Snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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]

Snowboarding
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Pictograms for, clockwise from top left, cross, halfpipe, slopestyle and giant parallel slalom.
VenueRosa Khutor Extreme Park, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Dates6–22 February 2014
No. of events10
Competitors243 from 31 nations

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 prompted organisers 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).

DateTimeEvent
6 February10:00Men's and Women's slopestyle qualification
8 February09:30Men's slopestyle semifinals
12:45Men's slopestyle
9 February10:30Women's slopestyle qualification
13:15Women's slopestyle
11 February14:00Men's halfpipe
19:00Men's halfpipe qualification
21:30Men's halfpipe
12 February14:00Women's halfpipe
19:00Women's halfpipe qualification
21:30Women's halfpipe
16 February11:00Women's snowboard cross qualification
13:15Women's snowboard cross
17 February11:00Men's snowboard cross qualification
13:30Men's snowboard cross
19 February09:00Men's and Women's parallel giant slalom qualification
13:00Men's and Women's parallel giant slalom
22 February09:15Men's and Women's parallel slalom qualification
13:15Men's and Women's parallel slalom

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Russia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)3025
2 Russia (RUS)*2114
3 Switzerland (SUI)2103
4 Austria (AUT)1012
 France (FRA)1012
6 Czech Republic (CZE)1001
7 Japan (JPN)0213
8 Canada (CAN)0112
 Germany (GER)0112
 Slovenia (SLO)0112
11 Australia (AUS)0101
 Finland (FIN)0101
 Norway (NOR)0101
14 Great Britain (GBR)0011
Totals (14 nations)10101030

Men's events

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

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
parallel slalom
Julia Dujmovits
 Austria
Anke Karstens
 Germany
Amelie Kober
 Germany
parallel giant slalom
Patrizia Kummer
 Switzerland
Tomoka Takeuchi
 Japan
Alena Zavarzina
 Russia
halfpipe
Kaitlyn Farrington
 United States
91.75 Torah Bright
 Australia
91.50 Kelly Clark
 United States
90.75
slopestyle
Jamie Anderson
 United States
95.25 Enni Rukajärvi
 Finland
92.50 Jenny Jones
 Great Britain
87.25
snowboard cross
Eva Samkova
 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 numbers allocated to them.[5] Countries are allowed to enter the same athlete into more than one event, further reducing the number 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

  1. "Competition Schedule". SOCOG. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  2. Gillespie, Kerry (30 October 2013). "Sochi 2014: Younger, hipper Olympics to feature slew of new events". Toronto Star. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  3. "Sochi Snowboarding Course Deemed Too Dangerous After Accident". The Moscow Times. 3 February 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  4. "Snowboarding Schedule and Results". SOOC. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  5. "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014" (PDF). International Ski Federation. December 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
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