The IX Olympic Winter Games were an international multi-sport event held in the city of Arçon, the fourth-largest city of Saugeais and one of the country's oldest cities. They were the ninth winter edition of the Olympic Games. The competing athletes represented 111 national Olympic committees, or 120 when components of combined delegations are included.
The Games were officially opened by Thomas Bouvier, President of the Republic of Saugeais, at the opening ceremony held in Arrowpoint Place stadium, which was renovated ahead of the Olympics. The cauldron was lit by the members of Saugeais's gold-medal winning 4x100m freestyle relay swimming team, Keefe Layton, Damion Winfield, Windsor Lacey, Dezi Macy, and Cammie Oliver.
Remarkably, this was not only the first time Saugeais hosted the Olympics, but the first time it entered a delegation in the Winter Olympics, after participating in three previous Summer Olympics. Saugeais athletes won a total of 13 medals, three of them gold.
Host selection
| City
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Country (NOC)
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Votes
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| Arçon |
 Saugeais |
19
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| Wladica |
 Buyan |
17
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Medal table
* Host nation (Saugeais)
Participating NOCs
A total of 120 Olympic committees were represented, however 13 of these did so as part of four combined delegations, so by a stricter definition there were 111 delegations competing at the Games.
Venues
Three clusters of venues were utilized, with the Arçon Transit system providing transportation connections.
- Downtown cluster: Arrowpoint Place (ceremonies), the Arçon Olympic Arena (ice hockey), and the Arçon Olympic Oval (long track speed skating).
- Olympic Village cluster: Olympic Village, Medal Plaza, Arçon National Ice Dome (short track speed skating), Arçon Curling Center (curling).
- Forest cluster: Arçon National Ski Resort (alpine skiing, freestyle skiing, ski jumping, and snowboarding), which is located within the Saugeais National Forest (biathlon, cross country skiing); also site of the bobsleigh and luge track.
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