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
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
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
Medal table
| 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 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
Women's events
| 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
| 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 |
Gurimu Narita Japan | ||||
| SB-UL[13] | Simon Patmore Australia |
Manuel Pozzerle Italy |
Mike Minor United States | ||||
References
- ↑ "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.