Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's slopestyle

The men's slopestyle competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 10 and 11 February 2018 at the Bogwang Phoenix Park in Pyeongchang, South Korea.^[1][2]

Men's slopestyle at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Bogwang Phoenix Park
Date	10 February (qualification) 11 February (final)
Competitors	37 from 16 nations
Winning points	87.16
Medalists
Redmond Gerard  United States Maxence Parrot  Canada Mark McMorris  Canada
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Summary

Due to a broken shoulder caused by a crash in training, Niek van der Velden was not able to compete.^[3][4] Then Norwegian snowboarder Mons Røisland, who was considered a possible medal contender, broke a chest bone and tore ligaments in a crash during practice prior to the finals, which made him unable to compete.^[5]

Eleven months after the Canadian Mark McMorris ended up in a coma, he won the Olympic bronze medal.^[6]

In the victory ceremony, the medals were presented by Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant, member of the International Olympic Committee accompanied by Dexter Paine, FIS vice president.

Schedule

All times are (UTC+9).

Date	Time	Round
10 February	10:00	Qualification
11 February	10:00	Final

Qualification

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 or the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 during the qualification period (July 1, 2016 to January 21, 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.^[7]

Results

Key

Q — Qualified for the Final

DNS — Did Not Start

Heat 1

Rank	Order	Name	Country	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Notes
1	5	Marcus Kleveland	Norway	83.71	32.30	83.71	Q
2	6	Carlos Garcia Knight	New Zealand	80.10	40.20	80.10	Q
3	4	Sebastien Toutant	Canada	78.01	45.06	78.01	Q
4	7	Mons Røisland	Norway	76.50	43.68	76.50	Q
5	2	Torgeir Bergrem	Norway	45.80	75.45	75.45	Q
6	17	Niklas Mattsson	Sweden	50.81	73.53	73.53	Q
7	11	Roope Tonteri	Finland	72.60	38.08	72.60
8	8	Jamie Nicholls	Great Britain	71.56	36.90	71.56
9	1	Chris Corning	United States	70.85	69.86	70.85
10	13	Peetu Piiroinen	Finland	69.26	43.43	69.26
11	19	Vlad Khadarin	Olympic Athletes from Russia	23.05	64.16	64.16
12	3	Sebbe De Buck	Belgium	59.40	29.58	59.40
13	15	Rene Rinnekangas	Finland	24.86	37.91	37.91
14	16	Michael Schärer	Switzerland	37.61	27.01	37.61
15	18	Kalle Järvilehto	Finland	15.56	31.10	31.10
16	14	Moritz Thönen	Switzerland	19.53	23.55	23.55
17	9	Ryan Stassel	United States	23.50	22.63	23.50
	10	Lee Min-sik	South Korea	DNS
	12	Niek van der Velden	Netherlands

Heat 2

Rank	Order	Name	Country	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Notes
1	8	Maxence Parrot	Canada	83.45	87.36	87.36	Q
2	3	Mark McMorris	Canada	83.70	86.83	86.83	Q
3	5	Redmond Gerard	United States	82.55	57.11	82.55	Q
4	2	Ståle Sandbech	Norway	74.11	82.13	82.13	Q
5	1	Tyler Nicholson	Canada	17.41	79.21	79.21	Q
6	4	Seppe Smits	Belgium	78.36	41.48	78.36	Q
7	17	Clemens Millauer	Austria	75.65	77.45	77.45
8	14	Yuri Okubo	Japan	24.45	75.05	75.05
9	12	Jonas Bösiger	Switzerland	18.68	58.26	58.26
10	11	Billy Morgan	Great Britain	56.40	37.55	56.40
11	6	Kyle Mack	United States	45.26	53.55	53.55
12	9	Matias Schmitt	Argentina	50.86	20.68	50.86
13	15	Måns Hedberg	Sweden	46.25	DNS	46.25
14	7	Hiroaki Kunitake	Japan	39.45	43.16	43.16
15	18	Petr Horák	Czech Republic	41.93	39.05	41.93
16	16	Nicolas Huber	Switzerland	34.25	36.90	36.90
17	13	Stef Vandeweyer	Belgium	33.75	21.16	33.75
18	10	Rowan Coultas	Great Britain	23.20	23.58	23.58

Final

The final was started at 11:04.^[8]

Rank	Order	Name	Country	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Notes
	8	Redmond Gerard	United States	43.33	46.40	87.16	87.16
	12	Maxence Parrot	Canada	45.13	49.48	86.00	86.00
	10	Mark McMorris	Canada	75.30	85.20	60.68	85.20
4	6	Ståle Sandbech	Norway	44.81	81.01	38.13	81.01
5	9	Carlos Garcia Knight	New Zealand	78.60	52.98	24.35	78.60
6	11	Marcus Kleveland	Norway	77.76	43.71	37.18	77.76
7	4	Tyler Nicholson	Canada	36.18	76.41	76.15	76.41
8	3	Torgeir Bergrem	Norway	58.80	75.80	60.03	75.80
9	1	Niklas Mattsson	Sweden	38.43	74.71	42.48	74.71
10	2	Seppe Smits	Belgium	31.11	69.03	66.18	69.03
11	7	Sebastien Toutant	Canada	33.66	57.23	61.08	61.08
12	5	Mons Røisland	Norway	DNS

References

1. Schedule
2. Start list
3. "Valse start Nederland: snowboarder Van der Velden haakt af". Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS). Retrieved 10 February 2018.
4. "Einde Spelen voor snowboarder Van der Velden door breuk na val". NU.nl. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
5. "Mons Røisland Instagram". Mons Røisland. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
6. "McMorris noemt medaille elf maanden na coma erg bijzonder". 11 February 2018.
7. "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018 Snowboarding" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). 9 September 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
8. Final results