2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games
Appearance
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Host city | Pyeongchang |
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Country | South Korea |
Motto | Together We Can! (Korean: 함께라면 할 수 있어!, romanized: Hamkkeramyeon Hal Su Iss-eo!) |
Events | – |
Opening | January 29 |
Closing | February 5 |
Opened by | Lee Myung-bak |
Main venue | Gangneung Indoor Ice Rink |
Summer | |
Winter | |
10th Special Olympics World Winter Games | |
Hangul | 제10회 동계 스페셜 올림픽 세계 대회 |
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Hanja | 第十回冬季스페셜올림픽世界大會 |
Revised Romanization | Jesiphoe Donggye Seupesyeol Ollimpik Segye Daehoe |
McCune–Reischauer | Chesiphoe Tonggye Sŭp'e*syŏl Ollimp'ik Se*kye Taehoe |
The 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games (Korean: 2013년 동계 스페셜 올림픽 세계대회, romanized: 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.[citation needed]
Venues
[edit]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
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The Games
[edit]Participating Special Olympic National Programs
[edit]- Notes
Sports
[edit]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
[edit]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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OC | CC | |||||||
Alpine skiing | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||
Cross-country skiing | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||
Figure skating | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||
Floorball | ● | ● | |||||||
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
[edit]The mascots are Ra, In and Bow, a bear, sheep and dog respectively, whose names form the world "rainbow".[5]
External links
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References
[edit]- ^ "World Games Overview". Special Olympics. 2012-07-17. Archived from the original on 2017-09-08. Retrieved 2013-02-07.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "2013 World Winter Games". Special Olympics. Retrieved 2013-02-07.
- ^ "2013 Pyeongchang Special Olympics Winter Games : Sports Program | Sports > Sports". 2013sopoc.org. Archived from the original on 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2013-02-07.
- ^ "Put Yourself in the Picture". Special Olympics. Retrieved 2013-02-07.