Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

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 .[1][2]

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.[3]

Medal summary

Medal table

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Women's events

Banked slalom
details
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
details
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

Banked slalom
details
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
details
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

  1. (in en) 2018 PyeongChang Paralympic Winter Games: What you need to know. http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/2018-pyeongchang-paralympic-winter-games-what-you-need-know. Retrieved 17 February 2018. 
  2. "Österreich Journal". Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  3. (in pl-PL) Zimowe dyscypliny Paraolimpijskie. https://paralympic.org.pl/zimowe-dyscypliny-paraolimpijskie/. 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.