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2018 Winter Olympics

Also known as Pyeongchang 2018, PyeongChang 2018, The XXIII Olympic Winter Games, XXIII Olympic Winter Games, 2018 Olympics, 23rd Winter Olympics, 23rd Olympic Winter Games

The 2018 Winter Olympics, officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as PyeongChang 2018 (평창2018), were an international winter multi-sport event held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, South Korea, with the opening rounds for certain events held on 8 February, a day before the opening ceremony.

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The 2018 Winter Olympics was the 23rd edition of the Winter Olympic Games, held in South Korea. The event took place from February 9 to February 25, 2018, in Pyeongchang County. Its official motto was "Passion. Connected." The games were officially opened by Moon Jae-in, with the Olympic oath taken by Mo Tae-bum and the torch lit by Kim Yuna.

Venues included the Alpensia Ski Jumping Stadium, Alpensia Biathlon Centre, Alpensia Cross-Country Centre, and Alpensia Sliding Centre. The competition featured 2833 participants and included sports such as alpine skiing, biathlon, bobsleigh, and cross-country skiing. Significant events comprised the opening and closing ceremonies. The games followed the 2014 Winter Olympics and were referenced by 3,598 other encyclopedia articles.

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Country: South Korea
Located in: Pyeongchang County
Followed by: 2022 Winter Olympics
Follows: 2014 Winter Olympics
Location: Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium
Sport: winter sport
Official website: olympics.com/en/olympic-games/pyeongchang-2018
Image: Yun Sungbin Mens Skeleton 02.jpg
Motto: Passion. Connected.
Significant event: 2018 Winter Olympics closing ceremony
Participant: Germany at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Has parts of class: Olympic sport

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Commons category: 2018 Winter Olympics
topic's main category: Category:2018 Winter Olympics
start time: 2018-02-09
end time: 2018-02-25
edition number: 23
oath made by: Mo Tae-bum
officially opened by: Moon Jae-in
torch lit by: Kim Yuna
number of participants: 2833
social media followers: 45200
hashtag: PyeongChang2018
point in time: 2018-00-00
sports season of league or competition: Winter Olympic Games

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Encyclopedic overview

The 2018 Winter Olympics, officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (Korean: 제23회 동계 올림픽) and also known as PyeongChang 2018 (평창2018), were an international winter multi-sport event held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, South Korea, with the opening rounds for certain events held on 8 February, a day before the opening ceremony.

Pyeongchang was selected as the host city for the 2018 Winter Games at the 123rd IOC Session in Durban, South Africa, on 6 July 2011. This marked the second time that South Korea had hosted the Olympic Games (having previously hosted the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul), as well as the first time it hosted the Winter Olympics. The 2018 Games marked the third time that an Asian country had hosted the Winter Olympics, after Sapporo 1972 and Nagano 1998, both in Japan. It was also the first Winter Olympics held in mainland Asia, and the first of three consecutive Olympic Games held in East Asia, preceding the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics in Japan and the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in China.

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