Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's big air

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Men's big air
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Freestyle skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Big Air Shougang,
Beijing
Date7, 9 February
Competitors31 from 13 nations
Winning points187.75
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Birk Ruud Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Silver medal icon.svg Colby Stevenson Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Henrik Harlaut Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
2026  

The men's big air competition in freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 7 February (qualification) and 9 February (final), at the Big Air Shougang in Beijing. [1] This will be the inaugural freestyle skiing men's big air competition at the Olympics. Birk Ruud of Norway became the Olympic champion, Colby Stevenson of the United States won silver, and Henrik Harlaut of Sweden bronze. For each of them, this was the first Olympic medal.

At the 2021–22 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup, only two big air events were held before the Olympics. Both were won by Matěj Švancer, who was followed by Alex Hall in the ranking. Oliwer Magnusson is the 2021 world champion. Andri Ragettli is the 2021 X-Games winner.

Qualification

A total of 30 athletes qualified to compete at the games. For an athlete to compete they must have a minimum of 50.00 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 in either big air or slopestyle. A country could enter a maximum of four athletes into the event. [2]

Results

Qualification

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RankBibOrderNameCountryRun 1Run 2Run 3TotalNotes
154 Birk Ruud Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 94.5050.5093.25187.75Q
231 Alex Hall Flag of the United States.svg  United States 87.0090.7589.50180.25Q
387 Oliwer Magnusson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 88.0089.2584.00177.25Q
41917 Henrik Harlaut Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 93.0083.5042.00176.50Q
542 Colby Stevenson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 83.7590.5056.00174.25Q
61729 Christian Nummedal Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 92.2577.2579.25171.50Q
72422 Tormod Frostad Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 90.0081.2542.00171.25Q
8625 Mac Forehand Flag of the United States.svg  United States 77.7592.0079.00171.00Q
92526 Javier Lliso Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 90.2580.5079.50170.75Q
103016 Leonardo Donaggio Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 90.2570.2580.25170.50Q
112030 Evan McEachran Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 81.7588.5039.75170.25Q
121324 Jesper Tjäder Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 34.7591.7578.25170.00Q
131521 Édouard Therriault Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 83.5042.0084.50168.00
1423 Andri Ragettli Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 89.7578.0020.75167.75
15714 Antoine Adelisse Flag of France.svg  France 79.5066.0083.75163.25
162312 Ben Barclay Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 81.0078.2584.50162.75
17918 Fabian Bösch Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 81.0080.7522.50161.75
182110 Finn Bilous Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 73.7568.7582.00155.75
191231 Ferdinand Dahl Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 12.0072.5077.50150.00
201813 Max Moffatt Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 83.0064.0061.00147.00
212919 Daniel Bacher Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 75.0056.7569.00144.00
221415 Nick Goepper Flag of the United States.svg  United States 78.2549.5021.75127.75
23119 Kim Gubser Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 15.2579.7541.50121.25
24276 Hugo Burvall Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 47.2555.2546.00101.25
25268 Colin Wili Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 77.5018.7520.7598.25
2615 Matěj Švancer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 61.7527.7525.5089.50
273120 He Jinbo Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 45.2536.7549.0085.75
282228 Thibault Magnin Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 41.2521.7538.5079.75
292811 Simo Peltola Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 49.7541.7572.0072.00
301627 James Woods Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 27.5026.5032.2559.75
311023 Teal Harle Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 26.5024.2520.2546.75

Final

[4]

RankBibOrderNameCountryRun 1Run 2Run 3Total
Gold medal icon.svg512 Birk Ruud Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 95.7592.0069.00187.75
Silver medal icon.svg48 Colby Stevenson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 34.7591.7591.25183.00
Bronze medal icon.svg199 Henrik Harlaut Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 86.0090.0091.00181.00
4810 Oliwer Magnusson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 87.5079.0090.75178.25
5303 Leonardo Donaggio Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 91.0081.0017.25172.00
6254 Javier Lliso Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 51.2589.0082.50171.50
7131 Jesper Tjäder Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 77.2578.2592.00170.25
8311 Alex Hall Flag of the United States.svg  United States 68.2592.5027.00160.75
9202 Evan McEachran Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 93.0022.5011.50115.50
10177 Christian Nummedal Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 26.0093.0017.50110.50
1165 Mac Forehand Flag of the United States.svg  United States 60.7519.5042.0080.25
12246 Tormod Frostad Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 25.5014.0033.0058.50

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