2018 PyeongChang Paralympics

Revised/Updated : 2018-09-17
Synopsis : The 2018 XII Paralympic Winter Games will be held from 9 to 18 March 2018 and hosted by Pyeongchang, South Korea.

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The 2018 Winter Paralympics, officially known as the XII Paralympic Winter Games, were held in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9th to 18th March 2018.

The Winter Paralympic Games is an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebral palsy.

The 2018 Winter Paralympic Games will feature up to 670 athletes, a 24% increase on the 539 athletes that competed at Sochi 2014. This number includes a 44% increase in the number of female athletes set compete compared to the Sochi 2014 Paralympics.

Competitions in the 2018 Winter Paralympics will be held in 6 Winter Paralympic sports, with 80 medal events in total. Snowboarding will be expanded into a separate discipline for 2018, with 10 medal events.

Current 2018 Paralympic Sports

Biathlon
Alpine skiing
Snowboarding
Ice sledge hockey
Wheelchair curling
Cross-country skiing

Number of Paralympic Athletes

With 68 athletes, the USA has the biggest delegation at PyeongChang 2018, followed by Canada (52), Japan (38), South Korea (36) and Norway (32). The competing countries are listed below, together with the number of athletes they have entered into competition.

Andorra (1), Argentina (2), Armenia (1), Australia (12), Austria (13), Belgium (2), Bosnia & Herzegovina (1), Belarus (14), Brazil (3), Bulgaria (1), Canada (52), Chile (4), China (26), Croatia (7), Czech Republic (21), Denmark (1), Spain (3), Finland (13), France (12), Great Britain (14), Georgia (2), Germany (20), Greece (1), Hungary (2), Iran (5), Iceland (1), Italy (25), Japan (38), Kazakhstan (6), Korea (36), Mexico (1), Mongolia (1), Netherlands (9), Norway (32), Neutral Paralympic Athlete (30), New Zealand (3), Poland (8), North Korea (2), Romania (1), Slovenia (1), Serbia (1), Switzerland (13), Slovakia (11), Sweden (24), Tajikistan (1), Turkey (1), Ukraine (20), USA (68), Uzbekistan (1).

Venues for the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics

Main Olympic Village - Athletes Village
Alpensia Resort - Biathlon, cross country skiing
Gangneung Curling Centre - Wheelchair Curling
Gangneung Hockey Centre - Ice Sledge Hockey
Jeongseon Alpine Centre - alpine skiing and snowboarding
Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium - Awards and Opening and Closing Ceremonies

The Alpensia Resort in Daegwallyeong-myeon will be the focus of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics.

Bandabi, an Asiatic black bear, has been designated as the official mascot of the 2018 Winter Paralympics.

The official website for the 2018 Paralympic Games is https://www.paralympic.org/pyeongchang-2018

Latest 2018 PyeongChang - Winter Games Publications

1 : PyeongChang 2018 Paralympics: Day Eight Highlights - The penultimate day of the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games brought the first taste of gold and a bronze that felt like another gold for host South Korea.

2 : PyeongChang 2018 Paralympics: Day Seven Highlights - Day 7 saw a Canadian banish the demons of his near miss in Sochi, heartbreak for hosts South Korea in wheelchair curling and China guarantee themselves their first ever Winter Paralympics medal.

3 : PyeongChang 2018 Paralympics: Day Six Highlights - The action on day six of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Games was based in Gangneung where hosts South Korea had an impossible and a possible mission to accomplish.

4 : PyeongChang 2018 Paralympics: Day Five Highlights - It was a breathtaking day five of competition at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Games.

5 : PyeongChang 2018 Paralympics: Day Four Highlights - Neutral Paralympic Athlete (NPA) Ekaterina Rumyantseva and Slovakia's Henrieta Farkasova became the first athletes to secure a hat-trick of Paralympic titles at PyeongChang 2018 on Tuesday.