Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Skateboarding
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Skateboarding, Tokyo 2020.svg
Skateboarding pictogram for the 2020 Summer Olympics
VenueAriake Urban Sports Park
Dates25 July – 5 August 2021
No. of events4
Competitors80 from 25 nations
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Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics was an event held in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[1][2][3] It was the debut appearance of skateboarding at the Summer Olympics.[4] Skateboarding was one of four new sports added to the Olympic program for 2020;[5] it is also provisionally approved for the 2024 Summer Olympic games.[6] The proposal to add skateboarding to the Olympics was approved in August of 2016.[4]

Qualification[]

There were 80 quota spots available for skateboarding. Each event had 20 competitors: three qualified from the World Championships, 16 from the world rankings, and one from the host country of the Olympics, Japan.[7] The qualification for the event was managed by World Skate.

Events[]

Four medal events were held:[8] Both events consist of two rounds, prelims and finals.[9]The Park and Street events had their own specially designed courses that took into account gender and stance in order to have equality.[10]

Competition schedule[]

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9).[11][12]

Day Date Start Finish Event Phase
Day 2 Sunday 25 July 2021 9:00 13:55 Men's street Prelims Heats/Final
Day 3 Monday 26 July 2021 9:00 13:55 Women's street Prelims Heats/Final
Day 12 Wednesday 4 August 2021 9:00 13:40 Women's park Prelims Heats/Final
Day 13 Thursday 5 August 2021 9:00 13:40 Men's park Prelims Heats/Final

Participating NOCs[]

A total of 80 skateboarders from 25 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated.[13]

Medal summary[]

Medal table[]

  *   Host nation (Japan)

RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan*3115
2 Australia1001
3 Brazil0303
4 United States0022
5 Great Britain0011
Totals (5 NOCs)44412

Medal events[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's park
details
Keegan Palmer
 Australia
Pedro Barros
 Brazil
Cory Juneau
 United States
Women's park
details
Sakura Yosozumi
 Japan
Kokona Hiraki
 Japan
Sky Brown
 Great Britain
Men's street
details
Yuto Horigome
 Japan
Kelvin Hoefler
 Brazil
Jagger Eaton
 United States
Women's street
details
Momiji Nishiya
 Japan
Rayssa Leal
 Brazil
Funa Nakayama
 Japan

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "IOC approves five new sports for Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - Olympic News". Olympic.org. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
  2. ^ "Skateboarding Is Now an Olympic Sport". RIDE Channel. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
  3. ^ "Ariake Urban Sports Park". lg.jp. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  4. ^ a b How skateboarding made it to the Olympics: an institutional perspective. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  5. ^ "IOC approves five new sports for Olympic Games Tokyo 2020". International Olympic Committee. 2019-02-18. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  6. ^ "IOC Official news announcing the provisional inclusion of Skateboarding in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris". olympic.org. 2019-06-25. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  7. ^ Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Skateboarding; World Skate, 6 April 2018
  8. ^ "TOKYO 2020 EVENT PROGRAMME TO SEE MAJOR BOOST FOR FEMALE PARTICIPATION, YOUTH AND URBAN APPEAL". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  9. ^ "Skateboarding - News, Athletes, Highlights & More". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  10. ^ "Skateboarding | Olympic Sport". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  11. ^ "Schedule - Skateboarding Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympian Database. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  12. ^ "Skateboarding Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  13. ^ "Skateboarding - Athlete Profiles". www.olympics.com/tokyo-2020/. Tokyo Organizing Committee for the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

External links[]

Coordinates: 35°38′21″N 139°47′08″E / 35.6393°N 139.7855°E / 35.6393; 139.7855

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