American Shaun White took the gold medal in the halfpipe contest at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics.

Snowboarding is a sport that has been contested at the Winter Olympic Games since the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.^[1] Snowboarding was one of five new sports or disciplines added to the Winter Olympic programme 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, the giant slalom was dropped in favour of the parallel giant slalom, an event that involves head-to-head racing.^[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]

Five athletes have won two medals. Philipp Schoch of Switzerland, Shaun White of the United states and Seth Wescott of the United States are the only double gold medalists.^[7][8] Karine Ruby of France and Americans Ross Powers and Danny Kass also won two medals.^[9] In the men's half-pipe event, American snowboarders have collected six of nine possible medals, achieving a unique medal sweep in 2002.^[10] Overall, the United States won a total of 14 medals, more than any other nation. The Americans and the Swiss collected five gold medals each. As of the 2010 Winter Olympics, 60 medals (20 of each colour) have been awarded since 1998, and have been won by athletes from 14 National Olympic Committees.

Men [edit]

Ross Rebagliati of Canada won the first giant slalom event in 1998. Siegfried "Sigi" Grabner of Austria earned a bronze in men's parallel giant slalom in 2006.

Halfpipe [edit]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1998 Nagano details	Gian Simmen (SUI)	Daniel Franck (NOR)	Ross Powers (USA)
2002 Salt Lake City details	Ross Powers (USA)	Danny Kass (USA)	Jarret Thomas (USA)
2006 Turin details	Shaun White (USA)	Danny Kass (USA)	Markku Koski (FIN)
2010 Vancouver details	Shaun White (USA)	Peetu Piiroinen (FIN)	Scotty Lago (USA)

Giant slalom [edit]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1998 Nagano details	Ross Rebagliati (CAN)	Thomas Prugger (ITA)	Ueli Kestenholz (SUI)

Parallel giant slalom [edit]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2002 Salt Lake City details	Philipp Schoch (SUI)	Richard Richardsson (SWE)	Chris Klug (USA)
2006 Turin details	Philipp Schoch (SUI)	Simon Schoch (SUI)	Siegfried Grabner (AUT)
2010 Vancouver details	Jasey-Jay Anderson (CAN)	Benjamin Karl (AUT)	Mathieu Bozzetto (FRA)

Snowboard cross [edit]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2006 Turin details	Seth Wescott (USA)	Radoslav Židek (SVK)	Paul-Henri de Le Rue (FRA)
2010 Vancouver details	Seth Wescott (USA)	Mike Robertson (CAN)	Tony Ramoin (FRA)

Women [edit]

Halfpipe [edit]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1998 Nagano details	Nicola Thost (GER)	Stine Brun Kjeldaas (NOR)	Shannon Dunn (USA)
2002 Salt Lake City details	Kelly Clark (USA)	Doriane Vidal (FRA)	Fabienne Reuteler (SUI)
2006 Turin details	Hannah Teter (USA)	Gretchen Bleiler (USA)	Kjersti Buaas (NOR)
2010 Vancouver details	Torah Bright (AUS)	Hannah Teter (USA)	Kelly Clark (USA)

Giant slalom [edit]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1998 Nagano details	Karine Ruby (FRA)	Heidi Maria Renoth (GER)	Brigitte Köck (AUT)

Parallel giant slalom [edit]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2002 Salt Lake City details	Isabelle Blanc (FRA)	Karine Ruby (FRA)	Lidia Trettel (ITA)
2006 Turin details	Daniela Meuli (SUI)	Amelie Kober (GER)	Rosey Fletcher (USA)
2010 Vancouver details	Nicolien Sauerbreij (NED)	Yekaterina Ilyukhina (RUS)	Marion Kreiner (AUT)

Snowboard cross [edit]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2006 Turin details	Tanja Frieden (SUI)	Lindsey Jacobellis (USA)	Dominique Maltais (CAN)
2010 Vancouver details	Maëlle Ricker (CAN)	Déborah Anthonioz (FRA)	Olivia Nobs (SUI)

Statistics [edit]

Athlete medal leaders [edit]

Athlete	Nation	Olympics	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Schoch, PhilippPhilipp Schoch	Switzerland (SUI)	2002–2006	2	0	0	2
White, ShaunShaun White	United States (USA)	2006–2010	2	0	0	2
Wescott, SethSeth Wescott	United States (USA)	2006–2010	2	0	0	2
Ruby, KarineKarine Ruby	France (FRA)	1998–2002	1	1	0	2
Teter, HannahHannah Teter	United States (USA)	2006–2010	1	1	0	2
Powers, RossRoss Powers	United States (USA)	1998–2002	1	0	1	2
Clark, KellyKelly Clark	United States (USA)	2002–2010	1	0	1	2
Kass, DannyDanny Kass	United States (USA)	2002–2006	0	2	0	2

Medals per year [edit]

Key

• Numbers in bold indicate the highest medal count at that year's Olympic Games.

Nation	24–94	98	02	06	10	Total
Australia (AUS)		–	–	–	1	1
Austria (AUT)		1	–	1	2	4
Canada (CAN)		1	–	1	3	5
Finland (FIN)		–	–	1	1	2
France (FRA)		1	3	1	3	8
Germany (GER)		2	–	1	–	3
Italy (ITA)		1	1	–	–	2
Netherlands (NED)		–	–	–	1	1
Norway (NOR)		2	–	1	–	3
Russia (RUS)		–	–	–	1	1
Slovakia (SVK)		–	–	1	–	1
Sweden (SWE)		–	1	–	–	1
Switzerland (SUI)		2	2	4	1	9
United States (USA)		2	5	7	5	19
Year	24–94	98	02	06	10	–

See also [edit]

• FIS Snowboard World Championships
• X Games

References [edit]

General

• "Olympic medals". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 2009-06-21. 
  • 1998 2002 2006
• "Results database". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-06-21. 

Specific

External links [edit]

• Snowboarding - Olympics at Sports-reference.com
• Olympic Review and Revue Olympique. LA84 Foundation

v t e Snowboarding at the Winter Olympics 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 List of medalists List of venues