The women's halfpipe competition in snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 9 February (qualification) and 10 February (final), at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou. Chloe Kim of the United States won the event, defending her 2018 title. Queralt Castellet of Spain won the silver medal and Sena Tomita of Japan the bronze, their first Olympic medals.
The 2018 silver medalist, Liu Jiayu, qualified at the Olympics, but the bronze medalist, Arielle Gold, did not qualify. At the 2021–22 FIS Snowboard World Cup, only three halfpipe events were held before the Olympics. Cai Xuetong were leading the ranking, followed by Tomita and Mitsuki Ono. Kim was the 2021 world champion, with Maddie Mastro and Castellet being the silver and bronze medalists, respectively. Kim was also the 2021 X-Games winner in super-pipe, ahead of Mastro and Haruna Matsumoto.
Qualification
A total of 25 snowboarders qualified to compete at the games. For an athlete to compete they must have a minimum of 50.00 FIS points in Big Air or Slopestyle on the FIS Points List on January 17, 2022, and a top 30 finish in a World Cup event in Big Air or slopestyle or at the FIS Snowboard World Championships 2021. A country could enter a maximum of four athletes into the event.
Results Qualification Q — Qualified for the Final
The top 12 athletes in the qualifiers advanced to the Final. Rank Bib Order Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best Notes 1 2 2 Chloe Kim 87.75 8.75 87.75Q 2 7 10 Mitsuki Ono 79.50 83.75 83.75Q 3 1 4 Cai Xuetong 83.25 55.50 83.25Q 4 4 3 Queralt Castellet 78.75 49.50 78.75 Q 5 6 16 Sena Tomita 75.75 52.00 75.75Q 6 8 9 Ruki Tomita 74.25 66.25 74.25Q 7 3 1 Liu Jiayu 15.25 72.25 72.25 Q 8 12 6 Berenice Wicki 71.50 40.50 71.50Q 9 10 20 Elizabeth Hosking 10.00 70.50 70.50Q 10 16 17 Brooke D'Hondt 69.25 70.00 70.00Q 11 17 11 Leilani Ettel 68.75 15.75 68.75Q 12 13 12 Qiu Leng 63.50 66.25 66.25Q 13 5 5 Maddie Mastro 65.75 51.50 65.75 14 18 19 Emily Arthur 62.50 19.75 62.50 15 11 13 Kurumi Imai 54.75 49.75 54.75 16 15 18 Tessa Maud 53.50 10.00 53.50 17 14 21 Zoe Kalapos 20.00 51.75 51.75 18 20 22 Šárka Pančochová 41.75 18.75 41.75 19 22 15 Kamilla Kozuback 35.50 15.00 35.50 20 21 8 Lee Na-yoon 31.00 34.50 34.50 21 19 14 Jenise Spiteri 7.25 25.25 25.25 22 9 7 Wu Shaotong 10.25 16.75 16.75
Final Rank Bib Order Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Notes 2 12 Chloe Kim 94.00 27.00 26.25 94.00 4 9 Queralt Castellet 69.25 90.25 78.25 90.25 6 8 Sena Tomita 86.00 88.25 9.25 88.25 4 1 10 Cai Xuetong 81.25 64.50 75.00 81.25 5 8 7 Ruki Tomita 16.50 19.75 80.50 80.50 6 10 4 Elizabeth Hosking 73.00 79.25 5.00 79.25 7 12 5 Berenice Wicki 76.25 74.75 11.25 76.25 8 3 6 Liu Jiayu 11.25 4.75 73.50 73.50 9 7 11 Mitsuki Ono 71.50 25.50 29.00 71.50 10 16 3 Brooke D'Hondt 66.75 11.00 9.00 66.75 11 17 2 Leilani Ettel 55.25 57.50 9.25 57.50 12 13 1 Qiu Leng 53.75 9.50 18.75 53.75
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