Beijing Winter Olympics 2022

February 4th to 20th, 2022

Beijing winter Olympics

With the Beijing Winter Olympics soon upon us, ears are tuning in for news of what exactly that will look like. Here’s what we know: 

Beijing Olympics 2022 Events Schedule

The Beijing 2022 Olympics are set to go ahead as planned February 2nd – 20th, 2022 and the schedule of events is posted on the official Olympic website. 

Beijing winter Olympics

The Beijing 2022 Paralympics are also scheduled (March 4th – 13th, 2022) though the exact schedule of events is yet to be released. 

Tickets and Travel

As of January 18th, 2022, the International Olympic Committee has announced that in-person attendance of all events will be on an invite-only basis (no tickets be available for sale to the general public).

The official announcement can be found on the official Olympics website.

For those looking to watch the events from afar, here is a list of the official Olympic broadcast partners in each country.

Winter Olympics Venues

The venues for the winter Olympics are set across three different cities: Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou.
Four existing indoor venues that were originally constructed for the 2008 Games, as well as the Beijing National Stadium (which will host the opening and closing ceremonies), are being used this time.

full list of Olympic venues can be found on the official Olympic website. 

 

 

Reference times to venues

  • Beijing to YanqingApproximately 1.5 hours driving or 40 minutes on the high-speed train 
  • Beijing to ZhangjiakouApproximately 2.5 hours driving or 1 hour on the high-speed train 

Image Credits:

– Beijing Olympics 2020 Logo, Beijing 2022 Olympics – Winter Olympic Games
– Schedule chart, Beijing Olympics 2020, Beijing 2022 Olympics – Winter Olympic Games
– Olympians Capture the Excitement of the Olympics PyeongChang 2018 Opening Ceremony, Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 license, CC Search (creativecommons.org)
– Swiss team racing in the two-man bobsleigh event at PyongChang Winter Olympics, Rowan Simpson Unsplash License, Unsplash