Snowboarding at the Winter Olympics

Snowboarding at the Winter Olympics

IOC Code	SBD
Governing body	FIS
Events	11 (men: 5; women: 5; mixed: 1)
Winter Olympics
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Medalists

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.^[2] 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.

New Zealander Zoi Sadowski-Synnott is the most decorated snowboarder in Olympic history with 5 Olympic medals, followed by Austrian Benjamin Karl who has 4 Olympic medals. Ten athletes have won three medals: Americans Shaun White, Jamie Anderson, Lindsey Jacobellis and Kelly Clark, as well as Canadians Max Parrot and Mark McMorris, Japanese Ayumu Hirano, Slovenian Žan Košir, Russian Vic Wild and Korean-American Chloe Kim.

Summary

Games	Year	Events	Best Nation
1 → 17
18	1998	4	Germany (1)
19	2002	4	United States (1)
20	2006	6	United States (2)
21	2010	6	United States (3)
22	2014	10	United States (4)
23	2018	10	United States (5)
24	2022	11	Austria (1) United States (6)
25	2026	11	Japan (1)

Events

Men's

Event	98	02	06	10	14	18	22	26	Years
Parallel giant slalom ^{Note 1}	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	8
half-pipe	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	8
snowboard cross			•	•	•	•	•	•	6
slopestyle					•	•	•	•	4
big air						•	•	•	3
Parallel slalom					•				1

Total events	2	2	3	3	5	5	5	5

Women's

Event	98	02	06	10	14	18	22	26	Years
Parallel giant slalom ^{Note 1}	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	8
half-pipe	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	8
snowboard cross			•	•	•	•	•	•	6
slopestyle					•	•	•	•	4
big air						•	•	•	3
Parallel slalom					•				1

Total events	2	2	3	3	5	5	5	5

Mixed

Event	22	26	Years
snowboard cross, team	•	•	2

Total events	1	1

^Note 1. Giant slalom in 1998; parallel giant slalom since 2002.

Medal table

Sources (after the 2026 Winter Olympics):^[7]
Accurate as of 2026 Winter Olympics.


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	17	9	11	37
2	Switzerland	8	2	4	14
3	Austria	7	3	5	15
4	Canada	5	6	7	18
5	Japan	5	5	6	16
6	France	4	5	5	14
7	Czech Republic	4	1	1	6
8	Australia	2	4	2	8
9	China	2	2	1	5
9	Russia	2	2	1	5
11	Germany	1	4	2	7
12	Italy	1	3	4	8
13	New Zealand	1	3	1	5
14	South Korea	1	2	1	4
15	Great Britain	1	0	2	3
16	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
17	Norway	0	4	1	5
18	Slovenia	0	2	3	5
19	Finland	0	2	2	4
20	Spain	0	1	1	2
21	Slovakia	0	1	0	1
21	Sweden	0	1	0	1
23	Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
23	ROC	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 entries)		62	62	62	186

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	22	26	Years
Andorra																					1	1	1	1		4
Argentina																		1					2			2
Australia																		1	1	9	8	11	11	11		7
Austria																		11	9	12	13	17	14	13		7
Belgium																						1	3	1		3
Brazil																				1	1	1	1			4
Bulgaria																		1		1	2	2	3	1		6
Canada																		12	9	16	18	24	21	23		7
China																				2	5	6	9	14		5
Croatia																						1		1		2
Czech Republic																				3	5	5	7	5		5
Denmark																		1			1					2
Finland																		6	7	5	5	11	8	4		7
France																		13	12	16	17	13	13	9		7
Germany																		8	9	11	8	10	13	15		7
Great Britain																			1	4	4	7	5	3		6
Greece																		3								1
Hungary																								1		1
Ireland																						1	1	1		3
Italy																		9	10	16	11	12	12	17		7
Japan																		7	9	12	11	8	16	19		7
Kazakhstan																						1				1
Malta																								1		1
Netherlands																		1	1	2	2	6	3	4		7
New Zealand																		1		3	5	5	4	3		6
Norway																		7	6	4	9	9	5	4		7
Poland																		3	2	6	4	6	6	5		7
Russia																			1	8	6	15	16	15		6
Serbia																						1				1
Slovakia																		1	1	1			1	1		5
Slovenia																		1	2	4	7	10	7	6		7
South Korea																					1	4	10	5		4
Spain																		2	1	5	4	4	4	2		7
Sweden																		10	11	13	1	2	2	2		7
Switzerland																		12	12	16	16	24	24	19		7
Ukraine																					2	2	1	1		4
United States																		14	14	16	18	23	25	26		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	22	26