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Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics was an event held in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. It was the debut appearance of skateboarding at the Summer Olympics. Skateboarding was one of four new sports added to the Olympic program for 2020; it is also provisionally approved for the 2024 Summer Olympic games. The proposal to add skateboarding to the Olympics was approved in August of 2016.

Events
Four medal events were held: The Park and Street events had their own specially designed courses that took into account gender and stance in order to have equality.


 * Men
 * Park
 * Street
 * Women
 * Park
 * Street

Park
This event is held on a hollowed-out course with deep curves and high walls with no obstacles. The activities in this event focus on gaining speed and height and performing tricks mid-air.

Street
This event is held on a course that resembles streets and has obstacles for the athletes to use such as handrails, curbs, benches, and other surfaces. The focus of this event is to creatively perform tricks while using the obstacles.

Scoring
The competition consists of two rounds. In each round are three 45-second long runs. The best score out of the three runs is the score that will count for the round. There are 5 judges that score the run out of 100 points, but the highest and lowest scores are not counted. This leaves 3 scores, and they are averaged to come up with the final score for the run.