If you want to get technical, the 2018 Olympics already started (more on that later), but if you don't want to miss the world's best athletes converge on South Korea, you've probably got questions. And one of those most likely is: When do the 2018 Winter Olympics begin? 

There were some curling competitions on Thursday, which is the reason the Winter Olympics have already gotten underway, but to officially kick off the Pyeongchang festivities, the Opening Ceremony happens on Friday.

Medal Tracker
PyeongChang 2018
Country
Gold
Silver
Bronze
TOTAL
NOR flag
NOR
14 14 11 39
GER flag
GER
14 10 7 31
CAN flag
CAN
11 8 10 29
USA flag
USA
9 8 6 23
NED flag
NED
8 6 6 20
SWE flag
SWE
7 6 1 14
KOR flag
KOR
5 8 4 17
SUI flag
SUI
5 6 4 15
FRA flag
FRA
5 4 6 15
AUT flag
AUT
5 3 6 14
JPN flag
JPN
4 5 4 13
ITA flag
ITA
3 2 5 10
OAR flag
OAR
2 6 9 17
CZE flag
CZE
2 2 3 7
BLR flag
BLR
2 1 0 3
CHN flag
CHN
1 6 2 9
SVK flag
SVK
1 2 0 3
FIN flag
FIN
1 1 4 6
GBR flag
GBR
1 0 4 5
POL flag
POL
1 0 1 2
HUN flag
HUN
1 0 0 1
UKR flag
UKR
1 0 0 1
AUS flag
AUS
0 2 1 3
SLO flag
SLO
0 1 1 2
BEL flag
BEL
0 1 0 1
ESP flag
ESP
0 0 2 2
NZL flag
NZL
0 0 2 2
KAZ flag
KAZ
0 0 1 1
LAT flag
LAT
0 0 1 1
LIE flag
LIE
0 0 1 1

On Friday, Feb. 9, the Opening Ceremony will start at 8 p.m. That's in local time, which means it'll actually be available live at 6 a.m. Eastern time on Friday morning. A full replay of that ceremony, with NBC commentary, will then be broadcast Friday at 8 p.m. Eastern.

As the Pyeongchang Olympics approach, be sure to check out all of our in-depth coverage leading up to the Games, including: