Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's slopestyle

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Men's slopestyle
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue Bogwang Phoenix Park
Date10 February (qualification)
11 February (final)
Competitors37 from 16 nations
Winning points87.16
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Redmond Gerard Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Maxence Parrot Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Bronze medal icon.svg Mark McMorris Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
  2014
2022  

The men's slopestyle competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 10 and 11 February 2018 at the Bogwang Phoenix Park in Pyeongchang, South Korea. [1] [2]

Summary

Due to a broken shoulder caused by a crash in training, Niek van der Velden was not able to compete. [3] [4] Then Norwegian snowboarder Mons Røisland, who was considered a possible medal contender, broke a chest bone and tore ligaments in a crash during practice prior to the finals, which made him unable to compete. [5]

Eleven months after the Canadian Mark McMorris ended up in a coma, he won the Olympic bronze medal. [6]

In the victory ceremony, the medals were presented by Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant, member of the International Olympic Committee accompanied by Dexter Paine, FIS vice president.

Schedule

All times are (UTC+9).

DateTimeRound
10 February10:00Qualification
11 February10:00Final

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 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, did not qualify, their chosen athlete would displace the last qualified athlete, granted all qualification criterion was met. [7]

Results

Key

Q — Qualified for the Final
DNS — Did Not Start

Heat 1

RankOrderNameCountryRun 1Run 2BestNotes
15 Marcus Kleveland Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 83.7132.3083.71Q
26 Carlos Garcia Knight Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 80.1040.2080.10Q
34 Sebastien Toutant Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 78.0145.0678.01Q
47 Mons Røisland Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 76.5043.6876.50Q
52 Torgeir Bergrem Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 45.8075.4575.45Q
617 Niklas Mattsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 50.8173.5373.53Q
711 Roope Tonteri Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 72.6038.0872.60
88 Jamie Nicholls Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 71.5636.9071.56
91 Chris Corning Flag of the United States.svg  United States 70.8569.8670.85
1013 Peetu Piiroinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 69.2643.4369.26
1119 Vlad Khadarin Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia 23.0564.1664.16
123 Sebbe De Buck Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 59.4029.5859.40
1315 Rene Rinnekangas Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 24.8637.9137.91
1416 Michael Schärer Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 37.6127.0137.61
1518 Kalle Järvilehto Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 15.5631.1031.10
1614 Moritz Thönen Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 19.5323.5523.55
179 Ryan Stassel Flag of the United States.svg  United States 23.5022.6323.50
10 Lee Min-sik Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea DNS
12 Niek van der Velden Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands

Heat 2

RankOrderNameCountryRun 1Run 2BestNotes
18 Maxence Parrot Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 83.4587.3687.36Q
23 Mark McMorris Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 83.7086.8386.83Q
35 Redmond Gerard Flag of the United States.svg  United States 82.5557.1182.55Q
42 Ståle Sandbech Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 74.1182.1382.13Q
51 Tyler Nicholson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 17.4179.2179.21Q
64 Seppe Smits Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 78.3641.4878.36Q
717 Clemens Millauer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 75.6577.4577.45
814 Yuri Okubo Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 24.4575.0575.05
912 Jonas Bösiger Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 18.6858.2658.26
1011 Billy Morgan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 56.4037.5556.40
116 Kyle Mack Flag of the United States.svg  United States 45.2653.5553.55
129 Matias Schmitt Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 50.8620.6850.86
1315 Måns Hedberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 46.25DNS46.25
147 Hiroaki Kunitake Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 39.4543.1643.16
1518 Petr Horák Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 41.9339.0541.93
1616 Nicolas Huber Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 34.2536.9036.90
1713 Stef Vandeweyer Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 33.7521.1633.75
1810 Rowan Coultas Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 23.2023.5823.58

Final

The final was started at 11:04. [8]

RankOrderNameCountryRun 1Run 2Run 3BestNotes
Gold medal icon.svg8 Redmond Gerard Flag of the United States.svg  United States 43.3346.4087.1687.16
Silver medal icon.svg12 Maxence Parrot Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 45.1349.4886.0086.00
Bronze medal icon.svg10 Mark McMorris Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 75.3085.2060.6885.20
46 Ståle Sandbech Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 44.8181.0138.1381.01
59 Carlos Garcia Knight Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 78.6052.9824.3578.60
611 Marcus Kleveland Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 77.7643.7137.1877.76
74 Tyler Nicholson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 36.1876.4176.1576.41
83 Torgeir Bergrem Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 58.8075.8060.0375.80
91 Niklas Mattsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 38.4374.7142.4874.71
102 Seppe Smits Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 31.1169.0366.1869.03
117 Sebastien Toutant Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 33.6657.2361.0861.08
125 Mons Røisland Flag of Norway.svg  Norway DNS

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