Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics were held at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou and Big Air Shougang in Beijing, China. The events took place between 5 and 15 February 2022. A total of 11 snowboarding events will be held.[1]
| Snowboarding at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games | |
|---|---|
 Snowboarding pictogram | |
| Venue | |
| Dates | 5–15 February 2022 |
| No. of events | 11 (5 men, 5 women, 1 mixed) |
| Competitors | 238 |
In July 2018, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially added the mixed team snowboard cross event to the Olympic program, increasing the total number of events to 11.[2][3]
A total of 238 quota spots were distributed to the sport of snowboarding, a decline of 20 from the 2018 Winter Olympics.[4] A total of 11 events were contested, five for men, five for women and one mixed.[5]
Qualification
editA total of 238 athletes qualified to compete in the snowboarding events (119 men and 119 women). A country can enter a maximum of 26 athletes across all events, with a maximum of 14 per gender. A total of eight quotas (one per event) is reserved for the host nation, if it fails to qualify in that respective event. Each event also has a minimum FIS points total required per athlete, along with a top 30 finish at a World Cup event during the qualification period (1 July 2019 or 2020 in Parallel giant slalom, to 16 January 2022), or 2021 FIS Snowboarding World Championships.[6] A total of 16 NOC's will qualify for the mixed team snowboard cross event.[6] The athlete quota per event is listed below.
| Event | Men | Women | Minimum FIS points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big air/Slopestyle | 30 | 30 | 50.00 |
| Halfpipe | 25 | 25 | 50.00 |
| Parallel giant slalom | 32 | 32 | 100.00 |
| Snowboard cross | 32 | 32 | 100.00 |
| 238 quotas | 119 | 119 |
- Big air and slopestyle have a combined event quota.
Competition schedule
editThe following is the competition schedule for all eleven events.[7]
Sessions that included the event finals are shown in bold.
All times are (UTC+8).
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 5 February | 10:45 | Women's slopestyle |
| 6 February | 9:30 | Women's slopestyle |
| 12:30 | Men's slopestyle | |
| 7 February | 12:00 | Men's slopestyle |
| 8 February | 10:40 | Women's and Men's parallel giant slalom |
| 9 February | 9:30 | Women's halfpipe |
| 12:30 | Men's halfpipe | |
| 14:30 | Women's snowboard cross | |
| 10 February | 9:00 | Women's halfpipe |
| 11:15 | Men's snowboard cross | |
| 11 February | 9:30 | Men's halfpipe |
| 12 February | 10:00 | Mixed team snowboard cross |
| 14 February | 9:30 | Women's big air |
| 13:30 | Men's big air | |
| 15 February | 9:30 | Women's big air |
| 13:00 | Men's big air |
Medal summary
editAustria and the United States won the most gold medals at these Games, with three apiece, while Canada led the overall standings with six medals.
Medal table
edit* Host nation (China)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Austria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
 United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Canada | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 |  China* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 6 |  Japan | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 |  Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 |  Australia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 11 |  France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 |  ROC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (15 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 | |
Medalists
editMen's events
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big air |
Su Yiming China |
182.50 | Mons Røisland Norway |
171.75 | Max Parrot Canada |
170.25 |
| Halfpipe |
Ayumu Hirano Japan |
96.00 | Scotty James Australia |
92.50 | Jan Scherrer Switzerland |
87.25 |
| Slopestyle |
Max Parrot Canada |
90.96 | Su Yiming China |
88.70 | Mark McMorris Canada |
88.53 |
| Parallel giant slalom |
Benjamin Karl Austria
|
Tim Mastnak Slovenia
|
Vic Wild ROC
| |||
| Snowboard cross |
Alessandro Hämmerle Austria
|
Éliot Grondin Canada
|
Omar Visintin Italy
| |||
Women's events
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big air |
Anna Gasser Austria |
185.50 | Zoi Sadowski-Synnott New Zealand |
177.00 | Kokomo Murase Japan |
171.50 |
| Halfpipe |
Chloe Kim United States |
94.00 | Queralt Castellet Spain |
90.25 | Sena Tomita Japan |
88.25 |
| Slopestyle |
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott New Zealand |
92.88 | Julia Marino United States |
87.68 | Tess Coady Australia |
84.15 |
| Parallel giant slalom |
Ester Ledecká Czech Republic
|
Daniela Ulbing Austria
|
Gloria Kotnik Slovenia
| |||
| Snowboard cross |
Lindsey Jacobellis United States
|
Chloé Trespeuch France
|
Meryeta O'Dine Canada
| |||
Mixed
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team snowboard cross |
United States Nick Baumgartner Lindsey Jacobellis |
Italy Omar Visintin Michela Moioli |
Canada Éliot Grondin Meryeta O'Dine |
Participating nations
editA total of 233 athletes (119 men and 114 women) from 31 nations (including the IOC's designation of ROC for the Russian Olympic Committee) qualified to participate.[8] Hungary and Malta made their Olympic snowboarding debuts.[9][10]
The numbers in parentheses represents the number of participants entered.
Andorra (1)
Australia (11)
Austria (13)
Belgium (1)
Bulgaria (1)
Canada (23)
China (14)
Croatia (1)
Czech Republic (5)
Finland (4)
France (9)
Germany (15)
Great Britain (3)
Hungary (1)
Ireland (1)
Italy (17)
Japan (19)
Malta (1)
Netherlands (4)
New Zealand (3)
Norway (4)
Poland (5)
ROC (15)
Slovakia (1)
Slovenia (6)
South Korea (5)
Spain (2)
Sweden (2)
Switzerland (19)
Ukraine (1)
United States (26)
References
edit- ^ "Schedule". BOCOG. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "Aerials mixed team and freeski big air to be included in Beijing 2022 Olympic programme". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 18 July 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ Zaccardi, Nick (18 July 2018). "Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics add seven new events". www.olympics.nbcsports.com/. NBC. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ "Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 Event programme and athlete quota" (PDF). www.olympic.org/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "Official Programme of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022" (PDF). www.olympic.org/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Qualification System for Xxiv Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 International Ski Federation Snowboard" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). 23 May 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 9" (PDF). Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ "Entry List by NOC – Snowboard". Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ Vass, Ábrahám (20 January 2022). "For First Time Ever, Hungarian Snowboarder Qualifies for Winter Olympics". Hungary Today. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ^ Petri, Alexandra (8 February 2022). "Jenise Spiteri Is Malta's First Snowboarder, Only Athlete, at Olympics". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 March 2022.