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Snowboarding at the Winter Olympics
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Governing body FIS
Events 10 (men: 5; women: 5)
Games
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  • 1998
  • 2002
  • 2006
  • 2010
  • 2014
  • 2018
  • Medalists

Snowboarding is a sport at the Winter Olympic Games. It was first included in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. 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. Canadian Ross Rebagliati won the men's giant slalom and became the first athlete to win a gold medal in snowboarding.

For the 2002 Winter Olympics, giant slalom was expanded to add head-to-head racing and was renamed parallel giant slalom. 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. 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. Karine Ruby of France and Americans Ross Powers and Danny Kass also won two medals. 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

Games Year Events Best Nation
18
19
20 1998 4  Germany
21 2002 4  United States
22 2006 6  United States
23 2010 6  United States
24 2014 10  United States
25 2018 10  United States
26 2022 11

 Austria
 United States

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 Years
(parallel) giant slalom • • • • • • • 7
half-pipe • • • • • • • 7
snowboard cross • • • • • 5
slopestyle • • • 3
big air • • 2
parallel slalom • 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 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 Years
(parallel) giant slalom • • • • • • • 7
half-pipe • • • • • • • 7
snowboard cross • • • • • 5
slopestyle • • • 3
big air • • 2
parallel slalom • 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 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 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):
Accurate as of 2022 Winter Olympics.

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 17 8 10 35
2  Switzerland (SUI) 8 2 4 14
3  Canada (CAN) 5 5 7 17
4  Austria (AUT) 5 2 4 11
5  France (FRA) 4 5 4 13
6  Czech Republic (CZE) 3 0 1 4
7  Russia (RUS) 2 2 1 5
8  Germany (GER) 1 4 2 7
9  Japan (JPN) 1 3 3 7
10  Australia (AUS) 1 3 2 6
11  Italy (ITA) 1 2 2 5
12  China (CHN) 1 2 0 3
13  New Zealand (NZL) 1 1 1 3
14  Netherlands (NED) 1 0 0 1
15  Norway (NOR) 0 4 1 5
16  Slovenia (SLO) 0 2 3 5
17  Finland (FIN) 0 2 2 4
18  Spain (ESP) 0 1 1 2
19  Slovakia (SVK) 0 1 0 1
 South Korea (KOR) 0 1 0 1
 Sweden (SWE) 0 1 0 1
22  Great Britain (GBR) 0 0 2 2
23  Republic of China (ROC) 0 0 1 1
Totals (23 nations) 51 51 51 153

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 1 4
 Argentina (ARG)                                   1 2 2
 Australia (AUS)                                   1 1 9 8 11 11 7
 Austria (AUT)                                   11 9 12 13 17 14 7
 Belgium (BEL)                                   1 3 3
 Brazil (BRA)                                   1 1 1 1 4
 Bulgaria (BUL)                                   1 1 2 2 3 6
 Canada (CAN)                                   12 9 16 18 24 21 7
 China (CHN)                                   2 5 6 9 5
 Croatia (CRO)                                   1 2
 Czech Republic (CZE)                                   3 5 5 7 5
 Denmark (DEN)                                   1 1 2
 Finland (FIN)                                   6 7 5 5 11 8 7
 France (FRA)                                   13 12 16 17 13 13 7
 Germany (GER)                                   8 9 11 8 10 13 7
 Great Britain (GBR)                                   1 4 4 7 5 6
 Greece (GRE)                                   3 1
 Hungary (HUN)                                   1
 Ireland (IRL)                                   1 1 3
 Italy (ITA)                                   9 10 16 11 12 12 7
 Japan (JPN)                                   7 9 12 11 8 16 7
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)                                   1 1
 Malta (MLT)                                   1
 Netherlands (NED)                                   1 1 2 2 6 3 7
 New Zealand (NZL)                                   1 3 5 5 4 6
 Norway (NOR)                                   7 6 4 9 9 5 7
 Poland (POL)                                   3 2 6 4 6 6 7
 Russia (RUS)                                   1 8 6 15 16 6
 Serbia (SRB)                                   1 1
 Slovakia (SVK)                                   1 1 1 1 5
 Slovenia (SLO)                                   1 2 4 7 10 7 7
 South Korea (KOR)                                   1 4 10 4
 Spain (ESP)                                   2 1 5 4 4 4 7
 Sweden (SWE)                                   10 11 13 1 2 2 7
 Switzerland (SUI)                                   12 12 16 16 24 24 7
 Ukraine (UKR)                                   2 2 1 4
 United States (USA)                                   14 14 16 18 23 25 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

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