Winter Olympics Sports. There are 15 Sports in total in the Winter Olympics and a number of events within sports like Biathlon, Cross Country Skiing, Alpine Skiing etcetera.
Winter Olympics Sports
These are the sports in the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics.
| Sport | Years | Events | Medal events contested in 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine skiing | Since 1936 | 11 | Men’s and women’s downhill, super G, giant slalom, slalom, and combined, and paralellslalom. |
| Biathlon | Since 1960 | 11 | Sprint (men: 10 km; women: 7.5 km), the individual (men: 20 km; women: 15 km), pursuit (men: 12.5 km; women: 10 km), relay (men: 4×7.5 km; women: 4×6 km; mixed: 2×7.5 km+2×6 km), and the mass start (men: 15 km; women: 12.5 km). |
| Bobsleigh | 1924–1956 since 1964 |
3 | Four-man race, two-man race and two-woman race. |
| Cross-country skiing |
Since 1924 | 12 | Men’s sprint, team sprint, 30 km pursuit, 15 km, 50 km and 4×10 km relay; women’s sprint, team sprint, 15 km pursuit, 10 km, 30 km and 4×5 km relay. |
| Curling | 1924 since 1998 |
3 | Men’s, women’s and mixed doubles. tournaments. |
| Figure skating | Since 1924 | 5 | Men’s and women’s singles; pairs; ice dancing and team event. |
| Freestyle skiing | Since 1992 | 10 | Men’s and women’s moguls, aerials, ski cross, superpipe, and slopestyle. |
| Ice hockey | Since 1924 | 2 | Men’s and women’s tournaments. |
| Luge | Since 1964 | 4 | Men’s and women’s singles, men’s doubles, team relay. |
| Nordic combined | Since 1924 | 3 | Men’s 10 km individual normal hill, 10 km individual large hill and team. |
| Short track speed skating |
Since 1992 | 8 | Men’s and women’s 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m; women’s 3000 m relay; and men’s 5000 m relay. |
| Skeleton | 1928; 1948 Since 2002 |
2 | Men’s and women’s events. |
| Ski jumping | Since 1924 | 4 | Men’s individual large hill, team large hill; men’s and women’s individual normal hill. |
| Snowboarding | Since 1998 | 8 | Men’s and women’s parallel, half-pipe, snowboard cross, and slopestyle. |
| Speed skating | Since 1924 | 14 | Men’s and women’s 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m, 5000 m, Massstart and team pursuit; women’s 3000 m; men’s 10,000 m. |
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