The men's
halfpipe
A half-pipe is a structure used in gravity extreme sports such as skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, freestyle BMX, Inline skating, skating, and scooter riding.
Overview
The structure resembles a cross-section of a swimming pool, essentially t ...
competition of the
Sochi 2014 Olympics
The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (), were an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Opening ro ...
was held at
Rosa Khutor Extreme Park
The Rosa Khutor Extreme Park (''Russian language, Russian'': Роза Хутор) under license from The Extreme Sports Company and part of the Extreme Hotel, Sochi development, is a skiing venue located west of the Rosa Khutor plateau in Krasna ...
on 11 February 2014.
The gold was won by Swiss
Iouri Podladtchikov
Iouri Iourеvich Podladtchikov (, born 13 September 1988) is a Russian-born Swiss snowboarder. He rides goofy stance. He has competed since 2000. He won the gold medal for the halfpipe at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Early life
Podladtc ...
, who was followed by two Japanese snowboarders, the 15-year-old
Ayumu Hirano
is a Japanese Olympic champion and three-time Olympic medalist snowboarder and Olympic skateboarder. He won the silver medal in the superpipe in 2013 Winter X Games XVII at the age of 14, becoming the youngest medalist in X Games history, and ...
in silver and
Taku Hiraoka
is a Japanese snowboarder, from Gose, Nara.
He won silver in the halfpipe at the 2013 FIS Snowboarding World Championships. In the 2014 Winter Olympics, he won a bronze in the halfpipe.
Later in 2014, he came in second behind American Taylor ...
in bronze.
Qualification
An athlete must have placed in the top 30 in at a World Cup event after July 2012 or at the
2013 World Championships and a minimum of 100 FIS points. A total of 40 quota spots are available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of 4 athletes can be entered by a
National Olympic Committee
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games ...
.
Schedule
All times are (UTC+4
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).
Results
Qualification
The qualification was held at 14:00.
QF – Qualify directly to final; QS – Qualify to semifinal; DNS – Did not start
Semifinals
The semifinals was held at 16:00.
Final
The final was held at 18:30.
Notes
:a Scherrer suffered a tear in his right ankle during warm-up and had to pull out of the semifinals.
References
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Men's snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics