676-702: The United States Ambassador to the United Nations , Nikki Haley , told Fox News that it was an "open question" whether the United States was going to participate in the Games, citing security concerns in the region. However, days later the White House Press Secretary , Sarah Huckabee Sanders , stated that the United States would participate. In his New Year's address on 1 January 2018, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un proposed talks in Seoul over

728-525: The Western United States ; Pyeongchang has a 14-hour difference with U.S. Eastern Time , and 17-hour difference with U.S. Pacific Time ), the prime time block was revamped with a focus on live coverage, and made available live nationwide and on streaming for the first time. in February 2017, long-time studio host Bob Costas also stepped down as host, being replaced by Mike Tirico . The winners of

780-670: The figure skating events were scheduled with morning start times to accommodate primetime broadcasts in the Americas . This scheduling practice affected the events themselves, including skaters having to adjust to the modified schedule, as well as attendance levels at the sessions. Conversely, and somewhat controversially, eight of the eleven biathlon events were scheduled at night, making it necessary for competitors to ski and shoot under floodlights, with colder temperatures and blustery winds.   *    Host nation ( South Korea ) Three podium sweeps were recorded during

832-511: 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. The design for the Games' medals was unveiled on 21 September 2017. Created by Lee Suk-woo, the design features a pattern of diagonal ridges on both sides, with

884-538: The 2018 Winter Olympics would 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 were putting together a master plan for the Games as well as forming a design for the venues. The IOC Coordination Commission for the 2018 Winter Olympics made their first visit to Pyeongchang in March 2012. By then, construction

936-485: The 750,000 seats allocated to South Koreans, only 20.7% had been sold. International sales were more favorable, with 59.7% of the 320,000 allocated tickets sold. However, as of 31 January 2018, 77% of all tickets had been sold. The opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium on 9 February 2018. The US$ 100 million facility was only intended to be used for

988-651: The Best Olympic Digital Service category. The BBC and NHK took the other two main awards: Most Sustainable Operation and Best Athlete Profile respectively. The title of Best Feature at the Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018 was also awarded to the BBC. The official emblem, reflecting ice crystals and derived from the hangul letters ㅍ and ㅊ —the initial sounds of "Pyeong" and "Chang"—was unveiled on 3 May 2013. In all official materials,

1040-603: The Cayman Islands, Dominica, and Peru – qualified to compete, but all three National Olympic Committees returned the quota spots back to the International Ski Federation (FIS). Under a historic agreement facilitated by the IOC, qualified athletes from North Korea were allowed to cross the Korean Demilitarized Zone into South Korea to compete in the Games. The two nations marched together under

1092-539: The Games' local rightsholder SBS , which in July 2011 had extended its rights to the Olympics through 2024. SBS sub-licensed its rights to MBC and KBS . NHK and Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) once again filmed portions of the Games in high-dynamic-range 8K resolution video, including 90 hours of footage of selected events and the opening ceremonies. ATSC 3.0 digital terrestrial television , using 4K resolution ,

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1144-505: The Games. The closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium on 25 February 2018. IOC president Thomas Bach declared the Games closed, and the cauldron was extinguished. The Olympic flag was handed to Beijing , the next host city of the Winter Olympics . Broadcast rights to the 2018 Winter Olympics were already sold in some countries as part of long-term broadcast rights deals, including

1196-477: The IOC results database to refer to past medal winners from these teams. Unlike the previous list, these codes no longer appear in the IOC results database. When a past athlete from one of these teams has won a medal, the new code is shown next to them instead. Two other significant code changes have occurred, both because of a change in the nation's designation as used by the IOC: The World Games are

1248-491: The IOC's doping regulations, were given the option to compete at the 2018 Games as " Olympic Athletes from Russia " (OAR) under the Olympic flag and with the Olympic anthem played at any ceremony. Apart from the respective delegations, North Korea and South Korea formed a unified Korean women's ice hockey team . Russian athletes were entitled to participate as Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) if individually cleared by

1300-470: The IOC. The IOC has allowed NBC to influence the Olympic event scheduling to maximize U.S. television ratings when possible, due to the substantial fees paid by NBC for rights to the Olympics (which have been extended through 2032 with a nearly $ 8 billion agreement), the company being one of IOC's major sources of revenue. As figure skating is one of the most popular Winter Olympic sports among U.S. viewers,

1352-825: The Olympic Golden Rings Awards were announced in June 2019. There were 75 pieces of broadcast content from the 2018 Olympics submitted over ten categories (plus one category for the 2018 Youth Olympics). NBC won a total of eight awards, winning four of the main categories: Best Olympic Feature, Best Olympic Digital Service, Best Olympic program and Best Documentary Film; they came second in the Best On-Air Promotion and Best Social Media Content/Production categories. Discovery/Eurosport won four categories: Best On-Air Promotion, Best Production Design, Best Innovation and Best Social Media Content/Production; they also came second in

1404-422: The Olympic rings on the front, and the obverse showing the 2018 Olympics' emblem, the event name and the discipline. The edge of each medal is marked with extrusions of hangul alphabets, while the ribbons are made from a traditional South Korean textile. Gold medals contained 99 percent of silver and 1 percent of gold, which is a traditional composition for Olympic gold medals. At 586 grams (20.7 oz) they were

1456-761: The Olympics across all of Europe (excluding Russia) from 2018 through 2024. Discovery's pan-European Eurosport channels were promoted as the main broadcaster of the Games, but Discovery's free-to-air channels such as DMAX in Spain, Kanal 5 in Sweden, and TVNorge in Norway, were also involved in the overall broadcasting arrangements. Discovery was required to sub-license at least 100 hours of coverage to free-to-air broadcasters in each market; some of these agreements required certain sports to be exclusive to Eurosport and its affiliated networks. The deal did not initially cover France due to

1508-421: The Pyeongchang bid. Alibaba Group and Intel also debuted as e-commerce/cloud services and technology sponsors respectively. Due to the state of relations between North and South Korea, concerns were raised over the security of the 2018 Winter Olympics, especially in the wake of tensions over North Korean missile and nuclear tests . On 20 September 2017, South Korean president Moon Jae-in stated that

1560-705: The Winter Olympics. The 2018 Games marked the third time that an Asian country had hosted the Winter Olympics, after Sapporo 1972 and Nagano 1998 , both in Japan. It was also the first Winter Olympics held in mainland Asia , and the first of three consecutive Olympic Games held in East Asia , preceding the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics in Japan and the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in China. The 2018 Games featured 102 events over 15 disciplines,

1612-502: The broadcast rights of France Télévisions , which run through to the 2020 Games. In the United Kingdom, Discovery held exclusive pay television rights under licence from the BBC , in return for the BBC sub-licensing the free-to-air rights to the 2022 and 2024 Olympics from Discovery. Russian state broadcaster Channel One , and sports channel Match TV , committed to covering the Games with

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1664-472: The country would ensure the security of the Games. The next day, Laura Flessel-Colovic , the French Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports , stated that France would pull out of the Games if the safety of its delegation could not be guaranteed. The next day, Austria and Germany raised similar concerns and also threatened to skip the Games. France later reaffirmed its participation. In early December 2017,

1716-480: The country's participation in the Games, which would be the first high-level talks between the North and South in over two years. Because of the talks, held on 9 January, North Korea agreed to field athletes in Pyeongchang. On 17 January 2018, it was announced that North and South Korea had agreed to field a unified Korean women's ice hockey team at the Games, and to enter together under a Korean Unification Flag during

1768-400: The country. Japan's foreign affairs minister Tarō Kōno warned South Korea to be wary of North Korea's " charm offensive ", and not to ease its pressure on the country. The South Korean President, Moon Jae-in , at the start of the Olympics shook hands with Kim Yo-jong , the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and a prominent figure of the regime. This marked the first time since

1820-648: The election, Pyeongchang became the third Asian city to host the Winter Olympics. Also, South Korea became the second country in Asia to host both the Summer ( 1988 Summer Olympics ) and Winter Olympics. On 5 August 2011, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced the formation of the Pyeongchang 2018 Coordination Commission. On 4 October 2011, it was announced that the Organizing Committee for

1872-404: The final rounds of voting for the 2010 and 2014 Games. Earlier, PyeongChang lost to Vancouver with a difference of 3 votes in bidding the 2010 Olympics, and lost to Sochi with a difference of 4 votes in bidding the 2014 Olympics. Since then, South Korea made great progress in preparing to host the Winter Olympics and succeeded in hosting the 2018 Olympics after three challenges. After winning

1924-468: The heaviest medals in the Olympic history. The torch relay started on 24 October 2017 in Greece and lasted for 101 days, ending at the start of the Olympics on 9 February 2018. The Olympic torch entered South Korea on 1 November 2017. There were 7,500 torch bearers to represent the combined Korean population of approximately 75 million people. There were also 2,018 support runners to guard

1976-563: The name of the host city was stylised in CamelCase as "PyeongChang", in order to alleviate potential confusion with Pyongyang , the similarly named capital of neighboring North Korea . New international sponsorship deals also debuted in Pyeongchang: Toyota was introduced as the new "Mobility" sponsor of the Olympics, although the company waived its domestic sponsorship to the local competitors Hyundai and Kia due to their support of

2028-548: The necessary majority of at least 48 votes in just one round of voting. Winning 63 of the 95 votes cast in the first secret ballot, Pyeongchang received more votes than its competitors combined, overwhelmingly beating Munich in Germany, which received 25 votes, and Annecy in France, which received seven. This was South Korea's third consecutive bid for the Winter Olympics, having been defeated by Vancouver and Sochi respectively in

2080-420: The number of medal events contested in each separate discipline. A record total of 93 teams qualified at least one athlete to compete in the Games. The number of athletes who qualified per country is listed in the table below (number of athletes shown in parentheses). Six nations made their Winter Olympics debuts: Ecuador, Eritrea, Kosovo, Malaysia, Nigeria and Singapore. Athletes from three further countries –

2132-674: The opening and closing ceremonies of these Olympics and the subsequent Paralympics ; it was demolished following their conclusion. The 2018 Winter Olympics featured 102 events over 15 disciplines in 7 sports, making it the first Winter Olympics to surpass 100 medal events. Six new events in existing sports were introduced to the Winter Olympic program in Pyeongchang: men's and ladies' big air snowboarding, mixed doubles curling , men's and ladies' mass start speed skating, and mixed team alpine skiing. Numbers in parentheses indicate

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2184-435: The opening ceremony as a unified Korea , and fielded a unified team (COR) in the women's ice hockey . South Korea ranked seventh overall at the 2018 Winter Games, with five gold medals and 17 overall medals. South Korea has traditionally been a country that won many medals in short track speed skating , but in this competition, it also won medals in skeleton racing , curling and skiing . South Korea's Yun Sung-Bin won

2236-430: The opening ceremony. These moves were met with opposition in South Korea, including protests and online petitions; critics argued that the government was attempting to use the Olympics to spread pro-North Korean sentiment, and that the unified ice hockey team would fail. A rap video entitled "The Regret for Pyeongchang" (평창유감), which echoed this criticism and called the event the " Pyongyang Olympics", went viral in

2288-518: The opening rounds for certain events held on 8 February, a day before the opening ceremony . Pyeongchang was elected as the host city for the 2018 Winter Games at the 123rd IOC Session in Durban , South Africa in July 2011. This marked the second time that South Korea had hosted the Olympic Games (having previously hosted the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul), as well as the first time it hosted

2340-585: The outdoor snow events were held in the county of Pyeongchang , while some of the alpine skiing events took place in the neighboring county of Jeongseon . The indoor ice events were held in the nearby city of Gangneung . The Alpensia Sports Park in Daegwallyeong-myeon , Pyeongchang, was the focus of the 2018 Winter Olympics. It was home to the Olympic Stadium , the Olympic Village and most of

2392-532: The outdoor sports venues. Additionally, a stand-alone outdoor sports venue was located in Bongpyeong-myeon , Pyeongchang: Another stand-alone outdoor sports venue was located in neighboring Jeongseon county: The Gangneung Olympic Park , in the neighborhood of Gyo-dong in Gangneung city, includes four indoor sports venues, all in close proximity to one another. In addition, a stand-alone indoor sports venue

2444-418: The tickets were expected to cost about ₩80,000 (~US$ 70) or less, and tickets in sports that are relatively unknown in the region, such as biathlon and luge, were made cheaper in order to encourage attendance. By contrast, figure skating and the men's ice hockey gold-medal game carried the most expensive tickets of the Games. As of 11 October 2017, domestic ticket sales for the Games were reported to be slow. Of

2496-925: The torch and act as messengers. The torch and its bearers traveled by a diverse means of transportation, including by turtle ship in Hansando Island, sailboat on the Baengmagang River in Buyeo , marine cable car in Yeosu , zip-wire over Bamseom Island, steam train in the Gokseong Train Village, marine rail bike along the east coast in Samcheok , and by yacht in Busan Metropolitan City. There were also robot torch relays in Jeju and Daejeon . Most of

2548-454: The wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 17.1 °C (62.8 °F), and lowest in January, at around −1.1 °C (30.0 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Pelvoux was 35.7 °C (96.3 °F) on 27 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −21.8 °C (−7.2 °F) on 7 March 1971. This Hautes-Alpes geographical article

2600-471: Was already underway on the Olympic Village. In June 2012, construction began on a high-speed rail line that would connect Pyeongchang to Seoul . The International Paralympic Committee met for an orientation with the Pyeongchang 2018 organizing committee in July 2012. Then-IOC President Jacques Rogge visited Pyeongchang for the first time in February 2013. The Pyeongchang Organizing Committee for

2652-457: Was introduced in South Korea in 2017 in time for the Olympics. This footage was delivered in 4K in the U.S. by NBCUniversal parent Comcast to participating television providers, including its own Xfinity , as well as DirecTV and Dish Network . NBC's Raleigh -based affiliate WRAL-TV also held demonstration viewings as part of its ATSC 3.0 test broadcasts. The 2018 Winter Olympics were used to showcase 5G wireless technologies, as part of

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2704-566: Was located in the grounds of Catholic Kwandong University . Ticket prices for the 2018 Winter Olympics were announced in April 2016 and tickets went on sale in October 2016. Event tickets ranged in price from ₩ 20,000 South Korean won (approx. US$ 17) to ₩900,000 (~US$ 787) while tickets for the opening and closing ceremonies ranged from ₩220,000 (~US$ 192) to ₩1.5 million (~US$ 1311). The exact prices were determined through market research; around 50% of

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