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Snowboarding at the Winter Olympics

 
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Snowboarding at the Winter Olympics
Snowboarding
Governing body FIS
Events 6 (men: 3; women: 3)
Games
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952
1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976
1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998
2002 2006
Medalists

Snowboarding has been contested at the Winter Olympic Games since the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano, Japan.

Events

The Olympic snowboarding program has been revised for each Games, with only the halfpipe competition appearing every time. The Giant Slalom, that appeared in the 1998 Winter Olympics Games, was replaced by the Parallel Giant Slalom in 2002, while Snowboard Cross (also known as Boardercross) was introduced at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games.

Event 1998 2002 2006 2010
Halfpipe
Giant slalom      
Parallel giant slalom  
Snowboard cross    

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 5 4 5 14
2  Switzerland (SUI) 5 1 2 8
3  France (FRA) 2 2 1 5
4  Germany (GER) 1 2 0 3
5  Canada (CAN) 1 0 1 2
6  Norway (NOR) 0 2 1 3
7  Italy (ITA) 0 1 1 2
8  Slovakia (SVK) 0 1 0 1
 Sweden (SWE) 0 1 0 1
10  Austria (AUT) 0 0 2 2
11  Finland (FIN) 0 0 1 1

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