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Medals will be awarded in a total of 102 events across 15 sports at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games, up from 98 events at the previous Winter Games in Sochi. See below for a breakdown of all events being contested in PyeongChang, and check back in February 2018 for real-time, detailed results of each one.

Alpine Skiing

Biathlon

Bobsled

Cross-Country Skiing

Curling

Figure Skating

Freestyle Skiing

Hockey

Luge

Nordic Combined

Short Track

Skeleton

Ski Jumping

Speed Skating

Snowboarding

View the medal standings below for all 295 medals awarded across 98 events at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games, then take a peek at all 102 medal events at PyeongChang 2018.

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
Russia 13 11 9 33
United States 9 7 12 28
Norway 11 5 10 26
Canada 10 10 5 25
Netherlands 8 7 9 24
Germany 8 6 5 19
Austria 4 8 5 17
France 4 4 7 15
Sweden 2 7 6 15
Switzerland 6 3 2 11
 China 3 4 2 9
South Korea 3 3 2 8
Czech Republic 2 4 2 8
Slovenia 2 2 4 8
Japan 1 4 3 8
Italy 0 2 6 8
Belarus 5 0 1 6
Poland 4 1 1 6
Finland 1 3 1 5
Great Britain 1 1 2 4
Latvia 0 2 2 4
Australia 0 2 1 3
Ukraine 1 0 1 2
Slovakia 1 0 0 1
Croatia 0 1 0 1
Kazakhstan 0 0 1 1

See below for information on when and how Team USA qualifying for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games takes place in each sport, and check back often to see who has qualified to represent the United States in PyeongChang.

Alpine Skiing

Team USA can send a maximum of 22 alpine skiers to PyeongChang, based on the Olympic Quota Allocation List, which will be published on January 22, 2018. Up to two athletes in each event qualify for the U.S. Olympic team based on an objective criteria. Remaining quota spots are filled based on the discretion of the coaching staff.

Biathlon

On their website, USA Biathlon has stated “all biathlon trials races, International Biathlon Union (IBU) events and international rankings in the 2016-17 season may be used to select athletes to teams for training and competition in the 2017-18 season, including the 2018 Olympic Team.” The U.S. is able to secure six men’s and six women’s Olympic quota places for PyeongChang.

Bobsled

Team USA can send a maximum of three crews per event to PyeongChang, based on the IBSF Ranking List, which will be published on January 14, 2018. A number of components are considered when selecting the team, including results, driver input and international experience. 

Cross-Country Skiing

Team USA can send a maximum of 20 cross-country skiers to PyeongChang, based on the Olympic Quota Allocation List, which will be published on January 22, 2018. Athletes can automatically qualify for the U.S. Olympic team based on World Cup standings. Remaining quota spots are filled based on the discretion of the coaching staff.

Curling

Team USA can qualify a maximum of 10 curling athletes (a four-person men’s team, a four-person women’s team and a two-person mixed doubles team) to PyeongChang. Olympic qualification will be based on results from the 2016 and 2017 World Curling Championships. The men’s and women’s teams will be named after the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Curling in Nov. 2017, and the mixed doubles team will be named at a separate Olympic Team Mixed Doubles Trials in Dec. 2017. 

Figure Skating

Team USA can send a maximum of 18 figure skaters, or three athletes/teams in each figure skating disciple (women’s, men’s, pairs and ice dance), to PyeongChang based on results from the 2017 World Championships. The U.S. Olympic Figure Skating Team will be selected after the 2018 U.S. Championships conclude on Jan. 7, 2018. 

Freestyle Skiing

Team USA can send a maximum of 30 athletes to PyeongChang in freestyle skiing, based on the Olympic Quota Allocation List, which will be published on January 22, 2018. Athletes can qualify for the U.S. Olympic team based on an objective criteria that varies for each discipline. Remaining quota spots are filled based on the discretion of the coaching staff.

Hockey

In men’s hockey, Team USA qualified for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games when they finished fifth in the 2015 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Rankings. Per the IIHF, the top-8 finishing teams in the 2015 World Rankings qualify for PyeongChang and will be seeded according to the ranking.

Team USA will enter the women’s Olympic hockey tournament in PyeongChang seeded in the top spot as they make a run at gold, which has eluded them since winning the top prize when women’s hockey made its Olympic debut in 1998. The U.S. women’s team finished first in the 2016 IIHF Women’s World Ranking to qualify for the Olympics in 2018.

Luge

Team USA can send a maximum of 10 lugers to PyeongChang, based on the Olympic Season World Cup Ranking List as of December 31, 2017. Quota spots will be filled based on World Cup performances.

Nordic Combined

Team USA can send a maximum of four athletes in nordic combined to PyeongChang, based on the Olympic Quota Allocation List, which will be published on January 22, 2018. Athletes are chosen based on results from Olympic Trials and World Cup standings, as well as recommendations from the coaching staff. 

Short Track

Team USA can qualify a maximum of 10 athletes to PyeongChang, based on results from designated World Cup competitions held from Sept. to Dec. 2017. Up to three athletes in each event will be named to the U.S. Olympic team after the short track Olympic Trials, which have yet to be announced. 

Skeleton

Team USA can send a maximum of three men and three women to PyeongChang, based on the IBSF Ranking List as of January 14, 2018. Quota spots will be filled based on international points. 

Ski Jumping

Team USA can send a maximum of eight ski jumpers to PyeongChang, based on the Olympic Quota Allocation List, which will be published on January 22, 2018. Athletes are chosen based on results from Olympic Trials and World Cup standings, as well as recommendations from the coaching staff. 

Speed Skating

Team USA can send a maximum of 10 male and 10 female speedskaters to PyeongChang based on results from the ISU World Cup competitions during the 2017-18 season. Up to three athletes in each event will qualify for the U.S. Olympic team after the speed skating Olympic Trials, which have yet to be announced.

Snowboarding

Team USA can send a maximum of 26 snowboarders to PyeongChang, based on the Olympic Quota Allocation List, which will be published on January 22, 2018. Athletes can qualify for the U.S. Olympic team based on an objective criteria that varies for each discipline. Remaining quota spots are filled based on the discretion of the coaching staff.

Some are stars already. Some are stars in the making. All will hope to make their mark when the world turns its eyes to South Korea in February 2018.

Here’s some names to keep an eye on in all 15 sports ahead of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.

Alpine Skiing

Men
Marcel Hirscher, Austria
Peter Fill, Italy
Aksel Lund Svindal, Norway
Henrik Kristoffersen, Norway
Ted Ligety, United States
Bode Miller, United States
Steven Nyman, United States
Andrew Weibrecht, United States

Women
Tina Weirather, Liechtenstein
Lara Gut, Switzerland
Wendy Holdener, Switzerland
Julia Mancuso, United States
Mikaela Shiffrin, United States
Resi Stiegler, United States
Lindsey Vonn, United States

Biathlon

Men
Dominik Landertinger, Austria
Martin Fourcade, France
Ole Einer Bjoerndalen, Norway
Emil Hegle Svendsen, Norway
Sergey Semenov, Ukraine

Women
Darya Domracheva, Belarus
Tiril Eckhoff, France
Marie Dorin Habert, France
Laura Dahlmeier, Germany
Susan Dunklee, United States
Hannah Dreissigacker, United States

Bobsled

Men
Maximilian Arndt, Germany
Oskars Melbardis, Latvia
Won Yunjong, South Korea
Beat Hefti, Switzerland
Steven Holcomb, United States

Women
Christina Hengster, Austria
Elfje Willemsen, Belgium
Kaillie Humphries, Canada
Jamie Greubel Poser, United States
Lolo Jones, United States
Elana Meyers Taylor, United States

Cross-Country Skiing

Men
Iivo Niskanen, Finland
Paal Golberg, Norway
Martin Johnsrud Sundby, Norway
Calle Halfvarsson, Sweden
Dario Cologna, Switzerland

Women
Krista Parmakoski, Finland
Marit Bjoergen, Norway
Stina Nilsson, Sweden
Sadie Bjornsen, United States
Jessie Diggins, United States
Kikkan Randall, United States

Curling

Men’s tournament
Canada
Great Britain
Norway
Sweden
United States

Women’s tournament
Canada
Great Britain
Russia
Sweden
Switzerland

Mixed Doubles tournament
Sweden
Russia
Hungary
Norway
United States

Figure Skating

Men’s singles
Patrick Chan, Canada
Jin Boyang, China
Yuzuru Hanyu, Japan
Shoma Uno, Japan
Denis Ten, Kazakhstan
Javier Fernandez, Spain
Jason Brown, United States
Nathan Chen, United States
Adam Rippon, United States

Women’s singles
Mao Asada, Japan
Satoko Miyahara, Japan
Evgenia Medvedeva, Russia
Anna Pogorilaya, Russia
Adelina Sotnikova, Russia
Polina Edmunds, United States
Gracie Gold, United States
Mirai Nagasu, United States
Ashley Wagner, United States

Pair Skating
Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford, Canada
Sui Wenjing / Han Cong, China
Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot, Germany
Tatyana Volosozhar / Maksim Trankov, Russia
Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier, United States
Tarah Kayne / Daniel O’Shea, United States

Ice Dancing
Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir, Canada
Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje, Canada
Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron, France
Madison Chock / Evan Bates, United States
Meryl Davis / Charlie White, United States
Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue, United States
Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani, United States

(Note: Davis and White, the defending Olympic champions, have not competed since Sochi, but have not ruled out a return ahead of PyeongChang)

Freestyle Skiing

Men’s moguls
Matt Graham, Australia
Mikael Kingsbury, Canada
Benjamin Cavet, France
Alexandr Smyshlyaev, Russia
Bradley Wilson, United States

Men’s aerials
David Morris, Australia
Anton Kushnir, Belarus
Qi Guangpu, China
Petr Medulich, Russia
Christopher Lillis, United States
Jonathon Lillis, United States

Men’s ski cross
Christopher Delbosco, Canada
Jean Frederic Chapuis, France
Arnaud Bovolenta, France
Jonathan Midol, France

Men’s halfpipe
Mike Riddle, Canada
Kevin Rolland, France
Benoit Valentin, France
Aaron Blunck, United States
David Wise, United States

Men’s slopestyle
James Woods, Great Britain
Oystein Braaten, Norway
Joss Christensen, United States
McRae Williams, United States

Women’s moguls
Chloe Dufour-Lapointe, Canada
Justine Dufour-Lapointe, Canada
Perrine Laffont, France
Mikaela Matthews, United States
Morgan Schild, United States

Women’s aerials
Danielle Scott, Australia
Xin Zhang, China
Ashley Caldwell, United States

Women’s ski cross
Kelsey Serwa, Canada
Marielle Thompson, Canada
Anna Holmlund, Sweden

Women’s halfpipe
Marie Martinod, France
Ayana Onozuka, Japan
Maddie Bowman, United States
Devin Logan, United States

Women’s slopestyle
Dara Howell, Canada
Kim Lamarre, Canada
Tiril Sjaastad Christiansen, Norway
Emma Dahlstrom, Sweden
Giulia Tanno, Switzerland
Devin Logan, United States

Hockey

Since the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics, NHL stars have been elemental to the success of many of their national teams. Currently, the NHL is still considering its position related to the halting of their 2017/18 season to accommodate players wishing to represent their home countries during the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Games. An end to the speculation is expected to come in early 2017.

The complexion of the men’s tournament in PyeongChang could change dramatically if NHL players are not present, but we will cross our fingers and say these are the NHL stars and their counterparts in the women’s game you should look for in South Korea come February 10, 2018.

Men’s tournament
Canada
Sidney Crosby, Forward
Brad Marchand, Forward
Connor McDavid, Forward
Carey Price, Goalie

United States
Patrick Kane, Forward
T.J. Oshie, Forward
Jack Eichel, Forward
Jonathan Quick, Goalie

Sweden
Nicklas Backstrom, Forward
Henrik Sedin, Forward

Finland
Valtteri Filppula, Forward
Tuukka Rask, Goalie

Russia
Nikita Kucherov, Forward
Alex Ovechkin, Forward

Women’s tournament
Canada
Rebecca Johnston, Forward
Marie-Philip Poulin, Forward
Natalie Spooner, Forward
Shannon Szabados, Goalie
Jennifer Wakefield, Forward

United States
Amanda Kessel, Forward
Hilary Knight, Forward
Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson, Forward
Monique Lamoureux, Defense
Alex Rigsby, Goalie

Russia
Iya Gavrilova, Forward
Olga Sosina, Forward

Finland
Michelle Karvinen, Forward
Riikka Valila, Forward

Luge

Men’s luge
Felix Loch, Germany
Wolfgang Kindl, Austria
Chris Mazdzer, United States

Women’s luge
Natalie Geisenberger, Germany
Tatjana Huefner, Germany
Erin Hamlin, United States

Doubles luge
Wendl Tobias and Arlt Tobias, Germany
Andris Sics and Juris Sics, Latvia
Matt Mortensen and Jayson Terdiman, United States

Nordic Combined

Wilhelm Denifl, Austria
Eric Frenzel, Germany
Johannes Rydzek, Germany
Akito Watabe, Japan
Joergen Graabak, Norway
Bryan Fletcher, United States

Short Track

Men
Wu Dajing, China
Han Tianyu, China
Charles Hamelin, Canada
Sandor Liu Shaolin, Hungary
J.R. Celski, United States

Women
Choi Min-jeong, South Korea
Marianne St-Gelais, Canada
Elise Christie, Great Britain
Fan Kexin, China
Jessica Kooreman, United States

Skeleton

Men
Axel Jungk, Germany
Martins Dukurs, Latvia
Tomass Dukurs, Latvia
Alexander Tretiakov, Russia
Matthew Antoine, United States

Women
Tina Hermann, Germany
Jacqueline Loelling, Germany
Elena Nikitina, Russia
Marina Gilardoni, Switzerland
Anne O’Shea, United States
Katie Uhlaender, United States

Ski Jumping

Men
Manuel Fettner, Austria
Severin Freund, Germany
Kamil Stoch, Poland
Domen Prevc, Slovenia
Peter Prevc, Slovenia

Women
Julia Huber, Austria
Lucile Morat, France
Katharina Althaus, Germany
Sara Takanashi, Japan
Sarah Hendrickson, United States
Nina Lussi, United States

Snowboarding

Men’s halfpipe
Ryo Aono, Japan
Ayumu Hirano, Japan
Taku Hiraoka, Japan
Iouri Podladtchikov, Switzerland
Taylor Gold, United States
Shaun White, United States

Men’s slopestyle
Sage Kotsenburg, United States
Jamie Nicholls, Great Britain
Lucien Koch, Switzerland
Chris Corning, United States
Brock Crouch, United States
Brandon Davis, United States

Men’s big air
Michael Ciccarelli, Canada
Max Parrot, Canada
Seppe Smits, Belgium
Marcus Kleveland, Norway
Chas Guldemond, United States

Men’s snowboard cross
Alex Pullin, Australia
Pierre Vaultier, France
Nikolay Olyunin, Russia
Nick Baumgartner, United States
Alex Deibold, United States

Men’s parallel giant slalom
Radoslav Yankov, Bulgaria
Roland Fischnaller, Italy
Vic Wild, Russia
Nevin Galmarini, Switzerland
Zan Kosir, Slovenia

Women’s halfpipe
Cai Xuetong, China
Liu Jiayu, China
Kelly Clark, United States
Chloe Kim, United States
Maddie Mastro, United States

Women’s slopestyle
Enni Rukajarvi, Finland
Silvia Mittermueller, Germany
Cheryl Maas, Netherlands
Jaime Anderson, United States
Karly Shorr, United States

Women’s big air
Anna Gasser, Austria
Cheryl Maas, Netherlands
Lia-Mara Boesch, Switzerland
Jamie Anderson, United States
Julia Marino, United States

Women’s snowboard cross
Dominique Maltais, Canada
Eva Samkova, Czech Republic
Nelly Moenne Loccoz, France
Chloe Trespeuch, France
Lindsey Jacobellis, United States

Women’s parallel giant slalom
Ester Ledecka, Czech Republic
Tomoka Takeuchi, Japan
Alena Zavarzina, Russia
Ladina Jenny, Switzerland
Patrizia Kummer, Switzerland

Speed Skating

Men
Bart Swings, Belgium
Denny Morrison, Canada
Jan Blokhuijsen, Netherlands
Sven Kramer, Netherlands
Kjeld Nuis, Netherlands
Pavel Kulizhnikov, Russia
Shani Davis, United States
Joey Mantia, United States

Women
Zhang Hong, China
Martina Sablikova, Czech Republic
Jorien ter Mors, Netherlands
Ireen Wuest, Netherlands
Lee Sang Hwa, South Korea
Brittany Bowe, United States
Heather Richardson-Bergsma, United States

Short track at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games will be contested from Feb. 10-22, with medals awarded in eight different events.

Sochi in review

Men’s:

Russia’s Viktor Ahn skated through heavy controversy to become Sochi’s most decorated short track athlete. Ahn competed for South Korea and won four medals at the 2006 Olympics, then left his home country, claiming lack of support, to become a Russian citizen in 2011. Representing the host nation in Sochi, Ahn won three golds (500m, 1000m and 1500m relay) and a bronze medal (1500m). With eight total medals, he tied Apolo Ohno’s record for most Olympic medals won by a short track skater.

Ohno was the face of the U.S. short track team for three Olympics, but retired before the Sochi Games. Without him, the U.S. team not only couldn’t match Vancouver’s six-medal haul, but they also came close to leaving the 2014 Games empty-handed. Both J.R. Celski and Eddy Alvarez slipped and fell in the 500m race, and Celski slid out of contention again in the 1000m quarterfinal. 

In the final short track race of the 2014 Olympics, the U.S. men overcame their struggles to win a silver medal in the 5000m relay event.

Women’s:

South Korean women claimed five medals in Sochi, including the coveted gold in the 3000m relay and an individual gold for Park Seung-hi in the 1000m. 

Chinese athletes claimed first place in the other two women’s events. Li Jianrou won China’s fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal in the 500m, finishing first by nearly six seconds—because during the first lap of the final, her three other competitors crashed. 

The U.S. women didn’t make a single short-track podium, with Jessica Kooreman (nee Smith) coming close with a fourth-place finish in the 1000m and Emily Scott placing fifth in the 1500m. 

Competition format

Skaters will compete across the following eight events, with gold, silver and bronze medals awarded to the top three finishers, respectively, in each event:

Venue

Short track events will be held at the Gangneung Ice Arena, part of the Gangneung Olympic Park within the Gangneung coastal cluster. Constructed specifically for the 2018 Games, the arena will also play host to figure skating.

Athletes to watch

Men
 Charles Hamelin, Canada
 Wu Dajing, China
 Han Tianyu, China
 Sandor Liu Shaolin, Hungary
 J.R. Celski, United States

Women
 Marianne St-Gelais, Canada
 Fan Kexin, China
 Elise Christie, Great Britain
 Choi Min-jeong, South Korea
 Jessica Kooreman, United States

Speed skating at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games will be contested from Feb. 10-24, with medals awarded in fourteen different events.

Sochi in review

The Dutch speed skaters owned the Sochi Olympics, winning eight out of 12 available gold medals. Claiming at least one medal in every event and sweeping the podium four times, the Dutch collected a total of 23 medals. The second-most successful country, Poland, won three. The biggest Dutch stars were Sven Kramer, who earned two gold medals and a silver, and Ireen Wuest, whose five total medals were the most won by a single Olympian in any sport in Sochi. 

While the Dutch dominated, the U.S. despaired: for the first time since the 1984 Olympics, the U.S. speed skating team failed to win a single medal in Sochi.

Shani Davis hoped to become the first U.S. man to win the same event at three consecutive Winter Olympics, but instead finished 8th in his signature race, the 1000m. Heather Richardson and Brittany Bowe were similarly favored in the women’s 1000m, only to finish far off the podium.

The U.S.’ highest finish was sixth in the women’s team pursuit.

What happened? Many athletes blamed the Mach 39 skin suits, which were specially designed for the U.S. team by Under Armour but had never been tested in competition. Mid-Games, the U.S. speed skating federation allowed the athletes to switch back to the suits they’d worn during the World Cup season, but results didn’t improve. In a post-Olympic review, the U.S. federation found that while the suits weren’t defective, it was a disadvantage for the athletes to race in a suit they weren’t familiar with. Too much travel and training at high altitudes (the Sochi ice rink was at sea level) were also named as factors in the team’s dismal performance.

Under Armour and U.S. Speedskating will continue their partnership through the PyeongChang Olympics to 2022. 

Other noteworthy winners in Sochi were Zhang Hong, who became the first Chinese speed skater to win an Olympic gold, and Zbigniew Brodka of Poland, who was the only non-Dutch male speed skater to win gold in Sochi. He edged out Koen Verweij of the Netherlands by 0.003 seconds to finish first in the 1500m.  

Competition format

Speed skaters will compete across the following fourteen events, with gold, silver and bronze medals awarded to the top three finishers, respectively, in each event.

A new event, mass start, will make its debut at the PyeongChang Olympics. In mass start, a maximum of 28 skaters will begin the race simultaneously and continue for 16 laps. Long track speed skaters race against each other in pairs in the other individiual events.

Venue

Speed skating events will be held at the Gangneung Oval, part of the Gangneung Olympic Park during the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games.

 

Athletes to watch

Men
 Bart Swings, Belgium
 Denny Morrison, Canada
 Jan Blokhuijsen, Netherlands
 Sven Kramer, Netherlands
 Kjeld Nuis, Netherlands
 Pavel Kulizhnikov, Russia
 Shani Davis, United States
 Joey Mantia, United States

Women
 Zhang Hong, China
 Martina Sablikova, Czech Republic
 Jorien ter Mors, Netherlands
 Ireen Wuest, Netherlands
 Lee Sang Hwa, South Korea
 Brittany Bowe, United States
 Heather Richardson-Bergsma, United States

Ski jumping at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games will be contested from Feb. 8-19, with medals awarded in four different events.

Sochi in review

Poland’s Kamil Stoch won his first and second Olympic gold medals in Sochi when he finished ahead of the field in both the normal and large hill competitions. It was the third time in Olympic history that one jumper claimed both prizes.

Ski jumping competitions are scored using a point total which take into account the distance jumped and the style displayed in the air and upon landing by the jumper. Stoch won gold convincingly on the normal hill, finishing 13 points ahead of silver medal finisher Peter Prevec of Slovenia. In the large hill contest, 41-year-old ski jumper Noriaki Kasai of Japan, who had won his first and only Olympic medal in 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway, pressured Stoch for the top spot. Stoch’s final of two jumps was just enough to push him past Kasai to win his second individual gold by just a single point. Kasai would go on to win another Olympic medal in Sochi, a bronze in the men’s team event.

Sochi served as the inaugural Olympic event for women’s ski jumping. On paper, Japan’s Sara Takanashi seemed nearly unbeatable heading into Sochi. Takanashi had amassed 16 first place finishes in World Cup competition to begin the 2013/2014 season, but she was unable to extend her streak of wins, finishing just shy of the podium in 4th. It would be Germany’s Carina Vogt who would take home the first Olympic ski jumping gold for the women.

The U.S. entered Sochi with a promising trio of jumpers in Jessica Jerome, Lindsey Van and Sarah Hendrickson, but the three Americans were unable to put pressure on the leaders, with Jerome placing highest in the 10th spot. The reigning 2013 world champion, Hendrickson, had to bounce back from reconstructive knee surgery in under six months to compete in Sochi. She was able to jump, but struggled, finishing 21st in her first Olympic Games. 

Competition format

Ski jumpers will compete across the following four events, with gold, silver and bronze medals awarded to the top three finishers, respectively, in each event:

Venue

Ski jumping events will be held at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre during the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games located in the PyeongChang Mountain Cluster. The ski resort area of Alpensia will also feature the rest of the Nordic Olympic sports including biathlon, cross-country and Nordic combined. The sliding events of bobsled, luge and skeleton will also be found in Alpensia. 

Athletes to watch

Men
 Manuel Fettner, Austria
 Severin Freund, Germany
 Kamil Stoch, Poland
 Domen Prevc, Slovenia
 Peter Prevc, Slovenia

Women
 Julia Huber, Austria
 Lucile Morat, France
 Katharina Althaus, Germany
 Sara Takanashi, Japan
 Sarah Hendrickson, United States
 Nina Lussi, United States

Nordic combined at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games will be contested from Feb. 14-22, with medals awarded in three different events. Since its addition to the Olympic program in 1924, Nordic combined has been exclusively contested by men. The FIS, the sport’s governing body, plans to hold the first Continental Cup for women’s Nordic combined during the 2017/18 season, and hopes to have a women’s event in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games.

Sochi in review

In the event which requires proficiency in both ski jumping and cross-country, the Norwegians, as they have in many of the Nordic disciplines, continued their dominance in Sochi. In three Nordic combined events, Norway took home four medals (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze), Germany won three, one of each color, while Japan and Austria secured a silver and bronze, respectively. Norway has won more Nordic combined Olympic medals (30) than any other competing nation.

Norway’s Joergen Graabak was Nordic combined’s star in Sochi. After the jumping portion of the individual large hill, Graaback was sixth in the standings, heading into the 10km cross-country race. In the final lap, the lead would change three times, as a pack of five skiers fought for position. On the second to last turn, skiers jostled through tight curves toward the finish. Germany’s Johannes Rydzek lost his balance and fell after becoming tangled with teammate Fabian Riessle (who would go on to win bronze). Norway’s Graabak and fellow countryman, Magnus Hovdal Moan, would cross the finish line for gold and silver.
 
In the individual normal hill contest, Germany’s Eric Frenzel won gold. Frenzel entered Sochi as a favorite in each Nordic combined event, but after his day atop the normal hill podium he fell ill. He was unable to compete as he had in the previous event, and placed well behind the lead in 10th place. However, Frenzel and his German teammates would go on to win silver in the team competition.
 
Fog and steady rain plagued many of the days at the Nordic combined venue, but blue skies prevailed on the final day of competition as Graabak and his Norwegian teammates won gold in Sochi. The cross-country team event race came down to a sprint to the finish between Norway and Germany, but Graabak edged Germany’s Fabian Riessle by 0.3 seconds for the gold.

Competition format

Athletes will compete across the following three events, with gold, silver and bronze medals awarded to the top three finishers, respectively, in each event:

Venue

Nordic combined events will be split between Alpensia’s Ski Jumping and Cross-Country Skiing Centres during the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games located in the PyeongChang Mountain Cluster. The ski resort area of Alpensia will also feature the rest of the Nordic Olympic sports including biathlon, cross-country and ski jumping. The sliding events of bobsled, luge and skeleton will also be found in Alpensia.

Athletes to watch

 Wilhelm Denifl, Austria
 Eric Frenzel, Germany
 Johannes Rydzek, Germany
 Akito Watabe, Japan
 Joergen Graabak, Norway
 Bryan Fletcher, United States

Curling at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games will be contested from Feb. 8-24, with medals awarded in three different events.

Sochi in review

It was a clean sweep for Team Canada, as both the men’s and women’s teams took curling gold.

In the women’s final, skip Jennifer Jones led her team to 11 straight wins in Sochi, finishing the Olympic tournament undefeated. It was the first gold for Canada in women’s curling since 1998. 

Finishing in second place was Sweden, the 2010 Olympic champions, and Britain took the bronze.

The Canadian men continued their streak of curling dominance, winning a third consecutive Olympic title. Nicknamed the ‘Buff Boys’ for their dedication to fitness in a sport not known for bulging muscles, skip Brad Jacobs and his teammates outscored Britain 9-3 to win the gold medal. Britain received silver, while Sweden claimed bronze.

The U.S. men’s and women’s teams both finished in last place, a repeat of their performances at the Vancouver Olympics. 

Competition format

Curlers will compete in three events, with gold, silver and bronze medals awarded to the top three finishing teams, respectively, in each event.

In PyeongChang, a new curling event will make its debut: mixed doubles. In mixed doubles, the teams consist of one male and one female player, instead of teams of four players of the same gender, and they play with only six stones instead of eight.

Venue

Curling events will be held at the Gangneung Curling Centre during the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games. Opened in 1998, the Curling Centre was the only venue in the Gangneung Olympic Park to have been built before PyeongChang was chosen as the host of the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Teams to watch

Men’s tournament
 Canada
 Great Britain
 Norway
 Sweden
 United States

Women’s tournament
 Canada
 Great Britain
 Russia
 Sweden
 Switzerland

Mixed Doubles tournament
 Hungary
 Norway
 Russia
 Sweden
 United States

Hockey at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games will be contested from Feb. 10-25, with medals awarded in two events.

Sochi in review

In 2014, the Canadian men were perfect in their repeat performance for Olympic hockey gold, winning all six games and allowing just three goals for the tournament in Sochi. In the gold medal game, NHL stars Johnathan Toews, Sidney Crosby and Chris Kunitz scored one goal apiece in the shutout victory against Sweden.

Canadian goalie Carey Price did his part by keeping 24 shots from the Swedes out of the net, while on the other side of the ice, Sweden’s goalie Henrik Lundqvist faced a barrage of 36 shots on goal.

It was their stifling team defense which allowed Canada to become the first men’s team in over 20 years to win back-to-back Olympic hockey gold medals, allowing just 129 shots on goal in Sochi.

Finland claimed the final spot on the Sochi medal podium, taking home bronze after a 5-0 thrashing of a United States team which became increasingly frustrated in a game where the Finns put up two goals early in the second period just 11 seconds apart.

Not to be outdone by their fellow countrymen, the Canadian women’s team, led by two goals by Marie-Philip Poulin, beat the U.S. 3-2 in Sochi in their own back-to-back Olympic gold-medal-winning performance.

It was déjà vu all over again for Poulin who also scored two goals in the gold medal game for Canada at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games, though this time was a bit more dramatic. Down 2-0 in the final period, Canada’s Brianne Jenner and Poulin scored a goal apiece in the final 3:26 to force overtime. In the deciding minutes, with a four-on-three power play, Canada worked the puck to Poulin once more to score the game-winner 8:10 into the overtime period.

In the bronze medal game, Switzerland got hot in the third period, shocking Sweden with four goals and cruised to a 4-3 win to claim the final podium spot. 

Competition format

When the puck drops in PyeongChang, twelve teams for the men and eight for the women will face off on the ice in hockey’s marquee Olympic events. The men’s tournament consists of three groups of four teams playing a total of 18 round robin games (three per team). The elimination round features four qualification playoff games, four quarterfinal games, two semifinal games and one bronze medal game and one gold medal game. The qualification process for the men’s tournament is complete.

Men’s tournament 

Group A Group B Group C
 Canada  Russia   Finland 
 Czech Republic   Slovakia   Germany 
 South Korea  Slovenia   Norway 
 Switzerland   United States   Sweden 

The women’s tournament has two groups of four teams playing a preliminary round robin of 12 games (three per team), followed by two quarterfinal games, two semifinal games, four final classification games, one bronze medal game and one gold medal game. The final two spots in women’s hockey at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Games will be determined in two tournaments played simutaneously from February 9-12, 2017. Switzerland, Czech Republic, Denmark and Norway will play in Arosa, Switzerland while Japan, Germany, Austria and France will face off in Tomakomai, Japan. The winning team at each of these tournaments will qualify for PyeongChang. 

Women’s tournament

Group A Group B
 Canada   South Korea 
 Finland   Sweden 
 Russia  TBD (February 2017)
 United States  TBD (February 2017)

Length of Play and Overtime

Games consist of three 20-minute periods with two 15-minute intermissions. A five-minute sudden death overtime will be played if preliminary and qualification round games finish the third period in a tie. The sudden death time increases to ten minutes in the quarterfinals, semifinals and Bronze Medal Game, while a full 20-minute overtime period will be played in the Gold Medal Game if the score is tied at the end of regulation.

The excitement doesn’t end there. If any Olympic ice hockey game is still even at the end of sudden death overtime, a three-round shootout will be used to determine the winner. And if that doesn’t end it, shootout “extras” will be taken, where any skater can take the shot. Or in the case of Team USA’s T.J. Oshie in 2014 against Russia, a single skater can put his team on his back for as many shots as it takes to get the win. Oshie needed five.

Rink dimensions

Olympic ice hockey is played on a rink roughly 200 feet long by 98 feet wide. This is about ten feet wider than the rinks in the NHL.

Venue

Hockey events will be held in two arenas built for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games. Located in the Gangnueng Coastal Cluster, Gangneung Hockey Centre and Kwandong Hockey Centre will be the place to see the world’s best hockey stars clash on the ice.

NHL in PyeongChang?

Fearing other sport federations with high-profile professional athletes would come knocking for financial assistance, the IOC announced it would no longer cover the costs of travel and insurance for NHL players to attend the Olympic Games.

Responding to the news, the International Ice Hockey Federation stepped in to say they would cover the costs. Despite the bill being picked up, some NHL owners are still reportedly unenthusiastic about their players appearing at the Olympic Games. 

Negotiations are reportedly set to resume during the final week of 2016 to decide the fate of NHL players hoping to play in PyeongChang. The NHL is said to want players to settle on a labor deal before agreeing to another Olympic Games. In early December, news surfaced that the NHLPA rejected an offer to extend the players’ current CBA for another three years in exchange for Olympic participation.

The lack of a marketable hockey audience in South Korea coupled with the unsavory two-week NHL season shutdown have also been cited as reasons for the NHL’s wavering Olympic support. If the NHL decides to skip PyeongChang, there is a chance they would come back in four years for the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games.

With the current NHL season in full swing, players and Olympic hockey fans wait for a final decision, which is expected to come no later than January 15.

Teams to watch

​The complexion of the men’s tournament in PyeongChang could change dramatically if NHL players are not present, but we will cross our fingers and say these are the NHL stars and their counterparts in the women’s game you should look for in South Korea come February 10, 2018.

Men’s tournament
 Canada  
Sidney Crosby, Forward
Brad Marchand, Forward
Connor McDavid, Forward
Carey Price, Goalie

 United States 
Patrick Kane, Forward
T.J. Oshie, Forward
Jack Eichel, Forward
Jonathan Quick, Goalie

 Sweden 
Nicklas Backstrom, Forward
Henrik Sedin, Forward

 Finland 
Valtteri Filppula, Forward
Tuukka Rask, Goalie

 Russia 
Nikita Kucherov, Forward
Alex Ovechkin, Forward

Women’s tournament
 Canada
Rebecca Johnston, Forward
Marie-Philip Poulin, Forward
Natalie Spooner, Forward
Shannon Szabados, Goalie
Jennifer Wakefield, Forward

 United States
Brianna Decker, Forward
Amanda Kessel, Forward
Hilary Knight, Forward
Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson, Forward
Alex Rigsby, Goalie

 Russia 
Iya Gavrilova, Forward
Olga Sosina, Forward

 Finland 
Michelle Karvinen, Forward
Riikka Valila, Forward