Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's big air

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Men's big air
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue Alpensia Ski Jumping Stadium
Date21 February (qualification)
24 February (final)
Competitors34 from 15 nations
Winning score174.25
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Sébastien Toutant Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg Kyle Mack Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Billy Morgan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
2022  

The men's big air competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 21 and 24 February 2018 at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Stadium in Pyeongchang, South Korea. [1] [2] The event was making its Olympic debut.

Due to a broken shoulder caused by a crash in training for the slopestyle, Niek van der Velden was not able to compete. [3] [4]

Qualification

The top 40 athletes in the Olympic quota allocation list qualified (for both big air and slopestyle, the rankings were combined). This meant only a maximum of 40 could qualify across both events. A maximum of four athletes per National Olympic Committee (NOC) was allowed. All athletes qualifying must also have placed in the top 30 of a FIS World Cup event (in either big air or slopestyle) or the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 during the qualification period (1 July 2016 to 21 January 2018) and also have a minimum of 50 FIS points to compete. If the host country, South Korea, did not qualify, their chosen athlete would displace the last qualified athlete, granted all qualification criterion was met. [5]

Results

Key

Q — Qualified for the Final [6] [7] [8]
DNS — Did Not Start
JNS — Jump Not Scored

Heat 1

RankOrderNameCountryRun 1Run 2BestNotes
14 Maxence Parrot Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 89.2592.5092.50Q
215 Niklas Mattsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 53.7590.00 90.00Q
36 Kyle Mack Flag of the United States.svg  United States 87.2588.7588.75Q
45 Chris Corning Flag of the United States.svg  United States 85.0088.0088.00Q
511 Michael Schärer Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 87.0044.0087.00Q
67 Redmond Gerard Flag of the United States.svg  United States 82.0085.0085.00Q
73 Ståle Sandbech Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 84.7541.2584.75
817 Rowan Coultas Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 81.0084.5084.50
98 Yuri Okubo Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 84.2544.2584.25
1013 Rene Rinnekangas Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 43.7583.0083.00
111 Jamie Nicholls Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 30.0081.2581.25
129 Alberto Maffei Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 77.5036.2577.50
1316 Nicolas Huber Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 76.7544.5076.75
1414 Lee Min-sik Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 68.7572.2572.25
152 Seppe Smits Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 50.0059.2559.25
1618 Clemens Millauer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 39.2547.0047.00
10 Moritz Thönen Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland DNS
12 Petr Horák Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic

Heat 2

RankOrderNameCountryRun 1Run 2BestNotes
12 Carlos Garcia Knight Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 88.7597.5097.50Q
28 Jonas Bösiger Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 96.0035.2596.00Q
36 Mark McMorris Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 89.0095.7595.75Q
44 Torgeir Bergrem Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 94.2559.5094.25Q
57 Sébastien Toutant Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 91.0045.0091.00Q
612 Billy Morgan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 87.5090.5090.50Q
716 Tyler Nicholson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 87.2589.2589.25
818 Peetu Piiroinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 43.5087.2587.25
91 Roope Tonteri Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 86.5047.5086.50
103 Marcus Kleveland Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 84.2546.0084.25
1117 Vlad Khadarin Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia 83.7579.2583.75
125 Kalle Järvilehto Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 83.2544.7583.25
1313 Ryan Stassel Flag of the United States.svg  United States 39.5076.2576.25
1410 Stef Vandeweyer Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 61.0029.5061.00
1514 Matías Schmitt Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 51.7523.0051.75
1615 Anton Mamaev Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia 29.0042.7542.75
1711 Hiroaki Kunitake Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 37.2536.7537.25
189 Sebbe De Buck Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 33.5030.2533.50

Final

The final was held on 24 February 2018. [9]

RankOrderNameCountryRun 1Run 2Run 3TotalNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Sébastien Toutant Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 84.7589.50JNS174.25
Silver medal icon.svg7 Kyle Mack Flag of the United States.svg  United States 82.0086.75JNS168.75
Bronze medal icon.svg2 Billy Morgan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain JNS82.5085.50168.00
45 Chris Corning Flag of the United States.svg  United States 74.2578.75JNS153.00
51 Redmond Gerard Flag of the United States.svg  United States 74.75JNS68.25143.00
63 Michael Schärer Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland JNS62.2578.50140.75
76 Torgeir Bergrem Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 88.5042.50JNS131.00
810 Jonas Bösiger Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 77.50JNS40.75118.25
911 Maxence Parrot Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 85.00JNS32.75117.75
108 Mark McMorris Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 40.50JNS32.0072.50
1112 Carlos Garcia Knight Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand JNSJNS54.2554.25
129 Niklas Mattsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 36.00DNSDNS36.00

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