The men's

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competition of the

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was held on 21 and 24 February 2018 at the

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. The event was making its Olympic debut. Due to a broken shoulder caused by a crash in training for the slopestyle,

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was not able to compete.

Qualification

The top 40 athletes in the Olympic quota allocation list qualified (for both big air and slopestyle, the rankings were combined). This meant only a maximum of 40 could qualify across both events. A maximum of four athletes per

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(NOC) was allowed. All athletes qualifying must also have placed in the top 30 of a FIS World Cup event (in either big air or slopestyle) or the

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during the qualification period (1 July 2016 to 21 January 2018) and also have a minimum of 50 FIS points to compete. If the host country,

, did not qualify, their chosen athlete would displace the last qualified athlete, granted all qualification criterion was met.

Results

Key

: Q — Qualified for the Final : DNS — Did Not Start : JNS — Jump Not Scored

Heat 1

Heat 2

Final

The final was held on 24 February 2018.Final results
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References

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