Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's slopestyle explained

Event:	Women's slopestyle
Games:	2022 Winter
Venue:	Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou
Date:	5, 6 February
Competitors:	28
Nations:	18
Win Value:	92.88
Win Label:	Winning score
Gold:	Zoi Sadowski-Synnott
Goldnoc:	NZL
Silver:	Julia Marino
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Tess Coady
Bronzenoc:	AUS
Prev:	2018
Next:	2026

The women's slopestyle competition in snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 5 February (qualification) and 6 February (final), at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou.^[1]

Summary

Jamie Anderson won both previous slopestyle events at the Olympics, in 2014 and 2018, and qualified for the 2022 Olympics to defend her title. The 2018 silver medalist, Laurie Blouin, and the bronze medalist, Enni Rukajärvi, qualified at the Olympics as well. At the 2021–22 FIS Snowboard World Cup, only three slopestyle events were held before the Olympics. Kokomo Murase was leading the ranking, followed by Melissa Peperkamp and Reira Iwabuchi. Zoi Sadowski-Synnott is the 2021 world champion, with Jamie Anderson and Tess Coady being the silver and bronze medalists, respectively. Zoi Sadowski-Synnott is also the 2022 X Games winner, ahead of Jamie Anderson and Miyabi Onitsuka.

Zoi Sadowski-Synnott won the gold medal, becoming the first person from New Zealand to win a Winter Olympic gold medal.^[2] Julia Marino of the United States and Tess Coady of Australian won silver and bronze, respectively. For Marino and Coady, this was the first Olympic medal.

Qualification

See main article: Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. A total of 30 snowboarders qualified to compete at the games. For an athlete to compete they must have a minimum of 50.00 FIS points in Big Air or Slopestyle on the FIS Points List on 17 January 2022 and a top 30 finish in a World Cup event in Big Air or slopestyle or at the FIS Snowboard World Championships 2021. A country could enter a maximum of four athletes into the event.^[3]

Results

Qualification

Q — Qualified for the Final

The top 12 athletes in the qualifiers advanced to the Final.^[4]

Rank	Bib	Order	Name	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Notes
1	1	2		73.58	86.75	86.75	Q
2	6	10		74.95	81.45	81.45	Q
3	3	1		66.75	78.83	78.83	Q
4	4	4		50.71	75.00	75.00	Q
5	2	5		74.35	53.26	74.35	Q
6	9	19		2.91	71.78	71.78	Q
7	8	17		66.85	71.55	71.55	Q
8	5	3		55.98	71.13	71.13	Q
9	12	9		28.31	68.71	68.71	Q
10	11	24		29.61	67.63	67.63	Q
11	7	14		48.51	67.00	67.00	Q
12	19	28		33.15	65.55	65.55	Q
13	10	18		61.26	60.18	61.26
14	13	22		47.08	56.80	56.80
15	14	20		49.50	14.41	49.50
16	22	8		48.35	35.30	48.35
17	16	23		37.18	48.30	48.30
18	17	6		47.38	44.01	47.38
19	20	13		42.60	46.58	46.58
20	21	27		40.35	38.43	40.35
21	26	7		22.36	38.43	38.43
22	18	26		37.11	12.78	37.11
23	15	30		34.46	DNS	34.46
24	29	29		27.48	32.00	32.00
25	28	11		29.36	13.01	29.36
26	23	21		25.51	17.18	25.51
27	25	12		23.16	21.98	23.16
28	31	25	Kamilla Kozuback	21.95	19.58	21.95
	27	15		Did not start
	30	16

Final

^[5]

Rank	Bib	Order	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best
	1	12	84.51	28.15	92.88	92.88
	9	7	30.61	87.68	60.35	87.68
	5	5	82.68	55.98	84.15	84.15
4	8	6	77.96	46.70	81.41	81.41
5	7	2	75.60	80.03	46.15	80.03
6	4	9	35.01	43.58	75.33	75.33
7	3	10	30.51	71.45	23.43	71.45
8	11	3	64.13	31.01	28.76	64.13
9	2	8	22.98	60.78	36.88	60.78
10	6	11	48.50	49.05	48.00	49.05
11	12	4	32.05	48.35	29.93	48.35
12	19	1	21.40	24.01	18.86	24.01

Notes and References

Web site: Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 9 . Minji Seo. 16 June 2021. 23 December 2021.
Web site: Zoi Sadowski-Synnott wins NZ's first ever Winter Olympic gold. Nugent. Sean.
Web site: Qualification System for Xxiv Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 International Ski Federation Snowboard. 19 October 2021. www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). 28 January 2022.
https://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2022/SB/6063/2022SB6063RLQ.pdf Qualification results
https://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2022/SB/6064/2022SB6064RLF.pdf Final results