The 2010 Olympics featured six snowboard competitions, all of which were hosted at Cypress Mountain, which is approximately 30km from the Vancouver Athletes Village. The venue held up to 12,000 spectators during the slalom and cross events and 8,000 for the halfpipe competition.
Snowboarding was introduced to the at the 1998 Nagano Olympics with halfpipe and individual giant slalom being the inaugural competitions. At the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, Parallel giant slalom replaced the Individual slalom and snowboard cross was introduced at the 2006 Torino Olympics. In the short history of Olympic snowboarding, the United States leads all nations with 14 medals, Switzerland is second with eight and France has five.
Competitions and Schedule
Winners
- Watch Olympic Snowboarding Online
- Olympic Men’s Snowboard Cross
- February 15, 2010
- 10:30 - Snowboard - Men's Snowboard Cross Qualification
- 14:00 - Snowboard - Men's Snowboard Cross 1/8 Finals
- 14:26 - Snowboard - Men's Snowboard Cross Quarterfinals
- 14:42 - Snowboard - Men's Snowboard Cross Semifinals
- 14:53 - Snowboard - Men's Snowboard Cross Finals Medal Event
- Olympic Ladies’ Snowboard Cross
- February 16, 2010
- 10:00 - Snowboard - Ladies' Snowboard Cross Qualification
- 12:15 - Snowboard - Ladies' Snowboard Cross Quarterfinals
- 12:29 - Snowboard - Ladies' Snowboard Cross Semifinals
- 12:40 - Snowboard - Ladies' Snowboard Cross Finals Medal Event
- Olympic Men's Halfpipe
- February 17, 2010
- 13:05 - Snowboard - Men's Halfpipe Qualification
- 17:15 - Snowboard - Men's Halfpipe Semifinals
- 19:15 - Snowboard - Men's Halfpipe Finals Medal Event
- Olympic Ladies Halfpipe
- February 18, 2010
- 12:30 - Snowboard - Ladies' Halfpipe Qualification
- 16:00 - Snowboard - Ladies' Halfpipe Semifinals
- 18:00 - Snowboard - Ladies' Halfpipe Finals Medal Event
- Olympic Ladies Snowboard Parallel Giant Slalom
- February 26, 2010
- 10:00 - Snowboard - Ladies' PGS Qualification Run
- 10:34 - Snowboard - Ladies' PGS Elimination Run
- 12:15 - Snowboard - Ladies' PGS 1/8 Finals
- 12:51 - Snowboard - Ladies' PGS Quarterfinals
- 13:13 - Snowboard - Ladies' PGS Semifinals
- 13:27 - Snowboard - Ladies' PGS Finals Medal Event
- Olympic Men's Snowboard Parallel Giant Slalom
- February 27, 2010
- 10:00 - Snowboard - Men's PGS Qualification Run
- 10:34 - Snowboard - Men's PGS Elimination Run
- 12:15 - Snowboard - Men's PGS 1/8 Finals
- 12:51 - Snowboard - Men's PGS Quarterfinals
- 13:13 - Snowboard - Men's PGS Semifinals
- 13:27 - Snowboard - Men's PGS Finals Medal Event
- All times PST
References
Fast Facts
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Date
February 15-18, Feb 26-27
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Television coverage
NBC, CTV
