Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
The snowboard events at the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games will be held on March 12, 2018 and March 16, 2018 at Bokwang Phoenix Park .
History[change | change source]
This is the first time that the discipline is officially represented at the Games. At the earlier edition of the Games, snowboarding was included with para-alpine skiing events .[1][2]
Program[change | change source]
Two types of events will be present:
- Snowboard Cross: competition where the people race against each other on a course with a whole range of obstacles: banked turns, rollers, spines, jumps, etc.
- Banked Slalom: competition whose competitors make the route through gates
Disability categories are either upper body (SB-UL) or lower body (SB-LL-1 and SB-LL-2). There are ten medals people can win. They are in SBX: SB-LL1 Men, SB-LL1 Women, SB-LL2M, SB-LL2W, SB-UL Men; BSL: SB-LL1 Men, SB-LL1 Women, SB-LL2M, SB-LL2W, and SB-UL Men.[3]
Medal summary[change | change source]
Medal table[change | change source]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States (USA) | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 2 |  Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 |  Australia (AUS) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
 Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 6 |  France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 |  Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 |  Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (10 nations) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
Women's events[change | change source]
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banked slalom |
SB-LL1[4] | Brenna Huckaby United States |
56.17 | Cécile Hernandez France |
56.53 | Amy Purdy United States |
1:05.40 |
| SB-LL2[5] | Bibian Mentel-Spee Netherlands |
56.94 | Brittani Coury United States |
59.87 | Lisa Bunschoten Netherlands |
1:00.04 | |
| Snowboard cross |
SB-LL1[6] | Brenna Huckaby United States
|
Amy Purdy United States
|
Cécile Hernandez France
| |||
| SB-LL2[7] | Bibian Mentel-Spee Netherlands
|
Lisa Bunschoten Netherlands
|
Astrid Fina Paredes Spain
| ||||
Men's events[change | change source]
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banked slalom |
SB-LL1[8] | Noah Elliott United States |
51.90 | Mike Schultz United States |
53.42 | Bruno Bošnjak Croatia |
54.08 |
| SB-LL2[9] | Gurimu Narita Japan |
48.68 | Evan Strong United States |
49.20 | Matti Suur-Hamari Finland |
49.51 | |
| SB-UL[10] | Mike Minor United States |
50.77 | Patrick Mayrhofer Austria |
51.36 | Simon Patmore Australia |
51.99 | |
| Snowboard cross |
SB-LL1[11] | Mike Schultz United States
|
Chris Vos Netherlands
|
Noah Elliott United States
| |||
| SB-LL2[12] | Matti Suur-Hamari Finland
|
Keith Gabel United States
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Gurimu Narita Japan
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| SB-UL[13] | Simon Patmore Australia
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Manuel Pozzerle Italy
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Mike Minor United States
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References[change | change source]
- ↑ "2018 PyeongChang Paralympic Winter Games: What you need to know". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- ↑ "Österreich Journal". Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- ↑ "Zimowe dyscypliny Paraolimpijskie". Polski Komitet Paraolimpijski (in Polish). Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ↑ "Medals and Ranking — Women's Banked Slalom SB-LL1". PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. 16 March 2018. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ↑ "Medals and Ranking — Women's Banked Slalom SB-LL2". PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. 16 March 2018. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ↑ "Medals and Ranking — Women's Snowboard Cross SB-LL1". PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. 12 March 2018. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ↑ "Medals and Ranking — Women's Snowboard Cross SB-LL2". PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. 12 March 2018. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ↑ "Medals and Ranking — Men's Banked Slalom SB-LL1". PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. 16 March 2018. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ↑ "Medals and Ranking — Men's Banked Slalom SB-LL2". PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. 16 March 2018. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ↑ "Medals and Ranking — Men's Banked Slalom SB-UL". PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. 16 March 2018. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ↑ "Medals and Ranking — Men's Snowboard Cross SB-LL1". PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. 12 March 2018. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ↑ "Medals and Ranking — Men's Snowboard Cross SB-LL2". PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. 12 March 2018. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ↑ "Medals and Ranking — Men's Snowboard Cross SB-UL". PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. 12 March 2018. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.