Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's big air explained

Event:Men's big air
Games:2018 Winter
Venue:Alpensia Ski Jumping Stadium
Date:21 February (qualification)
24 February (final)
Competitors:34
Nations:15
Gold:Sébastien Toutant
Goldnoc:CAN
Silver:Kyle Mack
Silvernoc:USA
Bronze:Billy Morgan
Bronzenoc:GBR
Win Value:174.25
Win Label:Winning score
Next:2022

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.

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

See main article: Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – 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

Rank Order Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best Notes
1 4 89.25 92.50 92.50 Q
2 15 53.75 90.00 90.00 Q
3 6 87.25 88.75 88.75 Q
4 5 85.00 88.00 88.00 Q
5 11 87.00 44.00 87.00 Q
6 7 82.00 85.00 85.00 Q
7 3 84.75 41.25 84.75
8 17 81.00 84.50 84.50
9 8 84.25 44.25 84.25
10 13 43.75 83.00 83.00
11 1 30.00 81.25 81.25
12 9 77.50 36.25 77.50
13 16 76.75 44.50 76.75
14 14 68.75 72.25 72.25
15 2 50.00 59.25 59.25
16 18 39.25 47.00 47.00
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12

Heat 2

Rank Order Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best Notes
1 2 88.75 97.50 97.50 Q
2 8 96.00 35.25 96.00 Q
3 6 89.00 95.75 95.75 Q
4 4 94.25 59.50 94.25 Q
5 7 91.00 45.00 91.00 Q
6 12 87.50 90.50 90.50 Q
7 16 87.25 89.25 89.25
8 18 43.50 87.25 87.25
9 1 86.50 47.50 86.50
10 3 84.25 46.00 84.25
11 17 83.75 79.25 83.75
12 5 83.25 44.75 83.25
13 13 39.50 76.25 76.25
14 10 61.00 29.50 61.00
15 14 51.75 23.00 51.75
16 15 29.00 42.75 42.75
17 11 37.25 36.75 37.25
18 9 33.50 30.25 33.50

Final

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

Rank Order Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total Notes
4 84.75 89.50 JNS 174.25
7 82.00 86.75 JNS 168.75
2 JNS 82.50 85.50 168.00
5 74.25 78.75 JNS 153.00
1 74.75 JNS 68.25 143.00
3 JNS 62.25 78.50 140.75
6 88.50 42.50 JNS 131.00
1077.50 JNS 40.75 118.25
11 85.00 JNS 32.75 117.75
10 8 40.50 JNS 32.00 72.50
11 12 JNS JNS 54.25 54.25
12 9 36.00 DNS DNS 36.00

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Schedule . 2018-01-05 . 2017-11-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171105010048/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/schedule . dead .
  2. http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2018/SB/7081/2018SB7081SLH1.pdf Start list
  3. Web site: Valse start Nederland: snowboarder Van der Velden haakt af . . 2018-02-10 . 2018-06-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180613085815/https://nos.nl/pyeongchang2018/artikel/2216241-valse-start-nederland-snowboarder-van-der-velden-haakt-af.html . dead .
  4. Web site: Einde Spelen voor snowboarder van der Velden door breuk na val. 10 February 2018.
  5. Web site: Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018 Snowboarding. 9 September 2016. International Ski Federation (FIS). 21 January 2018.
  6. http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2018/SB/7081/2018SB7081RLH1.pdf Qualification Heat 1 results
  7. http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2018/SB/7081/2018SB7081RLH2.pdf Qualification Heat 2 results
  8. http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2018/SB/7081/2018SB7081RLQ.pdf Qualification results
  9. http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2018/SB/7085/2018SB7085RLF.pdf Final results