2018 Winter Paralympics - wikipedia 2018 Winter Paralympics See also : 2018 Winter Olympics XII Winter Paralympics Host city Pyeongchang County, South Korea Motto Passion. Connected. ( Korean : 하나 된 열정. ) Nations participating 49 Athletes participating 569 Events 80 in 6 sports Opening ceremony 9 March Closing ceremony 18 March Officially opened by President Moon Jae - in Paralympic torch Kim Eun - jung Seo Soon - seok Paralympic stadium Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium Winter < Sochi 2014 Beijing 2022 > Summer < Rio 2016 Tokyo 2020 > Part of a series on 2018 Winter Paralympics Bid process Event calendar Venues Mascots Medal table ( medalists ) Chronological summary Opening ceremony ( flag bearers ) Closing ceremony Olympics ( medal table ) IPC KPC POCOG The 2018 Winter Paralympics ( Hangul : 평창 동계 패럴림픽 ; Hanja : 平 昌 冬季 패럴림픽 ; RR : Pyeongchang Donggye Paereollimpik ), the 12th Paralympic Winter Games, and also more generally known as the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games, were an international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee ( IPC ), that was held in Pyeongchang County, Gangwon Province, South Korea, from 9 to 18 March 2018. Athletes representing 49 National Paralympic Committees are participating in these Games, which mark the first time that South Korea has hosted the Winter Paralympics. It is the second Paralympics held in the country, after the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul. The United States topped the medal table with 36 total medals and 13 gold medals. Host nation South Korea placed 16th with 3 total medals and won its first gold medal at a Winter Paralympics. Contents 1 Host selection 2 Opening ceremony 3 Sports 4 Calendar 5 Participating National Paralympic Committees 6 Venues 6.1 Pyeongchang Mountain cluster 6.1. 1 Alpensia 6.1. 2 Standalone venue 6.2 Gangneung coastal cluster 7 Medals 8 Broadcasting 9 Tickets 10 Marketing 10.1 Emblem 10.2 Mascot 10.3 Cultural events 11 Concerns and controversies 11.1 North Korean relations 12 See also 13 Notes 14 External links Host selection Main article : Bids for the 2018 Winter Olympics As part of a formal agreement between the International Paralympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee first established in 2001, the winner of the bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics was also to host the 2018 Winter Paralympics. Pyeongchang was elected as host during the 123rd IOC Session in Durban in 2011, earning the required majority of at least 48 votes in the first round of voting. 2018 Winter Olympics bidding results City Nation Votes Pyeongchang South Korea 63 Munich Germany 25 Annecy France 7 Opening ceremony Opening ceremony at Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium Main article : 2018 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony The opening ceremony was held on 9 March 2018 at Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium, which was built specifically for the Winter Games. Sports Competitions in the 2018 Winter Paralympics are being held in six Winter Paralympic sports, with 80 medal events in total. Snowboarding has been expanded into a separate discipline for 2018, with 10 medal events ( in 2014, two medal events in snowboarding were held within the alpine skiing programme ). Alpine skiing ( 30 ) ( details ) Biathlon ( 18 ) ( details ) Cross-country skiing ( 20 ) ( details ) Para ice hockey ( 1 ) ( details ) Snowboarding ( 10 ) ( details ) Wheelchair curling ( 1 ) ( details ) Calendar In the following calendar for the 2018 Winter Paralympics, each blue box represents an event competition. The yellow boxes represent days during which medal - awarding finals for a sport are held. The number in each yellow box represents the number of finals that are contested on that day. Opening ceremony Event competitions Event finals Closing ceremony March Fri 9th Sat 10th Sun 11th Mon 12th Tue 13th Wed 14th Thu 15th Fri 16th Sat 17th Sun 18th Gold Medals Ceremonies OC CC N / A Alpine skiing 6 6 6 6 30 Biathlon 6 6 6 18 Cross-country skiing 6 6 20 Para ice hockey Snowboarding 5 5 10 Wheelchair curling Total 0 12 8 9 12 12 0 11 10 6 80 Participating National Paralympic Committees Participating National Paralympic Committees Andorra ( 1 ) Argentina ( 2 ) Armenia ( 1 ) Australia ( 12 ) Austria ( 13 ) Belarus ( 14 ) Belgium ( 2 ) Bosnia and Herzegovina ( 1 ) Brazil ( 3 ) Bulgaria ( 1 ) Canada ( 52 ) Chile ( 4 ) China ( 26 ) Croatia ( 7 ) Czech Republic ( 21 ) Denmark ( 1 ) Finland ( 13 ) France ( 12 ) Georgia ( 2 ) Germany ( 20 ) Great Britain ( 14 ) Greece ( 1 ) Hungary ( 2 ) Iceland ( 1 ) Iran ( 5 ) Italy ( 26 ) Japan ( 38 ) Kazakhstan ( 6 ) North Korea ( 2 ) South Korea ( 36 ) ( host ) Mexico ( 1 ) Mongolia ( 1 ) Netherlands ( 9 ) Neutral Paralympic Athletes ( 30 ) New Zealand ( 3 ) Norway ( 32 ) Poland ( 9 ) Romania ( 1 ) Serbia ( 1 ) Slovakia ( 11 ) Slovenia ( 1 ) Spain ( 3 ) Sweden ( 24 ) Switzerland ( 13 ) Tajikistan ( 1 ) Turkey ( 1 ) Ukraine ( 20 ) United States ( 68 ) Uzbekistan ( 1 ) Russia is currently suspended by the International Paralympic Committee due to the state - sponsored doping program scandal. However, the IPC has allowed Russian athletes to qualify as neutral participants. They will field around 30 -- 35 athletes in 5 sports, participating as Neutral Paralympic Athletes ( NPA ), who will march under the Paralympic flag at the Opening and Closing Ceremonies and the Paralympic anthem will be played in any ceremony. Four more nations competed in Pyeongchang than at the previous winter games. Georgia, North Korea and Tajikistan all made their Winter Paralympics debut, while Hungary fielded a team after not competing in 2014. Tajikistan is the only country who had sent an athlete to these Games but not the 2018 Winter Olympics. Venues Main article : Venues of the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics Pyeongchang mountain cluster Alpensia The Alpensia Resort in Daegwallyeong - myeon will be the focus of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics. Alpensia Resort -- biathlon, cross-country skiing Main Olympic Village -- athletes village Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium -- awards and opening and closing ceremonies Standalone venue Jeongseon Alpine Centre -- alpine skiing and snowboarding Gangneung coastal cluster Gangneung Curling Centre -- wheelchair curling Gangneung Hockey Centre -- para ice hockey Medals Main article : 2018 Winter Paralympics medal table * Host nation ( South Korea ) Rank NPC Gold Silver Bronze Total United States ( USA ) 13 15 8 36 Neutral Paralympic Athletes ( NPA ) 8 10 6 24 Canada ( CAN ) 8 16 28 France ( FRA ) 7 8 5 20 5 Germany ( GER ) 7 8 19 6 Ukraine ( UKR ) 7 7 8 22 7 Slovakia ( SVK ) 6 11 8 Belarus ( BLR ) 12 9 Japan ( JPN ) 10 10 Netherlands ( NED ) 7 11 Switzerland ( SUI ) 0 0 12 Italy ( ITA ) 5 13 Great Britain ( GBR ) 7 14 Norway ( NOR ) 8 15 Australia ( AUS ) 0 16 Finland ( FIN ) 0 South Korea ( KOR ) * 0 New Zealand ( NZL ) 0 19 Croatia ( CRO ) 0 20 China ( CHN ) 0 0 Kazakhstan ( KAZ ) 0 0 22 Austria ( AUT ) 0 5 7 23 Spain ( ESP ) 0 24 Sweden ( SWE ) 0 0 25 Belgium ( BEL ) 0 0 Poland ( POL ) 0 0 Total ( 26 NPCs ) 80 80 81 241 Broadcasting Television rights were sold in various countries and territories ; the IPC partnered with the IOC 's streaming service Olympic Channel for online streaming coverage of these Paralympics. In 2017, the European Broadcasting Union renewed its rights to the Paralympics in 25 European countries through 2020 In the United States, NBC Sports announced plans to air nearly twice as much coverage on linear television as it did in Sochi, with 94 hours airing primarily on NBCSN and the U.S. version of Olympic Channel, along with online streaming content. In Canada, the CBC announced that it would broadcast over 600 hours of coverage in English and French across its platforms, including CBC Television, Ici Radio - Canada Télé, and sublicence partners Sportsnet One and AMI - tv. Channel 4 returned as the Games ' rightsholder in the United Kingdom, planning over 100 hours of television coverage on Channel 4 and 4seven. Tickets Ticket prices for the 2018 Winter Paralympics were announced on 8 June 2017 and tickets went on sale on 21 August 2017. Prices for sporting event tickets range from ₩ 10,000 to 50,000 ( approx. $8 -- 45 USD ). Opening and closing ceremony tickets range from ₩ 10,000 to ₩ 140,000 ( approx. $8 - 125 USD ). As of 19 January, tickets to the Paralympic Games were 70 % sold. ( 155,000 tickets out of a total of 223,353 allocated ). Marketing Emblem The emblem for the 2018 Winter Paralympics was unveiled on 29 October 2013 at the National Museum of Korea. It incorporates stylized renditions of the hangul letter ᄎ ch ( as also used in the Olympic emblem ), which symbolizes part of the name Pyeongchang and resembles ice crystals. The Paralympic emblem features two of these letters joined together, symbolizing equality and a `` grand '' festival welcoming international athletes and spectators. Mascot Main article : Soohorang and Bandabi The official mascots of the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics were unveiled on 2 June 2016. The Paralympic mascot, Bandabi, is an Asian black bear that symbolizes `` strong will and courage ''. Cultural events To attract interest from residents and foreign tourists, the Korea Tourism Organization organized Snow Festival, a `` Hallyu festival '', to serve as cultural programming for the Paralympics. Actors Jang Keun - suk and Lee Dong - wook purchased 2,018 and 1,000 tickets for themselves and fans to attend sledge hockey games accompanied by meetups, while a K - pop concert featuring B1A4 and BtoB was also organized. Concerns and controversies North Korean relations See also : North Korea -- South Korea relations and North Korea at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Prior to the 2018 Winter Olympics, North Korea agreed to have its athletes march together with those of the South Korean team during the opening ceremonies, and field a unified women 's hockey team. However, during a meeting in Pyeongchang between the leaders of their National Paralympic Committees, the two countries were unable to organize a similar arrangement for the Paralympics. The South Korean Paralympic Committee stated that North Korean officials had requested that the Liancourt Rocks ( which are the subject of an ongoing sovereignty dispute between South Korea and Japan ) be included on the Korean Unification Flag during the Paralympics. South Korea declined this request, as they considered it contradictory to IPC recommendations against political gestures. IPC president Andrew Parsons expressed disappointment over the decision, but noted that the country `` respects and values the IPC 's vision and mission '' and had `` committed to working further with the IPC to improve the lives of people with an impairment in North Korea '', while also acknowledging that the IOC had `` made great progress in opening up dialogue between the two nations '' prior to the Olympics, and that their meeting `` underlines the tremendous ability of sport to bring countries together in positive dialogue. '' See also 2018 Winter Olympics Winter Olympics Winter Paralympics portal Notes Jump up ^ `` Paralympics 2012 : London to host ' first truly global Games ' ''. BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 August 2012. Jump up ^ Longman, Jeré ; Sang - hun, Choe ( 6 July 2011 ). `` 2018 Winter Games to Be Held in Pyeongchang, South Korea ''. The New York Times. ISSN 0362 - 4331. Archived from the original on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017. Jump up ^ Hersh, Philip ( 6 July 2011 ). `` Pyeongchang wins 2018 Winter Olympics ''. Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 9 April 2017. Jump up ^ Horwitz, Josh ( 25 January 2018 ). `` South Korea 's $100 million Winter Olympics stadium will be used exactly four times ''. Quartz. Retrieved 9 March 2018. Jump up ^ `` CoSport -- Paralympic Event Tickets ''. www.cosport.com. Retrieved 9 February 2018. Jump up ^ `` Australia 's Seven Network to show PyeongChang 2018 ''. Retrieved 8 January 2018. Jump up ^ `` Brasil terá três atletas na Paralimpíada de Inverno de PyeongChang 2018 ''. Retrieved 28 February 2018. Jump up ^ `` PyeongChang 2018 ''. Retrieved 8 January 2018. Jump up ^ `` 平 昌 冬 残 奥 会 中国 体育 代表 团 在京 成立 ''. 中国 中央 电视台. 3 March 2018. Jump up ^ Paralympic Games ( 19 January 2018 ). `` @ Paralympic Twitter account ''. Twitter. Retrieved 19 January 2018. Jump up ^ `` PyeongChang 2018 : Daniel Wagner 's Winter Games dream ''. Retrieved 8 January 2018. Jump up ^ `` PyeongChang 2018 : Bochet to carry French flag ''. Retrieved 8 January 2018. Jump up ^ `` Germany reveal kit for PyeongChang 2018 ''. Retrieved 8 January 2018. Jump up ^ `` British alpine skiers and snowboarders named for PyeongChang 2018 ''. Retrieved 8 January 2018. Jump up ^ `` North Korea invited to participate in first - ever Winter Paralympic Games at Pyeongchang 2018 ''. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018. Jump up ^ `` PyeongChang 2018 : Arly Velasquez ready to surprise ''. Retrieved 8 January 2018. Jump up ^ Hjelmberg, Henrik. `` Svenska truppen till Paralympics uttagen ''. Sveriges Paralympiska Kommitté. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018. Jump up ^ `` With one year until 2018 Winter Games, Russia 's status murky ''. 9 February 2017. Jump up ^ `` IPC allow Russian athletes to compete as neutrals at Pyeongchang 2018 but maintain suspension ''. Retrieved 9 February 2018. Jump up ^ `` Following the Feb. 9 - 25 Olympic Games, the 12th Winter Paralympic Games opened March 9 in PyeongChang, some 180 kilometers east of Seoul, along with the sub-host cities of Gangneung and Jeongseon ''. Yonhap News. 18 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018. Jump up ^ PyeongChang 2018 Alpensia Resort and water park complete and full for summer season Archived 12 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ `` Jeongseon Alpine Centre to host Para alpine skiing and snowboard in 2018 ''. www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 9 February 2018. Jump up ^ `` Medal Standings ''. Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympics. Retrieved 9 March 2018. Jump up ^ `` International Paralympic Committee and Olympic Channel join forces to cover Pyeongchang 2018 ''. Inside the Games. Retrieved 10 March 2018. Jump up ^ `` EBU - EBU brings the best of Paralympic sport to over 25 countries across Europe ''. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 9 March 2018. Jump up ^ `` How to Watch -- And What to Expect From -- the Winter Paralympics 2018 on NBC ''. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 8 March 2018. Jump up ^ `` Why do Americans ignore the Paralympics ? ''. The Boston Globe. Retrieved 9 March 2018. Jump up ^ `` CBC / Radio - Canada offer 600 - plus hours of Paralympic coverage ''. CBC Sports. Retrieved 9 March 2018. Jump up ^ `` Channel 4 to broadcast 100 hours of Paralympics from Pyeongchang 2018 ''. Inside the Games. Retrieved 10 March 2018. ^ Jump up to : `` PyeongChang 2018 ticket prices announced ''. www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 8 June 2017. Jump up ^ `` PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games Ticket Prices Announced ''. Retrieved 9 March 2018. Jump up ^ `` 평창 패럴림픽 티켓 판매율 0.2 %... 관심 절실 '' ( PyeongChang Paralympics Ticket Selling Rate 0.2 %... An urgent concern ). Yonhapnews. 27 October 2017. Jump up ^ `` Pyeongchang 2018 unveil ticket design and open offline sales in bid to encourage buyers ''. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018. Jump up ^ `` Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic ticket sales rise to 61 per cent ''. Retrieved 9 February 2018. Jump up ^ `` Pyeonchang 2018 unveils official Paralympic emblem ''. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2018. Jump up ^ `` PyeongChang 2018 Launches Official Emblem ''. olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 12 August 2016. Jump up ^ `` Tiger and bear mascots unveiled for Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics ''. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2018. Jump up ^ `` Stars invite fans to join them at Paralympics ''. Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 7 March 2018. Jump up ^ `` Jang Keun - suk and Lee Dong - wook in ' Christmas in March ' for Paralympics ''. Korea Herald. Retrieved 7 March 2018. Jump up ^ `` Actor Lee Dong - wook named honorary ambassador for PyeongChang Olympics ''. Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 7 March 2018. Jump up ^ Herald, The Korea ( 4 March 2018 ). `` ( PyeongChang 2018 ) S. Korea to hold hallyu festival to boost Paralympics ''. Retrieved 7 March 2018. Jump up ^ `` Festival celebrating Korean culture launched to help promote Winter Paralympic Games ''. Inside the Games. Retrieved 7 March 2018. Jump up ^ `` ' Flag dispute ' halts joint Korean march ''. BBC News. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018. Jump up ^ `` North, South Korea to march separately in Paralympics opening ceremony ''. CBC Sports. Retrieved 8 March 2018. External links Pyeongchang 2018 web site Media related to 2018 Winter Paralympics at Wikimedia Commons Preceded by Sochi Winter Paralympics Pyeongchang XII Paralympic Winter Games ( 2018 ) Succeeded by Beijing Paralympic Games Charter Host cities IPC NPCs Medal tables Medalists Participating nations Summer Winter Sports Symbols Summer Games Rome 1960 Tokyo 1964 Tel Aviv 1968 Heidelberg 1972 Toronto 1976 Arnhem 1980 New York / Stoke Mandeville 1984 Seoul 1988 Barcelona / Madrid 1992 Atlanta 1996 Sydney 2000 Athens 2004 Beijing 2008 London 2012 Rio de Janeiro 2016 Tokyo 2020 Paris 2024 Los Angeles 2028 Winter Games Örnsköldsvik 1976 Geilo 1980 Innsbruck 1984 Innsbruck 1988 Tignes / Albertville 1992 Lillehammer 1994 Nagano 1998 Salt Lake City 2002 Turin 2006 Vancouver 2010 Sochi 2014 Pyeongchang 2018 Beijing 2022 TBD 2026 Olympic Games Youth Olympic Games Ancient Olympic Games Nations at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea America Argentina Brazil Canada Chile Mexico United States Asia China Iran Japan Kazakhstan Mongolia North Korea South Korea Tajikistan Uzbekistan Europe Andorra Armenia Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Italy Netherlands Norway Poland Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Oceania Australia New Zealand Others Neutral Paralympic Athletes Events at the 2018 Winter Paralympics ( Pyeongchang ) Alpine skiing Biathlon Cross-country skiing Para ice hockey Snowboarding Wheelchair curling Chronological summary Medal table List of medalists Venues of the 2018 Winter Paralympics Pyeongchang ( mountain cluster ) Alpensia Resort Alpensia Biathlon Centre Cross-Country Centre Convention Centre International Broadcast Centre Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium Pyeongchang Olympic Village Stand - alone venues Jeongseon Alpine Centre Gangneung ( coastal cluster ) Gangneung Olympic Park Gangneung Curling Centre Gangneung Hockey Centre Gangneung Olympic Village Italics indicate non-competition venues. 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Question: where are the paralympics going to be held
Answer: Pyeongchang County, Gangwon Province, South Korea