Winter Paralympics 2018

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XII. Winter Paralympics
2018 Winter Paralympics logo
motto Passion. Connected.
(하나 된 열정)
venue Korea SouthSouth Korea Pyeongchang
Teams 49
Athletes over 570
Competitions 80 in 6 sports
opening March 9, 2018
Closing ceremony 18th March 2018
Opened by Moon Jae-in
Paralympic torch Seo Soon-seok
Kim Eun-jung
Stadion Hoenggye Olympic Park
← Sochi 2014
Medal table
space country gold medal Silver medal Bronze medal total
1 United StatesUnited States United States 13 15th 8th 36
2 IPCIPC IPC - neutral athletes 8th 10 6th 24
3 CanadaCanada Canada 8th 4th 16 28
4th FranceFrance France 7th 8th 5 20th
5 GermanyGermany Germany 7th 8th 4th 19th
6th UkraineUkraine Ukraine 7th 7th 8th 22nd
7th SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia 6th 4th 1 11
8th BelarusBelarus Belarus 4th 4th 4th 12
9 JapanJapan Japan 3 4th 3 10
10 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 3 3 1 7th
11 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 3 0 0 3
... ... ... ... ... ...
22nd AustriaAustria Austria 0 2 5 7th
Complete medal table

The 12th Winter Paralympics were held in the South Korean city ​​of Pyeongchang . The Paralympics are the most important major sporting event for people with physical disabilities and took place after the 2018 Winter Olympics from March 9th to 18th, 2018. The contract between the host countries and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) states that the Paralympics will use the same venue as the Olympic Games.

After the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul, it was the second Olympic and Paralympic Games in South Korea. For Pyeongchang it was the third attempt at an application after the narrowly failed applications in 2010 and 2014. Annecy and Munich also applied to host the event.

Selection of the venue

The decision on the host of the Paralympics 2018 and the Olympic Winter Games 2018 was made by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) during its congress in Durban on July 6, 2011. Pyeongchang prevailed against Munich and Annecy ( France ).

Election results
city country Election result
Pyeongchang Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 63
Munich GermanyGermany Germany 25th
Annecy FranceFrance France 7th

Competition venues

Alpensia Resort ("snow region")

Gangneung ("coastal region")

Bongpyeong-myeon

Participating Nations

A total of 49 nations with over 570 athletes took part.
The number of participants in brackets.

Europe
America
Asia
Oceania
Other participants

Sports and schedule

At the Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, 80 competitions were held, divided into 6 sports. The snowboarding events were run as a separate sport for the first time, no longer as part of the alpine skiing program.

Legend for the competition program shown below:

  •  Opening and closing ceremony
  •  Qualifying competitions
  •  Final decisions

    • Last column: total number of decisions in the individual sports

    Schedule of the Winter Paralympics 2018 (with number of decisions)
    Fr. Sat So Mon Tuesday Wed do Fr. Sat So total
    March  9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14th 15th 16. 17th 18th
    opening
    Biathlon - Paralympic pictogram.svg biathlon 6th 6th 6th 18th
    Wheelchair curling - Paralympic pictogram.svg Wheelchair curling 1 1
    Ice sledge hockey - Paralympic pictogram.svg Sledge ice hockey 1 1
    Alpine skiing - Paralympic pictogram.svg Alpine skiing 6th 6th 6th 3 3 3 3 30th
    Cross-country skiing - Paralympic pictogram.svg Cross-country skiing 2 4th 6th 6th 2 20th
    Snowboarding - Paralympic pictogram.svg Snowboard 5 5 10
    graduation
    Medal decisions   12 8th 9 12 9 3 11 10 6th 80
    Fr. Sat So Mon Tuesday Wed do Fr. Sat So total
    March 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14th 15th 16. 17th 18th

    mascot

    The official mascot of the Games was Bandabi , an Asiatic black bear who is said to symbolize the determination, courage and strong will of the Paralympic athletes.

    Web links

    Commons : Winter Paralympics 2018  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ New slogan "Passion.Connected." is unveiled. In: pyeonchang2018.com. May 16, 2015, accessed September 24, 2016 .
    2. ^ Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. In: beijing2022.cn. Beijing Organizing Committee, accessed September 24, 2016 .
    3. ↑ Medal table at www.pyeongchang2018.com (English)
    4. ↑ Paralympic Winter Games Pyeongchang Medal Standings Paralympic.org, accessed April 4, 2020
    5. ^ Pyeongchang 2018 move venue for Opening and Closing Ceremonies. In: insidethegames.biz. insidethegames, July 6, 2012, accessed November 10, 2012 .
    6. ↑ Schedule. pyeongchang2018.com, accessed February 8, 2018 .