| Event: | Snowboarding |
| Games: | 2022 Winter |
| Dates: | 5–15 February 2022 |
| Num Events: | 11 (5 men, 5 women, 1 mixed) |
| Competitors: | 238 |
| Prev: | 2018 |
| Next: | 2026 |
Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics were held at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou and Big Air Shougang in Beijing, China. The events took place between 5 and 15 February 2022. A total of 11 snowboarding events will be held.[1]
In July 2018, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially added the mixed team snowboard cross event to the Olympic program, increasing the total number of events to 11.[2] [3]
A total of 238 quota spots were distributed to the sport of snowboarding, a decline of 20 from the 2018 Winter Olympics.[4] A total of 11 events were contested, five for men, five for women and one mixed.[5]
See main article: Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. A total of 238 athletes qualified to compete in the snowboarding events (119 men and 119 women). A country can enter a maximum of 26 athletes across all events, with a maximum of 14 per gender. A total of eight quotas (one per event) is reserved for the host nation, if it fails to qualify in that respective event. Each event also has a minimum FIS points total required per athlete, along with a top 30 finish at a World Cup event during the qualification period (1 July 2019 or 2020 in Parallel giant slalom, to 16 January 2022), or 2021 FIS Snowboarding World Championships.[6] A total of 16 NOC's will qualify for the mixed team snowboard cross event.[6] The athlete quota per event is listed below.
| Event | width=60 | Men ! | width=60 | Women ! | width=120 | Minimum FIS points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big air/Slopestyle | 30 | 30 | 50.00 | |||
| Halfpipe | 25 | 25 | 50.00 | |||
| Parallel giant slalom | 32 | 32 | 100.00 | |||
| Snowboard cross | 32 | 32 | 100.00 | |||
| 238 quotas | 119 | 119 |
The following is the competition schedule for all eleven events.[7]
Sessions that included the event finals are shown in bold.
All times are (UTC+8).
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 5 February | 10:45 | Women's slopestyle |
| 6 February | 9:30 | Women's slopestyle |
| 12:30 | Men's slopestyle | |
| 7 February | 12:00 | Men's slopestyle |
| 8 February | 10:40 | Women's and Men's parallel giant slalom |
| 9 February | 9:30 | Women's halfpipe |
| 12:30 | Men's halfpipe | |
| 14:30 | Women's snowboard cross | |
| 10 February | 9:00 | Women's halfpipe |
| 11:15 | Men's snowboard cross | |
| 11 February | 9:30 | Men's halfpipe |
| 12 February | 10:00 | Mixed team snowboard cross |
| 14 February | 9:30 | Women's big air |
| 13:30 | Men's big air | |
| 15 February | 9:30 | Women's big air |
| 13:00 | Men's big air |
Austria and the United States won the most gold medals at these Games, with three apiece, while Canada led the overall standings with six medals.
| Big air | 182.50 | 171.75 | 170.25 | ||||
| Halfpipe | 96.00 | 92.50 | 87.25 | ||||
| Slopestyle | 90.96 | 88.70 | 88.53 | ||||
| Snowboard cross | |||||||
| Big air | 185.50 | 177.00 | 171.50 | ||||
| Halfpipe | 94.00 | 90.25 | 88.25 | ||||
| Slopestyle | 92.88 | 87.68 | 84.15 | ||||
| Snowboard cross | |||||||
Nick Baumgartner Lindsey Jacobellis | Omar Visintin Michela Moioli | Éliot Grondin Meryeta O'Dine |
A total of 233 athletes (119 men and 114 women) from 31 nations (including the IOC's designation of ROC for the Russian Olympic Committee) qualified to participate.[8] Hungary and Malta made their Olympic snowboarding debuts.[9] [10]
The numbers in parentheses represents the number of participants entered.