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
Snowboarding at the
2014 Winter Olympics
Qualification
Halfpipemenwomen
Parallel giant slalommenwomen
Parallel slalommenwomen
Slopestylemenwomen
Snowboard crossmenwomen

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
Main article: Snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics – 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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