| Women's halfpipe at the XX Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Bardonecchia | ||||||||||||
| Date | 13 February 2006 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 34 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning score | 46.4 | ||||||||||||
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| Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics | ||
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| Halfpipe | men | women |
| Parallel giant slalom | men | women |
| Snowboard cross | men | women |
The women's halfpipe event in snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Bardonecchia, a village in the Province of Turin, Italy. Competition took place on 13 February 2006. [1]
| Rank [2] | Name | Qualification | Final | |||
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| Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | ||
 |  Hannah Teter (USA) | 39.9 | — | 3 | 46.4 | |
 | Gretchen Bleiler (USA) | 41.6 | — | 2 | 43.4 | |
 |  Kjersti Buaas (NOR) | 19.2 | 41.9 | 8 | 42.0 | |
| 4 | Kelly Clark (USA) | 44.9 | — | 1 | 41.1 | |
| 5 |  Torah Bright (AUS) | 32.0 | 43.1 | 7 | 41.0 | |
| 6 | Elena Hight (USA) | 33.1 | 36.8 | 10 | 37.8 | |
| 7 |  Manuela Laura Pesko (SUI) | 7.1 | 36.9 | 9 | 35.9 | |
| 8 |  Doriane Vidal (FRA) | 34.5 | — | 6 | 35.7 | |
| 9 |  Shiho Nakashima (JPN) | 35.5 | — | 5 | 33.1 | |
| 10 | Soko Yamaoka (JPN) | 28.5 | 35.6 | 11 | 32.7 | |
| 11 |  Cheryl Maas (NED) | 38.6 | — | 4 | 16.5 | |
| 12 | Chikako Fushimi (JPN) | 13.0 | 34.8 | 12 | 15.6 | |
| 13 | Sophie Rodriguez (FRA) | 33.9 | 33.8 | 13 | ||
| 14 |  Tania Detomas (ITA) | 29.7 | 33.6 | 14 | ||
| 15 |  Sarah Conrad (CAN) | 19.4 | 33.5 | 15 | ||
| 16 |  Juliane Bray (NZL) | 17.1 | 32.2 | 16 | ||
| 17 |  Paulina Ligocka (POL) | 31.8 | 31.8 | 17 | ||
| 18 | Holly Crawford (AUS) | 19.0 | 29.9 | 18 | ||
| 19 | Cecile Alzina (FRA) | 25.7 | 28.0 | 19 | ||
| 20 |  Kate Foster (GBR) | 16.4 | 24.7 | 20 | ||
| 21 | Dominique Vallee (CAN) | 31.5 | 24.5 | 21 | ||
| 22 |  Anna Olofsson (SWE) | 27.4 | 24.4 | 22 | ||
| 23 | Maëlle Ricker (CAN) | 25.9 | 23.2 | 23 | ||
| 24 | Kendal Brown (NZL) | 22.9 | 22.4 | 24 | ||
| 25 | Romina Masolini (ITA) | 12.7 | 20.5 | 25 | ||
| 26 |  Queralt Castellet (ESP) | 20.5 | 18.3 | 26 | ||
| 27 | Mercedes Nicoll (CAN) | 33.0 | 17.5 | 27 | ||
| 28 |  Lei Pan (CHN) | 15.6 | 16.0 | 28 | ||
| 29 |  Svetlana Vinogradova (RUS) | 6.9 | 13.8 | 29 | ||
| 30 | Clara Villoslada (ESP) | 10.3 | 11.4 | 30 | ||
| 31 | Zhifeng Sun (CHN) | 11.3 | 10.2 | 31 | ||
| 32 | Mariya Prusakova (RUS) | 8.5 | 8.2 | 32 | ||
| 33 | Lesley McKenna (GBR) | 1.4 | 5.2 | 33 | ||
| 34 | Melo Imai (JPN) | 7.2 | 1.4 | 34 | ||
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