Skateboarding at the Summer Olympics

Competitions in the sport of skateboarding, governed by World Skate, have been held at two editions of the Summer Olympic Games. First selected as one of the discretionary sports at the 2020 and 2024 games, skateboarding will be inducted as one of the mandatory sports at the 2028 games. Athletes compete in the disciplines of park and street skateboarding – each their own events. Japan has won both the most gold medals (5) and most medals overall (9).

Skateboarding at the Summer Olympics
IOC CodeSKB
Governing bodyWorld Skate
Events4 (men: 2; women: 2)
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Bid for inclusion

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In September 2015, skateboarding was included in a shortlist along with baseball, softball, karate, surfing, and sport climbing to be considered for inclusion in the 2020 Summer Olympics;[1] and in June 2016, the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that they would support the proposal to include all of the shortlisted sports in the 2020 Games.[2] Finally, on August 3, 2016, all five sports (counting baseball and softball together as one sport) were approved for inclusion in the 2020 Olympic program.[3] One of the biggest obstacles for skateboarding for an inclusion at the Olympics was that huge injuries in skateboarding were so risky (which can include death) and the IOC was less likely to take liabilities. Also the skateboarding sub-culture helped push the idea that the Olympic Games were too "mainstream" for the sport, and as a result skateboarding organizations did not campaign heavily for the sport's inclusion.[4]

Summary

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Games Year Events Best Nation
32 2020 4   Japan (1)
33 2024 4   Japan (2)

Events

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Current program
Event 20 24 Total
Men's park 2
Men's street 2
Women's park 2
Women's street 2
Total 4 4

Medal table

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Sources:[5]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Japan (JPN)5319
2  Australia (AUS)3003
3  Brazil (BRA)0325
4  United States (USA)0235
5  Great Britain (GBR)0022
Totals (5 entries)88824

Medalists

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
2020 Tokyo
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Keegan Palmer
  Australia
Pedro Barros
  Brazil
Cory Juneau
  United States
2024 Paris
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Keegan Palmer
  Australia
Tom Schaar
  United States
Augusto Akio
  Brazil
Games Gold Silver Bronze
2020 Tokyo
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Yuto Horigome
  Japan
Kelvin Hoefler
  Brazil
Jagger Eaton
  United States
2024 Paris
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Yuto Horigome
  Japan
Jagger Eaton
  United States
Nyjah Huston
  United States

Women

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Park

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
2020 Tokyo
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Sakura Yosozumi
  Japan
Kokona Hiraki
  Japan
Sky Brown
  Great Britain
2024 Paris
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Arisa Trew
  Australia
Kokona Hiraki
  Japan
Sky Brown
  Great Britain

Street

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
2020 Tokyo
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Momiji Nishiya
  Japan
Rayssa Leal
  Brazil
Funa Nakayama
  Japan
2024 Paris
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Coco Yoshizawa
  Japan
Liz Akama
  Japan
Rayssa Leal
  Brazil

References

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  1. ^ "Surfing and skateboarding make shortlist for 2020 Olympics". GrindTV.com. 2015-09-28. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
  2. ^ "IOC Executive Board supports Tokyo 2020 package of new sports for IOC Session - Olympic News". Olympic.org. 2016-06-01. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
  3. ^ "IOC approves five new sports for Olympic Games Tokyo 2020". Olympics.org. International Olympic Committee. August 3, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
  4. ^ "Watching Olympic Skateboarding Among 20 Skeptical, Aging Skaters". The Atlantic. 5 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
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