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women's park skateboarding competition occurred on 4 August 2021 at

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. It was originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but on 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the

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of Japan won the gold and silver medals, with

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of Great Britain winning the bronze medal.

Qualification

Competition format

In the prelims, the twenty participating skateboarders were sorted into four heats of five skaters each. Each skater did three 45-second runs in their designated heat. The best run score of each skater's three runs built a ranking. The eight top-ranked skaters from the combined ranking of the heats qualified for the final.

Results

Semifinals

The top-eight skateboarders of twenty advanced to the finals.

Final

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