Surfing at the Summer Olympics

IOC Code| SRF
Governing body| ISA
Events| 2 (men: 1; women: 1)
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Competitions in the sport of surfing, governed by the International Surfing Association (ISA), have been held at two editions of the Summer Olympic Games. First selected as one of the discretionary sports at the 2020 and 2024 games, surfing will be inducted as one of the mandatory sports at the 2028 games. Athletes compete in the discipline of shortboard surfing, which is the sole event in the sport at the Olympics. The United States have won the most gold medals (2), while Brazil have won the most medals overall (3).

Tsurigasaki, worlds first Olympic surf beach in Japan

## 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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]

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][better source needed]

## Events

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Event  | 20 | 24 | Years

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Men's shortboard  | X | X | 2
Women's shortboard  | X | X | 2
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Total | 2  | 2  |

## Venues

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The surfing competitions took place in the following locations:

Edition  | Place

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2020 | Tsurigasaki beach, Chiba
2024 | Teahupo'o reef pass, Tahiti
2028 | Trestles

## Medalists

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### Men's shortboard

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Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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

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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]

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  United States (USA)| 2| 0| 0| 2
2|  Brazil (BRA)| 1| 1| 1| 3
3|  France (FRA)| 1| 0| 1| 2
4|  Australia (AUS)| 0| 1| 1| 2
Japan (JPN)| 0| 1| 1| 2
6|  South Africa (RSA)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Totals (6 entries)| 4| 4| 4| 12

## References

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1. ^ 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.
2. ^ "IOC Executive Board supports Tokyo 2020 package of new sports for IOC Session - Olympic News". Olympic.org. 2016-06-01. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
3. ^ "IOC approves five new sports for Olympic Games Tokyo 2020". Olympics.org. International Olympic Committee. August 3, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
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.

## External links

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* Surfing at tokyo2020.org

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Surfing

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Types|

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