Snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Snowboarding at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Pictograms for, clockwise from top left, cross, halfpipe, slopestyle and giant parallel slalom.
Venue	Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Dates	6–22 February 2014
No. of events	10
Competitors	243 from 31 nations
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Snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi was held at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park. The events were held between 6 and 22 February 2014. ^[1] A total of ten snowboarding events were held at Sochi 2014 which include parallel giant slalom, snowboard cross, half-pipe, and the new events of parallel slalom and slopestyle. ^[2]

A crash in practice from Norwegian slopestyle snowboarder Torstein Horgmo, who fractured his collarbone, and complaints from other athletes that some jumps were too steep prompted organisers to modify the slopestyle course in the week before the Games. ^[3]

Competition schedule

Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort, the venue for snowboard

The following is the competition schedule for all ten events. ^[4]

All times are (UTC+4).

Date	Time	Event
6 February	10:00	Men's and Women's slopestyle qualification
8 February	09:30	Men's slopestyle semifinals
	12:45	Men's slopestyle
9 February	10:30	Women's slopestyle qualification
	13:15	Women's slopestyle
11 February	14:00	Men's halfpipe
	19:00	Men's halfpipe qualification
	21:30	Men's halfpipe
12 February	14:00	Women's halfpipe
	19:00	Women's halfpipe qualification
	21:30	Women's halfpipe
16 February	11:00	Women's snowboard cross qualification
	13:15	Women's snowboard cross
17 February	11:00	Men's snowboard cross qualification
	13:30	Men's snowboard cross
19 February	09:00	Men's and Women's parallel giant slalom qualification
	13:00	Men's and Women's parallel giant slalom
22 February	09:15	Men's and Women's parallel slalom qualification
	13:15	Men's and Women's parallel slalom

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Russia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	3	0	2	5
2	Russia*	2	1	1	4
3	Switzerland	2	1	0	3
4	Austria	1	0	1	2
	France	1	0	1	2
6	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
7	Japan	0	2	1	3
8	Canada	0	1	1	2
	Germany	0	1	1	2
	Slovenia	0	1	1	2
11	Australia	0	1	0	1
	Finland	0	1	0	1
	Norway	0	1	0	1
14	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		10	10	10	30

Men's events

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Parallel slalom details	Vic Wild   Russia		Žan Košir   Slovenia		Benjamin Karl   Austria
Parallel giant slalom details	Vic Wild   Russia		Nevin Galmarini   Switzerland		Žan Košir   Slovenia
Halfpipe details	Iouri Podladtchikov   Switzerland	94.75	Ayumu Hirano   Japan	93.50	Taku Hiraoka   Japan	92.25
Slopestyle details	Sage Kotsenburg   United States	93.50	Ståle Sandbech   Norway	91.75	Mark McMorris   Canada	88.75
Snowboard cross details	Pierre Vaultier   France		Nikolay Olyunin   Russia		Alex Deibold   United States

Women's events

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Parallel slalom details	Julia Dujmovits   Austria		Anke Karstens   Germany		Amelie Kober   Germany
Parallel giant slalom details	Patrizia Kummer   Switzerland		Tomoka Takeuchi   Japan		Alena Zavarzina   Russia
Halfpipe details	Kaitlyn Farrington   United States	91.75	Torah Bright   Australia	91.50	Kelly Clark   United States	90.75
Slopestyle details	Jamie Anderson   United States	95.25	Enni Rukajärvi   Finland	92.50	Jenny Jones   Great Britain	87.25
Snowboard cross details	Eva Samkova   Czech Republic		Dominique Maltais   Canada		Chloé Trespeuch   France

Qualification

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Qualification

A total of 252 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of 24 athletes could be entered by a National Olympic Committee, with a maximum of 14 men or 14 women. The five different events had different quota numbers allocated to them. ^[5] Countries are allowed to enter the same athlete into more than one event, further reducing the number of athletes competing.

Participating nations

243 athletes from 31 nations participated, with number of athletes in parentheses. Croatia, Kazakhstan and Serbia made their Olympic debuts in the sport.

•   Andorra  (1)
•   Australia  (11)
•   Austria  (17)
•   Belgium  (1)
•   Brazil  (1)
•   Bulgaria  (2)
•   Canada  (24)
•   China  (6)
•   Croatia  (1)
•   Czech Republic  (5)
•   Finland  (11)
•   France  (13)
•   Germany  (10)
•   Great Britain  (7)
•   Ireland  (1)
•   Italy  (12)
•   Japan  (8)
•   Kazakhstan  (1)
•   Netherlands  (6)
•   New Zealand  (5)
•   Norway  (9)
•   Poland  (6)
•   Russia  (15)
•   Serbia  (1)
•   Slovenia  (10)
•   South Korea  (4)
•   Spain  (4)
•   Sweden  (2)
•   Switzerland  (24)
•   Ukraine  (2)
•   United States  (23)

References

1. "Competition Schedule". SOCOG. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
2. Gillespie, Kerry (30 October 2013). "Sochi 2014: Younger, hipper Olympics to feature slew of new events". Toronto Star . Retrieved 31 December 2013.
3. "Sochi Snowboarding Course Deemed Too Dangerous After Accident". The Moscow Times. 3 February 2014. Archived from the original on 6 February 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
4. "Snowboarding Schedule and Results". SOOC. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
5. "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014" (PDF). International Ski Federation. December 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2012.

External links

• Official Results Book – Snowboard