The men's halfpipe competition in snowboarding at the 2026 Winter Olympics will be held on 11 February (qualification) and 13 February (final), at the Livigno Snow Park in Valtellina. Yūto Totsuka of Japan won the event, Scotty James of Australia won the silver medal, replicating his 2022 performance, and Ryusei Yamada of Japan won bronze. Totsuka and Yamada won their first Olympic medals.
Background All three 2022 medalists, Ayumu Hirano, the champion, Scotty James, the silver medalist, and Jan Scherrer, the bronze medalist, qualified for the event. Yūto Totsuka was leading the 2025–26 FIS Snowboard World Cup standings in men's halfpipe. The 2025 World champion was James.
Summary Only four competitors got more than 90 points for their runs - James, Totsuka, Yamada, and Hirano. After the first run in the final, Yamada, Totsuka, and Hirano were standing in medal positions. James, who was running last, fell. In the second run, Hirano and Yamada did not improve, Totsuka showed the best run of the day, scoring 95 and passing Yamada, and James got 93.50 and finished provisionally second. In the last run, out of four main competitors, only Hirano improved from 90 to 91 points, but it was not sufficient for a medal.
Qualification
Results Qualification Q — Qualified for the Final DNI — Does Not Improve DNS — Did Not Start
The top 12 athletes in the qualifiers advance to the Final. Rank Bib Order Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best Notes128Scotty James94.00DNI94.00Q212Yūto Totsuka85.5091.2591.25Q379Ryusei Yamada90.25DNI90.25Q483Alessandro Barbieri88.50DNI88.50Q 5 3 1 Ruka Hirano 80.50 87.50 87.50 Q655Valentino Guseli86.75DNI86.75Q 7 4 4 Ayumu Hirano 83.00 85.50 85.50 Q867Campbell Melville Ives84.75DNI84.75Q91619Lee Chae-un82.00DNI82.00Q101518Wang Ziyang77.7580.5080.50Q 11 12 11 Chase Josey 76.50 DNI 76.50 Q 12 19 16 Jake Pates 24.25 75.50 75.50 Q 13 14 12 Lee Ji-o 17.75 74.00 74.00 14 2 6 Patrick Burgener 70.00 DNI 70.00 15 11 14 Chase Blackwell 69.00 DNI 69.00 16 17 15 Jonas Hasler 66.75 67.75 67.75 17 18 20 David Hablützel 64.25 DNI 64.25 18 23 25 Louie Vito 58.75 DNI 58.75 19 21 22 Augustinho Teixeira 56.50 DNI 56.50 20 24 21 Ren Chongshuo 39.25 DNI 39.25 21 25 24 Florian Lechner 12.25 13.50 13.50 22 20 13 Mischa Zuercher 13.25DNI 13.25 23 10 10 Kim Geon-hui 8.00 8.50 8.50 24 13 17 Christoph Lechner 5.00 DNI 5.00 25 22 23 Jan Scherrer DNS DNS DNS
Final Rank Bib Order Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Notes111Yūto Totsuka91.0095.00DNI95.00212Scotty James48.7593.50DNI93.50710Ryusei Yamada92.00DNI92.0092.00438Ruka Hirano90.0090.0091.0091.00557Valentino Guseli35.00DNI88.0088.006164Lee Chae-un24.7524.7587.5087.50746Ayumu Hirano27.5086.50DNI86.508191Jake Pates77.50DNIDNI77.509153Wang Ziyang17.7517.2576.0076.001089Alessandro Barbieri75.00DNIDNI75.0011122Chase Josey11.7570.25DNI70.251265Campbell Melville Ives43.00DNIDNI43.00
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