Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's halfpipe

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Men's halfpipe
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue Bogwang Phoenix Park
Date13 February (qualification)
14 February (final)
Competitors29 from 13 nations
Winning score97.75
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Shaun White Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Ayumu Hirano Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Bronze medal icon.svg Scott James Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
  2014
2022  

The men's halfpipe competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held from 13 to 14 February 2018 at the Bogwang Phoenix Park in Pyeongchang, South Korea. [1] [2] The event was won by Shaun White, who previously won this event in 2006 and 2010. Ayumu Hirano, the 2014 silver medalist, took silver. Scott James became the bronze medalist. For James, this is the first Olympic medal, and this was also the second medal for Australia at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

In the victory ceremony, the medals were presented by John Dowling Coates, member of the International Olympic Committee, accompanied by Dexter Paine, International Ski Federation vice president.

Qualification

The top 30 athletes in the Olympic quota allocation list qualified, with a maximum of four athletes per National Olympic Committee (NOC) allowed. All athletes qualifying must also have placed in the top 30 of a FIS World Cup event or the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 during the qualification period (July 1, 2016 to January 21, 2018) and also have a minimum of 50 FIS points to compete. If the host country, South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics, did not qualify, their chosen athlete would displace the last qualified athlete, granted all qualification criterion was met. [3]

Due to an injury, the 2014 Olympic Champion Iouri Podladtchikov was not able to defend his title. He was qualified but in Pyeongchang he decided not to compete. Podladtchikov crashed during the X-Games in January. [4]

Results

Qualification

Q — Qualified for the Final

The top 12 athletes in the qualifiers move on to the medal round. [5]

RankOrderNameCountryRun 1Run 2BestNotes
114 Shaun White Flag of the United States.svg  United States 93.2598.5098.50Q
213 Scott James Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 89.0096.7596.75Q
37 Ayumu Hirano Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 87.5095.2595.25Q
410 Ben Ferguson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 91.0089.7591.00Q
58 Raibu Katayama Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 85.5090.7590.75Q
65 Jan Scherrer Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 84.0016.0084.00Q
76 Chase Josey Flag of the United States.svg  United States 47.7583.7583.75Q
84 Jake Pates Flag of the United States.svg  United States 59.5082.2582.25Q
915 Patrick Burgener Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 82.0050.2582.00Q
101 Yuto Totsuka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 80.0065.2580.00Q
1123 Peetu Piiroinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 14.2577.5077.50Q
123 Kent Callister Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 66.7577.0077.00Q
1311 Taku Hiraoka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 26.0075.7575.75
1424 Lee Kwang-ki Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 75.0072.0075.00
1516 Zhang Yiwei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 32.5074.0074.00
169 Tim-Kevin Ravnjak Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 72.5027.0072.50
172 Derek Livingston Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 71.2532.7571.25
1825 Seamus O'Connor Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 65.5039.7565.50
1912 Markus Malin Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 30.2563.5063.50
2029 Nikita Avtaneev Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia 63.2532.7563.25
2128 Kweon Lee-jun Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 58.5062.7562.75
2227 Nathan Johnstone Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 62.2510.2562.25
2318 Johannes Hoepfl Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 53.2559.5059.50
2426 Kim Ho-jun Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 54.5010.2554.50
2522 Tit Štante Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 24.5052.2552.25
2621 Rakai Tait Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 36.5025.7536.50
2720 Elias Allenspach Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 23.7525.5025.50
2819 Janne Korpi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 4.5022.5022.50
2917 Shi Wancheng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 10.0011.7511.75

Final

The final was held at 11:30 on 14 February 2018. [6] Yuto Totsuka was injured during his second run, coming down on the edge of the halfpipe and injuring his hip. [7] He was taken off the halfpipe by a team of paramedics and taken to a local hospital. As a result, he was unable to compete in the third round of the finals.

RankOrderNameCountryRun 1Run 2Run 3BestNotes
Gold medal icon.svg12 Shaun White Flag of the United States.svg  United States 94.2555.0097.7597.75
Silver medal icon.svg10 Ayumu Hirano Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 35.2595.2543.2595.25
Bronze medal icon.svg11 Scott James Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 92.0081.7540.2592.00
49 Ben Ferguson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 43.0083.5090.7590.75
54 Patrick Burgener Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 84.0051.0089.7589.75
66 Chase Josey Flag of the United States.svg  United States 87.7552.2588.0088.00
78 Raibu Katayama Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 85.7525.0087.0087.00
85 Jake Pates Flag of the United States.svg  United States 47.0082.2527.0082.25
97 Jan Scherrer Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 31.2580.5070.7580.50
101 Kent Callister Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 20.0062.0056.7562.00
113 Yuto Totsuka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 39.257.00DNS39.25
122 Peetu Piiroinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 4.5012.7513.5013.50

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References

  1. Schedule
  2. Start list
  3. "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018 Snowboarding" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). 9 September 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  4. "Snowboarder Podladtchikov kan titel niet verdedigen in halfpipe". NUsport (in Dutch). ANP. 9 February 2018.
  5. Qualification results
  6. Final results
  7. Scott Davis (14 February 2018). "16-year-old Japanese snowboarder suffers horrifying fall in men's halfpipe and gets taken out on stretcher". Business Insider via San Francisco Chronicle.