The men's slopestyle competition of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi were held at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on 6 February (qualification) and 8 February (semifinals and final). This was the first time that a slopestyle event was included in the Olympic program.

Norwegian snowboarder Torstein Horgmo, who was considered one of the medal contenders, fractured his collarbone after a crash in practice in the week before the Games, and had to miss the Olympics. His crash and complaints from other athletes that some jumps were too steep have prompted organizers to modify the slopestyle course.

The gold was won by American Sage Kotsenburg, followed by Norwegian Ståle Sandbech at silver place, and Canadian Mark McMorris won the bronze medal.

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 50 FIS points. A total of 30 quota spots are available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of four athletes can be entered by a National Olympic Committee.

Shaun White of the United States, who was among the qualifiers, withdrew, leaving a total of 29 athletes competing.

Schedule All times are (UTC+4). Date Time Round6 February 10:00 Qualification8 February 9:30 Semifinal 12:45 Final

Results

Qualification The top 4 riders from each heat automatically qualify for the final round. The remaining riders qualify for the semifinal round. The result is calculated as the best score of the two runs. The following were the results of the qualification round:

QF — Qualified directly for the Final QS — Qualified for the Semifinal Bib — Bib number DNS — Did Not Start Tie — Tie breaking points

Rank Heat Bib Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best Notes 1 1 8 Ståle Sandbech 45.25 94.50 94.50 QF 2 1 12 Peetu Piiroinen 90.75 80.00 90.75 QF 3 1 7 Sebastien Toutant 74.25 87.25 87.25 QF 4 1 14 Jamie Nicholls 62.25 86.75 86.75 QF 5 1 10 Chas Guldemond 86.00 19.25 86.00 QS 6 1 1 Billy Morgan 76.25 85.50 85.50 QS 7 1 5 Niklas Mattsson 82.75 57.25 82.75 QS 8 1 6 Emil André Ulsletten 27.25 79.75 79.75 QS 9 1 3 Charles Reid 54.50 75.50 75.50 QS 10 1 9 Alexey Sobolev 63.00 28.50 63.00 QS 11 1 11 Scott James 36.00 44.00 44.00 QS 12 1 13 Lucien Koch 32.00 29.25 32.00 QS 13 1 4 Yuki Kadono 31.00 16.50 31.00 QS 14 1 15 Mathias Weissenbacher 18.00 28.75 28.75 QS 15 1 2 Torgeir Bergrem 25.00 24.75 25.00 QS 1 2 19 Maxence Parrot 91.75 97.50 97.50 QF 2 2 18 Roope Tonteri 33.75 95.75 95.75 QF 3 2 21 Sven Thorgren 94.25 36.75 94.25 QF 4 2 16 Gjermund Bråten 12.75 91.25 91.25 QF 5 2 20 Seppe Smits 88.25 91.00 91.00 QS 6 2 25 Clemens Schattschneider 90.00 24.25 90.00 QS 7 2 24 Mark McMorris 29.50 89.25 89.25 QS 8 2 22 Sage Kotsenburg 86.50 81.50 86.50 QS 9 2 29 Ryan Stassel 81.00 28.75 81.00 QS 10 2 17 Jan Scherrer 74.50 18.75 74.50 QS 11 2 23 Ville Paumola 54.75 21.25 54.75 QS 12 2 27 Janne Korpi 49.75 35.50 49.75 QS 13 2 26 Seamus O'Connor 33.50 40.00 40.00 QS 14 2 28 Adrian Krainer 24.25 16.00 24.25 QS

Semifinal The top 4 riders from the semifinal round qualify for the final round. The result is calculated as the best score of the two runs.

Rank Bib Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best Notes 1 1 Billy Morgan 90.75 35.50 90.75 QF 2 22 Sage Kotsenburg 89.00 90.50 90.50 QF 3 24 Mark McMorris 55.50 89.25 89.25 QF 4 4 Yuki Kadono 84.75 80.50 84.75 QF 5 20 Seppe Smits 77.50 84.50 84.50 6 29 Ryan Stassel 83.25 81.75 83.25 7 10 Chas Guldemond 13.25 79.75 79.75 8 11 Scott James 77.25 19.00 77.25 9 26 Seamus O'Connor 60.75 70.25 70.25 10 27 Janne Korpi 41.00 68.50 68.50 11 17 Jan Scherrer 64.25 23.50 64.25 12 9 Alexey Sobolev 20.00 57.50 57.50 13 6 Emil André Ulsletten 22.50 56.75 56.75 14 3 Charles Reid 46.25 43.50 46.25 15 5 Niklas Mattsson 44.75 36.50 44.75 16 2 Torgeir Bergrem 37.50 26.75 37.50 17 25 Clemens Schattschneider 29.50 26.25 29.50 18 15 Mathias Weissenbacher 14.00 28.50 28.50 19 23 Ville Paumola 25.25 22.75 25.25 20 13 Lucien Koch 16.25 20.75 20.75 28 Adrian Krainer DNS

Final The result is calculated as the best score of the two runs.Final Results

Rank Bib Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best 22 Sage Kotsenburg 93.50 83.25 93.50 8 Ståle Sandbech 27.00 91.75 91.75 24 Mark McMorris 33.75 88.75 88.75 21 Sven Thorgren 83.75 87.50 87.50 19 Maxence Parrot 47.00 87.25 87.25 14 Jamie Nicholls 85.50 46.50 85.50 12 Peetu Piiroinen 78.50 81.25 81.25 4 Yuki Kadono 53.00 75.75 75.75 7 Sebastien Toutant 54.50 58.50 58.50 10 1 Billy Morgan 38.00 39.75 39.75 11 18 Roope Tonteri 31.50 39.00 39.00 12 16 Gjermund Bråten 24.75 20.50 24.75

References

External links 2014 Winter Olympics results: Men's Slopestyle