PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games

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Olympic organizing committee non-profit organization

The PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games was the official body responsible for planning, managing, and delivering the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games canonical	4
PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games	4
PyeongChang 2018 Organizing Committee	1
PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic promotional materials	1
Pyeongchang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games	1
Pyeongchang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5569273 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games
Context triple: [Soohorang, associatedWithOrganization, PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games]

A. Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee
The Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee was the body responsible for planning and staging the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, coordinating all aspects of the Games’ preparation and execution.
B. Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
The Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games was the official body responsible for planning, managing, and delivering the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
C. Korean Sport & Olympic Committee
The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee is the National Olympic Committee responsible for organizing South Korea’s participation in the Olympic Games and overseeing national sports governance.
D. XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee
The XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee was the body responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering all aspects of the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada.
E. Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games
The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games was the official body responsible for planning, managing, and delivering the 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing, China.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games
Target entity description: The PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games was the official body responsible for planning, managing, and delivering the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

A. Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee
The Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee was the body responsible for planning and staging the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, coordinating all aspects of the Games’ preparation and execution.
B. Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
The Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games was the official body responsible for planning, managing, and delivering the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
C. Korean Sport & Olympic Committee
The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee is the National Olympic Committee responsible for organizing South Korea’s participation in the Olympic Games and overseeing national sports governance.
D. XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee
The XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee was the body responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering all aspects of the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada.
E. Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games
The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games was the official body responsible for planning, managing, and delivering the 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing, China.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Olympic organizing committee ⓘ non-profit organization ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	POCOG ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Gangwon Provincial Government ⓘ Government of South Korea ⓘ linked to: South Korean government International Olympic Committee Coordination Commission for PyeongChang 2018 ⓘ Pyeongchang County Government ⓘ linked to: Pyeongchang County government
country	South Korea ⓘ
dissolvedAfter	conclusion of the 2018 Winter Paralympics ⓘ
eventLocation	Gangneung ⓘ Jeongseon ⓘ Pyeongchang ⓘ
formedForPurpose	delivering the 2018 Winter Olympics ⓘ delivering the 2018 Winter Paralympics ⓘ managing the 2018 Winter Olympics ⓘ managing the 2018 Winter Paralympics ⓘ planning the 2018 Winter Olympics ⓘ planning the 2018 Winter Paralympics ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Pyeongchang Olympic Plaza area ⓘ
industry	sports event management ⓘ
jurisdiction	Republic of Korea ⓘ linked to: South Korea
locatedIn	Gangwon Province ⓘ Pyeongchang County ⓘ Seoul ⓘ
mainEventYear	2018 ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ Korean ⓘ
oversawDiscipline	Olympic winter sports ⓘ Paralympic winter sports ⓘ
parentOrganization	International Olympic Committee ⓘ International Paralympic Committee ⓘ Korean Sport & Olympic Committee ⓘ
responsibleFor	Games-time operations for PyeongChang 2018 ⓘ accreditation for PyeongChang 2018 ⓘ ceremonies of the 2018 Winter Olympics ⓘ ceremonies of the 2018 Winter Paralympics ⓘ legacy planning for PyeongChang 2018 ⓘ marketing and sponsorship for PyeongChang 2018 ⓘ ticketing for PyeongChang 2018 ⓘ venue planning for PyeongChang 2018 ⓘ volunteer program for PyeongChang 2018 ⓘ
responsibleForEvent	2018 Winter Olympics ⓘ 2018 Winter Paralympics ⓘ
usedMascot	Bandabi ⓘ Soohorang ⓘ
usedOfficialEmblem	Emblem of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games ⓘ Emblem of the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games ⓘ linked to: Emblem of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games
website	https://www.pyeongchang2018.com ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Soohorang → associatedWithOrganization → PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games ⓘ

XXIII Olympic Winter Games → governingBody → PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games ⓘ