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Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpik ) and commonly known as PyeongChang 2018, was a major multi-sport event held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, Gangwon Province, South Korea, with the opening rounds for certain events held on 8 February 2018, the eve of the opening ceremony. Pyeongchang was elected as the host city in July 2011, during the 123rd IOC Session in Durban, South Africa. This marks the first time South Korea has hosted the Winter Olympics, and the second time the Olympic games have been held in the country, after the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. It also marks the third time East Asia has hosted the Winter Games, after Sapporo, Japan ( 1972 ), and Nagano, Japan ( 1998 ), and the sixth overall Olympic Games held in East Asia. It was the first of three consecutive Olympic Games to be held in East Asia, preceding Tokyo 2020 ( Summer ) and Beijing 2022 ( Winter ). The games featured 102 events in fifteen sports, with the addition of `` big air '' snowboarding, mass start speed skating, mixed doubles curling, and mixed team alpine skiing to the Winter Olympic programme. 2,914 athletes from 92 NOCs competed, including the debuts of Ecuador, Eritrea, Kosovo, Malaysia, Nigeria and Singapore. The lead - up to these Games was affected by the ongoing tensions between South Korea and North Korea, and the 2017 -- 18 missile crisis, which led to security concerns, with some countries threatening to skip the games unless their safety was assured. In January 2018, after their first high - level talks in over two years, North Korea agreed to participate in the Games along with South Korea. The countries also agreed to march together, as a united `` Korea '', during the opening ceremony, and to field a unified women 's ice hockey team. Contents 1 Bidding and election 2 Development and preparation 2.1 Medals 2.2 Torch relay 2.3 Venues 2.3. 1 Pyeongchang ( mountain cluster ) 2.3. 1.1 Alpensia Sports Park 2.3. 2 Stand - alone venues 2.3. 3 Gangneung ( coastal cluster ) 2.4 Ticketing 3 The Games 3.1 Opening ceremony 3.2 Sports 3.3 Participating National Olympic Committees 3.3. 1 Number of athletes by National Olympic Committee 3.4 Event scheduling 3.5 Calendar 3.6 Medal table 3.7 Podium sweeps 3.8 Records 3.9 Closing ceremony 4 Broadcasting 5 Marketing 5.1 Branding 5.2 Mascots 5.3 Video games 6 Concerns and controversies 6.1 North Korean relations 6.2 Russian doping 6.2. 1 Participation 6.2. 2 Official sanctions 6.2. 3 Reaction in Russia 6.2. 4 Reactions in Western media 7 See also 8 References 9 External links Bidding and election Main article : Bids for the 2018 Winter Olympics Pyeongchang bid to host both the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics, but lost in the final rounds of voting to Vancouver and Sochi respectively. Munich also launched a bid to host these Games. Prior to Beijing 's successful 2022 Winter Olympics bid, Munich would have become the first city to host both the Winter and the Summer Games, having previously hosted the 1972 Summer Olympics, but received only 25 votes. Annecy ( in southeastern France ) launched their own bid, which failed to secure public support from the local citizens. Their bid ended up receiving seven votes. Pyeongchang was elected as the host city at the 123rd IOC Session in Durban in 2011, earning the necessary majority of at least 48 votes in just one round of voting, more votes than its competitors combined. With this, Pyeongchang became the third Asian city to host the Winter Games ; the first two were in Japan, at Sapporo ( 1972 ) and Nagano ( 1998 ). 2018 Winter Olympics bidding results City Nation Votes Pyeongchang South Korea 63 Munich Germany 25 Annecy France 7 Development and preparation Pyeongchang Location in South Korea 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 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 was already underway on the Olympic Village. In June 2012, construction began on a high - speed rail line that is to 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 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. Medals The Games ' medal designs were unveiled on 21 September 2017. Designed by Lee Suk - woo, they feature a pattern of diagonal ridges on both sides, with the front including the Olympic rings, and the obverse featuring the Games ' emblem, the event name and the discipline. The edge of the medals features extrusions of hangul alphabets, while the ribbons are made from a traditional South Korean textile. Torch relay Main article : 2018 Winter Olympics torch relay 2018 Winter Olympics torch The torch relay started on 24 October 2017 in Greece and ended at the start of the Olympics on 9 February 2018. On 1 November 2017 the relay entered Korea. The relay lasted 101 days. There were 7,500 torch bearers to represent the Korean population of 75 million people. There were also 2,018 support runners to guard 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. Venues Olympic venues 2018 Main article : Venues of the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics Dragon Valley Ski Resort The Olympic events were held in the county of Pyeongchang, except for the ice events, which take place in the neighboring city of Gangneung, and downhill, super-G and combined, which take place in the neighboring county of Jeongseon. Pyeongchang ( mountain cluster ) Alpensia sports park The Alpensia Resort in Daegwallyeong - myeon, Pyeongchang, was the focus of the 2018 Winter Olympics. Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium -- opening and closing ceremonies Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre -- ski jumping, Nordic combined, snowboarding ( big air ) Alpensia Biathlon Centre -- biathlon Alpensia Cross-Country Centre -- cross-country skiing, Nordic combined Alpensia Sliding Centre -- luge, bobsleigh, and skeleton Olympic Village Yongpyong Alpine Centre -- alpine skiing ( slalom, giant slalom ) Stand - alone venues Bogwang Phoenix Park in Bongpyeong - myeon, Pyeongchang -- freestyle skiing and snowboard Jeongseon Alpine Centre in Pyeongchang 's neighboring county of Jeongseon -- alpine skiing ( downhill, super-G and combined ) Gangneung ( coastal cluster ) The coastal cluster is located in Pyeongchang 's neighboring city of Gangneung. The Gangneung Olympic Park includes the following four venues : Gangneung Hockey Centre -- ice hockey ( men 's competition ) Gangneung Curling Centre -- curling Gangneung Oval -- speed skating Gangneung Ice Arena -- short track speed skating and figure skating In addition, a stand - alone venue is located on the grounds of Catholic Kwandong University : Kwandong Hockey Centre -- ice hockey ( women 's competition ) Ticketing 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 ( approx. US $ 17 ) to ₩ 900,000 ( ~ US $776 ) while tickets for the opening and closing ceremonies ranged from ₩ 220,000 ( ~ US $190 ) to ₩ 1.5 million ( ~ US $1293 ). The exact prices were determined through market research ; around 50 % of the tickets were expected to cost about ₩ 80,000 ( ~ US $69 ) 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 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 Games Opening ceremony Main article : 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony 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 the opening and closing ceremonies of these Olympics and the subsequent Paralympics, and is scheduled to be demolished following their conclusion. Sports The 2018 Winter Olympics featured 102 events in 15 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, including men 's and ladies ' big air snowboarding, mixed doubles curling, men 's and ladies ' mass start speed skating, and mixed team alpine skiing. Alpine skiing ( 11 ) ( details ) Biathlon ( 11 ) ( details ) Bobsleigh ( 3 ) ( details ) Cross-country skiing ( 12 ) ( details ) Curling ( 3 ) ( details ) Figure skating ( 5 ) ( details ) Freestyle skiing ( 10 ) ( details ) Ice hockey ( 2 ) ( details ) Luge ( 4 ) ( details ) Nordic combined ( 3 ) ( details ) Short track speed skating ( 8 ) ( details ) Skeleton ( 2 ) ( details ) Ski jumping ( 4 ) ( details ) Snowboarding ( 10 ) ( details ) Speed skating ( 14 ) ( details ) Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sport. For the first time since 1998, the National Hockey League did not provide accommodations ( including a break in the season for all teams during the Olympics ) to allow its players to participate in the men 's ice hockey tournament. The NHL 's decision stemmed from their demands that the IOC cover the cost of insuring the NHL players who participated in the Games. Although the IOC did pay to insure NHL players in Sochi, the commission was unwilling to do so for Pyeongchang, and was concerned that the NHL 's demand could set a precedent for other professional sports bodies to follow. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman added that a factor in the decision was that the IOC did not allow the NHL to promote the involvement of its players in the Olympics. The NHL secured the cooperation of the International Ice Hockey Federation and the IOC, who agreed to establish a blacklist forbidding national teams from nominating or accepting players under NHL contract to their Olympic rosters. Participating national Olympic Committees A total of 92 teams qualified at least one athlete to compete in the Games. Six nations made their Winter Olympics debut : Ecuador, Eritrea, Kosovo, Malaysia, Nigeria and Singapore. Athletes from three further countries -- 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 an 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 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 and the North Korea team competed in alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, figure skating and short track speed skating. See North Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics for further details. On 5 December 2017, the IOC announced that the Russian Olympic Committee had been suspended due to the Russian doping controversy and the investigation into the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Individual Russian athletes, who qualified and could demonstrate they had complied with 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. The participating countries at the Winter Olympics 2018 Debuting countries at the Winter Olympics Participating National Olympic Committees Albania ( 2 ) Andorra ( 5 ) Argentina ( 7 ) Armenia ( 3 ) Australia ( 50 ) Austria ( 105 ) Azerbaijan ( 1 ) Belarus ( 33 ) Belgium ( 22 ) Bermuda ( 1 ) Bolivia ( 2 ) Bosnia and Herzegovina ( 4 ) Brazil ( 9 ) Bulgaria ( 21 ) Canada ( 226 ) Chile ( 7 ) China ( 80 ) Chinese Taipei ( 4 ) Colombia ( 4 ) Croatia ( 19 ) Cyprus ( 1 ) Czech Republic ( 95 ) Denmark ( 17 ) East Timor ( 1 ) Ecuador ( 1 ) Eritrea ( 1 ) Estonia ( 22 ) Finland ( 106 ) France ( 108 ) Georgia ( 4 ) Germany ( 156 ) Ghana ( 1 ) Great Britain ( 58 ) Greece ( 4 ) Hong Kong ( 1 ) Hungary ( 19 ) Iceland ( 5 ) India ( 2 ) Iran ( 4 ) Ireland ( 5 ) Israel ( 10 ) Italy ( 122 ) Jamaica ( 3 ) Japan ( 124 ) Kazakhstan ( 46 ) Kenya ( 1 ) Korea ( 35 ) Kosovo ( 1 ) Kyrgyzstan ( 2 ) Latvia ( 34 ) Lebanon ( 3 ) Liechtenstein ( 3 ) Lithuania ( 9 ) Luxembourg ( 1 ) Macedonia ( 3 ) Madagascar ( 1 ) Malaysia ( 2 ) Malta ( 1 ) Mexico ( 4 ) Moldova ( 2 ) Monaco ( 4 ) Mongolia ( 2 ) Montenegro ( 3 ) Morocco ( 2 ) Netherlands ( 33 ) New Zealand ( 20 ) Nigeria ( 3 ) North Korea ( 10 ) Norway ( 109 ) Olympic Athletes from Russia ( 168 ) Pakistan ( 2 ) Philippines ( 2 ) Poland ( 62 ) Portugal ( 2 ) Puerto Rico ( 1 ) Romania ( 27 ) San Marino ( 1 ) Serbia ( 4 ) Singapore ( 1 ) Slovakia ( 56 ) Slovenia ( 71 ) South Africa ( 1 ) South Korea ( 123 ) ( host nation ) Spain ( 13 ) Sweden ( 116 ) Switzerland ( 169 ) Thailand ( 4 ) Togo ( 1 ) Tonga ( 1 ) Turkey ( 8 ) Ukraine ( 33 ) United States ( 242 ) Uzbekistan ( 2 ) NOCs that participated in 2014, but not in 2018. NOCs that participated in 2018, but not in 2014. British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Dominica Nepal Paraguay Peru Russia Tajikistan Venezuela Virgin Islands Zimbabwe Bolivia Colombia Ecuador Eritrea Ghana Kenya Korea Kosovo Madagascar Malaysia Nigeria North Korea Olympic Athletes from Russia Puerto Rico Singapore South Africa Number of athletes by national Olympic Committee IOC Code Country Athletes USA United States 242 CAN Canada 225 SUI Switzerland 169 OAR Olympic Athletes from Russia 168 GER Germany 156 JPN Japan 124 KOR South Korea 123 ITA Italy 122 SWE Sweden 116 NOR Norway 109 FRA France 107 FIN Finland 106 AUT Austria 105 CZE Czech Republic 95 CHN China 80 SLO Slovenia 71 POL Poland 62 GBR Great Britain 58 SVK Slovakia 56 AUS Australia 50 KAZ Kazakhstan 46 COR Korea 35 LAT Latvia 34 NED Netherlands 33 BLR Belarus 33 UKR Ukraine 33 ROU Romania 27 EST Estonia 22 BEL Belgium 22 BUL Bulgaria 21 NZL New Zealand 20 CRO Croatia 19 HUN Hungary 19 DEN Denmark 17 ESP Spain 13 ISR Israel 10 PRK North Korea 10 BRA Brazil 9 LTU Lithuania 9 TUR Turkey 8 CHI Chile 7 ARG Argentina 7 AND Andorra 5 ISL Iceland 5 IRL Ireland 5 BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina COL Colombia GEO Georgia GRE Greece IRI Iran MEX Mexico MON Monaco SRB Serbia TPE Chinese Taipei THA Thailand ARM Armenia JAM Jamaica LBN Lebanon LIE Liechtenstein MKD Macedonia MNE Montenegro NGR Nigeria ALB Albania BOL Bolivia IND India KGZ Kyrgyzstan MAS Malaysia MDA Moldova MGL Mongolia MAR Morocco PAK Pakistan PHI Philippines POR Portugal UZB Uzbekistan AZE Azerbaijan BER Bermuda CYP Cyprus ECU Ecuador ERI Eritrea GHA Ghana HKG Hong Kong KEN Kenya KOS Kosovo LUX Luxembourg MAD Madagascar MLT Malta PUR Puerto Rico SMR San Marino SGP Singapore RSA South Africa TLS East Timor TGA Tonga TOG Togo Apart from the respective delegations, North Korea and South Korea formed a unified Korean women 's ice hockey team. Russian athletes participated as Olympic Athletes from Russia ( OAR ) if individually cleared by the IOC. Event scheduling To accommodate primetime broadcasts in the Americas, figure skating events were scheduled with morning start times ; figure skating in particular has typically been one of the most popular Winter Olympic events among American / Latin American viewers. This scheduling practice has had an impact on the events themselves, including skaters having to adjust to the modified schedule, as well as the attendance levels of the sessions themselves. Controversially, eight of the eleven biathlon events were scheduled at night, making it necessary for biathletes to compete under difficult conditions for those events, such as skiing and shooting under floodlights, colder temperatures, and blustery winds. Calendar See also : Chronological summary of the 2018 Winter Olympics All dates are KST ( UTC + 9 ) OC Opening ceremony Event competitions Event finals EG Exhibition gala CC Closing ceremony February 8th Thu 9th Fri 10th Sat 11th Sun 12th Mon 13th Tue 14th Wed 15th Thu 16th Fri 17th Sat 18th Sun 19th Mon 20th Tue 21st Wed 22nd Thu 23rd Fri 24th Sat 25th Sun Events Ceremonies OC CC N / A Alpine skiing 11 Biathlon 11 Bobsleigh Cross-country skiing 12 Curling Figure skating EG 5 Freestyle skiing 10 Ice hockey Luge Nordic combined Short track speed skating 8 Skeleton Ski jumping Snowboarding 10 Speed skating 14 Daily medal events 0 0 5 6 7 8 9 7 9 6 5 7 10 8 102 Cumulative total 0 0 5 11 18 26 30 39 46 55 61 64 69 76 86 90 98 102 February 8th Thu 9th Fri 10th Sat 11th Sun 12th Mon 13th Tue 14th Wed 15th Thu 16th Fri 17th Sat 18th Sun 19th Mon 20th Tue 21st Wed 22nd Thu 23rd Fri 24th Sat 25th Sun Total events Medal table Main article : 2018 Winter Olympics medal table Host nation ( South Korea ) Rank NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total Norway ( NOR ) 14 14 11 39 Germany ( GER ) 14 10 7 31 Canada ( CAN ) 11 8 10 29 United States ( USA ) 9 8 6 23 5 Netherlands ( NED ) 8 6 6 20 6 Sweden ( SWE ) 7 6 14 7 South Korea ( KOR ) 5 8 17 8 Switzerland ( SUI ) 5 6 15 9 France ( FRA ) 5 6 15 10 Austria ( AUT ) 5 6 14 11 Japan ( JPN ) 5 13 12 Italy ( ITA ) 5 10 13 Olympic Athletes from Russia ( OAR ) 6 9 17 14 Czech Republic ( CZE ) 7 15 Belarus ( BLR ) 0 16 China ( CHN ) 6 9 17 Slovakia ( SVK ) 0 18 Finland ( FIN ) 6 19 Great Britain ( GBR ) 0 5 20 Poland ( POL ) 0 21 Hungary ( HUN ) 0 0 Ukraine ( UKR ) 0 0 23 Australia ( AUS ) 0 24 Slovenia ( SLO ) 0 25 Belgium ( BEL ) 0 0 26 Spain ( ESP ) 0 0 New Zealand ( NZL ) 0 0 28 Kazakhstan ( KAZ ) 0 0 Latvia ( LAT ) 0 0 Liechtenstein ( LIE ) 0 0 Total ( 30 NOCs ) 103 102 102 307 Podium sweeps Three podium sweeps were recorded during the Games. Date Sport Event NOC Gold Silver Bronze Ref 10 February Speed skating Women 's 3000 metres Netherlands Carlijn Achtereekte Ireen Wüst Antoinette de Jong 11 February Cross-country skiing Men 's 30 km skiathlon Norway Simen Hegstad Krüger Martin Johnsrud Sundby Hans Christer Holund 20 February Nordic combined Individual large hill / 10 km Germany Johannes Rydzek Fabian Rießle Eric Frenzel Records Main article : World and Olympic records set at the 2018 Winter Olympics On 8 February, the day before the opening of the Games, Noriaki Kasai of Japan took part in the ski jumping qualification. In doing so he became the first athlete in history to participate in eight Winter Olympics. The record was previously held by the Russian luger Albert Demchenko, who had participated seven times. On 11 February, Dutch speed skater Sven Kramer won a gold medal in the men 's 5000m event, making him the only male speed skater to win the same Olympic event three times. He also became the first man to win a total of eight Olympic medals in speed skating. On 12 February, Ireen Wüst of the Netherlands became the first speed skater, male or female, to win ten Winter Olympic medals and the first female Winter Olympian to win nine individual medals. She also won an individual gold medal for the fourth Olympics in a row, the first time this was achieved by a Winter Olympian. On 14 February, Dutch athlete Jorien ter Mors won a speed skating gold medal in the 1000 meters ; on 20 February, she was part of the Dutch short track team that won the bronze in the 3000 metre relay. In doing so, she became the first female athlete to win Olympic medals in two different sports at a single Winter Games. On 15 February, German figure skaters Aliona Savchenko and Bruno Massot set a new ISU best free skating score of 159.31 in pair skating. On 16 February, American Nathan Chen became the first figure skater to land five quadruple jumps in one program. On 19 February, Germany and Canada tied for gold in the two - man bobsleigh event. This was only the second time in history that two countries had tied for a gold medal in this particular event, the first time being in the 1998 Winter Olympics twenty years earlier. On 19 February, Canadian figure skaters Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir set a new ISU best short dance score of 83.67 in ice dance and they set a new ISU best combined total score of 206.07 on 20 February. That same day, Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron set a new ISU best free dance score of 123.35 in ice dance. On 21 February, Norwegian cross-country skier Marit Bjørgen won a bronze medal in the women 's team sprint ; this was her fourth medal at the 2018 Games and a record fourteenth Olympic medal, surpassing the previous record of fellow Norwegian athlete Ole Einar Bjørndalen who holds a total of thirteen Olympic medals. Then on 25 February Bjørgen won a gold medal in the 30 kilometre classical event, bringing her total Olympic medal haul to fifteen, the most won by any athlete ( male or female ) in Winter Olympics history. On 22 February, Chinese short track speed skater Wu Dajing beat the world record twice en route to winning a gold medal in the men 's 500 metres and became only the second person in history to have skated the discipline in less than 40 seconds ( after American J.R. Celski ), and the first person to achieve this at `` sea level ''. On 23 February, Russian figure skater Alina Zagitova set a new ISU best short program score of 82.92 in Ladies ' single skating. On 24 February, Ester Ledecká of the Czech Republic became the first athlete ever to compete at the Winter Olympics in both alpine skiing and snowboarding. On 17 February, she won a gold medal in the skiing super-G event and one week later, on 24 February, she won a second gold medal in the snowboarding parallel giant slalom. In so doing, she became the first female athlete to win Olympic gold medals in two different sports at a single Winter Games. On 24 February, Norway won a bronze medal in the alpine skiing mixed team event, their 38th medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics. In doing so, they set a new record for the highest number of medals won at a single Olympics. The USA team held the previous record, winning 37 medals in Vancouver in 2010. By the end of the Games the Norwegian team had won one further medal, the gold won by Marit Bjørgen on 25 February, setting a new record of 39 Winter Olympic medals in a single Games. Closing ceremony Main article : 2018 Winter Olympics closing ceremony The closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium on 25 February 2018, as Thomas Bach, the IOC president, declared the Games closed, and the cauldron extinguished. Broadcasting Main article : List of 2018 Winter Olympics broadcasters Broadcast rights to the 2018 Winter Olympics in some countries were already sold as part of long - term broadcast rights deals, including the Games ' local rightsholder SBS, which in July 2011 had extended its rights to the Olympics through to 2024. SBS sub-licensed its rights to MBC and KBS. On 29 June 2015, the IOC announced that Discovery Communications had acquired exclusive rights to the Olympics across all of Europe outside of Russia, from 2018 through to 2024. Discovery 's pan-European Eurosport networks were promoted as the main rightsholder of the Games, but Discovery free - to - air channels such as DMAX in Spain, Kanal 5 in Sweden and TVNorge in Norway, were also involved. Discovery was required to sub-licence 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 France Télévisions ' rights, which run through to the 2020 Games. In the United Kingdom, Discovery held exclusive pay television rights under license from the BBC, in return for BBC sub-licencing the free - to - air rights to the 2022 and 2024 Olympics from Discovery. Despite the Russian team being formally banned from competing under its flag in Pyeongchang, Russian state broadcaster Channel One, and sports channel Match TV, still committed to covering the Games with 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 runs through to 2024. In the United States, the Games once again were broadcast by NBCUniversal properties under a long - term contract ; it was NBC 's first Olympics without long - time primary host Bob Costas, who announced on 7 February 2017 his retirement from the role in favour of Mike Tirico. On 28 March 2017, NBC also said that it would air most primetime coverage simultaneously in all time zones in the United States, and not broadcast on a tape delay as they had in past Olympics ( although as per prior practice, the ceremonies were still delayed to primetime for the U.S. audience, but the network did reverse its previous practice of not streaming the opening ceremony live online ). U.S. Eastern Time is 14 hours behind Pyeongchang, which allows certain events to be broadcast live in the U.S. primetime hours. NHK and Olympic Broadcasting Services once again filmed portions of the Games, including 90 hours of footage of selected events and the opening ceremonies, in high - dynamic - range 8K resolution video. In South Korea, ATSC 3.0 terrestrial broadcasts at 4K resolution were introduced in 2017 in time for the Olympics. In the U.S., this footage is being delivered in 4K by NBCUniversal parent Comcast to participating television providers, including its own Xfinity and some over-the - air test coverage in the format on Raleigh, North Carolina NBC affiliate WRAL - EX ( an experimental station using the future ATSC 3.0 standard ), as well as DirecTV and Dish Network. Also, the Games showcased a 5G mobile communications proof - of - concept using technology from Intel and Nokia and a national telecommunications firm, SK Telecom. Marketing Branding Gold medal of the 2018 Olympics The emblem for the Games was unveiled on 3 May 2013. It is a stylized representation of the hangul letters ᄑ p and ᄎ ch, being the initial sounds of 평창 Pyeongchang. The left symbol is said to represent the Korean philosophical triad of heaven, earth and humanity ( Korean : 천지인 cheon - ji - in ), and the right symbol a crystal of ice. In the emblem and all official materials, Pyeongchang was stylized in CamelCase as `` PyeongChang '', in order to alleviate potential confusion with Pyongyang -- the similarly - named capital of neighbouring North Korea. Mascots Main article : Soohorang and Bandabi The official mascots for the Games, Soohorang ( 수 호랑 ), a white tiger, and Bandabi ( 반 다비 ), an Asiatic black bear, were unveiled on 2 June 2016. Video Games In June 2017, Ubisoft announced that it would release an expansion pack for its winter sports video game Steep entitled Road to the Olympics, which features new game modes and content inspired by the 2018 Winter Olympics. In November 2017, the IOC announced it would support and sponsor an Intel Extreme Masters StarCraft II tournament in Pyeongchang preceding the Games. Its support of the tournament as a de facto demonstration event came on the heels of a report by the IOC which recognized that eSports `` could be considered as a sporting activity ''. The tournament was won by Sasha `` Scarlett '' Hostyn of Canada ; she became the second North American pro to place first at a major StarCraft II tournament in South Korea, and the first woman to win a major tournament. Concerns and controversies Main article : Concerns and controversies at the 2018 Winter Olympics North Korean relations See also : North Korea -- South Korea relations and North Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics Protesters at Gwanghwamun Plaza criticizing the game 's pro-North Korean measures, calling it the `` Pyongyang Olympics '' 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 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, 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 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 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 hockey team would fail. A rap video entitled `` The Regret for Pyeongchang '' ( 평창 유감 ), which echoed this criticism and called the event the `` Pyongyang Olympics '', went viral in 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 the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong - un and a prominent figure of the regime, Kim Yo - jong. This marked the first time since the Korean War that a member of the ruling Kim dynasty had visited South Korea. In contrast, US Vice President Mike Pence met North Korean defectors in PyeongChang joined by Fred Warmbier, whose son Otto died the year before after being released from North Korean captivity. American officials said that North Korea cancelled a meeting with Pence at the last minute. The apparent softening of relations between the two countries was marred by North Korea dispatching general Kim Yong - chol to head the North Korean delegation present at the closing ceremony. The arrival of Kim, held responsible by South Korea for the deaths of dozens of South Korean navy personnel, was met with ' hostility ' but the government did not oppose his presence at the Olympics. The general ended up being seated in the same stand as the daughter of the president of the USA, Ivanka Trump. Russian doping Main articles : Doping in Russia, McLaren Report, Oswald Commission, Russia at the 2014 Winter Olympics § Doping scandal after Olympics, Russia at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and Olympic Athletes from Russia at the 2018 Winter Olympics Participation Russia 's participation in the Winter Olympics was affected by the aftermath of its state - sponsored doping program. As a result the International Olympic Committee suspended the Russian Olympic Committee. Russian athletes whitelisted by the IOC were allowed to compete neutrally in Pyeongchang, but they were not allowed to compete under the Russian flag. Official sanctions Approved OAR logo On 5 December 2017, the IOC announced that the Russian Olympic Committee had been suspended from the 2018 Winter Olympics with immediate effect. Athletes who had no previous drug violations and a consistent history of drug testing were to be allowed to compete under the Olympic Flag as an Olympic Athlete from Russia ( OAR ). Under the terms of the decree, Russian government officials were barred from the Games, and neither the country 's flag nor anthem would be present. The Olympic Flag and Olympic Anthem were scheduled to be used instead, and on 20 December 2017 the IOC proposed an alternative logo for the uniforms ( shown on right ). IOC President Thomas Bach said that `` after following due process ( the IOC ) has issued proportional sanctions for this systematic manipulation while protecting the clean athletes ''. By early January 2018, the IOC had sanctioned 43 Russian athletes from the 2014 Winter Olympics and banned them from competing in the 2018 edition and all other future Olympic Games as part of the Oswald Commission. All but one of these athletes appealed against their bans to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The court overturned the sanctions on 28 athletes meaning that their Sochi medals and results were reinstated but decided that there was sufficient evidence against 11 athletes to uphold their Sochi sanctions. The IOC said in a statement that `` the result of the CAS decision does not mean that athletes from the group of 28 will be invited to the Games. Not being sanctioned does not automatically confer the privilege of an invitation '' and that `` this ( case ) may have a serious impact on the future fight against doping ''. The IOC said `` that the CAS decision does not mean that these 28 athletes are innocent '' and that they would consider an appeal against the court 's decision. The court also decided that none of the 39 athletes should be banned from all future Olympic Games, but only the 2018 Games. Three Russian athletes are still waiting for their hearing which is scheduled to be conducted after the 2018 Games. After the partially successful appeal, 47 Russian athletes and coaches again appealed to the CAS trying to secure an invitation to the Games. The appeal was dismissed on 9 February 2018, the day of the opening ceremony, which was a welcome decision for the IOC. An original pool of 500 Russian athletes were put forward for consideration for the Games and 111 were immediately removed from consideration. The remaining athletes were required to meet pre-games conditions such as further pre-games tests and reanalysis from stored samples. The athletes would be considered for invitation to the Games only if these requirements were met. None of the athletes who had been sanctioned by the Oswald Commission were still in the pool. The final number of neutral Russian athletes invited to compete was 169. However, speed skater Olga Graf chose not to compete stating that `` the sport has become a bargaining chip in dirty political games ''. This meant that the final number of neutral Russians competing at the Games was reduced to 168. During the games, two Russian athletes out of the 168 who competed failed doping tests and were disqualified : curler Aleksandr Krushelnitckii who won a bronze medal in the mixed doubles event ; and bob - sledder Nadezhda Sergeeva who finished 12th in the two - woman event. The IOC expressed their disappointment at the positive doping tests and stated that the Olympic Athletes from Russia team would consequently not be allowed to parade under the Russian flag at the closing ceremony. On 28 February 2018 the IOC announced that it had chosen to reinstate Russia 's Olympic membership, just days after the end of the Winter Games. The surprise decision provoked anger among the international sporting community. The IOC had planned to reinstate Russia after the Games provided there were no more failed tests. Their statement read `` The suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee is automatically lifted with immediate effect. '' Reaction in Russia In the past, Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, and other officials had said that it would be a humiliation for Russia if its athletes were not allowed to compete under the Russian flag. However, his spokesman later said that no boycott had been discussed. After the IOC decision was announced, Ramzan Kadyrov, the Head of Chechnya, announced that no Chechen athletes would participate under a neutral flag. On 6 December, Putin stated that the Russian government would not prevent any athletes from participating at the Games as individuals, but there were calls from other politicians for a boycott. Gennady Zyuganov, a leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, proposed to send fans with a Soviet Victory Banner. Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov has said that the United States `` fears honest competition '', affirming Vladimir Putin 's position who had said that the United States used its influence within the International Olympic Committee to `` orchestrate the doping scandal ''. According to Komsomolskaya Pravda, a popular Russian newspaper, 86 % of the Russian population oppose participating in the Olympics under a neutral flag. Despite the OAR designation, many Russian fans still attended the Games, wearing the Russian colours and chanting `` Russia ! '' in unison, in an act of defiance against the ban. Reactions in western Media The IOC 's decision was criticized by Jack Robertson, primary investigator of the Russian doping program on behalf of the World Anti-Doping Agency, who said that the IOC has issued `` a non-punitive punishment meant to save face while protecting the ( IOC 's ) and Russia 's commercial and political interests ''. He also emphasized that Russian whistleblowers provided empirical evidence that `` 99 percent of ( their ) national - level teammates were doping ''. According to Robertson, `` ( WADA ) has discovered that when a Russian athlete ( reaches ) the national level, he or she ( has ) no choice in the matter : ( it is ) either dope, or you 're done ''. `` There is currently no intelligence I have seen or heard about that indicates the state - sponsored doping program has ceased '', he added. It was also reported that Russian officials intensively lobbied US politicians in an apparent attempt to achieve Grigory Rodchenkov 's ( main whistleblower ) extradition to Russia. Justin Peters of Slate magazine wrote that the IOC `` ended up with a situation that seemed to negate the entire point of the sanctions against Russia. The IOC did not want there to be a Russian Olympic team at the Pyeongchang Games. 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Question: when did the winter olympics start this year
Answer: 8 February 2018