Which 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Events Can You Bet On?

The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics are finally here!

Preliminary events started two days ago, on February 2, but the games don’t officially begin until Friday’s opening ceremony at Beijing National Stadium.

• The celebration kicks off 16 days of intense competition between athletes from 91 nations, participating in 109 unique sporting events across 15 athletic disciplines.
• The festivities conclude on February 20 with the closing ceremony in Beijing.

The 2022 Winter Olympics are a relatively rare opportunity for sports handicappers – professional and recreational alike.

The winter games only come around once every four years; however, for the next two weeks, bettors will be inundated with thrilling competitive events between the best athletes in the world (at their respective disciplines) taking place daily! And we can wager on almost all the action at our top Winter Olympics betting sites!

To prepare our readers for betting on the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, we’ve compiled a list of all the Beijing 2022 events available to wager.

Alpine Skiing

Alpine skiing (or downhill skiing) is one of the signature events of the Winter Olympics. Competitors navigate courses full of sharp winding turns and explosive jumps while traveling at breakneck speeds reaching up to 95mph.

There are 11 Alpine Skiing events at the 2022 Winter Olympic games – 5 men, 5 women, and 1 mixed. A total of 33 medals are on the line.

Events Available for Betting:

• Men’s Downhill
• Men’s Slalom
• Men’s Giant Slalom
• Men’s Super-G
• Women’s Slalom
• Women’s Giant Slalom

Biathlon

The biathlon is a combination of cross-country skiing and shooting. Participants ski through courses of varying lengths, stopping at designated spots to shoot at a series of targets. Since debuting at the 1960 Winter Games in Squaw Valley, the biathlon has been considered one of the most challenging and exciting Olympic events.

There are 11 biathlon events at the 2022 Winter Olympic games – 5 men, 5 women, and 1 mixed.

Events Available for Betting:

• Mixed 4 X 6km Relay
• Men’s 20km Individual
• Men’s 10km Sprint
• Men’s 12.5km Pursuit
• Men’s 4 X 7.5km Relay
• Men’s 15km Mass Start
• Women’s 4 X 6km Relay
• Women’s 7.5km Sprint
• Women’s 12.5km Mass Start
• Women’s 15km Individual

Bobsleigh

The bobsleigh is a winter Olympics classic, immortalized in the film Cool Runnings about the Jamaican bobsleigh team. It’s one of three sledding sports that feature athletes navigating two or four-person sleds down narrow icy tracks, competing to finish the course in the fastest time.

There are 12 medals available for bobsleigh competitors in the 2022 Winter Olympics. There are two events each for men’s and women’s teams, plus an inaugural women’s monobob competition.

I was only able to find betting odds for the men’s races today but stay on the lookout for women’s lines being added as the games progress.

Events Available for Betting:

• Men’s Two Man
• Men’s Four Man

Cross-Country Skiing

Cross-country skiing encompasses a range of unique race formats and course lengths. There are individual events, team relays, sprints, and long distance “skiathlons.” You can wager on 12 different cross-country skiing events this Winter Olympics – 6 men’s and 6 women’s.

Events Available for Betting:

• Men’s Skiathlon
• Men’s 4 X 10km Relay
• Men’s Individual Sprint Freestyle
• Men’s Team Sprint
• Women’s Skiathlon
• Women’s 4 X 5km Relay
• Women’s Individual Sprint Freestyle
• Women’s Team Sprint
• Women’s 7.5km + 7.5km Skiat

Curling

Curling is a sport similar to shuffleboard, in which competitors slide stones over a sheet of ice toward a target area. The goal is for the polished granite rocks to come to a standstill in one of the four concentric circles at the end of the lane. This is the eighth Winter Olympics featuring curling. Since being added to the games, the quirky sport has become a fan favorite.

There are three curling events: 1 men’s team, 1 women’s team, and 1 mixed.

Events Available for Betting:

• Curling Mixed Doubles
• Men’s Curling
• Women’s Curling

Figure Skating

Figure skating is a Winter Olympics classic, though it was first contested in the 1908 Summer Olympics. It only became a winter event in1924 and has been a staple of the games ever since. Beijing 2022 will feature five figure skating events – 1 individual event each for men and women, and three mixed team contests.

Events Available for Betting:

• Mixed Ice Dance
• Mixed Pair Skating
• Men’s Singles
• Women’s Singles

Freestyle Skiing

The freestyle skiing discipline at the Winter Olympics includes events such as aerials, moguls, cross, half-pipe, slopestyle, and big air. Depending on the competition, these contests feature skiers performing thrilling aerial stunts, sliding on rails with their skis, and executing a variety of other creative maneuvers.

There are 13 freestyle skiing events (6 men, 6 women, and 1 mixed team).

Events Available for Betting:

• Men’s Moguls
• Men’s Big Air
• Men’s Slopestyle
• Men’s Aerials
• Men’s Halfpipe
• Men’s Ski Cross
• Women’s Moguls
• Women’s Big Air
• Women’s Slopestyle
• Women’s Aerials
• Women’s Halfpipe
• Women’s Ski Cross
• Team Aerials

Hockey

There are two hockey tournaments at the 2022 Winter Olympics. The men’s tournament has twelve national teams competing while the women’s bracket consists of only ten. When betting on hockey, it’s important to remember that NHL players will not be participating in this year’s Winter Games.

Events Available for Betting:

• Men’s Hockey
• Women’s Hockey

Luge

Luge is another Winter Olympics sledding event. This sport consists of individuals or two-person teams lying face up on a flat sled, going feet-first down the track.

There are four luge events at the 2022 Beijing Games: Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles, Open Doubles, and Team Relay. 106 participants from 26 nations will compete.

Events Available for Betting:

• Men’s Singles
• Men’s Doubles
• Women’s Singles
• Team Relay

Nordic Combined

Nordic Combined is a sport that combines cross-country skiing and ski jumping. It’s been a staple of the Winter Olympic Games since 1924. However, as of 2022, no women’s competitions have been sanctioned.

The three Nordic Combined events taking place in Beijing are all men’s races. I was only able to locate one race with betting odds at the time of writing.

Events Available for Betting:

• Men’s Individual Normal Hill 10km

Short Track Speed Skating

Short track speed skating is a form of competitive ice skating. Athletes compete on an oval ice track –think of it as the winter’s version of track and field sprint races and relays.

There are both individual and team events for both men and women, as well as one mixed team race.

Events Available for Betting:

• Men’s 1000m
• Men’s 500m
• Mixed Team Relay
• Women’s 500m
• Women’s 1000m
• Women’s Relay
• Women’s 1500m

Ski Jumping

Ski jumping involves competitors launching themselves off of curved ramps of varying sizes in an effort to achieve the farthest jump. It’s been a feature of every Winter Olympic Games.

The 2022 Beijing games will include five events — 3 men’s, 1 women’s, and 1 mixed.

Events Available for Betting:

• Women’s Normal Hill
• Men’s Team
• Men’s Normal Hill Individual
• Men’s Large Hill

Skeleton

Skeleton is another common Winter Olympics sledding sport. In this event, participants lay face down on a flat sled and ride head-first down the ice track. Only two skeleton events are scheduled for the 2022 Games — one each for men and women.

Events Available for Betting:

• Men’s Skeleton
• Women’s Skeleton

Snowboarding

Snowboarding is a relatively new sport in the Winter Olympics. It debuted at the 1998 games in Nagano, Japan. A total of 11 snowboarding events will be held this year in Beijing, taking place from February 5 through February 15.

The different events within the snowboarding discipline can vary wildly.

For example, slopestyle features athletes navigating a course full of obstacles and jumps, while the halfpipe competitions take place inside a construction of the same name and are more about doing aerial tricks for points scored by judges.

Events Available for Betting:

• Women’s Slopestyle
• Women’s Parallel Giant Slalom
• Women’s Halfpipe
• Women’s Cross
• Women’s Big Air
• Men’s Slopestyle
• Men’s Parallel Giant Slalom
• Men’s Halfpipe
• Men’s Cross
• Men’s Big Air
• Mixed Team Snowboard Cross

Speed Skating

Speed skating is pretty self-explanatory. Athletes perform in pairs, racing against the clock – rather than a heat of opponents — in an attempt to complete a set distance in the shortest time possible. The races are held on a two-lane 400-meter oval rink.

Beijing 2022 will feature 14 long-track speed skating events — 7 for men and 7 for women.

Events Available for Betting:

• Women’s 500m
• Women’s 1000m
• Women’s 1500m
• Women’s 3000m
• Women’s 5000m
• Women’s Mass Start
• Men’s 500m
• Men’s 1000m
• Men’s 1500m
• Men’s 5000m
• Men’s 10000m