Beijing 2022: Historic Olympic Winter Games come to an end

Beijing (FIL) History was made at the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing 2022. The world's best winter athletes once again delivered outstanding performances, broke Olympic and world records, set new standards for equality and inspired the next generation of Olympians.

This success was highlighted by the fact that these were the most digitally accessed Winter Olympics ever, with billions of views across digital platforms, including Olympic and rights-holding broadcasters.
More hours of airtime were made available than any previous edition of the Winter Olympics, including record coverage across digital platforms.

The Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony achieved the highest global audience ever for an Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony. In China, the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games broadcasts reached over 600 million people via television alone.

Below are some key facts and figures about the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games:

Sport
- 19 competition days
- 2,897 entries from athletes
- 7 sports/15 disciplines
- 109 medal events
- New competitions: Women's Monobob; Freestyle Skiing Men's and Women's Freeski Big Air; Short Track Speed Skating Mixed Team Relay; Ski Jumping Mixed Team NH; Freestyle Skiing Mixed Team Aerials; and Mixed Team Snowboard Cross.
- 17 Olympic records were broken
- 2 world records were achieved
- 29 NOCs won medals
- 91 National Olympic Committees participated
- one NOC won its first gold medals at the Winter Olympics
- New Zealand (2 gold medals: Men's Freeski Halfpipe and Women's Snowboard Halfpipe).

Gender balance

- Most gender balanced Winter Olympics ever: 45 per cent women/55 per cent men.
- Highest number of women's competitions ever (46)
- Addition of two women's competitions and four mixed team competitions
- 53 per cent of competitions in Beijing 2022 were contested by female athletes

- Gender balance was achieved for the first time in seven disciplines: Skeleton, luge (men's and women's singles), speed skating, cross-country skiing, alpine skiing and freestyle skiing and snowboarding achieved this milestone in Beijing, making a total of 10 (out of 15) disciplines fully gender balanced
- 45 per cent of all flag bearers at the Opening Ceremony were women, compared to 30 per cent in PyeongChang
- 73 per cent of NOCs had a female flag bearer at the Opening Ceremony (either a female flag bearer or a male and a female flag bearer)