Snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Dates 6 – 22 February 2014
Medal Events 10

Snowboarding was held at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park in the Mountain Cluster of venues in Krasnaya Polyana, about 60 kilometres northeast of Sochi/Adler, where the indoor events were contested at the Coastal Cluster. The entire Mountain Cluster of venues was built specifically for the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games. The snowboarding program was expanded by four events with slopestyle and parallel slalom events for both men and women added to the standard program of halfpipe, boarder-cross, and parallel giant slalom.

The snowboarders initially had complaints about the venues, noting that the slopestyle course was too difficult and dangerous. American Shaun White, two-time defending champion in the halfpipe, had entered the slopestyle but withdrew from a stated concern for his safety. White had once been pre-eminent in slopestyle but did not contest it as much anymore, and his withdrawal, and comments, started a twitter war-of-words with Canadian favorite Max Parrot. Eventually some minor changes were made to the slopestyle and halfpipe and the events went off well with no major injuries to the boarders. Parrot would not even medal in the slopestyle, nor would White in his best event, the halfpipe.

The Americans were the leading nation in snowboarding in Sochi, winning 3 of 10 events and 5 of 30 medals. But 14 nations did win medals in snowboarding and 9 nations won 2 or more.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
Parallel Giant Slalom, Men Olympic 19 February 2014 32 12
Parallel Slalom, Men Olympic 22 February 2014 32 12
Slopestyle, Men Olympic 6 – 8 February 2014 29 13
Halfpipe, Men Olympic 11 February 2014 39 16
Cross, Men Olympic 18 February 2014 38 15
Parallel Giant Slalom, Women Olympic 19 February 2014 32 15
Parallel Slalom, Women Olympic 22 February 2014 32 15
Slopestyle, Women Olympic 6 – 9 February 2014 23 11
Halfpipe, Women Olympic 12 February 2014 27 13
Cross, Women Olympic 16 February 2014 24 14
237 (134/103) 31 (26/26)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Parallel Giant Slalom, Men Vic WildRUS Nevin GalmariniSUI Žan KoširSLO
Parallel Slalom, Men Vic WildRUS Žan KoširSLO Benjamin KarlAUT
Slopestyle, Men Sage KotsenburgUSA Ståle SandbechNOR Mark McMorrisCAN
Halfpipe, Men Iouri PodladtchikovSUI Ayumu HiranoJPN Taku HiraokaJPN
Cross, Men Pierre VaultierFRA Nikolay OlyuninRUS Alex DeiboldUSA
Parallel Giant Slalom, Women Patrizia KummerSUI Tomoka TakeuchiJPN Alyona ZavarzinaRUS
Parallel Slalom, Women Julia DujmovitsAUT Anke KarstensGER Amelie KoberGER
Slopestyle, Women Jamie AndersonUSA Enni RukajärviFIN Jenny JonesGBR
Halfpipe, Women Kaitlyn FarringtonUSA Torah BrightAUS Kelly ClarkUSA
Cross, Women Eva SamkováCZE Dominique MaltaisCAN Chloé TrespeuchFRA

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 3 0 2 5
Russian Federation RUS 2 1 1 4
Switzerland SUI 2 1 0 3
Austria AUT 1 0 1 2
France FRA 1 0 1 2
Czechia CZE 1 0 0 1
Japan JPN 0 2 1 3
Canada CAN 0 1 1 2
Germany GER 0 1 1 2
Slovenia SLO 0 1 1 2
Australia AUS 0 1 0 1
Finland FIN 0 1 0 1
Norway NOR 0 1 0 1
Great Britain GBR 0 0 1 1