2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games

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10th Special Olympics World Winter Games
제 10 회 스페셜 올림픽 세계 동계 올림픽
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Host cityPyeongChang, South Korea
MottoTogether We Can! (Korean: 함께라면 할수있어!,Hamkkelamyeon Halsu-Iss-Eo!)
Events–
Opening ceremonyJanuary 29
Closing ceremonyFebruary 5
Officially opened byLee Myung-bak
Main venueGangneung Indoor Ice Rink
Summer
Winter

The 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games (Korean: 2013 년 특별 올림픽 세계 동계 올림픽, romanized: 2013 Nyeon Teugbyeol Ollimpig Segye Dong-Gye Ollimpig) 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.[citation needed]

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

Opening ceremony[]

The Games[]

Participating Special Olympic Committees[]

hideParticipating [3]
Notes
  1. ^ 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[]

Preceded by
Idaho, Boise, United States 		Special Olympics World Winter Games Succeeded by
Graz and Schladming,Austria

References[]

  1. ^ "World Games Overview". Special Olympics. 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2013-02-07.
  2. ^ "2013 Pyeongchang Special Olympics Winter Games : Facilities Location Guide | Games > Venues > PyeongChang". 2013sopoc.org. 2013-01-22. Archived from the original on 2013-01-20. Retrieved 2013-02-07.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "2013 World Winter Games". Special Olympics. Retrieved 2013-02-07.
  4. ^ "2013 Pyeongchang Special Olympics Winter Games : Sports Program | Sports > Sports". 2013sopoc.org. Archived from the original on 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2013-02-07.
  5. ^ "Put Yourself in the Picture". Special Olympics. Retrieved 2013-02-07.
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