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2018 Winter Paralympics information


XII Paralympic Winter Games
Host cityPyeongchang, South Korea
MottoPassion. Connected.
(Korean: 하나된 열정.)
Nations49
Athletes569
Events80 in 6 sports
Opening9 March
Closing18 March
Opened by
President Moon Jae-in
Cauldron
Kim Eun-jung
Seo Soon-seok
StadiumPyeongchang Olympic Stadium
Winter
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Beijing 2022 →
Summer
← Rio 2016
Tokyo 2020 →
2018 Winter Olympics

The 2018 Winter Paralympics (Korean: 2018년 동계 패럴림픽; RR: 2018nyeon Donggye Paereollimpik), the 12th Paralympic Winter Games, and also more generally known as the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games, were an international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), that was held in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 18 March 2018. They were the second Paralympics to be held in South Korea, following the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul.

569 athletes representing a record 49 National Paralympic Committees participated in these Games, including 3 newcomers Georgia, North Korea and Tajikistan. Following its debut as disciplines under the Alpine programme in Sochi, snowboarding was expanded into a separate sport with 8 additional events.

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