Quick facts for kids
XXIV Olympic Winter Games
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Host city |
Beijing, China |
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Motto |
Joyful Rendezvous Upon Pure Ice and Snow
(Chinese: 纯洁的冰雪,激情的约会) |
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Nations |
95 |
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Events |
109 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) |
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Opening |
4 February |
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Closing |
20 February |
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Stadium |
Beijing National Stadium |
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Winter |
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Summer |
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The 2022 Winter Olympics, formally called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games, is the 24th Games of the Winter Olympics. It is an international winter sports event that will be held from February 4 to February 20, 2022. The winning bid was announced in the summer of 2015 and Beijing was chosen, and since it hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics, it will be the first city ever to host both the Summer and the Winter Olympics.
Candidate Cities
Bids
Asia
Harbin, China: Li Zhanshu, governor of Heilongjiang, has said that "If we fail again for the 2018 Games, we are determined to win the 2022 Winter Games." Harbin bid for the 2010 Winter Olympics, but did not make the short list.
Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan considers to bid for the 2022 games, either in Almaty, the former capital, largest city, and financial centre, or divided between Almaty and Nur-Sultan, the capital. The Almaty alternative gives higher chance of winning, but the divided alternative is preferred by the government because of lower cost, since more arenas and hotels exist already. Kazakhstan hosted the 2011 Asian Winter Games, which can be seen as preparation for hosting the Winter Olympic Games in 2022. The Asian Winter Games were divided between Astana and Almaty. On November 29, 2011, Almaty was chosen to host the 2017 Winter Universiade.
Europe
North America
South America
Olympic Games |
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Summer Games: 1896, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1912, (1916), 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940), (1944), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028
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Winter Games: 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940), (1944), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022 |
Athens 2004 — Turin 2006 — Beijing 2008 — Vancouver 2010 — London 2012 — Sochi 2014 — Rio 2016 — Pyeongchang 2018 — Tokyo 2020
Games in italics will be held in the future, and those in (brackets) were cancelled because of war. See also: Ancient Olympic Games
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Images for kids
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Beijing National Speed Skating Oval
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A torch serves as the cauldron in Yanqing
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Buses serving the Olympic bubble have red stickers on front and rear
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G6 Beijing–Lhasa Expressway and Beijing–Zhangjiakou intercity railway connect Beijing with Zhangjiakou.
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CR400BF-C-5162 has been converted to a dedicated train for the Winter Olympics.
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Winter Olympics countdown clock at Wangfujing Dept Store
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A scene from the opening ceremony; in lieu of a cauldron, the Olympic torch was mounted in the centre of a large snowflake sculpture
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Flower bed along Chang'an Avenue.
See also
In Spanish: Juegos Olímpicos de Pekín 2022 para niños