10th Special Olympics World Winter Games | |
Host City: | Pyeongchang |
Country: | South Korea |
Motto: | Together We Can! |
Events: | – |
Opening: | January 29 |
Closing: | February 5 |
Opened By: | Lee Myung-bak |
Stadium: | Gangneung Indoor Ice Rink |
Spreviouss: | 2011 Athens |
Snexts: | 2015 Los Angeles |
Sprevious: | 2009 Idaho |
10th Special Olympics World Winter Games | |
Hangul: | Korean: 제10회 동계 스페셜 올림픽 세계 대회 |
Hanja: | Korean: 第十回冬季스페셜올림픽世界大會 |
Rr: | Jesiphoe Donggye Seupesyeol Ollimpik Segye Daehoe |
Mr: | Chesiphoe Tonggye Sŭp'e*syŏl Ollimp'ik Se*kye Taehoe |
The 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games (Korean: 2013년 동계 스페셜 올림픽 세계대회|2013-nyeon Donggye Special Olympics Segye Daehoe) 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.
The three venues and events are:[2]
The 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games programme featured 8 sports with encompassing many disciplines (in parentheses).[3] [4]
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 | |||||||
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Ceremonies | OC | CC | ||||||||||||||
Alpine skiing< | --29--> | ●< | --31--> | ●< | --1--> | ●< | --2--> | ●< | --3--> | ●< | --4--> | ●< | --5--> | ● | ||
Cross-country skiing< | --29--> | ●< | --31--> | ●< | --1--> | ●< | --2--> | ●< | --3--> | ●< | --4--> | ●< | --5--> | ● | ||
Figure skating< | --29--> | ●< | --31--> | ●< | --1--> | ●< | --2--> | ●< | --3--> | ●< | --4--> | |||||
Floorball< | --29--> | ●< | --31--> | ●< | --1--> | |||||||||||
Floor hockey< | --29--> | ●< | --1--> | ●< | --2--> | ●< | --3--> | ●< | --4--> | ●< | --5--> | ● | ||||
Short track speed skating< | --29--> | ●< | --31--> | ●< | --1--> | ●< | --2--> | ●< | --3--> | ●< | --4--> | ●< | --5--> | |||
Snowboarding< | --29--> | ●< | --31--> | ●< | --1--> | ●< | --2--> | ●< | --3--> | ●< | --4--> | ●< | --5--> | |||
Snowshoeing< | --29--> | ●< | --31--> | ●< | --1--> | ●< | --2--> | ●< | --3--> | ●< | --4--> | ●< | --5--> | ● | ||
January/February | 29 Tue | 30 Wed | 31 Thu | 1 Fri | 2 Sat | 3 Sun | 4 Mon | 5 Tue | Gold medals |
The mascots are Ra, In and Bow, a bear, sheep and dog respectively, whose names form the world "rainbow".[5]