15,700 – The approximate distance in kilometres between Paris and Tahiti, the largest distance between events at a single Olympic Games.
2021 – Surfing made its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020, held in 2021.
1964 – The year the first world surfing championships were organised in Manly, Australia.
29 – World Tour titles won by Carissa MOORE (USA), the defending gold medallist in women’s Olympic surfing.
24 – The number of competitors in men’s and women’s surfing at Paris 2024. In 2020, there were 20 entries in each event but only 19 started in the men’s event.
20 – A perfect score in surfing. The two best scoring waves are added together to become a surfer’s heat total.
19 – The number of years between the first (1992) and 11th (2011) world title of Kelly SLATER (USA). He won his first at age 20 and his last at age 39, making him the youngest and the oldest male winner.
11 – SLATER won the World Surf League (including predecessors) a record 11 times. SLATER, 52, failed to qualify for Paris.
10 – Italo FERREIRA (BRA) set a perfect 10-point ride in the men’s final at the World Surfing Games 2019, which were held in Miyazaki, Japan.
5 – Every wave is rated by a panel of five judges on a scale of 0.1 to 10. For every scoring ride, the highest and lowest scores are discarded, and the surfer receives the average of the remaining three scores.
5 – World titles won by MOORE, in 2011, 2013, 2015, 2019, and 2021.
2 – Only Japan claimed two medals in Olympic surfing at Tokyo 2020, with silver by IGARASHI Kanoa in the men’s event and a bronze by TSUZUKI Amuro for the women.
2 – Surfing will be held for the second time at the Olympic Games.
Statistics provided by Sports Data Warehouse.
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