The proposed site of the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium pictured on February 10 this year ©Getty Images

Pyeongchang 2018 has revealed the names to be used for the Winter Olympic and Paralympic venues.

South Korean organisers worked with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Gangwon Province, host cities and national Sports Federations to decide on the names for the 20 Games-related facilities, including two clusters, four precincts and 14 venues.

The Pyeongchang Mountain Cluster, which will host the skiing and snowboarding competitions, features the three precincts of the Pyeongchang Olympic Plaza, which includes the Olympic Stadium where the Opening and Closing Ceremonies will take place, the Alpensia Sports Park and the Bokwang Snow Park.

The Alpensia Sports Park is home to the Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre, where ski jumping and Nordic combined will be staged, the Alpensia Biathlon Centre, the Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Centre, the Yongpyong Alpine Centre and the Alpensia Sliding Centre for bobsleigh, skeleton and luge.

Meanwhile, the Bokwang Snow Park comprises the northern Bokwang Snow Park (P) for parallel freestyle skiing and snowboard disciplines, the southern Bokwang Snow Park (C) for the cross competitions and the Jeongseon Alpine Centre for Alpine speed events.

Construction continues at the Kwandong Hockey Centre on the Gangneung Olympic Park in the Coastal Cluster
Construction continues at the Kwandong Hockey Centre on the Gangneung Olympic Park in the Coastal Cluster ©Getty Images

Elsewhere in the Gangneung Coastal Cluster, which will host ice sports, Pyeongchang 2018 said it has put Gangneung in all the names of the facilities to promote the city as a leader in the disciplines.

This cluster houses the Gangneung Olympic Park precinct, which includes the Gangneung Hockey Centre, the Gangneung Oval for speed skating, the Gangneung Ice Arena for short track and figure skating, the Gangneung Curling Centre and the Kwandong Hockey Centre.

Although the IOC master schedule gives Pyeongchang 2018 until the end of 2016 to submit the facility names, the Organising Committee said it is finalising the names now to help promote the Games as early as possible.

It also said the names are likely to be maintained after the Games as part of the Olympic legacy.

“Just like the naming of the Games-related facilities, we will do our utmost effort to promote host and venue cities and to create legacy for the post-Games in all measures including the process of construction and operation of the venues,” Pyeongchang 2018 President Yang-Ho Cho said.