Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's big air

The men's big air competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 21 and 24 February 2018 at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Stadium in Pyeongchang, South Korea.[1][2] The event was making its Olympic debut.

Men's big air
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueAlpensia Ski Jumping Stadium
Date21 February (qualification)
24 February (final)
Competitors34 from 15 nations
Winning score174.25
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sébastien Toutant  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kyle Mack  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Billy Morgan  Great Britain
2022 →

Due to a broken shoulder caused by a crash in training for the slopestyle, Niek van der Velden was not able to compete.[3][4]

Qualification

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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 (in either big air or slopestyle) or the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 during the qualification period (1 July 2016 to 21 January 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.[5]

Results

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Q — Qualified for the Final[6][7][8]
DNS — Did Not Start
JNS — Jump Not Scored

Heat 1

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Rank Order Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best Notes
1 4 Maxence Parrot   Canada 89.25 92.50 92.50 Q
2 15 Niklas Mattsson   Sweden 53.75 90.00 90.00 Q
3 6 Kyle Mack   United States 87.25 88.75 88.75 Q
4 5 Chris Corning   United States 85.00 88.00 88.00 Q
5 11 Michael Schärer   Switzerland 87.00 44.00 87.00 Q
6 7 Redmond Gerard   United States 82.00 85.00 85.00 Q
7 3 Ståle Sandbech   Norway 84.75 41.25 84.75
8 17 Rowan Coultas   Great Britain 81.00 84.50 84.50
9 8 Yuri Okubo   Japan 84.25 44.25 84.25
10 13 Rene Rinnekangas   Finland 43.75 83.00 83.00
11 1 Jamie Nicholls   Great Britain 30.00 81.25 81.25
12 9 Alberto Maffei   Italy 77.50 36.25 77.50
13 16 Nicolas Huber   Switzerland 76.75 44.50 76.75
14 14 Lee Min-sik   South Korea 68.75 72.25 72.25
15 2 Seppe Smits   Belgium 50.00 59.25 59.25
16 18 Clemens Millauer   Austria 39.25 47.00 47.00
10 Moritz Thönen   Switzerland DNS
12 Petr Horák   Czech Republic

Heat 2

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Rank Order Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best Notes
1 2 Carlos Garcia Knight   New Zealand 88.75 97.50 97.50 Q
2 8 Jonas Bösiger   Switzerland 96.00 35.25 96.00 Q
3 6 Mark McMorris   Canada 89.00 95.75 95.75 Q
4 4 Torgeir Bergrem   Norway 94.25 59.50 94.25 Q
5 7 Sébastien Toutant   Canada 91.00 45.00 91.00 Q
6 12 Billy Morgan   Great Britain 87.50 90.50 90.50 Q
7 16 Tyler Nicholson   Canada 87.25 89.25 89.25
8 18 Peetu Piiroinen   Finland 43.50 87.25 87.25
9 1 Roope Tonteri   Finland 86.50 47.50 86.50
10 3 Marcus Kleveland   Norway 84.25 46.00 84.25
11 17 Vlad Khadarin   Olympic Athletes from Russia 83.75 79.25 83.75
12 5 Kalle Järvilehto   Finland 83.25 44.75 83.25
13 13 Ryan Stassel   United States 39.50 76.25 76.25
14 10 Stef Vandeweyer   Belgium 61.00 29.50 61.00
15 14 Matías Schmitt   Argentina 51.75 23.00 51.75
16 15 Anton Mamaev   Olympic Athletes from Russia 29.00 42.75 42.75
17 11 Hiroaki Kunitake   Japan 37.25 36.75 37.25
18 9 Sebbe De Buck   Belgium 33.50 30.25 33.50

Final

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The final was held on 24 February 2018.[9]

Rank Order Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total Notes
  4 Sébastien Toutant   Canada 84.75 89.50 JNS 174.25
  7 Kyle Mack   United States 82.00 86.75 JNS 168.75
  2 Billy Morgan   Great Britain JNS 82.50 85.50 168.00
4 5 Chris Corning   United States 74.25 78.75 JNS 153.00
5 1 Redmond Gerard   United States 74.75 JNS 68.25 143.00
6 3 Michael Schärer   Switzerland JNS 62.25 78.50 140.75
7 6 Torgeir Bergrem   Norway 88.50 42.50 JNS 131.00
8 10 Jonas Bösiger   Switzerland 77.50 JNS 40.75 118.25
9 11 Maxence Parrot   Canada 85.00 JNS 32.75 117.75
10 8 Mark McMorris   Canada 40.50 JNS 32.00 72.50
11 12 Carlos Garcia Knight   New Zealand JNS JNS 54.25 54.25
12 9 Niklas Mattsson   Sweden 36.00 DNS DNS 36.00

References

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  1. ^ "Schedule". Archived from the original on 2017-11-05. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ "Valse start Nederland: snowboarder Van der Velden haakt af". NOS. Archived from the original on 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  4. ^ "Einde Spelen voor snowboarder van der Velden door breuk na val". 10 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018 Snowboarding" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). 9 September 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  6. ^ Qualification Heat 1 results
  7. ^ Qualification Heat 2 results
  8. ^ Qualification results
  9. ^ Final results