# 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games

The 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games (Korean: 2013년 동계 스페셜 올림픽 세계대회, romanized: 2013-nyeon Donggye Special Olympics Segye Daehoe) was a Special Olympics, a multi-sports event that was held in Pyeongchang, South Korea from January 29 through February 5, 2013. Though officially allocated to Pyeongchang, events were also held in Gangneung Indoor Ice Rink.

## Venues

The three venues and events are:
* Yongpyong Ski Resort, alpine skiing
* Gangneung Indoor Ice Rink, ceremonies and figure skating
* Alpensia Resort, everything else, including sales

## The Games
### Participating Special Olympic National Programs

* Participating Special Olympic Committees
* Afghanistan
* Algeria
* Andorra
* Argentina
* Armenia
* Australia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Belgium
* Bharat
* Bolivia
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Brazil
* Bulgaria
* Cambodia
* Canada
* Chile
* China
* Costa Rica
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Djibouti
* Dominican Republic
* Egypt
* El Salvador
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Gibraltar
* Great Britain
* Hellas
* Hong Kong
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Indonesia
* Iraq
* Ireland
* Isle of Man
* Italy
* Jamaica
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* Kenya
* South Korea
* Kosovo
* Latvia
* Lebanon
* Libya
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Macao
* Macedonia
* Malaysia
* Mauritania
* Mexico
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Mongolia
* Montenegro
* Morocco
* Nepal
* Netherlands
* New Zealand
* Nigeria
* Nippon
* Norway
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Palestine
* Papua New Guinea
* Poland
* Qatar
* Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
* Saudi Arabia
* Serbia
* Singapore
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* South Africa
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Syria
* Tajikistan
* United States
* Chinese Taipei
* Thailand
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Tunisia
* Turkey
* Turkmenistan
* Uganda
* Ukraine
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Venezuela
* Vietnam

#### Notes
### Sports

The 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games programme featured 8 sports with encompassing many disciplines (in parentheses).
* Alpine skiing (9)
** 10M Walk
** Advanced Giant Slalom
** Advanced Super G
** Glide
** Intermediate Giant Slalom
** Intermediate Super G
** Novice Giant Slalom
** Novice Super G
* Cross-country skiing (10)
** 100M Race Classical
** 1K Divisioning Round
** 500M Race Freestyle
** 50M Race Classical
** 5K (7.5K & 10K) Divisioning
* Figure skating (5)
** Ice Dancing
** Ice Dancing Team
** Pairs
** Singles
** Unified Pairs
* Floorball (1)
** Team
* Floor hockey (3)
** Team
** Unified Team
* Short track speed skating (9)
** 111M Race
** 111M Race (semi & Final)
** 222M Race
** 333M Race
** 500M Race
** 500M Race (Semi & Final)
** 777M Race
** 777M Race (Semi & Final)
** 1000 Race
** 1500M Race
** 25M Straight
** 55M Half LapSnowboarding
* Snowboarding (9)
** Advanced Giant Slalom
** Advanced Slalom
** Intermediate Giant Slalom
** Intermediate Slalom
* Snowshoeing (10)
** 25M Race
** 50M Race
** 100M Race
** 200M Race
** 400M Race
** 800M Race
** 1600M Race
** 4X100M Relay
** 4X400M Race
** 5K Race

### Calendar

| OC | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | 1 | Gold medals | EG | Exhibition gala | CC | Closing ceremony |
| January/February | 29 Tue | 30 Wed | 31 Thu | 1 Fri | 2 Sat | 3 Sun | 4 Mon | 5 Tue | Gold medals |
| Ceremonies | OC | | | | | | | CC | |
| Alpine skiing | | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |
| Cross-country skiing | | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |
| Figure skating | | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | | | |
| Floorball | | ● | ● | | | | | | |
| Floor hockey | | | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |
| Short track speed skating | | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | | |
| Snowboarding | | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | | |
| Snowshoeing | | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |
| January/February | 29 Tue | 30 Wed | 31 Thu | 1 Fri | 2 Sat | 3 Sun | 4 Mon | 5 Tue | Gold medals |

### Mascots

The mascots are Ra, In and Bow, a bear, sheep and dog respectively, whose names form the word "rainbow".