Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's big air

The men's big air competition in snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 14 February (qualification) and 15 February (final), at the Big Air Shougang in Beijing.[1] Su Yiming of China won the event, his first Olympic gold medal. Mons Røisland of Norway won silver, his first Olympic medal, and Max Parrot of Canada won bronze.

Men's big air
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueBig Air Shougang,
Beijing
Date14, 15 February
Competitors29 from 14 nations
Winning time182.50
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Su Yiming  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mons Røisland  Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Max Parrot  Canada
← 2018
2026 →

The defending champion was Sébastien Toutant. He was competing but did not make it to the final. Neither the 2018 silver medalist, Kyle Mack, nor the bronze medalist, Billy Morgan, qualified for the Olympics. At the 2021–22 FIS Snowboard World Cup, only two big air events were held before the Olympics, won by Jonas Bösiger and Su Yiming. Mark McMorris was also the 2021 world champion, with Parrot and Marcus Kleveland being the silver and bronze medalists, respectively. Kleveland was 2019 X-Games winner, ahead of Sven Thorgren and Røisland.

Qualification

edit

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

Results

edit

Qualification

edit
Q — Qualified for the Final

The top 12 athletes in the qualifiers advanced to the Final.[3]

Rank Bib Order Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total Notes
1 1 1 Max Parrot   Canada 78.25 86.50 26.50 164.75 Q
2 3 5 Takeru Otsuka   Japan 68.50 75.50 91.50 160.00 Q
3 2 3 Red Gerard   United States 75.50 80.00 78.75 158.75 Q
4 27 9 Hiroaki Kunitake   Japan 83.75 61.50 74.50 158.25 Q
5 23 8 Su Yiming   China 92.50 62.75 28.00 155.25 Q
6 4 4 Marcus Kleveland   Norway 87.75 63.75 61.25 151.50 Q
7 9 17 Sven Thorgren   Sweden 80.75 70.25 33.75 151.00 Q
8 6 27 Mark McMorris   Canada 81.50 65.75 65.75 147.25 Q
9 10 7 Mons Røisland   Norway 31.25 80.00 66.50 146.50 Q
10 5 2 Chris Corning   United States 64.25 17.50 81.75 146.00 Q
11 19 19 Niek van der Velden   Netherlands 79.00 60.00 63.75 142.75 Q
12 13 14 Darcy Sharpe   Canada 29.00 77.50 64.50 142.00 Q
13 14 28 Rene Rinnekangas   Finland 78.75 12.25 60.75 139.50
14 12 22 Nicolas Huber   Switzerland 64.25 75.00 24.75 139.25
15 25 11 Kaito Hamada   Japan 80.75 41.75 55.75 136.50
16 28 18 Ståle Sandbech   Norway 69.50 15.50 66.50 136.00
17 11 21 Sean FitzSimons   United States 53.25 68.75 16.25 122.00
18 17 29 Kalle Järvilehto   Finland 22.75 85.75 22.00 107.75
19 30 24 Vlad Khadarin   ROC 67.00 37.25 30.00 104.25
20 24 12 Niklas Mattsson   Sweden 18.50 80.75 21.75 102.50
21 8 26 Dusty Henricksen   United States 23.00 72.75 20.75 93.50
22 29 6 Emiliano Lauzi   Italy 23.50 80.75 12.25 93.00
23 18 13 Tiarn Collins   New Zealand 71.25 14.25 21.25 92.50
24 26 20 Noah Vicktor   Germany 60.50 18.25 29.75 90.25
25 20 25 Leon Vockensperger   Germany 66.00 24.00 17.25 90.00
26 7 15 Sébastien Toutant   Canada 67.00 22.50 11.25 89.50
27 21 23 Jonas Bösiger   Switzerland 60.00 9.50 15.75 75.75
28 22 16 Matthew Cox   Australia 56.25 19.00 13.75 70.00
29 15 10 Ruki Tobita   Japan 25.75 16.25 20.25 46.00

Final

edit
Rank Bib Order Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total
  23 8 Su Yiming   China 89.50 93.00 33.00 182.50
  10 4 Mons Røisland   Norway 89.25 75.75 82.50 171.75
  1 12 Max Parrot   Canada 28.25 94.00 76.25 170.25
4 27 9 Hiroaki Kunitake   Japan 82.25 50.25 84.00 166.25
5 2 10 Red Gerard   United States 82.50 19.25 83.25 165.75
6 19 2 Niek van der Velden   Netherlands 83.75 78.25 26.75 162.00
7 5 3 Chris Corning   United States 92.00 35.50 64.00 156.00
8 4 7 Marcus Kleveland   Norway 87.75 62.25 39.00 150.00
9 3 11 Takeru Otsuka   Japan 17.25 95.00 33.75 128.75
10 6 5 Mark McMorris   Canada 80.50 21.00 33.25 113.75
11 9 6 Sven Thorgren   Sweden 25.25 67.00 21.50 88.50
12 13 1 Darcy Sharpe   Canada 20.00 82.00 5.75 87.75

References

edit
  1. ^ "Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 9" (PDF). New.inews.gtimg.com. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Qualification System for Xxiv Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 International Ski Federation Snowboard" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). 19 October 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  3. ^ Qualification results