The men's slopestyle competition in freestyle skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 7 February (qualification) and 10 February (final), at the Livigno Snow Park in Valtellina. Birk Ruud of Norway, the 2022 Olympic champion in big air, won the event. The defending champion Alex Hall of the United States won the silver medal. Luca Harrington of New Zealand won bronze, which became the first Olympic medal for him.
Background The 2022 champion, Alex Hall, qualified for the event, as did the bronze medalist, Jesper Tjäder. The silver medalist, Nick Goepper, moved to halfpipe. There were only two events in 2025–26 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup in slopestyle before the Olympics; they were won by Mac Forehand and Birk Ruud. Ruud was also the 2025 World champion.
Qualification
Results Qualification Q — Qualified for the Final The top 12 athletes in the qualifiers move on to the medal round.
+Qualification results Rank Bib Order Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best Notes 1 1 1 Birk Ruud 81.75 37.05 81.75 Q 2 7 10 Tormod Frostad 79.96 72.80 79.96 Q 3 12 16 Jesper Tjäder 36.43 79.83 79.83 Q 4 5 4 Matěj Švancer 64.13 79.63 79.63 Q 5 4 5 Mac Forehand 44.68 73.96 73.96 Q 6 3 2 Andri Ragettli 75.00 20.95 75.00 Q 7 8 3 Ben Barclay 73.36 65.70 73.36 Q 8 2 9 Alex Hall 71.63 68.98 71.63 Q 9 6 7 Luca Harrington 69.70 22.95 69.70 Q 10 11 15 Konnor Ralph 68.91 50.15 68.91 Q 11 9 6 Sebastian Schjerve 22.88 67.63 67.63 Q 12 17 18 Kim Gubser 64.10 56.80 64.10 Q 13 21 27 Elias Syrjä 64.03 61.91 64.03 14 23 22 Kuura Koivisto 22.08 63.93 63.93 15 28 26 Matias Roche 54.50 57.96 57.96 16 10 8 Evan McEachran 57.85 34.38 57.85 17 19 14 Miro Tabanelli 35.36 51.93 51.93 18 24 25 Elias Lajunen 25.70 48.88 48.88 19 29 24 Martin Nordqvist 46.00 35.71 46.00 20 25 29 Lucas Ball 44.91 24.86 44.91 21 13 20 Henry Sildaru 43.05 21.70 43.05 22 15 19 Fabian Bösch 21.83 40.28 40.28 23 22 28 Timothe Sivignon 38.93 31.95 38.93 24 14 12 Ulrik Samnøy 36.05 21.78 36.05 25 18 17 Nils Rhyner 20.58 35.81 35.81 26 20 13 Chris McCormick 33.90 33.21 33.90 27 26 23 Julius Forer 16.20 32.55 32.55 28 16 11 Troy Podmilsak 30.90 29.81 30.90 27 21 Henrik Harlaut
Final +Final results Rank Bib Order Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best 1 12 Birk Ruud 86.28 45.08 8.16 86.28 2 5 Alex Hall 52.65 85.75 8.03 85.75 6 4 Luca Harrington 27.55 35.51 85.15 85.15 4 3 8 Andri Ragettli 78.65 19.80 21.03 78.65 5 12 10 Jesper Tjäder 77.21 11.58 1.91 77.21 6 9 2 Sebastian Schjerve 28.50 1.38 76.20 76.20 7 5 9 Matěj Švancer 30.56 1.76 73.71 73.71 8 8 6 Ben Barclay 69.40 17.73 17.56 69.40 9 11 3 Konnor Ralph 36.20 66.76 35.90 66.76 10 17 1 Kim Gubser 22.21 16.61 57.68 57.68 11 4 7 Mac Forehand 1.25 55.93 15.61 55.93 12 7 11 Tormod Frostad 33.38 42.51 29.10 42.51
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