Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's aerials explained

Event:	Men's aerials
Games:	2018 Winter
Venue:	Bogwang Phoenix Park, Pyeongchang, South Korea
Dates:	17 February (qualification) 18 February (final)
Competitors:	25
Nations:	11
Gold:	Oleksandr Abramenko
Goldnoc:	UKR
Silver:	Jia Zongyang
Silvernoc:	CHN
Bronze:	Ilya Burov
Bronzenoc:	OAR
Prev:	2014
Next:	2022

The men's aerials event in freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place on 17 and 18 February 2018 at the Bogwang Phoenix Park, Pyeongchang, South Korea.^{[1] [2]}

Qualification

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. The top 25 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 FIS World Cup event or FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships during the qualification period (1 July 2016 to 21 January 2018) and also have a minimum of 80 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]

Results

Qualification

The qualification was held on 17 February at 20:00.^[4]

Rank	Bib		Name !	Country	Score	Note
1	10			127.44	Q
2	5			126.70	Q
3	2			126.55	Q
4	15			126.11	Q
5	16			124.89	Q
6	8			124.34	Q
7	25			123.98
8	7			123.98
9	6			123.01
10	13			121.24
11	3			120.80
12	1			117.65
13	27			116.06
14	26			113.72
15	18			112.83
16	14			107.08
17	12			103.98
18	4			92.92
19	30			89.18
20	28			88.29
21	9			87.17
22	17			86.28
23	11			85.97
24	29			73.06
25	19			70.59

Qualification 2

The qualification was held on 17 February at 20:45.^{[5] [6]}

Rank	Bib		Name !	Country	Round 1	Round 2	Best	Note
1	7			123.98	126.55	126.55	Q
2	18			112.83	124.89	124.89	Q
3	25			123.98	88.94	123.98	Q
4	6			123.01	123.08	123.08	Q
4	14			107.08	123.08	123.08	Q
6	26			113.72	121.72	121.72	Q
7	3			120.80	121.27	121.27
8	13			121.24	96.38	121.24
9	1			117.65	116.37	117.65
10	27			116.06	116.64	116.64
11	11			85.97	112.39	112.39
12	19			70.59	111.06	111.06
13	12			103.98	78.73	103.98
14	29			73.06	100.03	100.03
15	30			89.18	94.47	94.47
16	4			92.92	89.14	92.92
17	28			88.29	88.92	88.92
18	9			87.17	78.73	87.17
19	17			86.28	72.40	86.28

Finals

The final was held on 18 February at 20:00.^[7]

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Round 1	Rank	Round 2	Rank	Round 3	Rank
	6			125.67	3	125.79	4	128.51	1
	2			118.55	9	128.76	1	128.05	2
	7			122.13	6	123.53	6	122.17	3
	16			126.11	2	124.89	5	103.17	4
	8			125.67	4	128.05	2	98.11	5
	15			123.01	5	126.70	3	92.61	6
	5			127.44	1	122.17	7	did not advance
	10			121.68	7	95.47	8	did not advance
	14			119.47	8	94.57	9	did not advance
10	18			111.95	10	did not advance
11	26			99.12	11	did not advance
12	25			97.79	12	did not advance

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule. POCOG. 13 January 2018. 5 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171105010048/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/schedule. dead.
2. http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2018/FS/8055/2018FS8055SLQ1.pdf Start list
3. Web site: Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018 Freestyle skiing. 9 September 2016. International Ski Federation (FIS). 21 January 2018.
4. http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2018/FS/8055/2018FS8055RLQ1.pdf Qualification 1 results
5. http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2018/FS/8055/2018FS8055RLQ2.pdf Qualification 2 results
6. http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2018/FS/8055/2018FS8055RLQ.pdf Qualification results
7. http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2018/FS/8056/2018FS8056ANF.pdf Final results