The men's halfpipe competition in freestyle skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held 20 February (qualification & final), due to weather conditions, at the Livigno Snow Park in Valtellina. Alex Ferreira of the United States won the event, his first Olympic gold medal. Henry Sildaru of Estonia won the silver medal, making it the country's first medal in men's freestyle skiing, and Brendan Mackay of Canada won the bronze, his first Olympic medal.
Background The 2022 champion, Nico Porteous, retired from competitions. The silver medalist, David Wise, did not qualify for the event. The bronze medalist, Alex Ferreira, qualified. Finley Melville Ives was leading the halfpipe standings of the 2025–26 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup before the Olympics. He was also the 2025 World champion.
Qualification
Results Qualification Q — Qualified for the Final
The top 12 athletes in the qualifiers advance to the medal round. The qualification round was held on 20 February due to adverse weather conditions. Rank Bib Order Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best Notes 1 4 5 Brendan Mackay 87.75 92.75 92.75 Q 2 3 4 Nick Goepper 90.00 90.00 Q 3 12 11 Henry Sildaru 19.25 88.00 88.00 Q 4 2 9 Alex Ferreira 85.75 85.75 Q 5 5 1 Hunter Hess 82.75 85.00 85.00 Q 6 6 8 Birk Irving 84.25 84.25 Q 7 8 10 Andrew Longino 80.00 83.50 83.50 Q 8 10 3 Dylan Marineau 59.75 82.25 82.25 Q 9 9 2 Gus Kenworthy 81.25 81.25 Q 10 11 20 Lee Seung-hun 76.00 76.00 Q 11 20 14 Benjamin Lynch 57.00 75.75 75.75 Q 12 14 19 Ben Harrington 73.50 75.25 75.25 Q 13 13 15 Toma Matsuura 69.25 74.75 74.75 14 15 17 Gustav Legnavsky 13.50 71.00 71.00 15 7 6 Luke Harrold 65.50 65.50 16 24 23 Su Shauibing 44.50 63.00 63.00 17 16 12 Liam Richards 54.50 61.00 61.00 18 17 18 Robin Briguet 58.25 58.25 19 21 24 Sun Jingbo 28.25 57.00 57.00 20 18 16 Sheng Haipeng 50.75 54.75 54.75 21 23 22 Vincent Maharavo 26.25 46.25 46.25 22 25 25 Moon Hee-sung 35.00 35.00 23 19 13 Samuel Baumgartner 24.50 24.50 24 1 7 Finley Melville Ives 16.25 16.25 25 22 21 Yang Kaiyue 11.00 13.50 13.50
Final
Rank Bib Order Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best 2 9 Alex Ferreira 49.50 90.50 93.75 93.75 12 10 Henry Sildaru 24.25 92.75 93.00 93.00 4 12 Brendan Mackay 37.75 53.00 91.00 91.00 4 3 11 Nick Goepper 29.25 89.00 89.00 5 6 7 Birk Irving 33.00 87.50 88.00 88.00 6 9 4 Gus Kenworthy 6.00 84.75 84.75 7 8 6 Andrew Longino 76.50 76.50 8 20 2 Benjamin Lynch 39.75 44.25 75.00 75.00 9 14 1 Ben Harrington 61.25 73.75 73.75 10 5 8 Hunter Hess 27.25 58.75 58.75 11 10 5 Dylan Marineau 22.50 22.50 12 11 3 Lee Seung-hun
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