The women's halfpipe competition of the Nagano 1998 Olympics was held at Kanbayashi Snowboard Park.
Results
Qualifying
Round 1 The top four automatically qualified for the final.
Rank Name Country Points Notes 1 Stine Brun Kjeldaas 37.6 Q 2 Cara-Beth Burnside 36.7 Q 3 Jenny Jonsson 34.5 Q 4 Maëlle Ricker 34.4 Q 5 Minna Hesso 34.2 6 Natasza Zurek 33.9 7 Shannon Dunn-Downing 33.3 8 Tara Teigen 32.9 9 Anita Schwaller 32.0 10 Jennie Waara 31.9 11 Satu Järvelä 31.8 12 Nicola Pederzolli 31.5 13 Nicola Thost 30.6 14 Barrett Christy 30.3 15 Sabine Wehr-Hasler 29.5 16 Anne Molin Kongsgård 29.3 17 Doriane Vidal 27.2 18 Michelle Taggart 26.1 19 Lori Glazier 25.9 20 Yuri Yoshikawa 25.6 21 Ulrike Hölzl 24.8 22 Christel Thoresen 24.3 23 Kaori Takeyama 23.5 24 Alessandra Pescosta 22.8 25 Sandra Farmand 22.1 26 Anna Hellman 20.0
Round 2 The top four finishers qualified for the final.
Rank Name Country Points Notes 1 Nicola Thost 37.4 Q 2 Shannon Dunn-Downing 36.6 Q 3 Minna Hesso 35.1 Q 4 Jennie Waara 34.5 Q 5 Nicola Pederzolli 34.4 6 Tara Teigen 33.3 7 Anita Schwaller 32.2 8 Doriane Vidal 32.1 9 Satu Järvelä 32.0 10 Barrett Christy 31.6 11 Sabine Wehr-Hasler 30.5 12 Anne Molin Kongsgård 29.2 13 Ulrike Hölzl 29.1 14 Lori Glazier 26.9 15 Michelle Taggart 25.5 16 Yuri Yoshikawa 24.9 17 Christel Thoresen 24.4 18 Kaori Takeyama 22.7 19 Anna Hellman 22.7 20 Alessandra Pescosta 18.9 21 Natasza Zurek 11.6 - Sandra Farmand DNF
Final
The eight finalists each competed in two runs, with the total score counting for ranking.
Rank Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Total Nicola Thost 37.50 37.10 74.60 Stine Brun Kjeldaas 36.70 37.50 74.20 Shannon Dunn-Downing 38.80 34.00 72.80 4 Cara-Beth Burnside 36.10 36.50 72.60 5 Maëlle Ricker 36.80 34.30 71.10 6 Minna Hesso 34.80 36.00 70.80 7 Jenny Jonsson 31.80 34.10 65.90 8 Jennie Waara 30.90 31.80 62.70
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