11th Winter Olympics
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| Host city | |||||||||
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| Participating NOCs | 53 | ||||||||
| Opening ceremony | March 5, 2016 | ||||||||
| Closing ceremony | March 21, 2016 | ||||||||
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The 11th Winter Olympics was a multi-sport event celebrated in Prescott, Electrum. It was the first of three consecutive Winter Olympics held there.
Host selection
Prescott was the only city submitting a bid for consideration and was awarded the Games by a vote of the Olympic Council.
| Bid | Votes |
|---|---|
| 10 | |
| Re-open bids | 0 |
The Games
Participating NOCs
A total of 65 national Olympic committees participated in the Games, or 53 if the 11 nations competing as part of the Astyrian Unified Team and the two components of the Kaboomlandia Unified Team are counted as one NOC each.
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Medal table
* Host nation (Electrum)
- Note: NOCs participating within the Astyrian Unified Team delegation were listed separately but should be considered as part of a single delegation for records purposes.
Venues
- Mount Buckley
- Mount Buckley Sliding Centre - luge, skeleton, bobsleigh
- Mount Buckley National Park - biathlon, cross-country skiing, nordic combined (skiing component)
- Etienne Jumping Centre - ski jumping, nordic combined (jump component)
- Marley's Timberline Ski Resort
- XPark - snowboarding, freestyle skiing
- Marley's Park - alpine skiing
- Prescott
- Northcote Oval - ceremonies
- Ice Sheets at Whitecliff - curling
- Landry's Arena - ice hockey
- National Electrum University, Prescott campus - ice hockey (preliminaries)
- The Ice Palace - Short track speed skating, figure skating
- Prescott SkateDome - Speed skating