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

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Men's halfpipe
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Freestyle skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Genting Snow Park,
Zhangjiakou
Date17, 19 February
Competitors23 from 11 nations
Winning time93.00
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Nico Porteous Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Silver medal icon.svg David Wise Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Alex Ferreira Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  2018
2026  

The men's halfpipe competition in freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 17 February (qualification) and 19 February (final), at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou. [1] The podium consisted of all the medalists in the same event in 2018, but in a different order. Nico Porteous of New Zealand, the 2018 bronze medalist, won the event, bringing to New Zealand the second ever winter Olympic gold medal. David Wise of the United States, the champion in both previous events, won the silver medal, and Alex Ferreira, also of the United States, the 2018 silver medalist, this time won bronze.

At the 2021–22 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup, there were four events held before the Olympics, and Brendan Mackay and Ferreira were tied for the first place in the rankings, followed by Porteous and Wise. Porteous is also the 2021 X-Games winner in super-pipe, as well as the 2021 world champion.

Qualification

A total of 25 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. A country could enter a maximum of four athletes into the event. [2]

Results

Qualification

Q — Qualified for the Final

The top 12 athletes in the qualifiers moved on to the medal round.

RankBibOrderNameCountryRun 1Run 2BestNotes
112 Aaron Blunck Flag of the United States.svg  United States 26.2592.0092.00Q
224 Nico Porteous Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 75.5090.5090.50Q
3619 Birk Irving Flag of the United States.svg  United States 83.2589.7589.75Q
4823 David Wise Flag of the United States.svg  United States 88.7589.0089.00Q
543 Brendan Mackay Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 87.2585.0087.25Q
651 Noah Bowman Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 78.2585.5085.50Q
735 Alex Ferreira Flag of the United States.svg  United States 84.2569.5084.25Q
8716 Simon d'Artois Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 82.5068.2582.50Q
91212 Miguel Porteous Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 81.0031.7581.00Q
10107 Kevin Rolland Flag of France.svg  France 65.2575.2575.25Q
111515 Robin Briguet Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 72.253.0072.25Q
1296 Gus Kenworthy Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8.5070.7570.75Q
131314 Ben Harrington Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 69.2523.5069.25
141722 Mao Bingqiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 62.7566.2566.25
15169 Rafael Kreienbühl Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 60.504.0060.50
162220 Lee Seung-hoon Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 49.7556.7556.75
172010 Marco Ladner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 53.506.5053.50
182111 Sun Jingbo Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4.2548.7548.75
191821 Gustav Legnavsky Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 48.2540.7548.25
20238 Brendan Newby Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 10.7547.0047.00
211913 He Binghan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 45.0017.7545.00
222417 Wang Haizhuo Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 37.009.2537.00
231418 Jon Sallinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 18.0018.5018.50

Final

RankBibOrderNameCountryRun 1Run 2Run 3Best
Gold medal icon.svg211 Nico Porteous Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 93.0030.759.2593.00
Silver medal icon.svg89 David Wise Flag of the United States.svg  United States 90.757.7540.0090.75
Bronze medal icon.svg36 Alex Ferreira Flag of the United States.svg  United States 86.7583.7567.7586.75
457 Noah Bowman Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 84.2584.7521.2584.75
5610 Birk Irving Flag of the United States.svg  United States 80.0032.5048.0080.00
6103 Kevin Rolland Flag of France.svg  France 54.7577.2579.2579.25
7112 Aaron Blunck Flag of the United States.svg  United States 70.2578.2513.5078.25
891 Gus Kenworthy Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 17.503.7571.2571.25
948 Brendan Mackay Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4.0065.5027.0065.50
1075 Simon d'Artois Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7.257.0063.75 63.75
11124 Miguel Porteous Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 63.504.2530.5063.50
12152 Robin Briguet Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 21.756.753.0021.75

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