Snowboarding
Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. It features in the Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympi ...
at the
2018 Winter Olympics
, nations = 93
, athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women)
, events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, opening =
, closing =
, opened_by = President Moon Jae-in
, cauldron = Kim Yun-a
, stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium
, winte ...
was held at the
Bokwang Phoenix Park in
Pyeongchang
Pyeongchang (; in full, ''Pyeongchang-gun'' ; ) is a county in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea, located in the Taebaek Mountains region. It is home to several Buddhist temples, including Woljeongsa. It is about east southeast of Seou ...
,
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
. A total of ten snowboarding events were scheduled to take place between 10 and 24 February 2018.
The parallel slalom event, which made its debut four years earlier at the
2014 Winter Olympics
, ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'')
, nations = 88
, events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, athletes = 2,873
, opening = 7 February 2014
, closing = 23 February 2014
, opened_by = President Vladimir Putin
, cauldron =
, stadium = Fisht Olympic ...
in Sochi, was dropped from the games in 2018 in favour of a new
big air
Big air is a high-injury-risk sports discipline where the competitor rides a vehicle, such as a motocross motorcycle, a skateboard, a snowboard, or a pair of skis, down a hill or ramp and performs aerial tricks after launching off very large jumps ...
event.
Qualification
A total of 258 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games (142 men and 116 women). Each
National Olympic Committee
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games ...
was permitted to enter a maximum of 26 athletes, with a maximum of 14 men or 14 women. Each event had its own maximum number of quota spots, however slopestyle and big air were calculated jointly per nation.
Competition schedule
The following was the competition schedule for all ten events.
Sessions that included the event finals are shown in bold.
All times are (UTC+9
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).
Medal summary
Medal table
Men's events
Women's events
Participating nations
A total of 248 athletes from 30 nations (including the
IOC
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's designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) were scheduled to participate (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses).
Number of Entries by NOC
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References
External links
Official Results Book – Snowboarding
{{Snowboarding at the Winter Olympics
2018 Winter Olympics events
2018
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2018 in snowboarding
Snowboarding in South Korea