2018 Winter Olympics

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The 2018 Winter Olympics were an international multi-sport winter games held in Pyeongchang, South Korea, featuring athletes from around the world competing in various snow and ice disciplines.

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PyeongChang 2018 1
PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Winter Olympic Games
multi-sport event
bidRivalCity Annecy, France
surface form: Annecy

Munich
cauldronLighter Yuna Kim
closingDate 2018-02-25
competitionCluster Gangneung Coastal Cluster
Pyeongchang Mountain Cluster
continent Asia
country South Korea
currency South Korean won
emblemDescription stylized hangul letters ㅍ and ㅊ representing PyeongChang
firstWinterGamesWithOver100Events true
followedBy 2022 Winter Olympics
hostCity Pyeongchang Mountain Cluster
surface form: Pyeongchang
hostRegion Gangwon Province, North Korea
surface form: Gangwon Province
hostSelectedAt International Olympic Committee Session
surface form: 123rd IOC Session
hostSelectionCity Durban
hostSelectionCountry South Africa
hostSelectionDate 2011-07-06
introducedEvents big air snowboarding
mass start speed skating
mixed doubles curling
mixed team alpine skiing
isInCity Pyeongchang Mountain Cluster
surface form: Pyeongchang
isInCountry South Korea
mainIndoorVenue Gangneung Ice Arena
mainStadium Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium
mascot Soohorang
mascotSpecies white tiger
motto Passion. Connected.
notableFirst first Winter Olympics in South Korea
first Winter Olympics in continental Asia outside Japan
numberOfAthletes 2920
numberOfDisciplines 15
numberOfEvents 102
numberOfParticipatingNations 92
numberOfSports 7
officialLanguage English
Korean
officialName XXIII Olympic Winter Games
olympiadNumber 23
openingDate 2018-02-09
openingDeclaredBy Moon Jae-in
organisedBy International Olympic Committee
precededBy 2014 Winter Olympics
primaryBroadcastPartner Eurosport
NBCUniversal
shortName 2018 Winter Olympics self-linksurface differs
surface form: PyeongChang 2018
timeZone UTC+09:00
year 2018

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Tara Lipinski commentaryEvent 2018 Winter Olympics
this entity surface form: PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics
Patrick Chan competedIn 2018 Winter Olympics
2014 Winter Olympics followedBy 2018 Winter Olympics
South Korea hostedEvent 2018 Winter Olympics
2022 Winter Olympics precededBy 2018 Winter Olympics
2018 Winter Olympics shortName 2018 Winter Olympics self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: PyeongChang 2018