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
Venue Ariake Urban Sports Park
Dates25 July – 5 August 2021
No. of events4
Competitors80 from 25 nations
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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]

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]

Park Luiz Francisco em Toquio 2021.jpg
Park
Street Rayssa Leal durante a prova em Toquio.jpg
Street

Competition schedule

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

DayDateStartFinishEventPhase
Day 2Sunday 25 July 20219:0013:55 Men's street Prelims Heats/Final
Day 3Monday 26 July 20219:0013:55 Women's street Prelims Heats/Final
Day 12Wednesday 4 August 20219:0013:40 Women's park Prelims Heats/Final
Day 13Thursday 5 August 20219:0013:40 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
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan*3115
2Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1001
3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 0303
4Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0022
5Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 0011
Totals (5 entries)44412

Medal events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's park
details 		Keegan Palmer
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 		Pedro Barros
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 		Cory Juneau
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Women's park
details 		Sakura Yosozumi
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 		Kokona Hiraki
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 		Sky Brown
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Men's street
details 		Yuto Horigome
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 		Kelvin Hoefler
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 		Jagger Eaton
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Women's street
details 		Momiji Nishiya
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 		Rayssa Leal
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 		Funa Nakayama
Flag of Japan.svg  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. 1 2 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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