Surfing at the Summer Olympics

Surfing at the Summer Olympics
IOC CodeSRF
Governing bodyISA
Events2 (men: 1; women: 1)
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Surfing made its debut appearance at the 2020 Summer Olympics in 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. It has also been approved by the IOC for inclusion at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.[1]

Bid for inclusion

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In September 2015, surfing was included in a shortlist along with baseball, softball, karate, skateboarding, and sport climbing to be considered for inclusion in the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2] In June 2016, the executive board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that they would support the proposal to include all of the shortlisted sports in the 2020 Games.[3] Finally, on August 3, 2016, all five sports (counting baseball and softball together as one sport) were approved for inclusion in the 2020 Olympic program.[1]

One of the biggest obstacles to surfing being included in the Olympics for many years was a landlocked country hosting the games which would make surfing events difficult to stage, and another one was that drowning is one of the big risks in surfing, and the IOC was less likely to take high liabilities in the event of a death.[4]

Events

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Event 20 24 Years
Men's shortboard X X 2
Women's shortboard X X 2
Total 2 2

Venues

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The surfing competitions took place in the following locations:

Edition Place
2020 Shidashita Beach, Chiba
2024 Teahupo'o reef pass, Tahiti

Medalists

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Men's shortboard

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
2020 Tokyo
details 		Ítalo Ferreira
 Brazil 		Kanoa Igarashi
 Japan 		Owen Wright
 Australia
2024 Paris
details 		Kauli Vaast
 France 		Jack Robinson
 Australia 		Gabriel Medina
 Brazil

Women's shortboard

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
2020 Tokyo
details 		Carissa Moore
 United States 		Bianca Buitendag
 South Africa 		Amuro Tsuzuki
 Japan
2024 Paris
details 		Caroline Marks
 United States 		Tatiana Weston-Webb
 Brazil 		Johanne Defay
 France

Medal table

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Sources:[5]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)2002
2 Brazil (BRA)1113
3 France (FRA)1012
4 Australia (AUS)0112
 Japan (JPN)0112
6 South Africa (RSA)0101
Totals (6 entries)44412

References

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  1. ^ a b "IOC approves five new sports for Olympic Games Tokyo 2020". Olympics.org. International Olympic Committee. August 3, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
  2. ^ Mondy, Ben (2015-09-28). "Surfing and skateboarding make shortlist for 2020 Olympics". GrindTV.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2015. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
  3. ^ "IOC Executive Board supports Tokyo 2020 package of new sports for IOC Session - Olympic News". Olympic.org. 2016-06-01. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
  4. ^ Pablo Zanocchi (3 August 2016). "It's Official: Surfing Will Be in the Olympics". Surfline.com. Archived from the original on 5 January 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
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