Competitions in the sport of skateboarding, governed by World Skate, have been held at two editions of the Summer Olympic Games. First selected as one of the discretionary sports at the 2020 and 2024 games, skateboarding will be inducted as one of the mandatory sports at the 2028 games. Athletes compete in the disciplines of park and street skateboarding – each their own events. Japan has won both the most gold medals (5) and most medals overall (9).
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; 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. 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. One of the biggest obstacles for skateboarding for an inclusion at the Olympics was that huge injuries in skateboarding were so risky (which can include death) and the IOC was less likely to take liabilities. Also the skateboarding sub-culture helped push the idea that the Olympic Games were too "mainstream" for the sport, and as a result skateboarding organizations did not campaign heavily for the sport's inclusion.
Summary
GamesYear EventsBest Nation32 2020 4 (1)33 2024 4 (2)34 2028 4
Events
+ Current program Event 2020 2024 2028 Total Men's parkX XX 3 Men's streetX XX 3 Women's parkX XX 3 Women's streetX X X 3 Total 4 4 4 12
Participating nations The following nations have taken part in the Olympic skateboarding competition. The numbers in the table indicate the number of competitors sent to that year's Olympics.
Nation 2020 2024 2028 Years 5 9 2 5 2 2 1 2 2 10 12 1 4 4 1 2 4 2 1 1 2 1 7 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 5 7 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 – 4 1 – 1 1 3 2 2 10 10 2 1 1 2 5 1 2 – 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 7 2 1 – 1 2 1 2 3 – – 1 2 1 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 4 5 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 5 1 2 – 2 1 10 12 2 Nations 19 22 24Skateboarders 40 68 Year 2020 2024 2028 3
Medal table Sources:
Medalists
Men Park
2020 Tokyo 2024 Paris 2028 Los Angeles
Street
2020 Tokyo 2024 Paris 2028 Los Angeles
Women Park 2020 Tokyo 2024 Paris 2028 Los Angeles
Street 2020 Tokyo 2024 Paris 2028 Los Angeles
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) Skateboarding at tokyo2020.org