Women's shortboard at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Shidashita Beach, Chiba | ||||||||||||
Dates | 25–27 July 2021 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 20 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning score | 14.93 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The women's shortboard competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo was held from 25 to 27 July at the Shidashita Beach, or "Shida", located about 40 miles (64 km) outside of Tokyo in Chiba. [1]
Surfing at the 2020 Summer Olympics | ||
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Qualification | ||
Shortboard | men | women |
The medals for the competition were presented by Bernard Rajzman, IOC Member, one Olympian, and Silver Medalist, Brazil; and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Fernando Aguerre, ISA President; United States.
This was the first time the surfing is held at the Olympics; it was one of five temporary sports selected for Tokyo 2020. Surfing has also been selected as a temporary sport for 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
Quota places were allocated to the athletes at the following events:
There is a maximum of 2 men and 2 women per NOC. [2]
The competition consists of six rounds: [3] [4]
The length of each heat (20 to 35 minutes) and the maximum number of waves each surfer can ride are determined by the technical director ahead of the day of competition. [3] Scoring for each wave is from 0 to 10, with the best two waves for each surfer counting. [5] Scores are based on the difficulty of manoeuvres performed, innovation and progression, variety, combination, speed, power, and flow of each manoeuvre. [5]
H | Heats | QF | Quarter-Finals | SF | Semi-Finals | F | Finals |
Date | 25 Jul | 26 Jul | 27 Jul | |||
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Men's | R1 | R2 | R3 | QF | SF | F |
Women's | R1 | R2 | R3 | QF | SF | F |
Competition took place over 3 days between 25 July and 27 July. [6] [7] Due to a tropical storm the inaugural Olympic surfing finals were moved from Thursday 29 July to Tuesday 27 July. [8]
The first round is non-elimination. Surfers are seeded into five heats of four surfers each, with the top two surfers advancing straight to Round 3. The bottom two surfers are seeded into Round 2, the first elimination round.
Rank | Surfer | Nation | Total score | Notes |
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1 | Carissa Moore | ![]() | 11.74 | R3 |
2 | Teresa Bonvalot | ![]() | 9.80 | R3 |
3 | Dominic Barona | ![]() | 7.66 | R2 |
4 | Daniella Rosas | ![]() | 7.50 | R2 |
Rank | Surfer | Nation | Total score | Notes |
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1 | Sally Fitzgibbons | ![]() | 12.50 | R3 |
2 | Brisa Hennessy | ![]() | 12.20 | R3 |
3 | Bianca Buitendag | ![]() | 11.44 | R2 |
4 | Mahina Maeda | ![]() | 9.20 | R2 |
Rank | Surfer | Nation | Total score | Notes |
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1 | Stephanie Gilmore | ![]() | 14.50 | R3 |
2 | Silvana Lima | ![]() | 12.13 | R3 |
3 | Pauline Ado | ![]() | 9.17 | R2 |
4 | Anat Lelior | ![]() | 7.77 | R2 |
Rank | Surfer | Nation | Total score | Notes |
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1 | Tatiana Weston-Webb | ![]() | 11.33 | R3 |
2 | Johanne Defay | ![]() | 10.60 | R3 |
3 | Sofía Mulánovich | ![]() | 7.80 | R2 |
4 | Amuro Tsuzuki | ![]() | 6.99 | R2 |
Rank | Surfer | Nation | Total score | Notes |
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1 | Caroline Marks | ![]() | 13.40 | R3 |
2 | Ella Williams | ![]() | 9.70 | R3 |
3 | Leilani McGonagle | ![]() | 9.64 | R2 |
4 | Yolanda Hopkins | ![]() | 9.24 | R2 |
The top three surfers from each heat in Round 2 advance to Round 3. The bottom two surfers from each heat are eliminated.
Rank | Surfer | Nation | Total score | Notes |
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1 | Amuro Tsuzuki | ![]() | 11.60 | R3 |
2 | Bianca Buitendag | ![]() | 10.40 | R3 |
3 | Mahina Maeda | ![]() | 9.63 | R3 |
4 | Leilani McGonagle | ![]() | 9.63 | E |
5 | Dominic Barona | ![]() | 8.87 | E |
Rank | Surfer | Nation | Total score | Notes |
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1 | Yolanda Hopkins | ![]() | 12.23 | R3 |
2 | Pauline Ado | ![]() | 9.66 | R3 |
3 | Sofía Mulánovich | ![]() | 9.36 | R3 |
4 | Anat Lelior | ![]() | 8.93 | E |
5 | Daniella Rosas | ![]() | 8.14 | E |
The winner from each head-to-head heat qualifies to the next round. [9]
3rd round | Quarter finals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
![]() | 10.00 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 13.93 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 9.50 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 5.46 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 9.40 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 10.84 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 11.00 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 3.67 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 12.00 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 7.73 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 6.83 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 12.50 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 15.33 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 7.74 | ||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 8.46 | ||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 14.93 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 10.34 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 9.90 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 14.26 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 8.30 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 12.17 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 7.50 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 8.33 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 7.43 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 9.00 | Bronze medal match | |||||||||||||
![]() | 10.33 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 13.27 | ![]() | 4.26 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 11.67 | ![]() ![]() | 6.80 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 10.86 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 9.03 |
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