2018 Winter Olympics — 23rd edition of Winter Olympics, in Pyeongchang, South Korea
The 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics set a record with 102 events, marking the first Winter Games held in mainland Asia and the first to exceed 100 medal events.
Key Facts
- Total events
- 102 across 15 disciplines
- Athletes competing
- 2,914 from 93 teams
- Top medal tally
- Norway with 39 total medals
- Most gold medals
- Germany and Norway, 14 each
- New Olympic events
- Big air snowboarding, mass start speed skating, mixed doubles curling, mixed team alpine skiing
- Games duration
- 9–25 February 2018
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
Pyeongchang was selected as host city at the 123rd IOC Session in Durban on 6 July 2011, representing South Korea's first bid to stage the Winter Olympics. Tensions on the Korean peninsula and Russia's suspension following a state-sponsored doping scandal at the 2014 Sochi Games shaped the political context leading into the event.
The XXIII Olympic Winter Games were held from 9 to 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, South Korea. A record 102 events featured 2,914 athletes from 93 nations. Russian athletes competed as neutral 'Olympic Athletes from Russia,' and North and South Korea paraded jointly and fielded a unified women's ice hockey team, drawing significant diplomatic attention.
Norway topped the medal standings with 39 medals, while South Korea finished seventh with 17 medals, including a historic first Asian gold in the men's skeleton. The Games were followed by the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics and Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, completing an unprecedented run of three consecutive Olympic Games in East Asia.
Result
at Pyeongchang County, South Korea