Snowboarding at the Winter Olympics explained

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Sport:	snowboarding
Menevents:	5
Womenevents:	5

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. 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.

Six athletes have won at least two medals. Shaun White of the United States is the only triple gold medalist. Philipp Schoch of Switzerland, along with Chloe Kim 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.

Summary

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Events

Men's

Event	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94								Years
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																				•	•	•	•	•	5
																						•	•	•	3
																							•	•	2
																						•			1
Total events																		2	2	3	3	5	5	5

Women's

Event	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94								Years
																		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	7
																		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	7
																					•	•	•	•	•	5
																						•	•	•	3
																							•	•	2
																						•			1
Total events																		2	2	3	3	5	5	5

Mixed

Event	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94								Years
snowboard cross, team																									•	1
Total events																								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 2022 Winter Olympics):^[11]
Accurate as of 2022 Winter Olympics.

Number of athletes by nation

Nations	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	19	24	27	31	30	31
Athletes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	125	118	187	185	243	248	233

See also

• List of Olympic venues in snowboarding

References

Olympic Committee Data

• Web site: Snowboarding Medal Results . International Olympic Committee . Olympic.org . 24 Feb 2018.

NBC Olympic Coverage

• Web site: Snowboarding Winter Olympics Coverage . NBC . 24 Feb 2018.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Snowboarding. International Olympic Committee. 2009-06-21.
2. Web site: Snowboarding History. CBC Sports. 2009-06-21.
3. Web site: Young, Hip Sport Zigzags Into the Olympic Mainstream. Berkow, Ira. 1998-02-09. 2009-06-21. The New York Times.
4. Web site: Gross . George . George Gross (journalist) . Ross Rebagliati: 1998 – Nagano, Japan . . . 2006-02-21 . 2009-06-21. http://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120523053641/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Olympics/2006Turin/MomentsOfGlory/2006/02/14/pf-1442844.html. 2012-05-23. usurped.
5. Web site: Salt Lake City 2002: The 19th Olympic Winter Games; Snowboarding. The New York Times. 2009-06-21. Wong. Edward. 2002-02-05.
6. Web site: Snowboard cross 'here to stay'. BBC Sport. 2009-06-21. Thompson, Anna. 2006-02-17.
7. Web site: White Cements His Status With 2nd Gold. 2010-02-18. 2010-02-18. New York Times. Branch, John.
8. Web site: Swiss dominate PGS qualifying; American Jewell in final. 2006-02-22. 2009-06-21. ESPN. Associated Press.
9. Factsheet: Records and medals at the Olympic Winter Games. International Olympic Committee. February 2009 . 2009-01-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20090320003733/http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_1136.pdf . 2009-03-20.
10. Web site: Powers leads U.S. medals sweep in halfpipe. ESPN. 2002-02-11. 2009-06-21.
11. Web site: Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries . olympanalyt.com . 2022-02-20.