The men's slopestyle competition in freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 14 February (qualification) and 16 February (final), at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou. Alex Hall of the United States won the event, which was his first Olympic medal. The 2018 silver medalist, Nick Goepper, also of the United States, won silver again. Jesper Tjäder of Sweden was third, also his first Olympic medal.

The 2018 champion is Øystein Bråten, but he stopped competing and was not available to defend the title. The bronze medalist, Alex Beaulieu-Marchand, did not qualify. At the 2021–22 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup, there were only three races held before the Olympics, and Fabian Bösch was leading the rankings. Goepper is the 2021 X-Games winner, and Andri Ragettli is the 2021 world champion.

Qualification

A total of 30 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 in either big air or slopestyle. 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 Andri Ragettli 76.98 85.08 85.08 Q 2 4 4 Birk Ruud 83.96 40.95 83.96 Q 3 9 13 Nick Goepper 82.51 80.23 82.51 Q 4 8 9 Jesper Tjäder 59.15 79.38 79.38 Q 5 6 17 Alex Hall 79.13 40.60 79.13 Q 6 2 2 Colby Stevenson 78.01 35.80 78.01 Q 7 21 21 Ben Barclay 76.00 77.71 77.71 Q 8 16 11 Kim Gubser 76.71 76.71 Q 9 27 18 Matěj Švancer 37.25 74.86 74.86 Q 10 5 5 Fabian Bösch 53.83 74.53 74.53 Q 11 12 26 Max Moffatt 74.06 35.06 74.06 Q 12 14 25 Oliwer Magnusson 73.46 39.16 73.46 Q 13 15 6 Édouard Therriault 70.40 23.75 70.40 14 20 23 Javier Lliso 21.95 69.16 69.16 15 17 12 Finn Bilous 68.01 32.85 68.01 16 7 29 Ferdinand Dahl 35.41 67.61 67.61 17 28 28 Daniel Bacher 63.60 16.21 63.60 18 29 24 Leonardo Donaggio 63.48 42.88 63.48 19 22 19 Colin Wili 54.45 38.03 54.45 20 3 1 Mac Forehand 51.21 37.80 51.21 21 18 27 Henrik Harlaut 37.70 48.16 48.16 22 31 16 He Jinbo 42.83 20.85 42.83 23 11 15 Christian Nummedal 41.48 16.03 41.48 24 13 22 Evan McEachran 40.90 33.70 40.90 25 26 10 Tormod Frostad 22.11 38.05 38.05 26 24 31 Teal Harle 36.05 33.81 36.05 27 30 8 Simo Peltola 35.01 29.25 35.01 28 23 20 Hugo Burvall 33.40 28.58 33.40 29 25 14 Thibault Magnin 33.06 14.78 33.06 10 7 James Woods 19 30 Antoine Adelisse

Final Rank Bib Order Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 BestFinal results 6 8 Alex Hall 90.01 86.38 31.41 90.01 9 10 Nick Goepper 45.75 86.48 53.45 86.48 8 9 Jesper Tjäder 85.35 16.11 37.33 85.35 4 1 12 Andri Ragettli 78.20 83.50 33.95 83.50 5 4 11 Birk Ruud 26.98 47.93 79.33 79.33 6 5 3 Fabian Bösch 78.05 51.46 13.98 78.05 7 2 7 Colby Stevenson 77.41 41.73 55.18 77.41 8 27 4 Matěj Švancer 73.05 31.86 49.83 73.05 9 12 2 Max Moffatt 47.18 65.31 70.40 70.40 10 21 6 Ben Barclay 29.16 29.78 67.40 67.40 11 14 1 Oliwer Magnusson 23.75 22.75 40.46 40.46 16 5 Kim Gubser

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