Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's halfpipe


The men's halfpipe competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held from 13 to 14 February 2018 at the Bogwang Phoenix Park in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The event was won by Shaun White, who previously won this event in 2006 and 2010. Ayumu Hirano, the 2014 silver medalist, took silver. Scott James became the bronze medalist. For James, this is the first Olympic medal, and this was also the second medal for Australia at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
In the victory ceremony, the medals were presented by John Dowling Coates, member of the International Olympic Committee, accompanied by Dexter Paine, International Ski Federation vice president.

Qualification

The top 30 athletes in the Olympic quota allocation list qualified, with a maximum of four athletes per National Olympic Committee 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 and also have a minimum of 50 FIS points to compete. If the host country, South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics, did not qualify, their chosen athlete would displace the last qualified athlete, granted all qualification criterion was met.
Due to an injury, the 2014 Olympic Champion Iouri Podladtchikov was not able to defend his title. He was qualified but in Pyeongchang he decided not to compete. Podladtchikov crashed during the X-Games in January.

Results

Qualification

The top 12 athletes in the qualifiers move on to the medal round.
RankOrderNameCountryRun 1Run 2BestNotes
114Shaun White93.2598.5098.50Q
213Scott James89.0096.7596.75Q
37Ayumu Hirano87.5095.2595.25Q
410Ben Ferguson91.0089.7591.00Q
58Raibu Katayama85.5090.7590.75Q
65Jan Scherrer84.0016.0084.00Q
76Chase Josey47.7583.7583.75Q
84Jake Pates59.5082.2582.25Q
915Patrick Burgener82.0050.2582.00Q
101Yuto Totsuka80.0065.2580.00Q
1123Peetu Piiroinen14.2577.5077.50Q
123Kent Callister66.7577.0077.00Q
1311Taku Hiraoka26.0075.7575.75
1424Lee Kwang-ki75.0072.0075.00
1516Zhang Yiwei32.5074.0074.00
169Tim-Kevin Ravnjak72.5027.0072.50
172Derek Livingston71.2532.7571.25
1825Seamus O'Connor65.5039.7565.50
1912Markus Malin30.2563.5063.50
2029Nikita Avtaneev63.2532.7563.25
2128Kweon Lee-jun58.5062.7562.75
2227Nathan Johnstone62.2510.2562.25
2318Johannes Hoepfl53.2559.5059.50
2426Kim Ho-jun54.5010.2554.50
2522Tit Štante24.5052.2552.25
2621Rakai Tait36.5025.7536.50
2720Elias Allenspach23.7525.5025.50
2819Janne Korpi4.5022.5022.50
2917Shi Wancheng10.0011.7511.75

Final

The final was held at 11:30 on 14 February 2018. Yuto Totsuka was injured during his second run, coming down on the edge of the halfpipe and injuring his hip. He was taken off the halfpipe by a team of paramedics and taken to a local hospital. As a result, he was unable to compete in the third round of the finals.
RankOrderNameCountryRun 1Run 2Run 3BestNotes
12Shaun White94.2555.0097.7597.75
10Ayumu Hirano35.2595.2543.2595.25
11Scott James92.0081.7540.2592.00
9Ben Ferguson43.0083.5090.7590.75
4Patrick Burgener84.0051.0089.7589.75
6Chase Josey87.7552.2588.0088.00
8Raibu Katayama85.7525.0087.0087.00
5Jake Pates47.0082.2527.0082.25
7Jan Scherrer31.2580.5070.7580.50
101Kent Callister20.0062.0056.7562.00
113Yuto Totsuka39.257.0039.25
122Peetu Piiroinen4.5012.7513.5013.50