FUN FACTS
Event Information
2 Miles of temporary fencing installed
16 Bob Burnquist, Rune Glifberg, Andy Macdonald and Dennis McCoy have
competed in all 16 X Games
18 Countries represented by athletes at X Games 16
29 Number of Disciplines at X Games 16
76 Two-way radio channels dedicated to the event.
400 TV production personnel - 10 times the production of a NFL football game
926 Two-way radios
1,123 Overall medals the have been awarded in X Games competition through 2009
45,000 Zip Ties
3 million Approximate number of shovels of dirt for the Coliseum (150 standard shovels =
one cubic yard of dirt)
Top 10 Medal Winning Countries in X Games history (1995-2009)
1.USA
2.Australia
3.Brazil
4.Canada
5.Great Britain
6.France
7.Japan
8.New Zealand
9.Germany
10.Russia (tied)
10.Switzerland (tied)
Athlete Information
13 Age of youngest athlete: Jono Schwan (Skateboard Am’s)
14 Most overall gold medals through X Games 16 earned by Dave Mirra
19 Record number of X Games Skateboard medals held by Andy MacDonald
24 Most medals overall through X Games 16 earned by Dave Mirra
27 Athletes have medaled at both X Games and Winter X
79 Number of rookies at X Games 16
49 Oldest athlete in the field: Duane Peters (Skateboard Park Legends)
33 The number of countries that have been represented in an X Games event
64 Number of the most athletes from a single state (California)
176 Out of 978 athletes over the past 16 years, 176 have had citizenship from a country other
than the U.S.
Going for four-peats at X Games 16:
Kyle Loza, Moto X Best Trick
Jamie Bestwick, BMX Freestyle Vert
Going for three-peats at X Games 16:
Garrett Reynolds, BMX Freestyle Street
Josh Hansen, Moto X Super X
Rune Glifberg, Skateboard Park Men’s
Pierre-Luc Gagnon, Skateboard Vert Men’s