Skateboarding at the Summer Olympics

Skateboarding will make its debut appearance at the Summer Olympics in 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.[1] It has also been provisionally approved by the IOC for inclusion at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.[2]

Skateboarding at the Summer Olympics
Events4 (men: 2; women: 2)
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World Skate currently sanctions Olympic skateboarding.

Bid for inclusion

In September 2015, skateboarding was included in a shortlist along with baseball, softball, karate, surfing, and sport climbing to be considered for inclusion in the 2020 Summer Olympics;[3] and in June 2016, the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that they would support the proposal to include all of the shortlisted sports in the 2020 Games.[4] Finally, on August 3, 2016, all five sports (counting baseball and softball together as one sport) were approved for inclusion in the 2020 Olympic program.[1]

Events

2020

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's park
Women's park
Men's street
Women's street

References

  1. "IOC approves five new sports for Olympic Games Tokyo 2020". Olympics.org. International Olympic Committee. August 3, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
  2. "IOC Official news announcing the provisional inclusion of Skateboarding in the 2024 summer Olympics in Paris". olympic.org. 2019-06-25. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  3. "Surfing and skateboarding make shortlist for 2020 Olympics". GrindTV.com. 2015-09-28. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
  4. "IOC Executive Board supports Tokyo 2020 package of new sports for IOC Session - Olympic News". Olympic.org. 2016-06-01. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
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