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

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

Key

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

Heat 1

RankOrderNameCountryRun 1Run 2BestNotes
14Maxence Parrot  Canada89.2592.5092.50Q
215Niklas Mattsson  Sweden53.7590.00 90.00Q
36Kyle Mack  United States87.2588.7588.75Q
45Chris Corning  United States85.0088.0088.00Q
511Michael Schärer  Switzerland87.0044.0087.00Q
67Redmond Gerard  United States82.0085.0085.00Q
73Ståle Sandbech  Norway84.7541.2584.75
817Rowan Coultas  Great Britain81.0084.5084.50
98Yuri Okubo  Japan84.2544.2584.25
1013Rene Rinnekangas  Finland43.7583.0083.00
111Jamie Nicholls  Great Britain30.0081.2581.25
129Alberto Maffei  Italy77.5036.2577.50
1316Nicolas Huber  Switzerland76.7544.5076.75
1414Lee Min-sik  South Korea68.7572.2572.25
152Seppe Smits  Belgium50.0059.2559.25
1618Clemens Millauer  Austria39.2547.0047.00
10Moritz Thönen  SwitzerlandDNS
12Petr Horák  Czech Republic

Heat 2

RankOrderNameCountryRun 1Run 2BestNotes
12Carlos Garcia Knight  New Zealand88.7597.5097.50Q
28Jonas Bösiger  Switzerland96.0035.2596.00Q
36Mark McMorris  Canada89.0095.7595.75Q
44Torgeir Bergrem  Norway94.2559.5094.25Q
57Sébastien Toutant  Canada91.0045.0091.00Q
612Billy Morgan  Great Britain87.5090.5090.50Q
716Tyler Nicholson  Canada87.2589.2589.25
818Peetu Piiroinen  Finland43.5087.2587.25
91Roope Tonteri  Finland86.5047.5086.50
103Marcus Kleveland  Norway84.2546.0084.25
1117Vlad Khadarin  Olympic Athletes from Russia83.7579.2583.75
125Kalle Järvilehto  Finland83.2544.7583.25
1313Ryan Stassel  United States39.5076.2576.25
1410Stef Vandeweyer  Belgium61.0029.5061.00
1514Matías Schmitt  Argentina51.7523.0051.75
1615Anton Mamaev  Olympic Athletes from Russia29.0042.7542.75
1711Hiroaki Kunitake  Japan37.2536.7537.25
189Sebbe De Buck  Belgium33.5030.2533.50

Final

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

RankOrderNameCountryRun 1Run 2Run 3TotalNotes
4Sébastien Toutant  Canada84.7589.50JNS174.25
7Kyle Mack  United States82.0086.75JNS168.75
2Billy Morgan  Great BritainJNS82.5085.50168.00
45Chris Corning  United States74.2578.75JNS153.00
51Redmond Gerard  United States74.75JNS68.25143.00
63Michael Schärer  SwitzerlandJNS62.2578.50140.75
76Torgeir Bergrem  Norway88.5042.50JNS131.00
810Jonas Bösiger  Switzerland77.50JNS40.75118.25
911Maxence Parrot  Canada85.00JNS32.75117.75
108Mark McMorris  Canada40.50JNS32.0072.50
1112Carlos Garcia Knight  New ZealandJNSJNS54.2554.25
129Niklas Mattsson  Sweden36.00DNSDNS36.00

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