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2022 Winter Olympics

The 2022 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games (Chinese: 第二十四届冬季奥林匹克运动会; pinyin: Dì Èrshísì Jiè Dōngjì Àolínpǐkè Yùndònghuì) and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (北京2022), were an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beijing, China, and surrounding areas with competition in selected events beginning 2 February 2022.[1] It was the 24th edition of the Winter Olympic Games.

"Beijing 2022" redirects here. For the Winter Paralympics, see 2022 Winter Paralympics.

Host city

Beijing, China

  • Together for a Shared Future
  • (一起向未来; Yīqǐ xiàng wèilái)

91

2,871

109 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)

4 February 2022

20 February 2022

Beijing was selected as host city on 31 July 2015 at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, marking its second time hosting the Olympics, and the last of three consecutive Olympics hosted in East Asia following the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang County, South Korea, and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Having previously hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics, Beijing became the first city to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics. The venues for the Games were concentrated around Beijing, its suburb Yanqing District, and Zhangjiakou, with some events (including the ceremonies and curling) repurposing venues originally built for Beijing 2008 (such as Beijing National Stadium and the Beijing National Aquatics Centre).


The Games featured a record 109 events across 15 disciplines, with big air freestyle skiing and women's monobob making their Olympic debuts as medal events, as well as several new mixed competitions. A total of 2,871 athletes representing 91 teams competed in the Games, with Haiti and Saudi Arabia making their Winter Olympic debut.


Beijing's hosting of the Games was subject to various concerns and controversies including those related to human rights violations in China, such as the persecution of Uyghurs in China, which led to calls for a boycott of the games.[2][3] Like the Summer Olympics held six months earlier in Tokyo, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the implementation of health and safety protocols, and, for the second Games in a row, the Games being closed to the public (with selected events open to invited guests at a reduced capacity).


Norway finished at the top of the medal table for the second successive Winter Olympics, winning a total of 37 medals, of which 16 were gold, setting a new record for the largest number of gold medals won at a single Winter Olympics. The host nation China finished fourth with nine gold medals and also eleventh place by total medals won, marking its most successful performance in Winter Olympics history.[4][5][6]

opening, awarding and closing ceremonies / 80,000 existing

Beijing National Stadium

curling / 3,795 renovated

Beijing National Aquatics Centre

ice hockey / 19,418 existing

Beijing National Indoor Stadium

speed skating / 11,950 new

Beijing National Speed Skating Oval

figure skating, short track speed skating / 13,289 existing

Capital Indoor Stadium

ice hockey / 15,384 existing

Wukesong Sports Centre

snowboarding (Big Air), freestyle skiing (Big Air) – 4,912 new

Big Air Shougang

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Village – new

Independent research conducted on behalf of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recorded 2.01 billion viewers across television and digital platforms.[195]

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A total of 713 billion minutes of coverage was watched on various Olympic Media Rights Partners’ channels, which represents an 18 per cent increase when comparing with the last Winter Olympics.

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An official appeal to the over the disqualification of two South Korean athletes from the men's 1000 metres short track speed skating event filed by the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee, after having their protests rejected by the International Skating Union.[240][241][242]

Court of Arbitration for Sport

Controversy surrounding a ruling of an obstruction in the .[243]

5000 metres relay event

A potential missed call by judges during the and men's half pipe event events.[244][245][246][247]

men's snowboard slopestyle

A ruling of a false start in the men's .[248]

500 metres speed skating event

The disqualification of racers for their uniforms during the of ski jumping.

mixed team normal hill event

The continued participation of the figure skater in the women's singles competition after a preliminary positive drug test from a sample 2 months prior.[249]

Kamila Valieva

Three athletes failed the doping test during the Olympics and were suspended: Iranian alpine skier , Ukrainian cross-country skier Valiantsina Kaminskaya, and Ukrainian bobsledder Lidiia Hunko.[250] The positive test of the Spanish figure skater Laura Barquero was announced after the Olympics.[251][252]

Hossein Saveh-Shemshaki

U.S. skater alleged that South Korean skater Lee Seung-hoon made contact with him and pulled him back, preventing him from winning a bronze medal in the Mass Start final. Mantia lost by a 0.002-second margin. Team USA challenged the result, but Lee was awarded the bronze medal.[253][254][255]

Joey Mantia

2022 Winter Paralympics

2008 Summer Olympics

Archived 10 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine

Organizing Committee Website

on the IOC Website

Beijing 2022