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. 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
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.
Results Qualification
Q — Qualified for the Final
The top 12 athletes in the qualifiers advanced to the Final.Qualification results Rank Bib Order Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total Notes 1 1 1 Max Parrot 78.25 86.50 26.50 164.75 Q 2 3 5 Takeru Otsuka 68.50 75.50 91.50 160.00 Q 3 2 3 Red Gerard 75.50 80.00 78.75 158.75 Q 4 27 9 Hiroaki Kunitake 83.75 61.50 74.50 158.25 Q 5 23 8 Su Yiming 92.50 62.75 28.00 155.25 Q 6 4 4 Marcus Kleveland 87.75 63.75 61.25 151.50 Q 7 9 17 Sven Thorgren 80.75 70.25 33.75 151.00 Q 8 6 27 Mark McMorris 81.50 65.75 65.75 147.25 Q 9 10 7 Mons Røisland 31.25 80.00 66.50 146.50 Q 10 5 2 Chris Corning 64.25 17.50 81.75 146.00 Q 11 19 19 Niek van der Velden 79.00 60.00 63.75 142.75 Q 12 13 14 Darcy Sharpe 29.00 77.50 64.50 142.00 Q 13 14 28 Rene Rinnekangas 78.75 12.25 60.75 139.50 14 12 22 Nicolas Huber 64.25 75.00 24.75 139.25 15 25 11 Kaito Hamada 80.75 41.75 55.75 136.50 16 28 18 Ståle Sandbech 69.50 15.50 66.50 136.00 17 11 21 Sean FitzSimons 53.25 68.75 16.25 122.00 18 17 29 Kalle Järvilehto 22.75 85.75 22.00 107.75 19 30 24 Vlad Khadarin 67.00 37.25 30.00 104.25 20 24 12 Niklas Mattsson 18.50 80.75 21.75 102.50 21 8 26 Dusty Henricksen 23.00 72.75 20.75 93.50 22 29 6 Emiliano Lauzi 23.50 80.75 12.25 93.00 23 18 13 Tiarn Collins 71.25 14.25 21.25 92.50 24 26 20 Noah Vicktor 60.50 18.25 29.75 90.25 25 20 25 Leon Vockensperger 66.00 24.00 17.25 90.00 26 7 15 Sébastien Toutant 67.00 22.50 11.25 89.50 27 21 23 Jonas Bösiger 60.00 9.50 15.75 75.75 28 22 16 Matthew Cox 56.25 19.00 13.75 70.00 29 15 10 Ruki Tobita 25.75 16.25 20.25 46.00
Final RankBibOrderNameCountryRun 1Run 2Run 3Total 238Su Yiming 89.50 93.00 33.00 182.50 104Mons Røisland 89.25 75.75 82.50 171.75 112Max Parrot 28.25 94.00 76.25 170.254 279Hiroaki Kunitake 82.25 50.25 84.00 166.255210Red Gerard 82.50 19.25 83.25 165.756192Niek van der Velden 83.75 78.25 26.75 162.00753Chris Corning 92.00 35.50 64.00 156.00847Marcus Kleveland 87.75 62.25 39.00 150.009311Takeru Otsuka 17.25 95.00 33.75 128.751065Mark McMorris 80.50 21.00 33.25 113.751196Sven Thorgren 25.25 67.00 21.50 88.5012131Darcy Sharpe 20.00 82.00 5.75 87.75
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