Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Paralympics facts for kids
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 .
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.
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 | Brenna Huckaby United States |
56.17 | Cécile Hernandez France |
56.53 | Amy Purdy United States |
1:05.40 |
| SB-LL2 | Bibian Mentel-Spee Netherlands |
56.94 | Brittani Coury United States |
59.87 | Lisa Bunschoten Netherlands |
1:00.04 | |
| Snowboard cross |
SB-LL1 | Brenna Huckaby United States |
Amy Purdy United States |
Cécile Hernandez France |
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| SB-LL2 | Bibian Mentel-Spee Netherlands |
Lisa Bunschoten Netherlands |
Astrid Fina Paredes Spain |
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Men's events
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banked slalom |
SB-LL1 | Noah Elliott United States |
51.90 | Mike Schultz United States |
53.42 | Bruno Bošnjak Croatia |
54.08 |
| SB-LL2 | Gurimu Narita Japan |
48.68 | Evan Strong United States |
49.20 | Matti Suur-Hamari Finland |
49.51 | |
| SB-UL | Mike Minor United States |
50.77 | Patrick Mayrhofer Austria |
51.36 | Simon Patmore Australia |
51.99 | |
| Snowboard cross |
SB-LL1 | Mike Schultz United States |
Chris Vos Netherlands |
Noah Elliott United States |
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| SB-LL2 | Matti Suur-Hamari Finland |
Keith Gabel United States |
Gurimu Narita Japan |
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| SB-UL | Simon Patmore Australia |
Manuel Pozzerle Italy |
Mike Minor United States |
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See also
In Spanish: Anexo:Snowboard en los Juegos Paralímpicos de Pieonchang 2018 para niños
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