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.[1][2] 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.
| Men's halfpipe at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Bogwang Phoenix Park | ||||||||||||
| Date | 13 February (qualification) 14 February (final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 29 from 13 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning score | 97.75 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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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 edit
The top 30 athletes in the Olympic quota allocation list qualified, with a maximum of four athletes per National Olympic Committee (NOC) 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 (July 1, 2016 to January 21, 2018) 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.[3]
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.[4]
Results edit
Qualification edit
- Q — Qualified for the Final
The top 12 athletes in the qualifiers move on to the medal round.[5]
| Rank | Order | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | Shaun White |  United States |
93.25 | 98.50 | 98.50 | Q |
| 2 | 13 | Scott James |  Australia |
89.00 | 96.75 | 96.75 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Ayumu Hirano |  Japan |
87.50 | 95.25 | 95.25 | Q |
| 4 | 10 | Ben Ferguson | United States |
91.00 | 89.75 | 91.00 | Q |
| 5 | 8 | Raibu Katayama | Japan |
85.50 | 90.75 | 90.75 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | Jan Scherrer |  Switzerland |
84.00 | 16.00 | 84.00 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | Chase Josey | United States |
47.75 | 83.75 | 83.75 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | Jake Pates | United States |
59.50 | 82.25 | 82.25 | Q |
| 9 | 15 | Patrick Burgener | Switzerland |
82.00 | 50.25 | 82.00 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Yuto Totsuka | Japan |
80.00 | 65.25 | 80.00 | Q |
| 11 | 23 | Peetu Piiroinen |  Finland |
14.25 | 77.50 | 77.50 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Kent Callister | Australia |
66.75 | 77.00 | 77.00 | Q |
| 13 | 11 | Taku Hiraoka | Japan |
26.00 | 75.75 | 75.75 | |
| 14 | 24 | Lee Kwang-ki |  South Korea |
75.00 | 72.00 | 75.00 | |
| 15 | 16 | Zhang Yiwei |  China |
32.50 | 74.00 | 74.00 | |
| 16 | 9 | Tim-Kevin Ravnjak |  Slovenia |
72.50 | 27.00 | 72.50 | |
| 17 | 2 | Derek Livingston |  Canada |
71.25 | 32.75 | 71.25 | |
| 18 | 25 | Seamus O'Connor |  Ireland |
65.50 | 39.75 | 65.50 | |
| 19 | 12 | Markus Malin | Finland |
30.25 | 63.50 | 63.50 | |
| 20 | 29 | Nikita Avtaneev |  Olympic Athletes from Russia |
63.25 | 32.75 | 63.25 | |
| 21 | 28 | Kweon Lee-jun | South Korea |
58.50 | 62.75 | 62.75 | |
| 22 | 27 | Nathan Johnstone | Australia |
62.25 | 10.25 | 62.25 | |
| 23 | 18 | Johannes Hoepfl |  Germany |
53.25 | 59.50 | 59.50 | |
| 24 | 26 | Kim Ho-jun | South Korea |
54.50 | 10.25 | 54.50 | |
| 25 | 22 | Tit Štante | Slovenia |
24.50 | 52.25 | 52.25 | |
| 26 | 21 | Rakai Tait |  New Zealand |
36.50 | 25.75 | 36.50 | |
| 27 | 20 | Elias Allenspach | Switzerland |
23.75 | 25.50 | 25.50 | |
| 28 | 19 | Janne Korpi | Finland |
4.50 | 22.50 | 22.50 | |
| 29 | 17 | Shi Wancheng | China |
10.00 | 11.75 | 11.75 |
Final edit
The final was held at 11:30 on 14 February 2018.[6] Yuto Totsuka was injured during his second run, coming down on the edge of the halfpipe and injuring his hip.[7] 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.
| Rank | Order | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Best | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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12 | Shaun White | United States
|
94.25 | 55.00 | 97.75 | 97.75 | |
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10 | Ayumu Hirano | Japan
|
35.25 | 95.25 | 43.25 | 95.25 | |
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11 | Scott James | Australia
|
92.00 | 81.75 | 40.25 | 92.00 | |
| 4 | 9 | Ben Ferguson | United States
|
43.00 | 83.50 | 90.75 | 90.75 | |
| 5 | 4 | Patrick Burgener | Switzerland
|
84.00 | 51.00 | 89.75 | 89.75 | |
| 6 | 6 | Chase Josey | United States
|
87.75 | 52.25 | 88.00 | 88.00 | |
| 7 | 8 | Raibu Katayama | Japan
|
85.75 | 25.00 | 87.00 | 87.00 | |
| 8 | 5 | Jake Pates | United States
|
47.00 | 82.25 | 27.00 | 82.25 | |
| 9 | 7 | Jan Scherrer | Switzerland
|
31.25 | 80.50 | 70.75 | 80.50 | |
| 10 | 1 | Kent Callister | Australia
|
20.00 | 62.00 | 56.75 | 62.00 | |
| 11 | 3 | Yuto Totsuka | Japan
|
39.25 | 7.00 | DNS | 39.25 | |
| 12 | 2 | Peetu Piiroinen | Finland
|
4.50 | 12.75 | 13.50 | 13.50 |
References edit
- ^ "Schedule". Archived from the original on 2017-11-05. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
- ^ Start list
- ^ "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018 Snowboarding" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). 9 September 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "Snowboarder Podladtchikov kan titel niet verdedigen in halfpipe". NUsport (in Dutch). ANP. 9 February 2018.
- ^ Qualification results
- ^ Final results
- ^ Scott Davis (14 February 2018). "16-year-old Japanese snowboarder suffers horrifying fall in men's halfpipe and gets taken out on stretcher". Business Insider – via San Francisco Chronicle.