Skateboarding at the Summer Olympics
| Skateboarding at the Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
| File:Skateboarding pictogram.svg | |
| IOC Code | SKB |
| Governing body | World Skate |
| Events | 4 (men: 2; women: 2) |
| Summer Olympics | |
Competitions in the sport of skateboarding, governed by World Skate, have been held at two editions of the Summer Olympic Games. First selected as one of the discretionary sports at the 2020 and 2024 games, skateboarding will be inducted as one of the mandatory sports at the 2028 games. Athletes compete in the disciplines of park and street skateboarding – each their own events. Japan has won both the most gold medals (5) and most medals overall (9).
Bid for inclusion
In September 2015, skateboarding was included in a shortlist along with baseball, softball, karate, surfing, and sport climbing to be considered for inclusion in the 2020 Summer Olympics;[1] and in June 2016, the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that they would support the proposal to include all of the shortlisted sports in the 2020 Games.[2] Finally, on August 3, 2016, all five sports (counting baseball and softball together as one sport) were approved for inclusion in the 2020 Olympic program.[3] One of the biggest obstacles for skateboarding for an inclusion at the Olympics was that huge injuries in skateboarding were so risky (which can include death) and the IOC was less likely to take liabilities. Also the skateboarding sub-culture helped push the idea that the Olympic Games were too "mainstream" for the sport, and as a result skateboarding organizations did not campaign heavily for the sport's inclusion.[4]
Summary
| Games | Year | Events | Best Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 2020 | 4 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (1) |
| 33 | 2024 | 4 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (2) |
Events
| Current program | |||
| Event | 20 | 24 | Total |
| Men's park | • | • | 2 |
| Men's street | • | • | 2 |
| Women's park | • | • | 2 |
| Women's street | • | • | 2 |
| Total | 4 | 4 | |
Medal table
Sources:[5]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (JPN) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia (AUS) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (USA) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
Medalists
Men
Park
Street
Women
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Street
References
- ↑ "Surfing and skateboarding make shortlist for 2020 Olympics". GrindTV.com. 2015-09-28. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
- ↑ "IOC Executive Board supports Tokyo 2020 package of new sports for IOC Session - Olympic News". Olympic.org. 2016-06-01. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
- ↑ "IOC approves five new sports for Olympic Games Tokyo 2020". Olympics.org. International Olympic Committee. August 3, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
- ↑ "Watching Olympic Skateboarding Among 20 Skeptical, Aging Skaters". The Atlantic. 5 August 2021.
- ↑ "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
External links
- Video - Full Replay: Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Women's Street First Skateboarding Contest (olympics.com, IOC, OBS, english)
- Video - Full Replay: Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Men's Street First Skateboarding Contest (olympics.com, IOC, OBS, english)
- Video - Full Replay: Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Women's Park First Skateboarding Contest (olympics.com, IOC, OBS, english)
- Video - Full Replay: Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Men's Park First Skateboarding Contest (olympics.com, IOC, OBS, english)
- Skateboarding at tokyo2020.org
