Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Skateboarding 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 2016.[4]

Skateboarding
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Skateboarding pictogram for the 2020 Summer Olympics
VenueAriake Urban Sports Park
Dates25 July – 5 August 2021
No. of events4
Competitors80 from 25 nations
2024 →

Qualification

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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

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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]

 
Park
 
Street

Competition schedule

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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

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

Medal summary

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Japan)

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

Medal events

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

See also

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References

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  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. Archived from the original on 2021-10-11. 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. Archived from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
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