The men's halfpipe competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on 11 February 2014.

The gold was won by Swiss Iouri Podladtchikov, who was followed by two Japanese snowboarders, the 15-year-old Ayumu Hirano in silver and Taku Hiraoka in bronze.

Qualification

An athlete must have placed in the top 30 in at a World Cup event after July 2012 or at the 2013 World Championships and a minimum of 100 FIS points. A total of 40 quota spots are available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of 4 athletes can be entered by a National Olympic Committee.

Schedule All times are (UTC+4). Date Time Round11 February 14:00 Qualification 19:00 Semifinals 21:30 Final

Results Qualification The qualification was held at 14:00.Qualification Results

Rank Heat Bib Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best Notes 1 1 2 Ayumu Hirano 92.25 64.75 92.25 QF 2 1 6 Christian Haller 74.00 83.75 83.75 QF 3 1 17 David Hablützel 48.75 81.00 81.00 QF 4 1 1 Arthur Longo 79.25 20.75 79.25 QS 5 1 19 Tim-Kevin Ravnjak 68.75 76.50 76.50 QS 6 1 18 Shi Wancheng 76.00 15.50 76.00 QS 7 1 5 Greg Bretz 71.75 52.50 71.75 QS 8 1 13 Seamus O'Connor 66.25 71.50 71.50 QS 9 1 4 Johann Baisamy 71.25 36.75 71.25 QS 10 1 20 Derek Livingston 34.25 70.25 70.25 11 1 16 Lee Kwang-ki 27.00 69.50 69.50 12 1 15 Dimi de Jong 25.25 64.25 64.25 13 1 11 Nikita Avtaneev 34.50 63.75 63.75 14 1 3 Dolf van der Wal 25.50 62.50 62.50 15 1 12 Pavel Kharitonov 58.75 54.50 58.75 16 1 10 Ben Kilner 43.50 16.25 43.50 17 1 8 Janne Korpi 28.00 41.00 41.00 18 1 9 Sergey Tarasov 23.00 39.50 39.50 19 1 7 Ryō Aono 37.50 13.00 37.50 20 1 14 Dominic Harington 12.75 37.25 37.25 1 2 25 Shaun White 95.75 70.75 95.75 QF 2 2 28 Taku Hiraoka 92.25 63.50 92.25 QF 3 2 39 Danny Davis 92.00 73.75 92.00 QF 4 2 27 Zhang Yiwei 90.00 89.75 90.00 QS 5 2 24 Taylor Gold 81.50 87.50 87.50 QS 6 2 33 Kent Callister 87.00 25.5 87.00 QS 7 2 29 Nathan Johnstone 86.00 27.50 86.00 QS 8 2 26 Iouri Podladtchikov 15.00 82.00 82.00 QS 9 2 23 Jan Scherrer 43.50 69.75 69.75 QS 10 2 21 Scott James 68.50 15.00 68.50 11 2 38 Johannes Hoepfl 61.25 65.50 65.50 12 2 30 Crispin Lipscomb 29.25 65.25 65.25 13 2 40 Markus Malin 33.50 62.50 62.50 14 2 31 Kim Ho-jun 61.75 20.00 61.75 15 2 35 Jan Kralj 59.75 27.75 59.75 16 2 37 Michał Ligocki 4.50 55.00 55.00 17 2 22 Ayumu Nedefuji 54.50 28.75 54.50 18 2 36 Ilkka-Eemeli Laari 49.00 52.00 52.00 19 2 34 Brad Martin 31.25 22.50 31.25 – 2 32 Peetu Piiroinen DNS QF – Qualify directly to final; QS – Qualify to semifinal; DNS – Did not start

Semifinals The semifinals was held at 16:00.Semifinals Results

Rank Bib Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best Notes 1 26 Iouri Podladtchikov 87.50 41.25 87.50 Q 2 5 Greg Bretz 83.00 44.25 83.00 Q 3 33 Kent Callister 49.25 79.50 79.50 Q 4 27 Zhang Yiwei 45.00 79.25 79.25 Q 5 18 Shi Wancheng 15.50 78.50 78.50 Q 6 19 Tim-Kevin Ravnjak 72.00 75.50 75.50 Q 7 29 Nathan Johnstone 25.75 73.50 73.50 8 24 Taylor Gold 26.00 60.75 60.75 9 13 Seamus O'Connor 54.00 43.00 54.00 10 4 Johann Baisamy 18.50 37.0 37.0 11 1 Arthur Longo 12.00 31.75 31.75  – 23 Jan Scherrer DNS

Final The final was held at 18:30.Final Results

Rank Bib Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best 26 Iouri Podladtchikov 86.50 94.75 94.75 2 Ayumu Hirano 90.75 93.50 93.50 28 Taku Hiraoka 45.50 92.25 92.25 25 Shaun White 35.00 90.25 90.25 17 David Hablützel 80.75 88.50 88.50 27 Zhang Yiwei 87.25 58.50 87.25 18 Shi Wancheng 81.00 25.00 81.00 19 Tim-Kevin Ravnjak 72.25 16.50 72.25 33 Kent Callister 40.00 68.50 68.50 10 39 Danny Davis 53.00 45.25 53.00 11 6 Christian Haller 46.25 51.50 51.50 12 5 Greg Bretz 21.75 26.50 26.50

Notes a Scherrer suffered a tear in his right ankle during warm-up and had to pull out of the semifinals.

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