Table 1

Rates of injuries overall, injuries leading to time loss (≥1 day or >7 days of estimated absence), competition and training injuries and illnesses overall in the Olympic sports

Athletes (n)InjuriesAll illnesses
Olympic sportAll≥1 day>7 daysCompetitionTraining
Ice sports
 Curling10012 (12.0)1 (1.0)1 (1.0)8 (66.7)4 (33.3)14 (14.0)
 Ice hockey46652 (11.2)25 (5.4)15 (3.2)35 (67.3)16 (30.8)26 (5.6)
 Skating
  Figure14920 (13.4)2 (1.3)1 (0.7)2 (10.0)17 (85.0)18 (12.1)
  Short track1069 (8.5)4 (3.8)1 (0.9)7 (77.8)2 (22.2)15 (14.2)
  Speed1778 (4.5)3 (1.7)2 (25.0)1 (12.5)17 (9.6)
 Ice track
  Bobsleigh17131 (18.1)5 (2.9)2 (1.2)4 (12.9)27 (87.1)20 (11.7)
  Luge1089 (8.3)1 (0.9)1 (11.1)8 (88.9)3 (2.8)
  Skeleton475 (10.6)1 (20.0)4 (80.0)13 (27.7)
Snow sports
 Alpine skiing31465 (20.7)29 (9.2)12 (3.8)15 (23.1)48 (73.8)27 (8.6)
Freestyle skiing
 Aerials4321 (48.8)6 (14.0)4 (9.3)5 (23.8)16 (76.2)5 (11.6)
 Halfpipe5113 (25.5)6 (11.8)4 (7.8)3 (23.1)10 (76.9)4 (7.8)
 Moguls5714 (24.6)10 (17.5)5 (8.8)6 (42.9)7 (50.0)1 (1.8)
 Ski cross598 (13.6)6 (10.2)6 (10.2)5 (62.5)2 (25.0)4 (6.8)
 Slopestyle5216 (30.8)6 (11.5)4 (7.7)4 (25.0)12 (75.0)3 (5.8)
Snowboarding
 Halfpipe6612 (18.2)3 (4.5)2 (3.0)5 (41.7)7 (58.3)2 (3.0)
 Slopestyle4617 (37.0)12 (26.1)5 (10.9)4 (23.5)12 (70.6)1 (2.2)
 Snowboard cross6121 (34.4)10 (16.4)8 (13.1)9 (42.9)11 (52.4)2 (3.3)
 Slalom649 (14.1)2 (3.1)2 (3.1)2 (22.2)7 (77.8)1 (1.6)
Nordic skiing
 Biathlon20414 (6.9)5 (2.5)2 (1.0)4 (28.9)10 (71.4)20 (9.8)
 Cross-country skiing29723 (7.7)7 (2.4)3 (1.0)9 (39.1)13 (56.5)41 (13.8)
 Nordic combined542 (3.7)2 (3.7)2 (3.7)1 (50.0)1 (50.0)5 (9.3)
 Ski jumping967 (7.3)4 (4.2)2 (2.1)2 (28.6)5 (71.4)2 (2.1)
 Total2788391 (14.0)*151 (5.4)82 (2.9)135 (34.5)†245 (62.7)†249 (8.9)*
  • Values presented are numbers (and incidences in brackets) of injured or ill athletes.

  • *Information on sport/event missing in three injuries and five illnesses.

  • †Information on training/competition is missing in 11 injuries. Data include eight double-starters.