Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

downhill sport at the Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang, 12 and 16 March 2018

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

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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

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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

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Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States (USA)55313
2  Netherlands (NED)2215
3  Australia (AUS)1012
  Finland (FIN)1012
  Japan (JPN)1012
6  France (FRA)0112
7  Austria (AUT)0101
  Italy (ITA)0101
9  Croatia (CRO)0011
  Spain (ESP)0011
Totals (10 entries)10101030

Women's events

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Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
Banked slalom
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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
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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

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Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
Banked slalom
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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
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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

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  1. "2018 PyeongChang Paralympic Winter Games: What you need to know". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  2. "Österreich Journal". Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  3. "Zimowe dyscypliny Paraolimpijskie". Polski Komitet Paraolimpijski (in Polish). Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  4. "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.
  5. "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.
  6. "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.
  7. "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.
  8. "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.
  9. "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.
  10. "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.
  11. "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.
  12. "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.
  13. "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.