2010 Winter Olympic Games: Snowboarding Summary

Adam Hornbuckle, Yahoo! Contributor Network
Mar 5, 2010 "Share your voice on Yahoo! websites. Start Here."

Overview

First introduced in 1998, snowboarding has evolved from two to the three events for both men and women. The halfpipe, the mainstay event, has remained unchanged since 1998, but the giant slalom became the parallel giant slalom in 2002, and the snowboard cross became an event in 2006.

Eighteen medals were awarded in the six snowboarding events. The United States dominated the competition, winning two gold medals, two silver medals, and one bronze medal. Canada followed the United States with two gold medals and one silver medal. France garnered one silver and two bronze medals, while Austria claimed silver and bronze medals. Australia and Holland each won a gold medal; Finland and Russia each garnered a silver medal; and Switzerland collected a bronze medal.

Men

American men won three medals, including two gold medals by Shaun White in the halfpipe and Seth Wescott in the snowboard cross and a bronze medal by Scott Lago in the halfpipe. Both Wescott and White defended the gold medals won in 2006. Canadians, Jasey Jay Anderson, won a gold medal in the parallel giant slalom, and Mike Robertson, won a silver medal in the snowboard cross. Tony Ramoin and Mathieu Bozzetto, of France, won bronze medals, respectively, in the snowboard cross and the parallel giant slalom. Benjamin Karl, of Austria, garnered the silver medal in the parallel giant slalom.

Halfpipe

Gold - Shaun White - United States

Silver - Peetu Piiroinen - Finland

Bronze - Scott Lago - United States

Snowboard Cross

Gold - Seth Wescott - United States

Silver - Mike Robertson - Canada

Bronze - Tony Ramoin - France

Parallel Giant Slalom

Gold - Jasey Jay Anderson - Canada

Silver - Benjamin Karl - Austria

Bronze - Mathieu Bozzetto - France

Women

American Hannah Teeter, of the United States, who won the halfpipe in 2006, finished in second place behind Torah Bright, of Australia. Teeter's teammate, Kelly Clark, captured the bronze medal in the halfpipe. Clark had won the gold medal in 2002. Only the United States won more than one medal in the women's snowboarding events, as Australia, Canada, France, Switzerland, Holland, Russia, and Austria won one medal each.

Halfpipe

Gold - Torah Bright - Australia

Silver - Hannah Teeter - United States

Bronze - Kelly Clark - United States

Snowboard Cross

Gold - Maëlle Ricker - Canada

Silver - Deborah Athonioz - France

Bronze - Olivia Nubs - Switzerland

Parallel Giant Slalom

Gold - Nicolien Saurbreij - Holland

Silver - Ekaterina Ilyukhina - Russia

Bronze - Marion Kriener - Austria