Olympia 2022: An overview of all sports at the Beijing Winter Games

Created: 01/12/2022, 11:14 AM

As in Pyeongchang two years ago, biathlon will again be one of the sports at the Olympic Games in Beijing © Daniel Karmann / dpa

The 2022 Winter Olympics will include competitions in 15 sports in and around Beijing.

Information about the competitions.

Last but not least, the large number of sports, but also their different characteristics, make it necessary to distribute the events of the Olympic Winter Games over three venues.

These are the Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou clusters.

At all locations, the athletes find accommodation in an Olympic winter village.

The newly built rapid transit system connects all the venues with one another.

Here is the list of all the sports of the 2022 Winter Olympics and their disciplines:

Biathlon:

First Olympic in 1960, venue in Zhangjiakou

• 4 x 6 km mixed relay

• 15 km women singles

• 20 km men singles

• 7.5 km sprint women

• 10 km sprint men

• 10 km pursuit women

• 10 km pursuit men

• 4 x 7.5 km relay men

• 4 x 6 km relay women

• Mass start 15 km men

• Mass start 12.5 km women

Bob:

First Olympic 1924, location Yanqing

• Two-man bobsleigh, men and women

• 4-man bobsleigh, men and women (since 2002)

Curling:

First Olympic in 1924, venue in Beijing

• Single men and women

• Mixed Double (since 2018)

Ice Hockey:

First Olympic in 1924, venue in Beijing

• Team competitions men and women (since 1998)

Figure skating:

First Olympic in 1908, venue in Beijing

• Singles for men and women

• Ice dance

• Pair skating

• Team competition

Speed ​​skating:

First Olympic in 1924, venue in Beijing

• Time trial men and women on different lengths between 500 and 10,000 m

• Pursuit races men and women

• Mass start men and women

Nordic combination:

First Olympic in 1924, venue in Zhangjiakou

• Men addition of ski jumping and cross-country skiing, individual and team

Tobogganing:

First Olympic Games in 1964, Yanqing venue

• Individual races men and women

• two open competitions, doubles and team

Short track:

First Olympic in 1988, venue in Beijing

• Individual races men and women over 500 m, 1,000 m and 1,500 m respectively

• Relay race men 5,000 m, women 3,000 m

• Mixed relay race 2,000 m

Skeleton:

First Olympic 1928, location Yanqing

• Individual race men

• Individual race women

Alpine skiing:

First Olympic 1936, location Yanqing

• Men:

• Departure

• Super g

• Alpine combination (downhill & slalom)

• Giant slalom

• slalom

• Women:

• Giant slalom

• slalom

• Super g

• Departure

• Alpine combination (downhill & slalom)

• Mixed teams finals

Ski Freestyle:

First Olympic in 1992, venue in Beijing

• Competitions men and women:

• Leap

• Mogul slope

• Ski cross

• halfpipe

• Slopestyle

• Big Air

• Aerials mixed team competition

Cross-country skiing:

First Olympic in 1924, venue in Zhangjiakou

• Men:

• 15 km classic

• 15 km + 15 km skiathlon

• Sprint freestyle

• Classic team sprint

• 4 x 10 km relay

• 50 km mass start freestyle

• Women:

• 10 km classic

• 7.5 km + 7.5 km skiathlon

• Sprint freestyle

• Classic team sprint

• 4 x 5 km relay

• 30 km mass start freestyle

Ski jumping:

First Olympic in 1924, venue in Zhangjiakou

• Men normal hill individual

• Men large hill singles

• Women team

• Women normal hill individual

• Mixed team

Snowboard:

First Olympic in 1998, venue in Beijing

• Competitions men and women

• Parallel giant slalom

• Snowboard cross

• halfpipe

• Slopestyle

• Big Air

• Mixed team snowboard cross

Olympic Winter Games 2022: Classics and new sports side by side

Many sports such as cross-country skiing and bobsleigh are part of the 2022 Winter Olympics like snow and ice.

What is new for most, however, are the so-called mixed relays, in which men and women from one nation compete against other countries.

In the past winter games, numerous young sports first presented themselves in demonstration competitions and later firmly established themselves in the program.

Varied and acrobatic elements in snowboarding are attracting more and more young people to the audience.

Ski cross, halfpipe and slopestyle - since 1998, the athletes of ski freestyle have been captivating their spectators.

The short track discipline has been part of the Olympic family since 1992, an almost chaotic, extremely fast-paced type of speed skating on very tight laps, close together and with runners in constantly changing positions.