PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — At the Olympic snowboard events, the party-like atmosphere includes dance music booming in the background and loud gasps of “ooooh” and “ahhhh” from the lively crowds responding to every high-flying trick.

But when the American Arielle Gold dropped into the halfpipe for her bronze medal-winning run, she didn’t hear any of it.

“I was listening to ‘8 Mile’ by Eminem,” she said after the race. “I always listen to Eminem when I’m snowboarding. I really like his lyrics. He fought an uphill battle, and sometimes it feels like that’s what I’m doing. He overcame, and I can do the same.”

Music has long had a place in Olympic competition. Michael Phelps was known for wearing headphones until the final seconds before jumping in the water. At the 1998 Games in Nagano, the British bobsled team repeatedly listened to Whitney Houston’s anthem “One Moment in Time” to inspire them to a bronze-medal finish.