Snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Snowboarding at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Pictograms for, clockwise from top left, cross, halfpipe, parallel giant slalom and slopestyle.
Venue	Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Dates	6–22 February 2014
No. of events	10
Competitors	243 from 31 nations

Snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Halfpipe		men		women
Parallel giant slalom		men		women
Parallel slalom		men		women
Slopestyle		men		women
Snowboard cross		men		women

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 have prompted organizers to modify the slopestyle course in the week before the Games.^[3]

Competition schedule

Rosa Khutor Extreme Park

Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort, the venue for snowboard

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

All times are (UTC+4).

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	3	0	2	5
2	Russia (RUS)	2	1	1	4
3	Switzerland (SUI)	2	1	0	3
4	Austria (AUT)	1	0	1	2
	France (FRA)	1	0	1	2
6	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	0	0	1
7	Japan (JPN)	0	2	1	3
8	Canada (CAN)	0	1	1	2
	Germany (GER)	0	1	1	2
	Slovenia (SLO)	0	1	1	2
11	Australia (AUS)	0	1	0	1
	Finland (FIN)	0	1	0	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	1	0	1
14	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	Total	10	10	10	30

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's parallel slalom	Vic Wild  Russia		Žan Košir  Slovenia		Benjamin Karl  Austria
Men's parallel giant slalom	Vic Wild  Russia		Nevin Galmarini  Switzerland		Žan Košir  Slovenia
Men's halfpipe	Iouri Podladtchikov  Switzerland	94.75	Ayumu Hirano  Japan	93.50	Taku Hiraoka  Japan	92.25
Men's slopestyle	Sage Kotsenburg  United States	93.50	Ståle Sandbech  Norway	91.75	Mark McMorris  Canada	88.75
Men's snowboard cross	Pierre Vaultier  France		Nikolay Olyunin  Russia		Alex Deibold  United States

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Women's parallel slalom	Julia Dujmovits  Austria		Anke Karstens  Germany		Amelie Kober  Germany
Women's parallel giant slalom	Patrizia Kummer  Switzerland		Tomoka Takeuchi  Japan		Alena Zavarzina  Russia
Women's halfpipe	Kaitlyn Farrington  United States	91.75	Torah Bright  Australia	91.50	Kelly Clark  United States	90.75
Women's slopestyle	Jamie Anderson  United States	95.25	Enni Rukajärvi  Finland	92.50	Jenny Jones  Great Britain	87.25
Women's snowboard cross	Eva Samková  Czech Republic		Dominique Maltais  Canada		Chloé Trespeuch  France

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 amounts allocated to them.^[5] Countries are allowed to enter the same athlete into more than one event, further reducing the amount 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.

References

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