The men's aerials competition in freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 15 February (qualification) and 16 February (final), at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou. Qi Guangpu of China won the event; this was his first Olympic gold medal. Oleksandr Abramenko of Ukraine, the defending champion, won the silver medal, and Ilya Burov, representing the Russian Olympic Committee, won bronze, replicating his 2018 achievement.
The 2018 silver medalist Jia Zongyang was competing as well. At the 2021–22 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup, there were six events before the Olympics, and only Russians, Chinese, and Swiss skiers made it to the top three at any of them. Four events were won by Maxim Burov, the brother of Ilya Burov, and he was leading the rankings, followed by four Chinese athletes. Sun Jiaxu was ranked second, and Jia Zongyang third. Maxim Burov is also the 2021 world champion.
Qualification
A total of 25 aerialists qualified to compete at the games. For an athlete to compete they must have a minimum of 80.00 FIS points on the FIS Points List on January 17, 2022 and a top 30 finish in a World Cup event or at the FIS Freestyle Ski World Championships 2021. A country could enter a maximum of four athletes into the event.
Results Qualification 1 Rank Bib Order Name Country ScoreQualification 1 results Notes 1 4 5 Qi Guangpu 127.88 Q 2 3 14 Jia Zongyang 125.67 Q 3 7 15 Noé Roth 123.08 Q 4 9 24 Eric Loughran 121.24 Q 5 13 7 Oleksandr Abramenko 120.36 Q 6 20 12 Christopher Lillis 119.91 Q 7 10 3 Stanislav Nikitin 119.47 8 15 17 Justin Schoenefeld 118.59 9 17 23 Ilya Burov 117.65 10 19 21 Stanislau Hladchenka 115.49 11 14 6 Miha Fontaine 115.05 12 6 22 Wang Xindi 114.60 13 16 8 Émile Nadeau 112.83 14 5 11 Pirmin Werner 112.22 15 12 20 Sherzod Khashyrbayev 109.74 16 21 19 Maksim Gustik 109.74 17 23 16 Lloyd Wallace 108.41 18 22 9 Pavel Dzik 106.20 19 25 13 Lewis Irving 103.98 20 11 10 Nicolas Gygax 101.77 21 1 2 Maxim Burov 95.02 22 18 18 Oleksandr Okipniuk 92.76 23 2 4 Sun Jiaxu 85.40 24 8 1 Dmytro Kotovskyi 73.89
Qualification 2 Rank Bib Order Name Country Round 1 Round 2 BestQualification 2 results Notes 1 18 13 Oleksandr Okipniuk 92.76 125.00 125.00 Q 2 5 9 Pirmin Werner 112.22 123.45 123.45 Q 3 17 18 Ilya Burov 117.65 120.36 120.36 Q 4 10 3 Stanislav Nikitin 119.47 86.88 119.47 Q 5 15 12 Justin Schoenefeld 118.59 105.88 118.59 Q 6 19 16 Stanislau Hladchenka 115.49 107.69 115.49 Q 7 14 5 Miha Fontaine 115.05 107.69 115.05 8 6 17 Wang Xindi 114.60 98.19 114.60 9 8 1 Dmytro Kotovskyi 73.89 114.03 114.03 10 1 2 Maxim Burov 95.02 113.28 113.28 11 16 6 Émile Nadeau 112.83 102.26 112.83 12 2 4 Sun Jiaxu 85.40 110.86 110.86 13 12 15 Sherzod Khashyrbayev 109.74 69.23 109.74 14 21 14 Maksim Gustik 109.74 97.20 109.74 15 23 11 Lloyd Wallace 108.41 71.94 108.41 16 22 7 Pavel Dzik 106.20 81.45 106.20 17 25 10 Lewis Irving 103.98 80.99 103.98 18 11 8 Nicolas Gygax 101.77 103.62 103.62
Finals Rank Bib Name Country Final 1 Final 2Final 2 results Jump 1 Jump 2 Best 4 Qi Guangpu 125.22 114.48 125.22 129.00 13 Oleksandr Abramenko 123.53 113.57 123.53 116.50 17 Ilya Burov 109.05 129.50 129.50 114.93 4 5 Pirmin Werner 126.24 114.93 126.24 111.50 5 15 Justin Schoenefeld 120.36 123.53 123.53 106.50 6 20 Christopher Lillis 125.67 122.17 125.67 103.00 7 3 Jia Zongyang 123.45 88.69 123.45 did not advance 8 7 Noé Roth 122.13 110.41 122.13 9 18 Oleksandr Okipniuk 91.40 122.01 122.01 10 10 Stanislav Nikitin 117.26 119.00 119.00 11 19 Stanislau Hladchenka 115.93 116.29 116.29 12 9 Eric Loughran 111.95 90.50 111.95
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