Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's halfpipe

The men's halfpipe competition in freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 17 February (qualification) and 19 February (final), at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou.[1] The podium consisted of all the medalists in the same event in 2018, but in a different order. Nico Porteous of New Zealand, the 2018 bronze medalist, won the event, bringing to New Zealand the second ever winter Olympic gold medal. David Wise of the United States, the champion in both previous events, won the silver medal, and Alex Ferreira, also of the United States, the 2018 silver medalist, this time won bronze.

Men's halfpipe
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueGenting Snow Park,
Zhangjiakou
Date17, 19 February
Competitors23 from 11 nations
Winning time93.00
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nico Porteous  New Zealand
2nd place, silver medalist(s) David Wise  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alex Ferreira  United States
← 2018
2026 →

At the 2021–22 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup, there were four events held before the Olympics, and Brendan Mackay and Ferreira were tied for the first place in the rankings, followed by Porteous and Wise. Porteous is also the 2021 X-Games winner in super-pipe, as well as the 2021 world champion.

Qualification

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A total of 25 athletes qualified to compete at the games. For an athlete to compete they must have a minimum of 50.00 FIS points on the FIS Points List on January 17, 2022 and a top 30 finish in a World Cup event or at the FIS Freestyle Ski World Championships 2021. A country could enter a maximum of four athletes into the event.[2]

Results

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Qualification

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Q — Qualified for the Final

The top 12 athletes in the qualifiers moved on to the medal round.

Rank Bib Order Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best Notes
1 1 2 Aaron Blunck   United States 26.25 92.00 92.00 Q
2 2 4 Nico Porteous   New Zealand 75.50 90.50 90.50 Q
3 6 19 Birk Irving   United States 83.25 89.75 89.75 Q
4 8 23 David Wise   United States 88.75 89.00 89.00 Q
5 4 3 Brendan Mackay   Canada 87.25 85.00 87.25 Q
6 5 1 Noah Bowman   Canada 78.25 85.50 85.50 Q
7 3 5 Alex Ferreira   United States 84.25 69.50 84.25 Q
8 7 16 Simon d'Artois   Canada 82.50 68.25 82.50 Q
9 12 12 Miguel Porteous   New Zealand 81.00 31.75 81.00 Q
10 10 7 Kevin Rolland   France 65.25 75.25 75.25 Q
11 15 15 Robin Briguet   Switzerland 72.25 3.00 72.25 Q
12 9 6 Gus Kenworthy   Great Britain 8.50 70.75 70.75 Q
13 13 14 Ben Harrington   New Zealand 69.25 23.50 69.25
14 17 22 Mao Bingqiang   China 62.75 66.25 66.25
15 16 9 Rafael Kreienbühl   Switzerland 60.50 4.00 60.50
16 22 20 Lee Seung-hoon   South Korea 49.75 56.75 56.75
17 20 10 Marco Ladner   Austria 53.50 6.50 53.50
18 21 11 Sun Jingbo   China 4.25 48.75 48.75
19 18 21 Gustav Legnavsky   New Zealand 48.25 40.75 48.25
20 23 8 Brendan Newby   Ireland 10.75 47.00 47.00
21 19 13 He Binghan   China 45.00 17.75 45.00
22 24 17 Wang Haizhuo   China 37.00 9.25 37.00
23 14 18 Jon Sallinen   Finland 18.00 18.50 18.50

Final

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Rank Bib Order Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best
  2 11 Nico Porteous   New Zealand 93.00 30.75 9.25 93.00
  8 9 David Wise   United States 90.75 7.75 40.00 90.75
  3 6 Alex Ferreira   United States 86.75 83.75 67.75 86.75
4 5 7 Noah Bowman   Canada 84.25 84.75 21.25 84.75
5 6 10 Birk Irving   United States 80.00 32.50 48.00 80.00
6 10 3 Kevin Rolland   France 54.75 77.25 79.25 79.25
7 1 12 Aaron Blunck   United States 70.25 78.25 13.50 78.25
8 9 1 Gus Kenworthy   Great Britain 17.50 3.75 71.25 71.25
9 4 8 Brendan Mackay   Canada 4.00 65.50 27.00 65.50
10 7 5 Simon d'Artois   Canada 7.25 7.00 63.75 63.75
11 12 4 Miguel Porteous   New Zealand 63.50 4.25 30.50 63.50
12 15 2 Robin Briguet   Switzerland 21.75 6.75 3.00 21.75

References

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  1. ^ Minji Seo (2021-06-16). "Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 9" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-12-24.
  2. ^ "Qualification System for Xxiv Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 Freestyle Skiing" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 29 January 2022.