Skateboarding at the Summer Olympics (original) (raw)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Skateboarding at the Summer Olympics
IOC Code SKB
Governing body World Skate
Events 4 (men: 2; women: 2)
Summer Olympics
1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 2028 2032
Medalists

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).

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]

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

Current program

Event 2020 2024 Total
Men's park Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's park Skateboarding at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's park 2
Men's street Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's street Skateboarding at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's street 2
Women's park Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's park Skateboarding at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's park 2
Women's street Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's street Skateboarding at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's street 2
Total 4 4 8

Sources:[5]

  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.