Not held in other Games

Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Dates 25 July – 5 August 2021
Medal Events 4

The first skateboards were created in the late 1940s but the sport lacked a strong competitive scene until the 1970s, when the first unofficial World Championships took place. From then on, the sport’s popularity waxed and waned until the start of the 21st century.

From 2013 the IOC invited sports who were “relevant to the younger generation” to apply for places at forthcoming Olympic Games without gaining a permanent place on the schedule. Skateboarding overcame the problems of not having a strong global governing body by aligning itself with the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports and forming a new body that governed under the name “World Skate” from 2017 onwards.

The events chosen for the 2020 Games were “Park”, held in a standard skatepark, and “Street”, an event designed to simulate an urban terrain. The events were held at the 7,000 capacity Ariake Urban Sports Park located in the Ariake district of Kōtō, Tokyo. Twenty-five (25) countries were represented with the host country, the USA and Brazil all contributing the maximum 10 representatives. The host nation was most successful with three Olympic titles out of the four contested – Australia won the other gold. Brazil won silver medals and the USA slightly disappointed with only 2 bronze medals.

With medallists aged 16, 13, and 13 respectively, the women’s street contest providing the youngest podium in the entirety of Olympic history, although that was challenged in the women’s park event, in which the medallists were 19, 12, and 13 years-old.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
Street, Men Olympic 25 July 2021 20 12
Park, Men Olympic 5 August 2021 20 13
Street, Women Olympic 26 July 2021 20 13
Park, Women Olympic 4 August 2021 20 13
80 (40/40) 25 (17/19)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Street, Men Yuto HorigomeJPN Kelvin HoeflerBRA Jagger EatonUSA
Park, Men Keegan PalmerAUS Pedro BarrosBRA Cory JuneauUSA
Street, Women Momiji NishiyaJPN Rayssa LealBRA Funa NakayamaJPN
Park, Women Sakura YosozumiJPN Kokona HirakiJPN Sky BrownGBR

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Japan JPN 3 1 1 5
Australia AUS 1 0 0 1
Brazil BRA 0 3 0 3
United States USA 0 0 2 2
Great Britain GBR 0 0 1 1