Snowboarding at the Winter Olympics

Snowboarding at the Winter Olympics
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Events11 (men: 5; women: 5; mixed: 1)
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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.

New Zealander Zoi Sadowski-Synnott is the most decorated snowboarder in Olympic history with 5 Olympic medals, followed by Austrian Benjamin Karl who has 4 Olympic medals. Ten athletes have won three medals: Americans Shaun White, Jamie Anderson, Lindsey Jacobellis and Kelly Clark, as well as Canadians Max Parrot and Mark McMorris, Japanese Ayumu Hirano, Slovenian Žan Košir, Russian Vic Wild and Korean-American Chloe Kim.

Summary

Games Year Events Best Nation
1 → 17
18 1998 4  Germany (1)
19 2002 4  United States (1)
20 2006 6  United States (2)
21 2010 6  United States (3)
22 2014 10  United States (4)
23 2018 10  United States (5)
24 2022 11  Austria (1)
 United States (6)
25 2026 11  Japan (1)

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 22 26 Years
Parallel giant slalom Note 1 • • • • • • • • 8
half-pipe • • • • • • • • 8
snowboard cross • • • • • • 6
slopestyle • • • • 4
big air • • • 3
Parallel slalom • 1
Total events 2 2 3 3 5 5 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 22 26 Years
Parallel giant slalom Note 1 • • • • • • • • 8
half-pipe • • • • • • • • 8
snowboard cross • • • • • • 6
slopestyle • • • • 4
big air • • • 3
Parallel slalom • 1
Total events 2 2 3 3 5 5 5 5

Mixed

Event 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 26 Years
snowboard cross, team • • 2
Total events 1 1

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

Medal table

See also: List of Olympic medalists in snowboarding

Sources (after the 2026 Winter Olympics):[7]
Accurate as of 2026 Winter Olympics.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States1791137
2 Switzerland82414
3 Austria73515
4 Canada56718
5 Japan55616
6 France45514
7 Czech Republic4116
8 Australia2428
9 China2215
 Russia2215
11 Germany1427
12 Italy1348
13 New Zealand1315
14 South Korea1214
15 Great Britain1023
16 Netherlands1001
17 Norway0415
18 Slovenia0235
19 Finland0224
20 Spain0112
21 Slovakia0101
 Sweden0101
23 Bulgaria0011
 ROC0011
Totals (24 entries)626262186

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 22 26 Years
 Andorra                                   1 1 1 1 4
 Argentina                                   1 2 2
 Australia                                   1 1 9 8 11 11 11 7
 Austria                                   11 9 12 13 17 14 13 7
 Belgium                                   1 3 1 3
 Brazil                                   1 1 1 1 4
 Bulgaria                                   1 1 2 2 3 1 6
 Canada                                   12 9 16 18 24 21 23 7
 China                                   2 5 6 9 14 5
 Croatia                                   1 1 2
 Czech Republic                                   3 5 5 7 5 5
 Denmark                                   1 1 2
 Finland                                   6 7 5 5 11 8 4 7
 France                                   13 12 16 17 13 13 9 7
 Germany                                   8 9 11 8 10 13 15 7
 Great Britain                                   1 4 4 7 5 3 6
 Greece                                   3 1
 Hungary                                   1 1
 Ireland                                   1 1 1 3
 Italy                                   9 10 16 11 12 12 17 7
 Japan                                   7 9 12 11 8 16 19 7
 Kazakhstan                                   1 1
 Malta                                   1 1
 Netherlands                                   1 1 2 2 6 3 4 7
 New Zealand                                   1 3 5 5 4 3 6
 Norway                                   7 6 4 9 9 5 4 7
 Poland                                   3 2 6 4 6 6 5 7
 Russia                                   1 8 6 15 16 15 6
 Serbia                                   1 1
 Slovakia                                   1 1 1 1 1 5
 Slovenia                                   1 2 4 7 10 7 6 7
 South Korea                                   1 4 10 5 4
 Spain                                   2 1 5 4 4 4 2 7
 Sweden                                   10 11 13 1 2 2 2 7
 Switzerland                                   12 12 16 16 24 24 19 7
 Ukraine                                   2 2 1 1 4
 United States                                   14 14 16 18 23 25 26 7
Nations - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 22 19 24 27 31 30 31
Athletes - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 125 118 187 185 243 248 233
Year 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 26

See also

References

  1. ^ "Snowboarding". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2026-02-21.
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