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Olympic history. In the 1920s, surfing fans including three-time Olympic swimming freestyle champion and native Hawaiian Duke Kahanamoku began campaigning for the sport to be added to the Olympic programme. Many years later, surfing finally made it onto the Olympic programme for the Tokyo 2020 Games, and will return for Paris 2024; the ...
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. [2] In June 2016, the executive board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that they would support the proposal to include all of the ...
Jun 17, 2024 · Surfing made it's Olympic debut at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Athletes will make history in the quest for gold at the Paris 2024 Olympic games at the legendary and breath-taking Teahupo'o wave in Tahiti. Surfing events for Paris 2024 will take place over 4 days within a 9 day window between July 27th and August 4th.
v. t. e. Surfing at the 2024 Summer Olympics is scheduled to take place 27 July – 5 August 2024 in Teahupo'o reef pass, Tahiti, French Polynesia, breaking the record for the farthest medal competition to stage outside the host city. [1] [2] A total of 48 surfers (24 for each gender) will compete in the shortboard events, augmenting the ...
Men's Bronze Medal Match. 02:53. Women's Bronze Medal Match. 03:34. Men's Gold Medal Match. 04:15. Women's Gold Medal Match. Official Paris 2024 Olympics schedule for Surfing. View the competition schedule for the summer Olympics in Paris.
United States of America. Silver. bianca buitendag. South Africa. Bronze. amuro tsuzuki. Japan. Official Surfing results from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Full list of gold, silver and bronze medallists as well as photos and videos of medal-winning moments.
May 27, 2024 · Teahupo'o, Tahiti: surfing's venue for the Paris 2024 Olympics. Over a century ago, a young Duke Kahanamoku found himself far from the silver sand beaches at home in Hawaii, and instead, at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. But it wasn’t surfing that the Duke was competing in; it was freestyle swimming. (He smoked the competition, by the way ...
