Snowboarding at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Snowboarding at the I Winter Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Nordkette Innsbruck and Kuhtai Igls, Innsbruck, Austria
Dates	January 16 – 19
Competitors	60

Snowboarding at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics will be held at the Nordkette Innsbruck and Kuhtai in Igls, Innsbruck, Austria from 16 January to 19 January. The difference in the Youth Olympic program for alpine skiing compared to the Winter Olympics, is that there will be no aerials or moguls competition for both genders, and an inclusion of a ski halfpipe for both genders.

Medal summary

Medal table

Total

Boys' Events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Boys' halfpipe
Boys' slopestyle

Girls' Events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Girls' halfpipe
Girls' slopestyle

Qualification System

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics - Qualification

The top twelve nations in the men's and women’s halfpipe FIS points list are entitled to a quota of one athlete in the respective event, the top twelve nations in the men’s and top eight in the women's ski halfpipe FIS points list are also entitled to a quota of one athlete in the respective event. Finally, the four remaining places each for men and women per event will be distributed with a maximum of one male or female athlete per nation, amongst the nations not yet qualified. This means 60 quota spots are available. The final quota spots were released on May 13, 2011 and are subject to change.

Qualification summary

NOC	Boys'		Girls'		Total
	Half-pipe	Slopestyle	Half-pipe	Slopestyle
Andorra				1	1
Australia				1	1
Austria	1	1	1	1	4
Belgium	1	1			2
Canada	1	1	1	1	4
Chile		1			1
Croatia			1	1	2
Czech Republic		1	1	1	3
Finland	1	1	1	1	4
France	1	1	1	1	4
Germany	1				1
Hungary		1			1
Italy	1	1	1	1	4
Japan	1		1		2
Netherlands	1	1			2
New Zealand	1	1			2
Poland			1		1
Russia	1	1	1	1	4
Slovenia	1	1			2
South Korea	1		1		2
Spain	1		1		2
Sweden		1			1
Switzerland	1	1	1		3
United States	1	1	1	1	4
Total: 24 NOCs	16	16	14	11	57