The men's halfpipe competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Cypress Mountain on February 17, 2010.

Summary In each round of competition, each competitor performed two rides through the halfpipe. The highest-scoring run determined whether or not the competitor continued to the next round (or medaled, in the final round). In each round (except for the first run of the qualifying round) the order of performance was based on the inverse order of scoring (i.e., the competitor with the lowest score went first and so forth with the highest-scoring competitor going last).

The first round was the qualifying round, with 40 snowboarders divided into two heats. The top nine scorers from each heat advanced; the top three scorers went straight to the final round while the fourth- through ninth-place scorers went to a semifinal round.

The semifinal round consisted of twelve snowboarders. The top six from that group joined the six top scorers from the qualifying round for the finals.

In the final round, Shaun White had already wrapped up the gold medal performance with his first run (none of the other competitors' second-run scores exceeded White's 46.8 score), but performed his second run anyway, successfully completing a double McTwist 1260 and improving on his initial score.

It is currently the only Olympic halfpipe final to take place at night.

Results

Qualification

Rank Heat Bib Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best Notes 1 1 5 Shaun White 45.8 10.8 45.8 QF 2 1 6 Ryō Aono 33.2 43.1 43.1 QF 3 1 3 Louie Vito 26.1 41.8 41.8 QF 4 1 16 Aluan Ricciardi 25.4 37.9 37.9 QS 5 1 1 Zeng Xiaoye 14.0 32.8 32.8 QS 6 1 7 Mathieu Crépel 32.6 2.5 32.6 QS 7 1 9 Ben Kilner 21.5 32.1 32.1 QS 8 1 2 Gary Zebrowski 31.6 18.7 31.6 QS 9 1 14 Ben Mates 28.3 29.6 29.6 QS 10 1 12 James Hamilton 5.2 28.0 28.0 11 1 4 Janne Korpi 26.5 15.6 26.5 12 1 10 Kim Ho-Jun 8.4 25.8 25.8 13 1 8 Markus Keller 13.6 20.4 20.4 14 1 15 Ståle Sandbech 9.1 20.1 20.1 15 1 11 Rubén Verges 9.4 19.5 19.5 16 1 13 Roger S. Kleivdal 15.7 18.4 18.4 17 1 19 Christian Haller 8.0 16.0 16.0 18 1 18 Dolf van der Wal 14.5 11.8 14.5 19 1 20 Michał Ligocki 10.8 11.1 11.1 20 1 17 Manuel Pietropoli 9.3 5.2 9.3 1 2 37 Peetu Piiroinen 44.0 45.1 45.1 QF 2 2 28 Kazuhiro Kokubo 42.1 42.5 42.5 QF 3 2 27 Iouri Podladtchikov 36.3 41.4 41.4 QF 4 2 34 Greg Bretz 36.2 41.3 41.3 QS 5 2 36 Markku Koski 39.3 11.9 39.3 QS 6 2 38 Scotty Lago 39.0 28.4 39.0 QS 7 2 30 Kohei Kudo 3.2 37.1 37.1 QS 8 2 23 Markus Malin 32.8 36.7 36.7 QS 9 2 26 Justin Lamoureux 12.6 35.4 35.4 QS 10 2 22 Arthur Longo 34.5 32.4 34.5 11 2 33 Christophe Schmidt 9.8 32.3 32.3 12 2 32 Scott James 7.6 28.2 28.2 13 2 24 Brad Martin 11.2 27.5 27.5 14 2 29 Sergio Berger 7.3 26.2 26.2 15 2 25 Daisuke Murakami 15.1 23.5 23.5 16 2 35 Tore Viken Holvik 23.1 19.6 23.1 17 2 21 Jeff Batchelor 14.9 18.5 18.5 18 2 39 Mitchell Brown 18.4 15.2 18.4 19 2 31 Shi Wancheng 15.8 18.0 18.0 2 40 Fredrik Austbø DNS DNS DNS

Semifinal

Rank Bib Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best Notes 1 23 Markus Malin 42.9 21.9 42.9 QF 2 34 Greg Bretz 42.1 38.0 42.1 QF 3 38 Scotty Lago 41.3 16.2 41.3 QF 4 7 Mathieu Crépel 37.2 22.6 37.2 QF 5 36 Markku Koski 37.1 12.8 37.1 QF 6 26 Justin Lamoureux 36.2 20.2 36.2 QF 7 2 Gary Zebrowski 20.1 36.1 36.1 8 30 Kohei Kudo 30.6 33.5 33.5 9 16 Aluan Ricciardi 33.2 12.8 33.2 10 1 Zeng Xiaoye 32.9 16.2 32.9 11 14 Ben Mates 3.6 27.5 27.5 12 9 Ben Kilner 3.1 17.0 17.0

Final

Rank Bib Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best 5 Shaun White 46.8 48.4 48.4 37 Peetu Piiroinen 40.8 45.0 45.0 38 Scotty Lago 42.8 17.5 42.8 27 Iouri Podladtchikov 42.4 17.6 42.4 3 Louie Vito 39.1 39.4 39.4 36 Markku Koski 36.4 25.0 36.4 26 Justin Lamoureux 33.8 35.9 35.9 28 Kazuhiro Kokubo 30.5 35.7 35.7 6 Ryō Aono 32.9 29.1 32.9 10 7 Mathieu Crépel 25.9 8.7 25.9 11 23 Markus Malin 16.7 18.6 18.6 12 34 Greg Bretz 18.3 13.0 18.3

External links 2010 Winter Olympics results: Men's Halfpipe (qual), from http://www.vancouver2010.com/; retrieved 2010-02-16. 2010 Winter Olympics results: Men's Halfpipe (semifinals), from http://www.vancouver2010.com/; retrieved 2010-02-16. 2010 Winter Olympics results: Men's Halfpipe (finals), from http://www.vancouver2010.com/; retrieved 2010-02-16.