Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's slopestyle

The men's slopestyle event in freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia took place 13 February 2014.[1] In July 2011 freestyle slopestyle was added to the Olympic program, meaning the event would make its debut.[2]

Men's slopestyle
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
VenueRosa Khutor Extreme Park, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Dates13 February 2014
Competitors32 from 15 nations
Winning score95.80
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)Joss Christensen United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Gus Kenworthy United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Nick Goepper United States
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Men's slopestyle at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park. Winter Olympics 2014.

Qualification

An athlete must have placed in the top 30 at a World Cup event after July 2012 or at the 2013 World Championships and a minimum of 50 FIS points. A total of 30 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of 4 athletes could be entered by a National Olympic Committee.[3]

However a total of 32 athletes are entered, meaning reallocations of quotas were done by the International Ski Federation.

Results

Qualification

The qualification was held at 10:15.[4]

RankBibNameCountryRun 1Run 2BestNotes
134Joss Christensen  United States91.093.293.2Q
29Andreas Håtveit  Norway88.087.488.0Q
37James Woods  Great Britain87.240.087.2Q
41Nick Goepper  United States14.887.087.0Q
58Gus Kenworthy  United States86.485.886.4Q
614Alex Beaulieu-Marchand  Canada20.085.685.6Q
75Russ Henshaw  Australia84.683.484.6Q
830Øystein Bråten  Norway79.284.284.2Q
915Aleksander Aurdal  Norway67.083.883.8Q
104Josiah Wells  New Zealand82.883.483.4Q
1125Henrik Harlaut  Sweden29.283.283.2Q
123Bobby Brown  United States3.483.083.0Q
1317Antti Ollila  Finland81.431.681.4
1426Luca Tribondeau  Austria80.280.880.8
1531Markus Eder  Italy11.879.079.0
1611Kai Mahler  Switzerland76.229.076.2
1728Per Kristian Hunder  Norway15.675.475.4
1816Oscar Wester  Sweden72.828.872.8
1927Jérémy Pancras  France68.069.469.4
2036Benedikt Mayr  Germany67.67.267.6
2135Beau-James Wells  New Zealand36.066.666.6
2213Elias Ambühl  Switzerland58.065.865.8
2310Fabian Bösch  Switzerland11.863.063.0
242Jesper Tjäder  Sweden61.014.261.0
2532Otso Räisänen  Finland59.656.259.6
2639Marek Skála  Czech Republic51.654.654.6
2729Antoine Adelisse  France54.250.454.2
2840Pavel Korpachev  Russia46.443.646.4
2937Lauri Kivari  Finland45.82.845.8
3038Jules Bonnaire  France2.240.040.0
3133Aleksi Patja  Finland10.812.012.0
3220Luca Schuler  Switzerland6.85.26.8

Final

The final was held at 13:30.[5]

RankBibNameCountryRun 1Run 2Best
34Joss Christensen  United States95.8093.8095.80
8Gus Kenworthy  United States31.0093.6093.60
1Nick Goepper  United States92.4061.8092.40
49Andreas Håtveit  Norway89.6091.8091.80
57James Woods  Great Britain86.6078.4086.60
625Henrik Harlaut  Sweden83.8084.4084.40
715Aleksander Aurdal  Norway70.0081.8081.80
85Russ Henshaw  Australia80.4028.8080.40
93Bobby Brown  United States29.2078.4078.40
1030Øystein Bråten  Norway66.4065.8066.40
114Josiah Wells  New Zealand60.6050.0060.60
1214Alex Beaulieu-Marchand  Canada5.0021.4021.40

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