9,388 media accreditations validated at Beijing 2022

The number of validated media accreditations at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 was 9,388. This number was announced today by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). 

9,388 media accreditations validated at Beijing 2022
© Getty Images

Some 1,952 accreditations were accounted for by written and photographic press, with 520 accredited press organisations in total and 50 NOCs represented.

© Getty Images

Seventy-seven per cent of these accreditations (1,509) were given to men, 23 per cent (443) to women.

The full breakdown by gender for the press accreditation category is as follows:

Press Category

Total

E (Journalist)

1091

EP (Photographer)

603

ET (Technician)

97

EC (MPC support staff)

19

ENR (Non-rights-holding broadcaster)

142

Total Press

1,952

In addition, 3,607 accreditations were granted to representatives of rights-holding broadcasters.

Category

Female

Male

Total

Male %

Female

%

E

290

801

1091

73%

27%

EP

80

523

603

87%

13%

ET

16

81

97

84%

16%

EC

6

13

19

68%

32%

ENR

51

91

142

64%

36%

Grand Total

443

1,509

1,952

77%

23%

The total number of host broadcaster accreditations for the Olympic Winter Games Beijing was 3,829.

Category

Total

RTa (Senior Management Personnel of RHBs)

90

RTb (Production and Technical Personnel of RHBs)

3,371

RTb (Venue specific)

0

RTc (IBC Support Personnel of RHBs)

146

Total Rights-Holders

3,607

Category

Total

HBa (Senior Management Personnel of Host Broadcaster)

12

HBb (Production and Technical personnel of Host Broadcaster)

1093

HBb (venue specific)

1990

HBc (IBC Support Personnel of Host Broadcaster)

734

Total Host Broadcaster

3829