Rates of injuries overall and injuries leading to time loss (>7 days of estimated absence) in female and male athletes in the Olympic sports
| Olympic sport | Female athletes | Male athletes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | All injuries | Time loss >7 days | n | All injuries | Time loss >7 days | |
| Ice sports | ||||||
| Curling | 50 | 5 (10.0) | 1 (2.0) | 50 | 7 (14.0) | – |
| Ice hockey | 168 | 19 (11.3) | 3 (1.8) | 298 | 32 (10.7) | 12 (4.0) |
| Skating | ||||||
| Figure | 74 | 10 (13.5) | – | 75 | 10 (13.3) | 1 (1.3) |
| Short track | 50 | 3 (6.0) | – | 56 | 6 (10.7) | 1 (1.8) |
| Speed | 83 | 3 (3.6) | – | 94 | 5 (5.3) | – |
| Ice track | ||||||
| Bobsleigh | 40 | 9 (22.5) | 1 (2.5) | 131 | 22 (16.8) | 1 (0.8) |
| Luge | 31 | 3 (9.7) | – | 77 | 6 (7.8) | – |
| Skeleton | 20 | 2 (10.0) | – | 27 | 3 (11.1) | – |
| Snow sports | ||||||
| Alpine skiing | 130 | 27 (20.8) | 4 (3.1) | 184 | 38 (20.7) | 8 (4.3) |
| Freestyle skiing | ||||||
| Aerials | 22 | 12 (54.5) | 2 (9.1) | 21 | 9 (42.9) | 2 (9.5) |
| Halfpipe | 23 | 5 (21.7) | 2 (8.7) | 28 | 8 (28.6) | 2 (7.1) |
| Moguls | 28 | 10 (35.7) | 4 (14.3) | 29 | 4 (13.8) | 1 (3.4) |
| Ski cross | 28 | 5 (17.9) | 4 (14.3) | 31 | 3 (9.7) | 2 (6.5) |
| Slopestyle | 22 | 11 (50.0) | 2 (9.1) | 30 | 5 (16.7) | 2 (6.7) |
| Snowboarding | ||||||
| Halfpipe | 27 | 8 (29.6) | 2 (7.4) | 39 | 4 (10.3) | – |
| Slopestyle | 21 | 7 (33.3) | 3 (14.3) | 25 | 10 (40.0) | 2 (8.0) |
| Snowboard cross | 23 | 10 (43.5) | 5 (21.7) | 38 | 11 (28.9) | 3 (7.9) |
| Slalom | 32 | 6 (18.8) | 2 (6.3) | 32 | 3 (9.4) | – |
| Nordic skiing | ||||||
| Biathlon | 99 | 5 (5.1) | – | 105 | 9 (8.6) | 2 (1.9) |
| Cross-country skiing | 125 | 8 (6.4) | 2 (1.6) | 172 | 15 (8.7) | 1 (0.6) |
| Nordic combined | – | – | – | 54 | 2 (3.7) | 2 (3.7) |
| Ski jumping | 30 | – | – | 66 | 7 (10.6) | 2 (3.0) |
| Total | 1126 | 168 (14.9)* | 37 (3.3) | 1662 | 219 (13.2)* | 44 (2.6) |
Values presented are numbers (and incidences in brackets) of injured or ill athletes.
*Unknown gender for four injuries. Data include eight double-starters.