The men's big air competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 21 and 24 February 2018 at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Stadium in Pyeongchang, South Korea.Start list The event was making its Olympic debut.
Due to a broken shoulder caused by a crash in training for the slopestyle, Niek van der Velden was not able to compete.
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 (in either big air or slopestyle) or the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 during the qualification period (1 July 2016 to 21 January 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.
Results Key Q — Qualified for the FinalQualification Heat 1 resultsQualification Heat 2 resultsQualification results DNS — Did Not Start JNS — Jump Not Scored
Heat 1 Rank Order Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best Notes 1 4 Maxence Parrot 89.25 92.50 92.50 Q 2 15 Niklas Mattsson 53.75 90.00 90.00 Q 3 6 Kyle Mack 87.25 88.75 88.75 Q 4 5 Chris Corning 85.00 88.00 88.00 Q 5 11 Michael Schärer 87.00 44.00 87.00 Q 6 7 Redmond Gerard 82.00 85.00 85.00 Q 7 3 Ståle Sandbech 84.75 41.25 84.75 8 17 Rowan Coultas 81.00 84.50 84.50 9 8 Yuri Okubo 84.25 44.25 84.25 10 13 Rene Rinnekangas 43.75 83.00 83.00 11 1 Jamie Nicholls 30.00 81.25 81.25 12 9 Alberto Maffei 77.50 36.25 77.50 13 16 Nicolas Huber 76.75 44.50 76.75 14 14 Lee Min-sik 68.75 72.25 72.25 15 2 Seppe Smits 50.00 59.25 59.25 16 18 Clemens Millauer 39.25 47.00 47.00 10 Moritz Thönen 12 Petr Horák
Heat 2 Rank Order Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best Notes 1 2 Carlos Garcia Knight 88.75 97.50 97.50 Q 2 8 Jonas Bösiger 96.00 35.25 96.00 Q 3 6 Mark McMorris 89.00 95.75 95.75 Q 4 4 Torgeir Bergrem 94.25 59.50 94.25 Q 5 7 Sébastien Toutant 91.00 45.00 91.00 Q 6 12 Billy Morgan 87.50 90.50 90.50 Q 7 16 Tyler Nicholson 87.25 89.25 89.25 8 18 Peetu Piiroinen 43.50 87.25 87.25 9 1 Roope Tonteri 86.50 47.50 86.50 10 3 Marcus Kleveland 84.25 46.00 84.25 11 17 Vlad Khadarin 83.75 79.25 83.75 12 5 Kalle Järvilehto 83.25 44.75 83.25 13 13 Ryan Stassel 39.50 76.25 76.25 14 10 Stef Vandeweyer 61.00 29.50 61.00 15 14 Matías Schmitt 51.75 23.00 51.75 16 15 Anton Mamaev 29.00 42.75 42.75 17 11 Hiroaki Kunitake 37.25 36.75 37.25 18 9 Sebbe De Buck 33.50 30.25 33.50
Final The final was held on 24 February 2018.Final results
Rank Order Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total Notes 4 Sébastien Toutant 84.75 89.50 JNS 174.25 7 Kyle Mack 82.00 86.75 JNS 168.75 2 Billy Morgan JNS 82.50 85.50 168.00 5 Chris Corning 74.25 78.75 JNS 153.00 1 Redmond Gerard 74.75 JNS 68.25 143.00 3 Michael Schärer JNS 62.25 78.50 140.75 6 Torgeir Bergrem 88.50 42.50 JNS 131.00 10 Jonas Bösiger 77.50 JNS 40.75 118.25 11 Maxence Parrot 85.00 JNS 32.75 117.75 10 8 Mark McMorris 40.50 JNS 32.00 72.50 11 12 Carlos Garcia Knight JNS JNS 54.25 54.25 12 9 Niklas Mattsson 36.00 DNS DNS 36.00
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