Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's aerials

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Men's aerials
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Freestyle skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Genting Snow Park,
Zhangjiakou
Date15, 16 February
Competitors24 from 9 nations
Winning points129.00
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Qi Guangpu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg Oleksandr Abramenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Bronze medal icon.svg Ilya Burov Olympic flag.svg  ROC
  2018
2026  

The men's aerials competition in freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 15 February (qualification) and 16 February (final), at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou. [1] Qi Guangpu of China won the event; this was his first Olympic gold medal. Oleksandr Abramenko of Ukraine, the defending champion, won the second medal, and Ilya Burov, representing the Russian Olympic Committee, won bronze, replicating his 2018 achievement.

The 2018 silver medalist Jia Zongyang was competing as well. At the 2021–22 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup, there were six events before the Olympics, and only Russians, Chinese, and Swiss made it to the top three at any of them. Four events were won by Maxim Burov, the brother of Ilya Burov, and he was leading the rankings, followed by four Chinese. Sun Jiaxu was ranked second, and Jia Zongyang third. Maxim Burov is also the 2021 world champion.

Qualification

A total of 25 aerialists qualified to compete at the games. For an athlete to compete they must have a minimum of 80.00 FIS points on the FIS Points List on January 17, 2022 and a top 30 finish in a World Cup event or at the FIS Freestyle Ski World Championships 2021. A country could enter a maximum of four athletes into the event. [2]

Results

Qualification 1

RankBibOrderNameCountryScore [3] Notes
145 Qi Guangpu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 127.88Q
2314 Jia Zongyang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 125.67Q
3715 Noé Roth Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 123.08Q
4924 Eric Loughran Flag of the United States.svg  United States 121.24Q
5137 Oleksandr Abramenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 120.36Q
62012 Christopher Lillis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 119.91Q
7103 Stanislav Nikitin Olympic flag.svg  ROC 119.47
81517 Justin Schoenefeld Flag of the United States.svg  United States 118.59
91723 Ilya Burov Olympic flag.svg  ROC 117.65
101921 Stanislau Hladchenka Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 115.49
11146 Miha Fontaine Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 115.05
12622 Wang Xindi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 114.60
13168 Émile Nadeau Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 112.83
14511 Pirmin Werner Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 112.22
151220 Sherzod Khashyrbayev Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 109.74
162119 Maksim Gustik Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 109.74
172316 Lloyd Wallace Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 108.41
18229 Pavel Dzik Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 106.20
192513 Lewis Irving Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 103.98
201110 Nicolas Gygax Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 101.77
2112 Maxim Burov Olympic flag.svg  ROC 95.02
221818 Oleksandr Okipniuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 92.76
2324 Sun Jiaxu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 85.40
2481 Dmytro Kotovskyi Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 73.89

Qualification 2

RankBibOrderNameCountryRound 1Round 2Best [4] Notes
11813 Oleksandr Okipniuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 92.76125.00125.00Q
259 Pirmin Werner Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 112.22123.45123.45Q
31718 Ilya Burov Olympic flag.svg  ROC 117.65120.36120.36Q
4103 Stanislav Nikitin Olympic flag.svg  ROC 119.4786.88119.47Q
51512 Justin Schoenefeld Flag of the United States.svg  United States 118.59105.88118.59Q
61916 Stanislau Hladchenka Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 115.49107.69115.49Q
7145 Miha Fontaine Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 115.05107.69115.05
8617 Wang Xindi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 114.6098.19114.60
981 Dmytro Kotovskyi Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 73.89114.03114.03
1012 Maxim Burov Olympic flag.svg  ROC 95.02113.28113.28
11166 Émile Nadeau Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 112.83102.26112.83
1224 Sun Jiaxu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 85.40110.86110.86
131215 Sherzod Khashyrbayev Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 109.7469.23109.74
142114 Maksim Gustik Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 109.7497.20109.74
152311 Lloyd Wallace Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 108.4171.94108.41
16227 Pavel Dzik Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 106.2081.45106.20
172510 Lewis Irving Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 103.9880.99103.98
18118 Nicolas Gygax Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 101.77103.62103.62

Finals

RankBibNameCountryFinal 1Final 2 [5]
Jump 1Jump 2Best
Gold medal icon.svg4 Qi Guangpu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 125.22114.48125.22129.00
Silver medal icon.svg13 Oleksandr Abramenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 123.53113.57123.53116.50
Bronze medal icon.svg17 Ilya Burov Olympic flag.svg  ROC 109.05129.50129.50114.93
45 Pirmin Werner Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 126.24114.93126.24111.50
515 Justin Schoenefeld Flag of the United States.svg  United States 120.36123.53123.53106.50
620 Christopher Lillis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 125.67122.17125.67103.00
73 Jia Zongyang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 123.4588.69123.45Did not advance
87 Noé Roth Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 122.13110.41122.13
918 Oleksandr Okipniuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 91.40122.01122.01
1010 Stanislav Nikitin Olympic flag.svg  ROC 117.26119.00119.00
1119 Stanislau Hladchenka Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 115.93116.29116.29
129 Eric Loughran Flag of the United States.svg  United States 111.9590.50111.95

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References

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  2. "Qualification System for Xxiv Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 Freestyle Skiing" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  3. Qualification 1 results
  4. Qualification 2 results
  5. Final 2 results