Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's big air

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Men's big air
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Snowboarding pictogram.svg
Venue Big Air Shougang,
Beijing
Date14, 15 February
Competitors29 from 14 nations
Winning time182.50
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Su Yiming Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg Mons Røisland Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Bronze medal icon.svg Max Parrot Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
  2018
2026  

The men's big air competition in snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 14 February (qualification) and 15 February (final), at the Big Air Shougang in Beijing. [1] Su Yiming of China won the event, his first Olympic gold medal. Mons Røisland of Norway won silver, his first Olympic medal, and Max Parrot of Canada won bronze.

The defending champion was Sébastien Toutant. He was competing but did not make it to the final. Neither the 2018 silver medalist, Kyle Mack, nor the bronze medalist, Billy Morgan, qualified for the Olympics. At the 2021–22 FIS Snowboard World Cup, only two big air events were held before the Olympics, won by Jonas Bösiger and Su Yiming. Mark McMorris was also the 2021 world champion, with Parrot and Marcus Kleveland being the silver and bronze medalists, respectively. Kleveland was 2019 X-Games winner, ahead of Sven Thorgren and Røisland.

Qualification

A total of 30 snowboarders qualified to compete at the games. For an athlete to compete, they must have a minimum of 50.00 FIS points in Big Air or Slopestyle on the FIS Points List on January 17, 2022, and a top 30 finish in a World Cup event in Big Air or slopestyle or at the FIS Snowboard 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 advanced to the Final. [3]

RankBibOrderNameCountryRun 1Run 2Run 3TotalNotes
111 Max Parrot Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 78.2586.5026.50164.75Q
235 Takeru Otsuka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 68.5075.5091.50160.00Q
323 Red Gerard Flag of the United States.svg  United States 75.5080.0078.75158.75Q
4279 Hiroaki Kunitake Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 83.7561.5074.50158.25Q
5238 Su Yiming Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 92.5062.7528.00155.25Q
644 Marcus Kleveland Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 87.7563.7561.25151.50Q
7917 Sven Thorgren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 80.7570.2533.75151.00Q
8627 Mark McMorris Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 81.5065.7565.75147.25Q
9107 Mons Røisland Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 31.2580.0066.50146.50Q
1052 Chris Corning Flag of the United States.svg  United States 64.2517.5081.75146.00Q
111919 Niek van der Velden Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 79.0060.0063.75142.75Q
121314 Darcy Sharpe Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 29.0077.5064.50142.00Q
131428 Rene Rinnekangas Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 78.7512.2560.75139.50
141222 Nicolas Huber Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 64.2575.0024.75139.25
152511 Kaito Hamada Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 80.7541.7555.75136.50
162818 Ståle Sandbech Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 69.5015.5066.50136.00
171121 Sean FitzSimons Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53.2568.7516.25122.00
181729 Kalle Järvilehto Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 22.7585.7522.00107.75
193024 Vlad Khadarin Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 67.0037.2530.00104.25
202412 Niklas Mattsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 18.5080.7521.75102.50
21826 Dusty Henricksen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 23.0072.7520.7593.50
22296 Emiliano Lauzi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 23.5080.7512.2593.00
231813 Tiarn Collins Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 71.2514.2521.2592.50
242620 Noah Vicktor Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 60.5018.2529.7590.25
252025 Leon Vockensperger Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 66.0024.0017.2590.00
26715 Sébastien Toutant Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 67.0022.5011.2589.50
272123 Jonas Bösiger Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 60.009.5015.7575.75
282216 Matthew Cox Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 56.2519.0013.7570.00
291510 Ruki Tobita Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 25.7516.2520.2546.00

Final

RankBibOrderNameCountryRun 1Run 2Run 3Total
Gold medal icon.svg238 Su Yiming Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 89.5093.0033.00182.50
Silver medal icon.svg104 Mons Røisland Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 89.2575.7582.50171.75
Bronze medal icon.svg112 Max Parrot Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 28.2594.0076.25170.25
4279 Hiroaki Kunitake Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 82.2550.2584.00166.25
5210 Red Gerard Flag of the United States.svg  United States 82.5019.2583.25165.75
6192 Niek van der Velden Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 83.7578.2526.75162.00
753 Chris Corning Flag of the United States.svg  United States 92.0035.5064.00156.00
847 Marcus Kleveland Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 87.7562.2539.00150.00
9311 Takeru Otsuka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 17.2595.0033.75128.75
1065 Mark McMorris Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 80.5021.0033.25113.75
1196 Sven Thorgren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 25.2567.0021.5088.50
12131 Darcy Sharpe Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 20.0082.005.7587.75

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