Skateboarding was an event held in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 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; it is also provisionally approved for the 2024 Summer Olympic games. The proposal to add skateboarding to the Olympics was approved in August 2016.How skateboarding made it to the Olympics: an institutional perspective. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
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.Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Skateboarding; World Skate, 6 April 2018 The qualification for the event was managed by World Skate.
Events Four medal events were held: Both events consist of two rounds, prelims and finals. The Park and Street events had their own specially designed courses that took into account gender and stance in order to have equality.
Men Park Street Women Park Street
Competition schedule All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9). Day Date Start Finish Event Phase Day 2 Sunday 25 July 2021 9:00 13:55 Men's street Prelims Heats/Final Day 3 Monday 26 July 2021 9:00 13:55 Women's street Prelims Heats/Final Day 12 Wednesday 4 August 2021 9:00 13:40 Women's park Prelims Heats/Final Day 13 Thursday 5 August 2021 9:00 13:40 Men's parkPrelims Heats/Final
Participating NOCs A total of 80 skateboarders from 25 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated.
Medal summary
Medal table
Medal events Men's park Women's park Men's street Women's street
See also Roller sports at the 2018 Asian Games Roller speed skating at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Roller sports at the 2019 Pan American Games Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics
References
External links Video - Full Replay: Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Women's Street First Skateboarding Contest (olympics.com, IOC, OBS, english) Video - Full Replay: Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Men's Street First Skateboarding Contest (olympics.com, IOC, OBS, english) Video - Full Replay: Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Women's Park First Skateboarding Contest (olympics.com, IOC, OBS, english) Video - Full Replay: Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Men's Park First Skateboarding Contest (olympics.com, IOC, OBS, english) Results book