Snowboarding at the Winter Olympics

Snowboarding is a sport at the Winter Olympic Games. It was first included in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.[1] Snowboarding was one of five new sports or disciplines added to the Winter Olympic program between 1992 and 2002, and was the only one not to have been a previous medal or demonstration event.[2] In 1998, four events, two for men and two for women, were held in two specialities: the giant slalom, a downhill event similar to giant slalom skiing; and the half-pipe, in which competitors perform tricks while going from one side of a semi-circular ditch to the other.[2] Canadian Ross Rebagliati won the men's giant slalom and became the first athlete to win a gold medal in snowboarding.[3] Rebagliati was briefly stripped of his medal by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after testing positive for marijuana. However, the IOC's decision was reverted following an appeal from the Canadian Olympic Association.[4] For the 2002 Winter Olympics, giant slalom was expanded to add head-to-head racing and was renamed parallel giant slalom.[5] In 2006, a third event, the snowboard cross, was held for the first time. In this event, competitors race against each other down a course with jumps, beams and other obstacles.[6] On July 11, 2011, the International Olympic Committee's Executive Board approved the addition of Ski and Snowboard Slopestyle to the Winter Olympics roster of events, effective in 2014. The decision was announced via press conference from the IOC's meeting in Durban, South Africa. A fifth event, parallel slalom, was added only for 2014. Big air was added for 2018.

Snowboarding at the Winter Olympics
Governing body	FIS
Events	10 (men: 5; women: 5)
Games
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Medalists

Six athletes have won at least two medals. Shaun White of the United States is the only triple gold medalist. Philipp Schoch of Switzerland and Seth Wescott of the United States are the only double gold medalists.[7][8] Karine Ruby of France and Americans Ross Powers and Danny Kass also won two medals.[9][10] As of the 2014 Winter Olympics, 90 medals (30 of each color) have been awarded since 1998, and have been won by snowboarders from 21 National Olympic Committees.

Events

Men's

Event	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	10	14	18	Years
(parallel) giant slalom ^Note 1																		•	•	•	•	•	•	6
half-pipe																		•	•	•	•	•	•	6
snowboard cross																				•	•	•	•	4
slopestyle																						•	•	2
big air																							•	1
parallel slalom																						•		1
Total events																		2	2	3	3	5	5

Women's

Event	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	10	14	18	Years
(parallel) giant slalom ^Note 1																		•	•	•	•	•	•	6
half-pipe																		•	•	•	•	•	•	6
snowboard cross																				•	•	•	•	4
slopestyle																						•	•	2
big air																							•	1
parallel slalom																						•		1
Total events																		2	2	3	3	5	5

^ Note 1. Giant slalom in 1998; parallel giant slalom since 2002.

Medal table

See also: List of Olympic medalists in snowboarding

Updated after 2018 Winter Olympics.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	14	7	10	31
2	Switzerland (SUI)	8	2	3	13
3	France (FRA)	4	4	4	12
4	Canada (CAN)	4	4	3	11
5	Russia (RUS)	2	2	1	5
6	Austria (AUT)	2	1	4	7
7	Czech Republic (CZE)	2	0	1	3
8	Germany (GER)	1	4	2	7
9	Australia (AUS)	1	2	1	4
10	Italy (ITA)	1	1	1	3
11	Netherlands (NED)	1	0	0	1
12	Japan (JPN)	0	3	1	4
	Norway (NOR)	0	3	1	4
14	Finland (FIN)	0	2	2	4
15	Slovenia (SLO)	0	1	2	3
16	China (CHN)	0	1	0	1
	Slovakia (SVK)	0	1	0	1
	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	0	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	0	1
20	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	2	2
21	New Zealand (NZL)	0	0	1	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 nations)		40	40	40	120

Number of athletes by nation

Nation	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	10	14	18	Years
Andorra (AND)																					1	1		2
Argentina (ARG)																		1						1
Australia (AUS)																		1	1	9	8	11		5
Austria (AUT)																		11	9	12	13	17		5
Belgium (BEL)																						1		1
Brazil (BRA)																				1	1	1		3
Bulgaria (BUL)																		1		1	2	2		4
Canada (CAN)																		12	9	16	18	24		5
China (CHN)																				2	5	6		3
Croatia (CRO)																						1		1
Czech Republic (CZE)																				3	5	5		3
Denmark (DEN)																		1			1			2
Finland (FIN)																		6	7	5	5	11		5
France (FRA)																		13	12	16	17	13		5
Germany (GER)																		8	9	11	8	10		5
Great Britain (GBR)																			1	4	4	7		4
Greece (GRE)																		3						1
Ireland (IRL)																						1		1
Italy (ITA)																		9	10	16	11	12		5
Japan (JPN)																		7	9	12	11	8		5
Kazakhstan (KAZ)																						1		1
Netherlands (NED)																		1	1	2	2	6		5
New Zealand (NZL)																		1		3	5	5		4
Norway (NOR)																		7	6	4	9	9		5
Poland (POL)																		3	2	6	4	6		5
Russia (RUS)																			1	8	6	15		4
Serbia (SRB)																						1		1
Slovakia (SVK)																		1	1	1				3
Slovenia (SLO)																		1	2	4	7	10		5
South Korea (KOR)																					1	4		2
Spain (ESP)																		2	1	5	4	4		5
Sweden (SWE)																		10	11	13	1	2		5
Switzerland (SUI)																		12	12	16	16	24		5
Ukraine (UKR)																					2	2		2
United States (USA)																		14	14	16	18	23		5
Nations	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	19	24	27	31
Athletes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	125	118	187	185	243
Year	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	10	14	18

See also

• List of Olympic venues in snowboarding

References

1. "Snowboarding". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
2. "Snowboarding History". CBC Sports. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
3. Berkow, Ira (1998-02-09). "Young, Hip Sport Zigzags Into the Olympic Mainstream". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
4. Gross, George (2006-02-21). "Ross Rebagliati: 1998 – Nagano, Japan". Sun Media Corporation. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on 2012-05-23. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
5. Wong, Edward (2002-02-05). "Salt Lake City 2002: The 19th Olympic Winter Games; Snowboarding". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
6. Thompson, Anna (2006-02-17). "Snowboard cross 'here to stay'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
7. Branch, John (2010-02-18). "White Cements His Status With 2nd Gold". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
8. Associated Press (2006-02-22). "Swiss dominate PGS qualifying; American Jewell in final". ESPN. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
9. "Factsheet: Records and medals at the Olympic Winter Games" (PDF) (Press release). International Olympic Committee. February 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-20. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
10. "Powers leads U.S. medals sweep in halfpipe". ESPN. 2002-02-11. Retrieved 2009-06-21.

Olympic Committee Data

• "Snowboarding Medal Results". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 Feb 2018.

NBC Olympic Coverage

• "Snowboarding Winter Olympics Coverage". NBC. Retrieved 24 Feb 2018.

External links

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