Snowboarding at the Winter Olympics

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Snowboarding

Snowboarding has been contested at the Winter Olympic Games since the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano, Japan.

[edit] Events

The Olympic snowboarding program has been revised for each Games, with only the halfpipe competition appearing every time.

Event 1998 2002 2006
Men's halfpipe
Men's giant slalom    
Men's parallel giant slalom  
Men's snowboard cross    
Women's halfpipe
Women's giant slalom    
Women's parallel giant slalom  
Women's snowboard cross    

[edit] Medal table

See also: List of Olympic medalists in snowboarding
 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States United States (USA) 5 4 5 14
2 Switzerland Switzerland (SUI) 5 1 2 8
3 France France (FRA) 2 2 1 5
4 Germany Germany (GER) 1 2 0 3
5 Canada Canada (CAN) 1 0 1 2
6 Norway Norway (NOR) 0 2 1 3
7 Italy Italy (ITA) 0 1 1 2
8 Slovakia Slovakia (SVK) 0 1 0 1
Sweden Sweden (SWE) 0 1 0 1
10 Austria Austria (AUT) 0 0 2 2
11 Finland Finland (FIN) 0 0 1 1