| Men's halfpipe at the XXI Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Cypress Mountain | ||||||||||||
| Date | February 17, 2010 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 40 from 17 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning score | 48.4 | ||||||||||||
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| Halfpipe | men | women |
| Parallel giant slalom | men | women |
| Snowboard cross | men | women |
The men's halfpipe competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Cypress Mountain on February 17, 2010.
In each round of competition, each competitor performed two rides through the halfpipe. The highest-scoring run determined whether or not the competitor continued to the next round (or medaled, in the final round). In each round (except for the first run of the qualifying round) the order of performance was based on the inverse order of scoring (i.e., the competitor with the lowest score went first and so forth with the highest-scoring competitor going last).
The first round was the qualifying round, with 40 snowboarders divided into two heats. The top nine scorers from each heat advanced; the top three scorers went straight to the final round while the fourth- through ninth-place scorers went to a semifinal round.
The semifinal round consisted of twelve snowboarders. The top six from that group joined the six top scorers from the qualifying round for the finals.
In the final round, Shaun White had already wrapped up the gold medal performance with his first run (none of the other competitors' second-run scores exceeded White's 46.8 score), but performed his second run anyway, successfully completing a double McTwist 1260 and improving on his initial score.
It is currently the only Olympic halfpipe final to take place at night.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Notes |
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| 1 | 23 | Markus Malin |  Finland | 42.9 | 21.9 | 42.9 | QF |
| 2 | 34 | Greg Bretz |  United States | 42.1 | 38.0 | 42.1 | QF |
| 3 | 38 | Scotty Lago | United States | 41.3 | 16.2 | 41.3 | QF |
| 4 | 7 | Mathieu Crépel |  France | 37.2 | 22.6 | 37.2 | QF |
| 5 | 36 | Markku Koski | Finland | 37.1 | 12.8 | 37.1 | QF |
| 6 | 26 | Justin Lamoureux |  Canada | 36.2 | 20.2 | 36.2 | QF |
| 7 | 2 | Gary Zebrowski | France | 20.1 | 36.1 | 36.1 | |
| 8 | 30 | Kohei Kudo |  Japan | 30.6 | 33.5 | 33.5 | |
| 9 | 16 | Aluan Ricciardi | France | 33.2 | 12.8 | 33.2 | |
| 10 | 1 | Zeng Xiaoye |  China | 32.9 | 16.2 | 32.9 | |
| 11 | 14 | Ben Mates |  Australia | 3.6 | 27.5 | 27.5 | |
| 12 | 9 | Ben Kilner |  Great Britain | 3.1 | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best |
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 | 5 | Shaun White | United States | 46.8 | 48.4 | 48.4 |
 | 37 | Peetu Piiroinen | Finland | 40.8 | 45.0 | 45.0 |
 | 38 | Scotty Lago | United States | 42.8 | 17.5 | 42.8 |
| 4 | 27 | Iouri Podladtchikov |  Switzerland | 42.4 | 17.6 | 42.4 |
| 5 | 3 | Louie Vito | United States | 39.1 | 39.4 | 39.4 |
| 6 | 36 | Markku Koski | Finland | 36.4 | 25.0 | 36.4 |
| 7 | 26 | Justin Lamoureux | Canada | 33.8 | 35.9 | 35.9 |
| 8 | 28 | Kazuhiro Kokubo | Japan | 30.5 | 35.7 | 35.7 |
| 9 | 6 | Ryō Aono | Japan | 32.9 | 29.1 | 32.9 |
| 10 | 7 | Mathieu Crépel | France | 25.9 | 8.7 | 25.9 |
| 11 | 23 | Markus Malin | Finland | 16.7 | 18.6 | 18.6 |
| 12 | 34 | Greg Bretz | United States | 18.3 | 13.0 | 18.3 |
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