Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's big air explained

The men's big air competition in snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 14 February (qualification) and 15 February (final), at the Big Air Shougang in Beijing.^[1] Su Yiming of China won the event, his first Olympic gold medal. Mons Røisland of Norway won silver, his first Olympic medal, and Max Parrot of Canada won bronze.

The defending champion was Sébastien Toutant. He was competing but did not make it to the final. Neither the 2018 silver medalist, Kyle Mack, nor the bronze medalist, Billy Morgan, qualified for the Olympics. At the 2021–22 FIS Snowboard World Cup, only two big air events were held before the Olympics, won by Jonas Bösiger and Su Yiming. Mark McMorris was also the 2021 world champion, with Parrot and Marcus Kleveland being the silver and bronze medalists, respectively. Kleveland was 2019 X-Games winner, ahead of Sven Thorgren and Røisland.

Qualification

See main article: Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. A total of 30 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.^[2]

Results

Qualification

Q — Qualified for the Final

The top 12 athletes in the qualifiers advanced to the Final.^[3]

Rank	Bib	Order	Name	Country	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Notes
1	1	1			78.25	86.50	26.50	164.75	Q
2	3	5			68.50	75.50	91.50	160.00	Q
3	2	3			75.50	80.00	78.75	158.75	Q
4	27	9			83.75	61.50	74.50	158.25	Q
5	23	8			92.50	62.75	28.00	155.25	Q
6	4	4			87.75	63.75	61.25	151.50	Q
7	9	17			80.75	70.25	33.75	151.00	Q
8	6	27			81.50	65.75	65.75	147.25	Q
9	10	7			31.25	80.00	66.50	146.50	Q
10	5	2			64.25	17.50	81.75	146.00	Q
11	19	19			79.00	60.00	63.75	142.75	Q
12	13	14			29.00	77.50	64.50	142.00	Q
13	14	28			78.75	12.25	60.75	139.50
14	12	22			64.25	75.00	24.75	139.25
15	25	11			80.75	41.75	55.75	136.50
16	28	18			69.50	15.50	66.50	136.00
17	11	21			53.25	68.75	16.25	122.00
18	17	29			22.75	85.75	22.00	107.75
19	30	24			67.00	37.25	30.00	104.25
20	24	12			18.50	80.75	21.75	102.50
21	8	26			23.00	72.75	20.75	93.50
22	29	6			23.50	80.75	12.25	93.00
23	18	13			71.25	14.25	21.25	92.50
24	26	20	Noah Vicktor		60.50	18.25	29.75	90.25
25	20	25			66.00	24.00	17.25	90.00
26	7	15			67.00	22.50	11.25	89.50
27	21	23			60.00	9.50	15.75	75.75
28	22	16			56.25	19.00	13.75	70.00
29	15	10			25.75	16.25	20.25	46.00

Final

Rank	Bib	Order	Name	Country	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total
	23	8	Su Yiming		89.50	93.00	33.00	182.50
	10	4	Mons Røisland		89.25	75.75	82.50	171.75
	1	12	Max Parrot		28.25	94.00	76.25	170.25
4	27	9	Hiroaki Kunitake		82.25	50.25	84.00	166.25
5	2	10	Red Gerard		82.50	19.25	83.25	165.75
6	19	2	Niek van der Velden		83.75	78.25	26.75	162.00
7	5	3	Chris Corning		92.00	35.50	64.00	156.00
8	4	7	Marcus Kleveland		87.75	62.25	39.00	150.00
9	3	11	Takeru Otsuka		17.25	95.00	33.75	128.75
10	6	5	Mark McMorris		80.50	21.00	33.25	113.75
11	9	6	Sven Thorgren		25.25	67.00	21.50	88.50
12	13	1	Darcy Sharpe		20.00	82.00	5.75	87.75

Notes and References

1. Web site: Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 9. PDF. New.inews.gtimg.com. 29 January 2022.
2. Web site: Qualification System for Xxiv Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 International Ski Federation Snowboard. 19 October 2021. www.fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). 28 January 2022.
3. https://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2022/SB/6080/2022SB6080RLQ.pdf Qualification results