| Snowboarding at the I Winter Youth Olympic Games | |
|---|---|
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| Venue | Nordkette Innsbruck and Kuhtai Igls, Innsbruck |
| Dates | 16–19 January |
| Competitors | 60 |
| Snowboarding at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Halfpipe | boys | girls |
| Slopestyle | boys | girls |
Snowboarding at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics was held at the Nordkette Innsbruck and Kuhtai in Igls, Innsbruck, Austria from 16 to 19 January.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Canada | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 |  United States | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 |  Japan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 |  Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys' halfpipe | Ben Ferguson  United States | 93.25 | Tim-Kevin Ravnjak  Slovenia | 86.75 | Taku Hiraoka  Japan | 84.25 |
| Boys' slopestyle | Michael Ciccarelli  Canada | 94.25 | Ben Ferguson United States | 90.25 | David Hablützel  Switzerland | 87.50 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girls' halfpipe | Hikaru Ōe Japan | 96.25 | Arielle Gold United States | 90.00 | Lucile Lefevre  France | 82.25 |
| Girls' slopestyle | Audrey McManiman Canada | 84.25 | Arielle Gold United States | 71.75 | Alexandra Fitch  Australia | 69.75 |
| NOC | Boys' | Girls' | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Half-pipe | Slopestyle | Half-pipe | Slopestyle | ||
 Andorra | 1 | 1 | |||
| Australia | 1 | 1 | |||
 Austria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
 Belgium | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Canada | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
 Chile | 1 | 1 | |||
 Croatia | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
 Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
 Finland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| France | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
 Germany | 1 | 1 | |||
 Hungary | 1 | 1 | |||
 Italy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Japan | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
 Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
 New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
 Poland | 1 | 1 | |||
 Russia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
 South Korea | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
 Spain | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
 Sweden | 1 | 1 | |||
| Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| United States | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Total: 24 NOCs | 16 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 57 |
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