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The 2022 Winter Olympics officially known as the XXIV Olympic Winter Games (届冬季奥林匹克运动会, Dì Èrshísì Jiè Dōngjì Àolínpǐkè Yùndònghuì) was a major international sports event that was held from 5 - 20 February 2022 in Beijing, China. Beijing was announced the host city at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 31 July 2015.[1]It was the third consecutive Olympic Games held in East Asia, after Pyeongchang 2018 and Tokyo 2020. Having previously hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics, Beijing became the first city ever to host both the Summer and the Winter Olympic Games. It also became the largest city ever to host the Winter Olympics, a distinction previously held by Vancouver which hosted the 2010 Winter Olympics.

The 2022 Winter Olympics was be the first Winter Olympic Games ever to be held in China. The estimated budget for the Games was $3.9 billion, less than one-tenth of the $43 billion spent on the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2] Beijing was also the fourth city in East Asia to host the Winter Games, after Sapporo, Japan (1972), Nagano, Japan (1998), and Pyeongchang, South Korea (2018). North Korea was banned from competing after not attending Tokyo 2020 due to "health concerns". Haiti and Saudi Arabia competed for the first time at the Winter Olympic Games.

Bidding[]

The bidding calendar was announced by the IOC in October 2012, with the application deadline set for 14 November 2013.

The IOC Executive Board reviewed the bids from all applicant cities on 7 July 2014, and selected Oslo (Norway), Almaty (Kazakhstan) and Beijing (China) as the final candidate cities. Oslo withdrew its bid on 1 October 2014, leaving Almaty and Beijing as the two remaining candidates.

Beijing was selected as host city of the 2022 Winter Olympics after beating Almaty by 4 votes on 31 July 2015 at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Voting results for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games
City Country Round 1
Beijing China 44
Almaty Kazakhstan 40

Opening ceremony[]

Main article: Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony on 4 February was to convey a message of togetherness in the world with the effects of the global CoViD-19 pandemic. The ceremony, with the motto "One World, One Family", shows that Beijing 2022 is a reunion of people and races from all over the world, and the opening ceremony combines this with the story of how every snowflake is different, yet together they create a beautiful winter.

Venues[]

Main article: Venues

The venues of Beijing were mostly divided in three clusters: venues in the city of Beijing were largely repurposed from hosting Beijing 2008, Yanqing hosted alpine skiing and the sliding sports on the Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre and the Yanqing National Sliding Centre, while Zhangjiakou hosted the remaining snow sports during Beijing 2022.

Sports[]

The 2022 Winter Olympics are tentatively scheduled to include events in at least 15 sports. The sports pictograms were unveiled on 31 December 2020 to celebrate the new year in preparation to the Olympic Games.

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New events[]

In October 2016, the International Ski Federation (FIS) announced plans to begin sanctioning women's competitions in nordic combined, with a goal for the discipline to be contested at the Olympic level for the first time in Beijing.[3]

In November 2017, a further three events were put forward by the FIS for possible Olympic inclusion: a Ski Jumping mixed team competition and men's and women's big air in freestyle skiing.[4]

The International Luge Federation (FIL) has proposed the addition of seven new events. This includes adding natural track luge (men's and women's singles), a women's doubles competition on the artificial track and sprint events for singles and doubles for both genders on the artificial track.[5]

← Summer 2020 China Beijing 2022 China Summer 2024 →
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Alpine Skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh
Cross-Country Skiing Curling Figure Skating
Freestyle Skiing Ice Hockey Luge
Nordic Combined Short Track Skeleton
Ski Jumping Snowboarding Speed Skating


Medal table[]

Twenty-nine nations won at least one medal, with Norway topping the medal table for the second time in a row. With 16 gold medals, the nation won the highest number of gold medals by any nation at the Winter Olympic Games, and with 37 total medals, the nation also equalled the old record of the United States from 2010. New Zealand won its first gold medal ever at the Winter Olympic Games, while Belgium won its first gold medal since 1948 and second-ever gold medal.

In 109 events, only one event was dominated by a single nation: all medals in the men's two in bobsleigh were swept by Germany, following their podium sweep in the Nordic Combined event in 2018.

25 out of 37 Norwegian medals were won in men's events, with only 12 being won in women's events. In events for men, Norway won 10 gold medals, considerably more than Austria with 5, and Germany, China, and Sweden with 4. The Netherlands topped the medal standings for the women's events, having won 6 gold medals, followed by Germany and Norway with 5, and the United States, Sweden, and Switzerland with 4. Eleven potential gold medals in mixed events were won by nine different countries, while Germany dominated the open events, winning four out of six available medals.

Four athletes won five Olympic medals, with Johannes Thingnes Boe being the second medalist ever to win four gold medals at a single edition of the Olympic Games, after Lydia Skoblikova in 1964. Marte Olsbu Roeiseland and Quentin Fillon Maillet also won five Olympic medals in biathlon, while Alexander Bolshunov did so in cross-country skiing. Speed skaters Irene Schouten and Miho Takagi, biathlete Tarjei Boe, cross-country skier Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, and short track speed skater Suzanne Schulting won four medals, while fifteen other athletes won three medals. 105 athletes in total won two or more medals.

Ireen Wust became the first athlete ever to win a gold medal in five (consecutive) editions of the Olympic Games, but was not able to equal the record fifteen medals by Marit Bjoergen yet. Arianna Fontana became the most decorated athlete in Olympic short track, while Joergen Graabak became the first athlete in Nordic Combined to win four Olympic gold medals, and while Natalie Geisenberger won her sixth Olympic gold medal in luge. Gu Ailing Eileen was the first freestyle skier ever to win three medals at a single edition of the Olympic Games.

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Norway 16 8 13 37
2 Germany 12 10 5 27
3 China 9 4 2 15
4 United States 8 10 7 25
5 Sweden 8 5 5 18
6 Netherlands 8 5 4 17
7 Austria 7 7 4 18
8 Switzerland 7 2 6 15
9 ROC 6 12 14 32
10 France 5 7 2 14
11 Canada 4 8 14 26
12 Japan 3 6 9 18
13 Italy 2 7 8 17
14 South Korea 2 5 2 9
15 Slovenia 2 3 2 7
16 Finland 2 2 4 8
17 New Zealand 2 1 0 3
18 Australia 1 2 1 4
19 Great Britain 1 1 0 2
20 Hungary 1 0 2 3
21 Belgium 1 0 1 2
21 Czech Republic 1 0 1 2
21 Slovakia 1 0 1 2
24 Belarus 0 2 0 2
25 Spain 0 1 0 1
25 Ukraine 0 1 0 1
27 Estonia 0 0 1 1
27 Latvia 0 0 1 1
27 Poland 0 0 1 1

Notes[]

Olympic Games
Summer Olympic Games
Athens 1896Paris 1900St. Louis 1904Athens 1906 (Intercalated Games)London 1908Stockholm 1912Berlin 1916Antwerp 1920Paris 1924Amsterdam 1928Los Angeles 1932Berlin 1936London 1948Helsinki 1952Melbourne 1956Rome 1960Tokyo 1964Mexico City 1968Munich 1972Montreal 1976Moscow 1980Los Angeles 1984Seoul 1988Barcelona 1992Atlanta 1996Sydney 2000Athens 2004Beijing 2008London 2012Rio de Janeiro 2016Tokyo 2020Paris 2024Los Angeles 2028Brisbane 2032
Winter Olympic Games
Chamonix 1924St. Moritz 1928Lake Placid 1932Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936St. Moritz 1948Oslo 1952Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956Squaw Valley 1960Innsbruck 1964Grenoble 1968Sapporo 1972Innsbruck 1976Lake Placid 1980Sarajevo 1984Calgary 1988Albertville 1992Lillehammer 1994Nagano 1998Salt Lake City 2002Torino 2006Vancouver 2010Sochi 2014Pyeongchang 2018Beijing 2022Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo 2026 . French Alps 2030 . Salt Lake City 2034
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