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Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's big air

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Men's big air
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueBig Air Shougang,
Beijing
Date7, 9 February
Competitors31 from 13 nations
Winning points187.75
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Birk Ruud  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Colby Stevenson  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Henrik Harlaut  Sweden
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Gu Ailing Eileen on her first run at Women's Freeski Big Air Qualification

The men's big air competition in freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 7 February (qualification) and 9 February (final), at the Big Air Shougang in Beijing.[1] This will be the inaugural freestyle skiing men's big air competition at the Olympics. Birk Ruud of Norway became the Olympic champion, Colby Stevenson of the United States won silver, and Henrik Harlaut of Sweden bronze. For each of them, this was the first Olympic medal.

At the 2021–22 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup, only two big air events were held before the Olympics. Both were won by Matěj Švancer, who was followed by Alex Hall in the ranking. Oliwer Magnusson is the 2021 world champion. Andri Ragettli is the 2021 X-Games winner.

Qualification

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A total of 30 athletes qualified to compete at the games. For an athlete to compete they must have a minimum of 50.00 FIS points on the FIS Points List on 17 January 2022 and a top 30 finish in a World Cup event or at the FIS Freestyle Ski World Championships 2021 in either big air or slopestyle. A country could enter a maximum of four athletes into the event.[2]

Results

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Qualification

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Rank Bib Order Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total Notes
1 5 4 Birk Ruud  Norway 94.50 50.50 93.25 187.75 Q
2 3 1 Alex Hall  United States 87.00 90.75 89.50 180.25 Q
3 8 7 Oliwer Magnusson  Sweden 88.00 89.25 84.00 177.25 Q
4 19 17 Henrik Harlaut  Sweden 93.00 83.50 42.00 176.50 Q
5 4 2 Colby Stevenson  United States 83.75 90.50 56.00 174.25 Q
6 17 29 Christian Nummedal  Norway 92.25 77.25 79.25 171.50 Q
7 24 22 Tormod Frostad  Norway 90.00 81.25 42.00 171.25 Q
8 6 25 Mac Forehand  United States 77.75 92.00 79.00 171.00 Q
9 25 26 Javier Lliso  Spain 90.25 80.50 79.50 170.75 Q
10 30 16 Leonardo Donaggio  Italy 90.25 70.25 80.25 170.50 Q
11 20 30 Evan McEachran  Canada 81.75 88.50 39.75 170.25 Q
12 13 24 Jesper Tjäder  Sweden 34.75 91.75 78.25 170.00 Q
13 15 21 Édouard Therriault  Canada 83.50 42.00 84.50 168.00
14 2 3 Andri Ragettli  Switzerland 89.75 78.00 20.75 167.75
15 7 14 Antoine Adelisse  France 79.50 66.00 83.75 163.25
16 23 12 Ben Barclay  New Zealand 81.00 78.25 84.50 162.75
17 9 18 Fabian Bösch  Switzerland 81.00 80.75 22.50 161.75
18 21 10 Finn Bilous  New Zealand 73.75 68.75 82.00 155.75
19 12 31 Ferdinand Dahl  Norway 12.00 72.50 77.50 150.00
20 18 13 Max Moffatt  Canada 83.00 64.00 61.00 147.00
21 29 19 Daniel Bacher  Austria 75.00 56.75 69.00 144.00
22 14 15 Nick Goepper  United States 78.25 49.50 21.75 127.75
23 11 9 Kim Gubser  Switzerland 15.25 79.75 41.50 121.25
24 27 6 Hugo Burvall  Sweden 47.25 55.25 46.00 101.25
25 26 8 Colin Wili  Switzerland 77.50 18.75 20.75 98.25
26 1 5 Matěj Švancer  Austria 61.75 27.75 25.50 89.50
27 31 20 He Jinbo  China 45.25 36.75 49.00 85.75
28 22 28 Thibault Magnin  Spain 41.25 21.75 38.50 79.75
29 28 11 Simo Peltola  Finland 49.75 41.75 72.00 72.00
30 16 27 James Woods  Great Britain 27.50 26.50 32.25 59.75
31 10 23 Teal Harle  Canada 26.50 24.25 20.25 46.75

Final

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Rank Bib Order Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 12 Birk Ruud  Norway 95.75 92.00 69.00 187.75
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 8 Colby Stevenson  United States 34.75 91.75 91.25 183.00
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 19 9 Henrik Harlaut  Sweden 86.00 90.00 91.00 181.00
4 8 10 Oliwer Magnusson  Sweden 87.50 79.00 90.75 178.25
5 30 3 Leonardo Donaggio  Italy 91.00 81.00 17.25 172.00
6 25 4 Javier Lliso  Spain 51.25 89.00 82.50 171.50
7 13 1 Jesper Tjäder  Sweden 77.25 78.25 92.00 170.25
8 3 11 Alex Hall  United States 68.25 92.50 27.00 160.75
9 20 2 Evan McEachran  Canada 93.00 22.50 11.50 115.50
10 17 7 Christian Nummedal  Norway 26.00 93.00 17.50 110.50
11 6 5 Mac Forehand  United States 60.75 19.50 42.00 80.25
12 24 6 Tormod Frostad  Norway 25.50 14.00 33.00 58.50

References

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  1. ^ Minji Seo (2021-06-16). "Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 9" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-12-24.
  2. ^ "Qualification System for Xxiv Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 Freestyle Skiing" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Qualification results" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Final results" (PDF).