Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's aerials explained

Event:	Men's aerials
Games:	2022 Winter
Venue:	Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou
Date:	15, 16 February
Competitors:	24
Nations:	9
Win Value:	129.00
Win Label:	Winning points
Gold:	Qi Guangpu
Goldnoc:	CHN
Silver:	Oleksandr Abramenko
Silvernoc:	UKR
Bronze:	Ilya Burov
Bronzenoc:	ROC
Prev:	2018
Next:	2026

The men's aerials competition in freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 15 February (qualification) and 16 February (final), at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou.^[1] Qi Guangpu of China won the event; this was his first Olympic gold medal. Oleksandr Abramenko of Ukraine, the defending champion, won the second medal, and Ilya Burov, representing the Russian Olympic Committee, won bronze, replicating his 2018 achievement.

The 2018 silver medalist Jia Zongyang was competing as well. At the 2021–22 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup, there were six events before the Olympics, and only Russians, Chinese, and Swiss made it to the top three at any of them. Four events were won by Maxim Burov, the brother of Ilya Burov, and he was leading the rankings, followed by four Chinese. Sun Jiaxu was ranked second, and Jia Zongyang third. Maxim Burov is also the 2021 world champion.

Qualification

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. A total of 25 aerialists qualified to compete at the games. For an athlete to compete they must have a minimum of 80.00 FIS points on the FIS Points List on January 17, 2022 and a top 30 finish in a World Cup event or at the FIS Freestyle Ski World Championships 2021. A country could enter a maximum of four athletes into the event.^[2]

Results

Qualification 1

Rank	Bib	Order	Name	Country	Score^[3]	Notes
1	4	5			127.88	Q
2	3	14			125.67	Q
3	7	15			123.08	Q
4	9	24			121.24	Q
5	13	7			120.36	Q
6	20	12			119.91	Q
7	10	3			119.47
8	15	17			118.59
9	17	23			117.65
10	19	21			115.49
11	14	6			115.05
12	6	22			114.60
13	16	8			112.83
14	5	11			112.22
15	12	20			109.74
16	21	19			109.74
17	23	16			108.41
18	22	9			106.20
19	25	13			103.98
20	11	10			101.77
21	1	2			95.02
22	18	18			92.76
23	2	4			85.40
24	8	1			73.89

Qualification 2

Rank	Bib	Order	Name	Country	Round 1	Round 2	Best^[4]	Notes
1	18	13			92.76	125.00	125.00	Q
2	5	9			112.22	123.45	123.45	Q
3	17	18			117.65	120.36	120.36	Q
4	10	3			119.47	86.88	119.47	Q
5	15	12			118.59	105.88	118.59	Q
6	19	16			115.49	107.69	115.49	Q
7	14	5			115.05	107.69	115.05
8	6	17			114.60	98.19	114.60
9	8	1			73.89	114.03	114.03
10	1	2			95.02	113.28	113.28
11	16	6			112.83	102.26	112.83
12	2	4			85.40	110.86	110.86
13	12	15			109.74	69.23	109.74
14	21	14			109.74	97.20	109.74
15	23	11			108.41	71.94	108.41
16	22	7			106.20	81.45	106.20
17	25	10			103.98	80.99	103.98
18	11	8			101.77	103.62	103.62

Finals

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Final 1			Final 2^[5]
				Jump 1	Jump 2	Best
	4			125.22	114.48	125.22	129.00
	13			123.53	113.57	123.53	116.50
	17			109.05	129.50	129.50	114.93
4	5			126.24	114.93	126.24	111.50
5	15			120.36	123.53	123.53	106.50
6	20			125.67	122.17	125.67	103.00
7	3			123.45	88.69	123.45	did not advance
8	7			122.13	110.41	122.13
9	18			91.40	122.01	122.01
10	10			117.26	119.00	119.00
11	19			115.93	116.29	116.29
12	9			111.95	90.50	111.95

Notes and References

1. Web site: Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 9 . Minji Seo. 2021-06-16. 2021-12-24.
2. Web site: Qualification System for Xxiv Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 Freestyle Skiing. International Ski Federation (FIS). 29 January 2022.
3. https://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2022/FS/8077/2022FS8077RLQ1.pdf Qualification 1 results
4. https://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2022/FS/8077/2022FS8077RLQ2.pdf Qualification 2 results
5. https://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2022/FS/8079/2022FS8079RLF2.pdf Final 2 results