2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games

Multi-sport event in Pyeongchang, South Korea

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

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 National Programs

Notes

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

Mascots

The mascots are Ra, In and Bow, a bear, sheep and dog respectively, whose names form the world "rainbow".^[5]

External links

• Official Site

References

1. "World Games Overview". Special Olympics. 2012-07-17. Archived from the original on 2017-09-08. 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. "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.