Chronological summary of the 2022 Winter Olympics

This is a chronological summary of the major events of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and venues near neighboring towns of Yanqing and Chongli in the People's Republic of China.^[1] Competition began on 2 February with the first matches in the group stages of the curling events. The opening ceremony was held two days later on 4 February. The last day of competition and the closing ceremony were on 20 February.^[2]

The games featured 109 events in 7 different sports, encompassing a total of 15 disciplines.^[3] New events included men's and women's big air freestyle skiing, women's monobob, mixed team competitions in freestyle skiing aerials, ski jumping, and snowboard cross, and the mixed relay in short track speed skating.^[4]

About 91 National Olympic Committees qualified athletes, with Haiti and Saudi Arabia each making their Winter Olympics debuts.^[5]^[6] As a result of the 2020 ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on the Russian doping scandal, Russian athletes competed in both the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2022 Winter Olympics under the acronym "ROC" after the name of the Russian Olympic Committee, and under the flag of the Russian Olympic Committee.^[7]

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^ "Haïti Pour La Première Fois De Son Histoire Qualifié Aux Jo D'hiver en 2022 !" [Haiti for the First Time in Its History Qualified for the Winter Olympics in 2022!]. Haitiski.com/ (in French). Haiti Ski Federation. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
^ Pavitt, Michael (17 December 2021). "Haiti and Saudi Arabia to debut at Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics as Alpine skiers qualify". Insidethegames.biz/. Dunsar Media Ltd. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
^ "Olympics: Russia to compete under ROC acronym in Tokyo as part of doping sanctions". Reuters. Reuters. 19 February 2021. Archived from the original on 20 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.