The 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games ( ko, 2013년 동계 스페셜 올림픽 세계대회, 2013-nyeon Donggye Special Olympics Segye Daehoe) was a

Special Olympics Special Olympics is the world's largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities and physical disabilities, providing year-round training and activities to 5 million participants and Unified Sports partners in ...

, a

multi-sport A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of interna ...

s event that was held in Pyeongchang, South Korea from January 29 through February 5, 2013. Though officially allocated to Pyeongchang, events were also held in Gangneung Indoor Ice Rink.

Venues

The three venues and events are: *

Yongpyong Ski Resort Yongpyong (Dragon Valley) Ski Resort is a ski resort in South Korea, located in Daegwallyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do. It is the largest ski and snowboard resort in Korea, and offers golf in the summer months. A 1949 news article cover ...

, alpine skiing * Gangneung Indoor Ice Rink, ceremonies and figure skating *

Alpensia Resort The Alpensia Resort ( ko, 알펜시아 리조트) is a ski resort and a tourist attraction. It is located on the territory of the township of Daegwallyeong-myeon, in the county of Pyeongchang. Overview The ski resort is approximately 2.5 hours ...

, everything else, including sales

Opening ceremony

The Games

Participating Special Olympic Committees

;Notes

Sports

The 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games programme featured 8 sports with encompassing many disciplines (in parentheses). *

Alpine skiing Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for ...

(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 Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

(10) **100M Race Classical **1K Divisioning Round **500M Race Freestyle **50M Race Classical **5K (7.5K & 10K) Divisioning *

Figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...

(5) **Ice Dancing **Ice Dancing Team **Pairs **Singles **Unified Pairs * Floorball (1) **Team *

Floor hockey Floor hockey is a broad term for several indoor floor game codes which involve two teams using a stick and type of ball or disk. Disks are either open or closed but both designs are usually referred to as "pucks". These games are played either o ...

(3) **Team **Unified Team *

Short track speed skating Short-track speed skating is a form of competitive ice skating, ice speed skating. In competitions, multiple skaters (typically between four and six) skate on an oval ice track with a length of . The rink itself is long by wide, which is the s ...

(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 Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. It features in the Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympi ...

(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.

Nations

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

won the overall medal table. They won 109 medals (44 Gold, 44 Silver and 21 Bronze).

External links

Official Site

References

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