Number Of Countries In Winter Olympics 2018

Forty eight european countries will be competing in pyeongchang making up more than.

Number of countries in winter olympics 2018. 92 teams qualified to compete 91 nations and olympic athletes from russia. Pyeongchang mountain cluster alpensia ski jumping centre ski jumping nordic combined snowboarding big air alpensia biathlon centre biathlon alpensia cross country skiing centre cross country skiing nordic combined alpensia sliding centre luge bobsleigh skeleton yongpyong alpine. A total of 92 national olympic committees will be participating in the xxii olympic winter games including 2952 athletes in 102 events in 15 sports disciplines. During the 2018 winter olympics parade of nations at the 2018 winter olympics opening ceremony beginning at 2000 kst utc9 on 9 february 2018 athletes bearing the flags of their respective nations led their national delegations as they paraded into the pyeongchang olympic stadium in the host city of pyeongchang south korea.

The first winter olympic games the 1924 winter olympics were held in chamonix francethe modern olympic games were inspired by the ancient olympic games which were held in olympia greece from the 8th century bc to the 4th. A total of 92 countries are expected to compete as the winter olympics competition kicks off on thursday feb. For comparison the last winter olympics in sochi in 2014 only saw 88. The 23rd winter olympic games will be held in pyeongchang south korea between february 9 and february 25 2018.

The 2018 winter olympics medal table is a list of national olympic committees ranked by the number of medals won during the 2018 winter olympics held in pyeongchang county stylized as pyeongchang for the games south korea from 925 february 2018the games featured 102 events in 15 sports making it the first winter olympics to surpass 100 medal events. The winter games have continued to grow in the recent past with 72 nations at the 1998 winter olympics in nagano japan 77 nations at the 2002 winter olympics in salt lake city united states 80 nations at the 2006 winter olympics in turin italy 82 nations at the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver british columbia canada 88 nations at the 2014 winter olympics in sochi russia and a record 92 nations at the 2018 games. The winter olympic games french. Published by christina gough jan 29 2018 this statistic shows the number of countries competing at the 2018 winter olympic games in pyeongchang by continent.