| Skateboarding at the Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC Discipline Code | SKB |
| Events | 4 (men: 2; women: 2) |
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Skateboarding made its debut appearance at the 2020 Summer Olympics in 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. [1] It also took place at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. [2]
World Skate currently sanctions Olympic skateboarding.[ citation needed ]
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; [3] 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. [4] 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. [1] 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. [5]
| Games | Year | Events | Best Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 2020 | 4 |  Japan (1) |
| 33 | 2024 | 4 | Japan (2) |
| 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 | |
Sources: [6]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 |  Australia (AUS) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 |  Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 |  United States (USA) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Tokyo | Keegan Palmer  Australia | Pedro Barros Brazil | Cory Juneau  United States |
| 2024 Paris | Keegan Palmer Australia | Tom Schaar United States | Augusto Akio Brazil |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Tokyo | Yuto Horigome  Japan | Kelvin Hoefler Brazil | Jagger Eaton United States |
| 2024 Paris | Yuto Horigome Japan | Jagger Eaton United States | Nyjah Huston United States |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Tokyo | Sakura Yosozumi Japan | Kokona Hiraki Japan | Sky Brown  Great Britain |
| 2024 Paris | Arisa Trew Australia | Kokona Hiraki Japan | Sky Brown Great Britain |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Tokyo | Momiji Nishiya Japan | Rayssa Leal Brazil | Funa Nakayama Japan |
| 2024 Paris | Coco Yoshizawa Japan | Liz Akama Japan | Rayssa Leal Brazil |
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