Skateboarding at the 2024 Summer Olympics facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Skateboarding at the Games of the Olympiad
Venue	Place de la Concorde
Dates	28 July – 7 August 2024
No. of events	4 (2 men, 2 women)
Competitors	88 from 23 nations
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Skateboarding was a super exciting event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris! It took place from July 28 to August 7, 2024, at a famous spot called Place de la Concorde. This was only the second time skateboarding was in the Olympics, after it first appeared in Tokyo 2020.

The sport is growing fast, and more young skateboarders are showing off their amazing skills. In Paris, 88 skateboarders competed, which is more than the 80 who competed in Tokyo. They battled for medals in four different events: Street and Park, for both men and women.

How Skateboarders Qualified for the Olympics

To compete in the Paris 2024 Olympics, skateboarders had to qualify. There were 88 spots available in total.

• Each country, called a National Olympic Committee (NOC), could send up to six skateboarders. This meant three men and three women for each of the two styles: Street and Park.
• The host country, France, automatically got four spots, one for each event.
• A few other spots were saved for countries that don't usually send many athletes to the Olympics.
• Most skateboarders earned their spots by getting points in special competitions. These points were added up on the Olympic World Skateboarding ranking list. The top 20 skateboarders in each event (men's and women's Street, men's and women's Park) got to go to Paris!

Skateboarding Competition Schedule

The skateboarding events were spread out over several days. Skaters competed in two main types of sessions:

• A = Afternoon session. This started at 10:00 AM for the Street events and 12:30 PM for the Park events.
• E = Evening session. This started at 5:00 PM for Street and 5:30 PM for Park.

Here's a quick look at when the events happened:

Countries That Competed

A total of 88 skateboarders from 23 different countries took part in the Paris 2024 Olympics. Some countries sent many athletes, while others sent just one or two.

•  Argentina (2)
•  Australia (9)
•  Brazil (12)
•  Canada (4)
•  China (4)
•  Colombia (1)
•  Denmark (1)
•  Finland (1)
•  France (7)
•  Germany (2)
•  Great Britain (3)
•  Italy (2)
•  Japan (10)
•  Morocco (1)
•  Netherlands (2)
•  Portugal (2)
•  Puerto Rico (1)
•  Slovakia (1)
•  South Africa (3)
•  Spain (5)
•  Sweden (1)
•  Thailand (1)
•  United States (12)

Medal Winners

Skateboarders from different countries won medals in the exciting Street and Park events.

Medal Table

This table shows which countries won the most medals in skateboarding.

  *   Host nation (France)

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	2	2	0	4
2	Australia	2	0	0	2
3	United States	0	2	1	3
4	Brazil	0	0	2	2
5	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		4	4	4	12

Medalists

Here are the amazing skateboarders who won gold, silver, and bronze medals:

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's park details	Keegan Palmer  Australia	Tom Schaar  United States	Augusto Akio  Brazil
Men's street details	Yuto Horigome  Japan	Jagger Eaton  United States	Nyjah Huston  United States
Women's park details	Arisa Trew  Australia	Kokona Hiraki  Japan	Sky Brown  Great Britain
Women's street details	Coco Yoshizawa  Japan	Liz Akama  Japan	Rayssa Leal  Brazil

See also

In Spanish: Skateboarding en los Juegos Olímpicos de París 2024 para niños

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