Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics explained

Event:Skateboarding
Games:2020 Summer
Venue:Ariake Urban Sports Park
Dates:25 July – 5 August 2021
Competitors:80
Nations:25
Num Events:4
Next:2024

Skateboarding was an event held in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[1] [2] [3] It was the debut appearance of skateboarding at the Summer Olympics. Skateboarding was one of four new sports added to the Olympic program for 2020;[4] it is also provisionally approved for the 2024 Summer Olympic games.[5] The proposal to add skateboarding to the Olympics was approved in August 2016.[6]

Qualification

See main article: Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

There were 80 quota spots available for skateboarding. Each event had 20 competitors: three qualified from the World Championships, 16 from the world rankings, and one from the host country of the Olympics, Japan.[7] The qualification for the event was managed by World Skate.

Events

Four medal events were held:[8] Both events consist of two rounds, prelims and finals.[9] The Park and Street events had their own specially designed courses that took into account gender and stance in order to have equality.[10]

Competition schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9).[11] [12]

Day Date Start Finish Event Phase
Day 2 Sunday 25 July 2021 style=background:lemonchiffon9:00 style=background:lemonchiffon13:55 style=background:lemonchiffonMen's streetstyle=background:lemonchiffonPrelims Heats/Final
Day 3 Monday 26 July 2021 style=background:lemonchiffon9:00 style=background:lemonchiffon13:55 style=background:lemonchiffonWomen's streetstyle=background:lemonchiffonPrelims Heats/Final
Day 12 Wednesday 4 August 2021 style=background:lemonchiffon9:00 style=background:lemonchiffon13:40 style=background:lemonchiffonWomen's parkstyle=background:lemonchiffonPrelims Heats/Final
Day 13 Thursday 5 August 2021 style=background:lemonchiffon9:00 style=background:lemonchiffon13:40 style=background:lemonchiffonMen's parkstyle=background:lemonchiffonPrelims Heats/Final

Participating NOCs

A total of 80 skateboarders from 25 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated.[13]

Medal summary

Medal events

Men's park
Women's park
Men's street
Women's street

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IOC approves five new sports for Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - Olympic News. Olympic.org. 2016-08-08.
  2. News: Skateboarding Is Now an Olympic Sport. RIDE Channel. 2017-05-05.
  3. Web site: Ariake Urban Sports Park. lg.jp. 2019-09-30.
  4. Web site: 2019-02-18. IOC approves five new sports for Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. 23 May 2020. International Olympic Committee. en.
  5. Web site: IOC Official news announcing the provisional inclusion of Skateboarding in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris . olympic.org . 2019-06-25 . 2019-09-15.
  6. https://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/25542/1/Skateboarding%20final.pdf How skateboarding made it to the Olympics: an institutional perspective
  7. http://www.worldskate.org/images/QUALIFICATION-SYSTEM.pdf Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad –
  8. Web site: TOKYO 2020 EVENT PROGRAMME TO SEE MAJOR BOOST FOR FEMALE PARTICIPATION, YOUTH AND URBAN APPEAL. International Olympic Committee. 9 June 2017.
  9. Web site: Skateboarding - News, Athletes, Highlights & More. 2021-10-11. Olympics.com.
  10. Web site: Skateboarding Olympic Sport. 2021-10-11. Tokyo 2020. en-US. 2021-10-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20211011033707/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/sports/skateboarding/. dead.
  11. Web site: Schedule - Skateboarding Tokyo 2020 Olympics . Olympian Database . 8 March 2020.
  12. Web site: Skateboarding Competition Schedule . Tokyo 2020 . 8 March 2020.
  13. Web site: Skateboarding - Athlete Profiles. www.olympics.com/tokyo-2020/. Tokyo Organizing Committee for the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. 10 August 2021. 11 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210811025226/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/skateboarding/sport-entries.htm. dead.

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