2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games
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| Host city | PyeongChang, South Korea |
|---|---|
| Events | – |
| Opening ceremony | January 29 |
| Closing ceremony | February 5 |
| Officially opened by | Lee Myung-bak |
| Main venue | Gangneung Indoor Ice Rink |
The 11th Special Olympics World Winter Games was a Special Olympics, a multi-sports event that was held in Pyeongchang, South Korea from January 29 through February 5, 2013.[1] Though officially allocated to Pyeongchang, events were also held in Gangneung Indoor Ice Rink.
Venues
The three venues and events are:[2]
- Yongpyong Ski Resort, alpine skiing
- Gangneung Indoor Ice Rink, ceremonies and figure skating
- Alpensia Resort, everything else, including sales
The Games
Participating Special Olympic Committees
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- Kosovo participates under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244.
Sports
The 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games programme featured 8 sports with encompassing many disciplines (in parentheses).[3][4]
- 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 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||
| Floor ball | ● | ● | |||||||
| 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.[5]
Nations
Canada won the overall medal table. They won 109 medals (44 Gold, 44 Silver and 21 Bronze).
External links
References
- ↑ "World Games Overview". Special Olympics. 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2013-02-07.
- ↑ "2013 Pyeongchang Special Olympics Winter Games : Facilities Location Guide | Games > Venues > PyeongChang". 2013sopoc.org. 2013-01-22. Retrieved 2013-02-07.
- 1 2 "2013 World Winter Games". Special Olympics. Retrieved 2013-02-07.
- ↑ "2013 Pyeongchang Special Olympics Winter Games : Sports Program | Sports > Sports". 2013sopoc.org. Retrieved 2013-02-07.
- ↑ "Put Yourself in the Picture". Special Olympics. Retrieved 2013-02-07.
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