The women's halfpipe competition in freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 17 February (qualification) and 18 February (final), at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou. Eileen Gu of China won the event, her second gold medal at these Games. The defending champion, Cassie Sharpe of Canada, returned and won silver. Rachael Karker of Canada won bronze, her first Olympic medal.
The 2018 silver medalist, Marie Martinod, retired from competitions, and the bronze medalist, Brita Sigourney, returned and placed tenth. At the 2021–22 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup, there were four events held before the Olympics, all won by Eileen Gu. Gu was therefore the first in the ranking, followed by Hanna Faulhaber and Karker. Gu was also the 2021 X-Games winner in super-pipe, as well as the 2021 world champion.
Qualification
A total of 25 athletes qualified to compete at the games. For an athlete to compete they must have a minimum of 50.00 FIS points on the FIS Points List on January 17, 2022, and a top 30 finish in a World Cup event or at the FIS Freestyle Ski 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 moved on to the medal round.Qualification results Rank Bib Order Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best Notes 1 1 3 Eileen Gu 93.75 95.50 95.50 Q 2 3 2 Rachael Karker 88.50 89.50 89.50 Q 3 8 9 Kelly Sildaru 87.50 87.50 Q 4 2 5 Zoe Atkin 85.25 86.75 86.75 Q 5 6 15 Zhang Kexin 77.50 86.50 86.50 Q 6 4 4 Cassie Sharpe 86.25 79.00 86.25 Q 7 9 16 Li Fanghui 84.75 19.25 84.75 Q 8 7 8 Brita Sigourney 80.50 84.50 84.50 Q 9 5 1 Hanna Faulhaber 84.25 82.00 84.25 Q 10 12 17 Carly Margulies 79.00 82.25 82.25 Q 11 15 13 Amy Fraser 75.25 75.75 75.75 Q 12 13 20 Sabrina Cakmakli 71.50 36.50 71.50 Q 13 10 18 Devin Logan 71.00 62.00 71.00 14 17 7 Alexandra Glazkova 67.00 69.25 69.25 15 14 19 Saori Suzuki 68.75 66.25 68.75 16 16 6 Wu Meng 12.50 67.75 67.75 17 20 10 Kim Da-eun 44.50 45.50 45.50 18 18 14 Chloe McMillan 41.75 43.50 43.50 19 21 12 Anja Barugh 38.50 12.25 38.50 20 11 11 Jang Yu-jin 3.75 4.25 4.25
Final Rank Bib Order Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 BestFinal results 1 12 Eileen Gu 93.25 95.25 30.00 95.25 4 7 Cassie Sharpe 89.00 90.00 90.75 90.75 3 11 Rachael Karker 87.75 85.25 38.00 87.75 4 8 10 Kelly Sildaru 80.25 87.00 85.00 87.00 5 9 6 Li Fanghui 81.75 86.50 16.75 86.50 6 5 4 Hanna Faulhaber 85.25 84.50 19.00 85.25 7 6 8 Zhang Kexin 78.75 25.75 3.25 78.75 8 15 2 Amy Fraser 75.25 35.75 11.00 75.25 9 2 9 Zoe Atkin 18.75 10.75 73.25 73.25 10 7 5 Brita Sigourney 70.75 60.00 12.25 70.75 11 12 3 Carly Margulies 24.75 1.75 61.00 61.00 12 13 1 Sabrina Cakmakli 40.00 54.00 42.75 54.00
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