Surfing at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Surfing
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenueTeahupo'o reef pass, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Dates27 July / 5 August 2024
No. of events2
Competitors48
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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 athlete size by eight more than those in Tokyo 2020.[3]

Venue

The surfing competition will stage in Teahupo'o, Tahiti, the French overseas territory of Polynesia in the southern Pacific. The decision was made to hold the surfing competition in the French territory instead of continental Europe because of the famous massive waves on the island suitable for the surfing competitions.[1]

Qualification

The qualification system for Paris 2024 builds on the previous format used for Tokyo 2020, ensuring the participation of the world's best professional surfers, along with the vast promotion of geographical universal opportunities for surfers around the world at the Games. While the quota of two surfers per gender and country remains intact, two exceptions to this rule have been introduced for the ISA World Surfing Games 2022 and 2024 team champions which may result in some teams seeing their quota expand to three surfers.[4]

Timeline

Quota places will be distributed to the eligible surfers at the following events based on the hierarchical structure:[4]

Event Date Venue
2022 ISA World Surfing Games 16–24 September 2022 United States Huntington Beach
2023 World Surf League January – September 2023 Various locations
2023 ISA World Surfing Games 30 May – 7 June 2023 El Salvador El Sunzal & La Bocana[5]
2023 Pan American Games 24–30 October 2023 Chile Punta de Lobos
2024 ISA World Surfing Games 22 February – 2 March 2024 Puerto Rico Arecibo[6]
Reallocation of unused quota places June 2024

Competition schedule

Legend
R1 Round 1 R2 Round 2 R3 Round 3 ¼ Quarterfinals ½ Semifinals F Final
Schedule[7]
Event ↓ / Date → Sat 27 Sun 28 Mon 29 Tue 30 Wed 31
Men's shortboard R1 R2 R3 ¼ ½ F
Women's shortboard R1 R2 R3 ¼ ½ F

This is the current schedule, though depending on weather conditions, events can occur up until August 4.[7]

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (France)

RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Totals (0 entries)0000

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's shortboard
details
Women's shortboard
details

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Tahiti approved as Olympic surfing venue for 2024 Paris Games". NBC Sports. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Paris 2024 – Surfing". Paris 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  3. ^ Franceschi Neto, Virgilio (17 August 2022). "How to qualify for surfing at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  4. ^ a b "International Olympic Committee and ISA Confirm Qualification Process for Surfing Competition at Paris 2024 Olympics". International Surfing Association. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  5. ^ "ISA Announces Dates for 2023 Surf City El Salvador ISA World Surfing Games". International Surfing Association. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Puerto Rico to Host 2024 ISA World Surfing Games, the Final Qualifier for Paris 2024 Olympic Games". International Surfing Association. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  7. ^ a b "OLYMPIC SCHEDULE - SURFING". Retrieved 14 March 2024.