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{{Short description|Multi-parasport event in Pyeongchang, South Korea}}
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{{Infobox Olympic games|2018|Winter|Paralympics|
| image       = The PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games Emblem.svg
| image_size  = 230
| host_city   = [[Pyeongchang County|Pyeongchang]], South Korea
| motto       = ''Passion. Connected.''<br />({{lang-ko|하나된 열정.}})
| nations     = 49 
| athletes    = 569
| events      = 80 in 6 [[Paralympic sports|sports]]
| opening     = 9 March
| closing     = 18 March
| opened_by   = [[President of the Republic of Korea|President]] [[Moon Jae-in]]
| cauldron    = [[Kim Eun-jung (curler)|Kim Eun-jung]]<br />[[Seo Soon-seok]]
| stadium     = [[Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium]]
| winter_prev = [[2014 Winter Paralympics|Sochi 2014]]
| winter_next = [[2022 Winter Paralympics|Beijing 2022]]
| summer_prev = [[2016 Summer Paralympics|Rio 2016]]
| summer_next = [[2020 Summer Paralympics|Tokyo 2020]]
}}
{{2018 Winter Paralympics}}
The '''2018 Winter Paralympics''' ({{Korean|hangul=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 [[Disabled sports|athletes with disabilities]] governed by the [[International Paralympic Committee]] (IPC), that was held in [[Pyeongchang County|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 Committee]]s 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.

==Host selection==
{{Main|Bids for the 2018 Winter Olympics}}
As part of a formal agreement between the [[International Paralympic Committee]] and the [[International Olympic Committee]] first established in 2001,<ref name="bbc-firstglobal">{{cite news|title=Paralympics 2012: London to host 'first truly global Games'|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/18143145|work=BBC Sport|access-date=1 August 2012}}</ref> the winner of the bid for the [[2018 Winter Olympics]] was also to host the 2018 Winter Paralympics.

Pyeongchang was elected as host during the [[123rd IOC Session]] in [[Durban]] in 2011, earning the required majority of at least 48 votes in the first round of voting.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/07/sports/2018-winter-olympics-go-to-south-korea.html|title=2018 Winter Games to Be Held in Pyeongchang, South Korea|last1=Longman|first1=Jeré|date=6 July 2011|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=7 June 2017|last2=Sang-hun|first2=Choe|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804175732/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/07/sports/2018-winter-olympics-go-to-south-korea.html|archive-date=4 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="bidresults">{{cite web| url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/chi-vote-for-2018-winter-games-over-in-one-round-20110706-story.html| title=Pyeongchang wins 2018 Winter Olympics| first=Philip| last=Hersh| date=6 July 2011| website=[[Chicago Tribune]]| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409200444/http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/chi-vote-for-2018-winter-games-over-in-one-round-20110706-story.html| archive-date=9 April 2017}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+
|-
! colspan="3" | 2018 Winter Olympics bidding results
|-
! City
! Nation
! Votes
|-
||'''[[Pyeongchang County|Pyeongchang]]'''||'''{{KOR}}'''
| align=center|'''63'''
|-
||[[Munich]]||{{GER}}
| align=center|25
|-
||[[Annecy]]||{{FRA}}
| align=center|7
|}

==Opening ceremony==
[[File:Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium at day for 2018 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony - 6.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Opening ceremony at [[Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium]]]]
{{Main|2018 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony}}

The opening ceremony was held on 9 March 2018 at [[Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium]], which was built specifically for the Winter Games.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Horwitz|first1=Josh|title=South Korea's $100 million Winter Olympics stadium will be used exactly four times|url=https://qz.com/1188832/south-koreas-100-million-winter-olympics-stadium-will-be-used-exactly-four-times/|access-date=9 March 2018|work=Quartz|date=25 January 2018}}</ref>

==Closing ceremony==
{{Main|2018 Winter Paralympics closing ceremony}}

==Sports==
Competitions in the 2018 Winter Paralympics are being held in six [[Paralympic sports#Winter Paralympics|Winter Paralympic sports]], with 80 medal events in total. [[Snowboarding]] has been expanded into a separate discipline for 2018, with 10 medal events (in 2014, two medal events in snowboarding were held within the alpine skiing programme).
* [[File:Alpine skiing - Paralympic pictogram.svg|20px]]{{GamesSport|Alpine skiing|Events=30|Image=No}}
* [[File:Biathlon - Paralympic pictogram.svg|20px]]{{GamesSport|Biathlon|Events=18|Image=No}}
* [[File:Cross-country skiing - Paralympic pictogram.svg|20px]]{{GamesSport|Cross-country skiing|Events=20|Image=No}}
* [[File:Ice sledge hockey - Paralympic pictogram.svg|20px]]{{GamesSport|Para ice hockey|Events=1|Image=No}}
* [[File:Snowboarding - Paralympic pictogram.svg|20px]]{{GamesSport|Snowboarding|Events=10|Image=No}}
* [[File:Wheelchair curling - Paralympic pictogram.svg|20px]]{{GamesSport|Wheelchair curling|Events=1|Image=No}}

==Calendar==
In the following calendar for the 2018 Winter Paralympics, each blue box represents an event competition. The yellow boxes represent days during which medal-awarding finals for a sport are held. The number in each yellow box represents the number of finals that are contested on that day.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cosport.com/paralympics/tickets.aspx|title=CoSport – Paralympic Event Tickets|website=cosport.com|access-date=9 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209194037/https://www.cosport.com/paralympics/tickets.aspx|archive-date=9 February 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto;font-size:90%;"
|-
| bgcolor="#00cc33" |&nbsp;●&nbsp;||Opening ceremony|| bgcolor="#3399ff" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;||Event competitions|| bgcolor="#ffcc00" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;||Event finals|| bgcolor="#ee3333" |&nbsp;●&nbsp;||Closing ceremony
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto;font-size:90%;"
|-
!March!!&nbsp;Fri<br />9th!!Sat<br />10th!!Sun<br />11th!!Mon<br />12th!!Tue<br />13th!!Wed<br />14th!!Thu<br />15th!!Fri<br />16th!!Sat<br />17th!!Sun<br />18th!!Gold<br />Medals
|- align="center"
|style="text-align:left;" | Ceremonies || bgcolor="#00cc33" |OC|| || || || || || || || ||bgcolor="#ee3333" |CC ||{{n/a}}
|- align="center"
|style="text-align:left;" |[[Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Paralympics|Alpine skiing]]
<!--9th-->|
<!--10th-->| bgcolor="#ffcc00" |6
<!--11th-->| bgcolor="#ffcc00" |6
<!--12th-->|
<!--13th-->| bgcolor="#ffcc00" |6
<!--14th-->| bgcolor="#ffcc00" |6
<!--15th-->|  
<!--16th-->|
<!--17th-->| bgcolor="#ffcc00" |3
<!--18th-->| bgcolor="#ffcc00" |3 
<!--Gold medals-->| 30
|- align="center"
|style="text-align:left;" |[[Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Paralympics|Biathlon]]
<!--9th-->|
<!--10th-->| bgcolor="#ffcc00" |6
<!--11th-->|
<!--12th-->|
<!--13th-->| bgcolor="#ffcc00" |6
<!--14th-->|
<!--15th-->|
<!--16th-->| bgcolor="#ffcc00" |6
<!--17th-->|
<!--18th-->|
<!--Gold medals-->| 18
|- align="center"
|style="text-align:left;" |[[Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Paralympics|Cross-country skiing]]
<!--9th-->|
<!--10th-->|
<!--11th-->| bgcolor="#ffcc00" |2
<!--12th-->| bgcolor="#ffcc00" |4
<!--13th-->|
<!--14th-->| bgcolor="#ffcc00" |6
<!--15th-->|
<!--16th-->|
<!--17th-->| bgcolor="#ffcc00" |6
<!--18th-->| bgcolor="#ffcc00" |2
<!--Gold medals-->| 20
|- align="center"
|style="text-align:left;" |[[Para ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Paralympics|Para ice hockey]]
<!--9th-->|
<!--10th-->| bgcolor="#3399ff" |●
<!--11th-->| bgcolor="#3399ff" |●
<!--12th-->| bgcolor="#3399ff" |●
<!--13th-->| bgcolor="#3399ff" |●
<!--14th-->| bgcolor="#3399ff" |●
<!--15th-->| bgcolor="#3399ff" |●
<!--16th-->| bgcolor="#3399ff" |●
<!--17th-->| bgcolor="#3399ff" |●
<!--18th-->| bgcolor="#ffcc00" |1
<!--Gold medals-->| 1
|- align="center"
|style="text-align:left;" |[[Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Paralympics|Snowboarding]]
<!--9th-->|
<!--10th-->|
<!--11th-->|
<!--12th-->| bgcolor="#ffcc00" |5
<!--13th-->|
<!--14th-->|
<!--15th-->|
<!--16th-->| bgcolor="#ffcc00" |5
<!--17th-->|
<!--18th-->|
<!--Gold medals-->| 10
|- align="center"
|style="text-align:left;" |[[Wheelchair curling at the 2018 Winter Paralympics|Wheelchair curling]]
<!--9th-->|
<!--10th-->| bgcolor="#3399ff" |●
<!--11th-->| bgcolor="#3399ff" |●
<!--12th-->| bgcolor="#3399ff" |●
<!--13th-->| bgcolor="#3399ff" |●
<!--14th-->| bgcolor="#3399ff" |●
<!--15th-->| bgcolor="#3399ff" |●
<!--16th-->| bgcolor="#3399ff" |●
<!--17th-->| bgcolor="#ffcc00" |1
<!--18th-->|
<!--Gold medals-->| 1
|- align="center"
!'''Total'''||0||12 ||8 ||9 ||12 ||12 ||0 ||11 ||10 ||6||80
|}

==Participating National Paralympic Committees==
{| class="wikitable collapsible" style="width:100%;"
|-
! Participating [[:Category:Nations at the 2018 Winter Paralympics|National Paralympic Committees]]
|-
|
{{div col|colwidth=18em}}
* {{flagIPC|AND|2018 Winter|1}}
* {{flagIPC|ARG|2018 Winter|2}}
* {{flagIPC|ARM|2018 Winter|1}}
* {{flagIPC|AUS|2018 Winter|12}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Australia's Seven Network to show PyeongChang 2018|url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/australia-s-seven-network-show-pyeongchang-2018 |access-date=8 January 2018 }}</ref>
* {{flagIPC|AUT|2018 Winter|13}}
* {{flagIPC|BLR|2018 Winter|14}}
* {{flagIPC|BEL|2018 Winter|2}}
* {{flagIPC|BIH|2018 Winter|1}}
* {{flagIPC|BRA|2018 Winter|3}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Brasil terá três atletas na Paralimpíada de Inverno de PyeongChang 2018|url=https://globoesporte.globo.com/paralimpiadas/noticia/brasil-tera-tres-atletas-na-paralimpiada-de-inverno-de-pyeongchang-2018.ghtml|access-date=28 February 2018}}</ref>
* {{flagIPC|BUL|2018 Winter|1}}
* {{flagIPC|CAN|2018 Winter|52}}<ref>{{cite news|title=PyeongChang 2018|url=http://paralympic.ca/pyeongchang-2018 |access-date=8 January 2018}}</ref>
* {{flagIPC|CHI|2018 Winter|4}}
* {{flagIPC|CHN|2018 Winter|26}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.cctv.com/2018/03/03/ARTI3wa4xnZwWTUPpbaRIZ5g180303.shtml|title=平昌冬残奥会中国体育代表团在京成立|date=3 March 2018|publisher=中国中央电视台}}</ref>
* {{flagIPC|CRO|2018 Winter|7}}
* {{flagIPC|CZE|2018 Winter|21}}
* {{flagIPC|DEN|2018 Winter|1}}<ref>{{cite news|title=PyeongChang 2018: Daniel Wagner's Winter Games dream|url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/pyeongchang-2018-daniel-wagner-s-winter-games-dream |access-date=8 January 2018}}</ref>
* {{flagIPC|FIN|2018 Winter|13}}
* {{flagIPC|FRA|2018 Winter|12}}<ref>{{cite news|title=PyeongChang 2018: Bochet to carry French flag|url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/pyeongchang-2018-bochet-carry-french-flag |access-date=8 January 2018 }}</ref>
* {{flagIPC|GEO|2018 Winter|2}}
* {{flagIPC|GER|2018 Winter|20}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Germany reveal kit for PyeongChang 2018|url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/germany-reveal-kit-pyeongchang-2018 |access-date=8 January 2018 }}</ref>
* {{flagIPC|GBR|2018 Winter|14}}<ref>{{cite news|title=British alpine skiers and snowboarders named for PyeongChang 2018|url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/british-alpine-skiers-and-snowboarders-named-pyeongchang-2018 |access-date=8 January 2018}}</ref>
* {{flagIPC|GRE|2018 Winter|1}}
* {{flagIPC|HUN|2018 Winter|2}}
* {{flagIPC|ISL|2018 Winter|1}}
* {{flagIPC|IRI|2018 Winter|5}}
* {{flagIPC|ITA|2018 Winter|26}}
* {{flagIPC|JPN|2018 Winter|38}}
* {{flagIPC|KAZ|2018 Winter|6}}
* {{flagIPC|PRK|2018 Winter|2}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1060932/north-korea-invited-to-participate-in-first-ever-winter-paralympic-games-at-pyeongchang-2018|title=North Korea invited to participate in first-ever Winter Paralympic Games at Pyeongchang 2018|date=9 February 2018|access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref>
* {{flagIPC|KOR|2018 Winter|99}} '''(host)'''
* {{flagIPC|MEX|2018 Winter|1}}<ref>{{cite news|title=PyeongChang 2018: Arly Velasquez ready to surprise|url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/pyeongchang-2018-arly-velasquez-ready-surprise |access-date=8 January 2018}}</ref>
* {{flagIPC|MGL|2018 Winter|1}}
* {{flagIPC|NED|2018 Winter|9}}
* {{flagIPC|NPA|2018 Winter|30}}
* {{flagIPC|NZL|2018 Winter|3}}
* {{flagIPC|NOR|2018 Winter|32}}
* {{flagIPC|POL|2018 Winter|9}}
* {{flagIPC|ROU|2018 Winter|1}}
* {{flagIPC|SRB|2018 Winter|1}}
* {{flagIPC|SVK|2018 Winter|11}}
* {{flagIPC|SLO|2018 Winter|1}}
* {{flagIPC|ESP|2018 Winter|3}}
* {{flagIPC|SWE|2018 Winter|24}}<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hjelmberg|first1=Henrik|title=Svenska truppen till Paralympics uttagen|url=http://www.paralympics.se/Nyheter/nyheterfranparalympics/SvenskatruppentillParalympicsuttagen/|publisher=Sveriges Paralympiska Kommitté|access-date=25 February 2018|ref=sverigestrupp|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226032223/http://www.paralympics.se/Nyheter/nyheterfranparalympics/SvenskatruppentillParalympicsuttagen/|archive-date=26 February 2018}}</ref>
* {{flagIPC|SUI|2018 Winter|13}}
* {{flagIPC|TJK|2018 Winter|1}}
* {{flagIPC|TUR|2018 Winter|1}}
* {{flagIPC|UKR|2018 Winter|20}}
* {{flagIPC|USA|2018 Winter|68}}
* {{flagIPC|UZB|2018 Winter|1}}
{{div col end}}
|}

*Russia is currently suspended by the [[International Paralympic Committee]] due to the [[Doping in Russia|state-sponsored doping program scandal]].<ref>{{cite news|title=With one year until 2018 Winter Games, Russia's status murky|url=http://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/18647088/with-one-year-2018-winter-games-pyeongchang-russia-status-murky-wake-doping-scandal |date=9 February 2017 }}</ref> However, the IPC has allowed Russian athletes to qualify as [[Authorised Neutral Athletes|neutral participants]]. They fielded 30 athletes in 5 sports, participating as [[Neutral Paralympic Athletes at the 2018 Winter Paralympics|Neutral Paralympic Athletes]] (NPA), marching under the Paralympic flag at the Opening and Closing Ceremonies and the Paralympic anthem played in any ceremony.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1060776/ipc-allow-russian-athletes-to-compete-as-neutrals-at-pyeongchang-2018-but-maintain-suspension|title=IPC allow Russian athletes to compete as neutrals at Pyeongchang 2018 but maintain suspension|access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref>
*Four more nations competed in Pyeongchang than at the previous winter games. Georgia, North Korea and Tajikistan all made their Winter Paralympics debut,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2018/03/17/0200000000AEN20180317005100315.html|title=Following the Feb. 9–25 Olympic Games, the 12th Winter Paralympic Games opened March 9 in PyeongChang, some 180 kilometers east of Seoul, along with the sub-host cities of Gangneung and Jeongseon.|publisher=Yonhap News|date=18 March 2018|access-date=18 March 2018}}</ref> while Hungary fielded a team after not competing in 2014. Tajikistan is the only country who had sent an athlete to these Games but not the 2018 Winter Olympics.
*In total, 133 female athletes competed at the event.<ref name="record_number_of_female_athletes_paralympics_2022">{{Cite news |last=Pavitt |first=Michael |date=4 March 2022 |title=Beijing 2022 to feature record number of female athletes at Winter Paralympics |work=[[Inside the Games|InsideTheGames.biz]] |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/index.php/articles/1120041/beijing-2022-paralympics-female-athletes |url-status=live |access-date=4 March 2022 |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305102733/https://www.insidethegames.biz/index.php/articles/1120041/beijing-2022-paralympics-female-athletes }}</ref>

==Venues==
{{Main|Venues of the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics}}

===Pyeongchang Mountain cluster===
====Alpensia====
Alpensia Resort in [[Daegwallyeong-myeon]] will be the focus of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics.<ref>[http://www.sportsfeatures.com/olympicsnews/story/47205/pyeongchang-2018-alpensia-resort-and-water-park-complete-and-full-for-summer-season PyeongChang 2018 Alpensia Resort and water park complete and full for summer season] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312052037/http://www.sportsfeatures.com/olympicsnews/story/47205/pyeongchang-2018-alpensia-resort-and-water-park-complete-and-full-for-summer-season |date=12 March 2012 }}</ref>
* [[Alpensia Resort]] – biathlon, cross-country skiing
* Main Olympic Village – athletes village
* [[Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium]] – awards and opening and closing ceremonies

====Standalone venue====
* [[Jeongseon Alpine Centre]] – alpine skiing and snowboarding<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/jeongseon-alpine-centre-host-para-alpine-skiing-and-snowboard-2018|title=Jeongseon Alpine Centre to host Para alpine skiing and snowboard in 2018|website=paralympic.org|access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref>

===Gangneung coastal cluster===
* [[Gangneung Curling Centre]] – wheelchair curling
* [[Gangneung Hockey Centre]] – para ice hockey

==Medals==
{{main|2018 Winter Paralympics medal table}}

{{:2018 Winter Paralympics medal table}}

==Broadcasting==
Television rights were sold in various countries and territories; the IPC partnered with the IOC's streaming service [[Olympic Channel]] for online streaming coverage of these Paralympics.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1062179/international-paralympic-committee-and-olympic-channel-join-forces-to-cover-pyeongchang-2018|title=International Paralympic Committee and Olympic Channel join forces to cover Pyeongchang 2018|work=Inside the Games|access-date=10 March 2018}}</ref>

In 2017, the [[European Broadcasting Union]] renewed its rights to the Paralympics in 25 European countries through 2020
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ebu.ch/news/2018/03/ebu-brings-the-best-of-paralympic-sport-to-over-25-countries-across-europe--pyeongchang-2018-paralympic-games|title=EBU – EBU brings the best of Paralympic sport to over 25 countries across Europe|work=European Broadcasting Union|date=8 March 2018|language=en|access-date=9 March 2018}}</ref> 

In the United States, [[NBC Olympic broadcasts|NBC Sports]] announced plans to air nearly twice as much coverage on linear television as it did in Sochi, totaling 250 hours,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/2018/03/07/nbc-sports-groups-coverage-of-the-2018-paralympic-games-by-the-numbers/|title=NBC Sports Group's Coverage of the 2018 Paralympic Games "By the Numbers"|date=7 March 2018}}</ref> along with extensive online streaming coverage.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.si.com/tech-media/2018/03/07/winter-paralympics-2018-nbc-coverage-pyeongchang|title=How to Watch—And What to Expect From—the Winter Paralympics 2018 on NBC|website=Sports Illustrated|access-date=8 March 2018}}</ref>

In Canada, the [[CBC Olympic broadcasts|CBC]] announced that it would broadcast over 600 hours of coverage in [[English language|English]] and [[French language|French]] across its platforms, including [[CBC Television]], [[Ici Radio-Canada Télé]], and sublicence partners [[Sportsnet One]] and [[AMI-tv]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/paralympics/cbc-coverage-paralympics-1.4566000|title=CBC/Radio-Canada offer 600-plus hours of Paralympic coverage|work=CBC Sports|access-date=9 March 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

[[Channel 4]] returned as the Games' rightsholder in the United Kingdom, planning over 100 hours of television coverage on Channel 4 and [[4seven]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1062206/channel-4-to-broadcast-100-hours-of-paralympics-from-pyeongchang-2018|title=Channel 4 to broadcast 100 hours of Paralympics from Pyeongchang 2018|work=Inside the Games|access-date=10 March 2018}}</ref>

==Tickets==
Ticket prices for the 2018 Winter Paralympics were announced on 8 June 2017 and tickets went on sale on 21 August 2017.<ref name="ticketprices">{{Cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/pyeongchang-2018-ticket-prices-announced|title=PyeongChang 2018 ticket prices announced|website=paralympic.org|language=en|access-date=8 June 2017}}</ref>

Prices for sporting event tickets range from [[South Korean won|₩]]10,000 to 50,000 (approx. $8–45 USD). Opening and closing ceremony tickets range from ₩10,000 to ₩140,000 (approx. $8–125 USD).<ref name="ticketprices" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/press-releases/pyeongchang-2018-paralympic-winter-games-ticket-prices-announced|title=PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games Ticket Prices Announced|access-date=9 March 2018|archive-date=9 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309224636/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/press-releases/pyeongchang-2018-paralympic-winter-games-ticket-prices-announced|url-status=dead}}</ref>

As of 19 January, tickets to the Paralympic Games were 70% sold. (155,000 tickets out of a total of 223,353 allocated).<ref>{{cite web |title=평창패럴림픽 티켓 판매율 0.2%…관심 절실 |trans-title=PyeongChang Paralympics Ticket Selling Rate 0.2% ... An urgent concern |date=27 October 2017 |publisher=Yonhapnews |url=http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/bulletin/2017/10/27/0200000000AKR20171027067500007.HTML}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1057300/pyeongchang-2018-unveil-ticket-design-and-open-offline-sales-in-bid-to-encourage-buyers|title=Pyeongchang 2018 unveil ticket design and open offline sales in bid to encourage buyers|date=9 February 2018|access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1059476/pyeongchang-2018-olympic-ticket-sales-rise-to-61-per-cent|title=Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic ticket sales rise to 61 per cent|access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref>

==Marketing==
===Emblem===
The emblem for the 2018 Winter Paralympics was unveiled on 29 October 2013 at the [[National Museum of Korea]]. It incorporates stylized renditions of the [[hangul]] letter {{lang|ko|[[ㅊ]]}} ''ch'' (as also used in the Olympic emblem), which symbolizes part of the name ''Pyeongchang'' and resembles ice crystals. The Paralympic emblem features two of these letters joined together, symbolizing equality and a "grand" festival welcoming international athletes and spectators.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1016703/pyeonchang-2018-unveils-official-paralympic-emblem|title=Pyeonchang 2018 unveils official Paralympic emblem|date=29 October 2013|access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.olympic.org/news/pyeongchang-2018-launches-official-emblem|title=PyeongChang 2018 Launches Official Emblem|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=12 August 2016}}</ref>

===Mascot===
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Main|Soohorang and Bandabi}}
The official mascots of the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics were unveiled on 2 June 2016. The Paralympic mascot, Bandabi, is an [[Asian black bear]] that symbolizes "strong will and courage".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1038038/tiger-and-bear-mascots-unveiled-for-pyeongchang-2018-winter-olympics-and-paralympics|title=Tiger and bear mascots unveiled for Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics|date=2 June 2016|access-date=9 March 2018}}</ref>

===Cultural events===
To attract interest from residents and foreign tourists, the [[Korea Tourism Organization]] organized ''Snow Festival'', a "[[Korean Wave|Hallyu]] festival", to serve as cultural programming for the Paralympics. Actors [[Jang Keun-suk]] and [[Lee Dong-wook]] purchased 2,018 and 1,000 tickets for themselves and fans to attend meetups at para ice hockey games, while a [[K-pop]] concert featuring [[B1A4]] and [[BtoB (band)|BtoB]] was also organized.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3045191|title=Stars invite fans to join them at Paralympics|website=Korea JoongAng Daily|access-date=7 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201802221704558449209_2|title=Jang Keun-suk and Lee Dong-wook in 'Christmas in March' for Paralympics|work=The Korea Herald|access-date=7 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/pyeongchang2018/2018/01/12/67/7201000000AEN20180112005900320F.html|title=Actor Lee Dong-wook named honorary ambassador for PyeongChang Olympics|agency=Yonhap News Agency|access-date=7 March 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20180304000029|title=[PyeongChang 2018] S. Korea to hold hallyu festival to boost Paralympics|last=Herald|first=The Korea|date=4 March 2018|access-date=7 March 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1062204/festival-celebrating-korean-culture-launched-to-help-promote-winter-paralympic-games|title=Festival celebrating Korean culture launched to help promote Winter Paralympic Games|work=Inside the Games|access-date=7 March 2018}}</ref>

==Concerns and controversies==
===North Korean relations===
{{See also|North Korea–South Korea relations|North Korea at the 2018 Winter Paralympics}}

Prior to the [[2018 Winter Olympics]], [[North Korea]] agreed to have its athletes march together with those of the South Korean team during the opening ceremonies, and field a unified women's hockey team. However, during a meeting in Pyeongchang between the leaders of their National Paralympic Committees, the two countries were unable to organize a similar arrangement for the Paralympics. The South Korean Paralympic Committee stated that North Korean officials had requested that the [[Liancourt Rocks]] (which are the subject of an [[Liancourt Rocks dispute|ongoing sovereignty dispute]] between South Korea and Japan) be included on the [[Korean Unification Flag]] during the Paralympics. South Korea declined this request, as they considered it contradictory to IPC recommendations against political gestures.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43327934|title='Flag dispute' halts joint Korean march|date=8 March 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=10 March 2018|language=en-GB}}</ref>

IPC president [[Andrew Parsons (sports administrator)|Andrew Parsons]] expressed disappointment over the decision, but noted that the country "respects and values the IPC's vision and mission" and had "committed to working further with the IPC to improve the lives of people with an impairment in North Korea", while also acknowledging that the IOC had "made great progress in opening up dialogue between the two nations" prior to the Olympics, and that their meeting "underlines the tremendous ability of sport to bring countries together in positive dialogue."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/paralympics/north-south-korea-march-separately-paralympics-1.4567231|title=North, South Korea to march separately in Paralympics opening ceremony|work=CBC Sports|access-date=8 March 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[2018 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Winter Olympic Games|Winter Olympics]]
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180308135255/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/paralympics/index Pyeongchang 2018 web site]
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