| | Event type
Aerials, Men
| Date | 17 February 2014 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Ekstrim-Park Rosa Khutor, Krasnaya Polyana |
| Participants | 21 from 9 countries |
| Details | Inrun Distance: 70 m Inrun Gradient: 27° Kicker #1: 3.60 m - 56° - 2.10 m Kicker #2: 6.00 m - 66° - 3.55 m Kicker #3: 6.00 m - 66° - 3.60 m Kicker #4: 7.50 m - 71.5° - 4.20 m Kicker #6: 7.50 m - 71.5° - 4.25 m Landing Distance: 26 m Landing Gradient: 39° Start Elevation: ? Table Distance: 23 m Table Gradient: 0° Vertical Drop: ? |
Freestyle aerials was held as a series of elimination runs, with two rounds of qualifying and three rounds in the final. Twelve of the 21 competitors advanced to the final from qualifying, six from the first run, and six from the second run. The final saw the top eight on the first run advanced to run two, with the top four on run two advancing to the final medal run.
The defending champion was Belarussian Aleksey Grishin but he did not get out of qualifying. His countrymen, Dmitry Dashchinsky, Olympic medalist in 1998 and 2006, and Anton Kushnir, did make the final, although Kushnir only made it on the second run. Kushnir advanced to the medal run along with China’s Jia Zongyang, Australian David Morris, and the 2014 World Champion Qi Guangpu of China. The gold went again to Belarus as Kushnir crushed his back double full-full double full for the highest score of the competition, with 134.50. Morris came thru for the silver medal with his lower difficulty for his back layout double full-full. Both Chinese skiiers fell on their landings, with Jia getting the bronze medal.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Qualifying Round 1 | Qualifying Round 2 | Final Round 1 | Final Round 2 | Final Round 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Anton Kushnir |  BLR | 107.52 (7) | 115.38 (2) | 119.03 (2) | 115.84 (3) | 134.50 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 6 | David Morris |  AUS | 118.59 (2) | – | 101.87 (8) | 115.05 (4) | 110.41 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 9 | Jia Zongyang |  CHN | 118.59 (1) | – | 110.41 (4) | 117.70 (1) | 95.06 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 2 | Qi Guangpu | CHN | 113.57 (4) | – | 121.24 (1) | 116.74 (2) | 90.00 (4) | |||
| 5 | 14 | Mac Bohonnon |  USA | 104.79 (11) | 110.18 (6) | 105.21 (7) | 113.72 (5) | – | |||
| 6 | 12 | Oleksandr Abramenko |  UKR | 109.50 (6) | – | 119.03 (3) | 113.12 (6) | – | |||
| 7 | 5 | Travis Gerrits |  CAN | 76.92 (19) | 112.39 (4) | 107.29 (6) | 111.95 (7) | – | |||
| 8 | 13 | Dzmitry Dashchynski | BLR | 106.64 (8) | 117.19 (1) | 108.41 (5) | 100.45 (8) | – | |||
| 9 | 23 | Dzianis Osipou | BLR | 81.86 (17) | 111.05 (5) | 99.36 (9) | – | – | |||
| 10 | 8 | Pavel Krotov |  RUS | 106.33 (9) | 115.05 (3) | 96.46 (10) | – | – | |||
| 11 | 7 | Wu Chao | CHN | 110.62 (5) | – | 82.30 (11) | – | – | |||
| 12 | 11 | Renato Ulrich |  SUI | 115.84 (3) | – | 80.53 (12) | – | – | |||
| 13 | 25 | Timofey Slivets | RUS | 87.33 (15) | 108.41 (7) | – | – | – | |||
| 14 | 18 | Thomas Lambert | SUI | 96.83 (13) | 89.38 (8) | – | – | – | |||
| 15 | 4 | Aliaksei Hryshyn | BLR | 76.82 (20) | 88.94 (9) | – | – | – | |||
| 16 | 19 | Ilya Burov | RUS | 105.88 (10) | 86.73 (10) | – | – | – | |||
| 17 | 27 | Sergey Berestovsky |  KAZ | 82.84 (16) | 85.30 (11) | – | – | – | |||
| 18 | 22 | Mischa Gasser | SUI | 96.52 (14) | 83.91 (12) | – | – | – | |||
| 19 | 28 | Baglan Inkarbek | KAZ | 60.16 (21) | 79.31 (13) | – | – | – | |||
| 20 | 26 | Mykola Puzderko | UKR | 98.41 (12) | 77.88 (14) | – | – | – | |||
| 21 | 1 | Liu Zhongqing | CHN | 80.09 (18) | 77.83 (15) | – | – | – |
Qualifying Round 1
| Date | 17 February 2014 — 17:45 | |
|---|---|---|
| Format | Top 6 finishers advanced to final 1. | |
| Judge #1 | Helene House | CAN |
| Judge #2 | Olivier Grange |  FRA |
| Judge #3 | Oksana Kushchenko | RUS |
| Judge #4 | William McNice | USA |
| Judge #5 | Hanka Kalužíková |  CZE |
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | Jump Code | Degree of Difficulty | Judge 1 Score | Judge 2 Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | Jia Zongyang | CHN | 118.59 | bFdFF | 4.425 | 9.3 | 8.6 | ||
| 2 | 5 | David Morris | AUS | 118.59 | bFdFF | 4.425 | 9.0 | 8.9 | ||
| 3 | 14 | Renato Ulrich | SUI | 115.84 | bdFFF | 4.525 | 8.5 | 8.5 | ||
| 4 | 18 | Qi Guangpu | CHN | 113.57 | bdFFF | 4.525 | 8.6 | 8.4 | ||
| 5 | 20 | Wu Chao | CHN | 110.62 | bFdFF | 4.425 | 8.0 | 8.2 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Oleksandr Abramenko | UKR | 109.50 | bdFFF | 4.525 | 8.0 | 8.7 | ||
| 7 | 15 | Anton Kushnir | BLR | 107.52 | bFdFF | 4.425 | 8.0 | 7.8 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Dzmitry Dashchynski | BLR | 106.64 | bFdFF | 4.425 | 8.0 | 8.3 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Pavel Krotov | RUS | 106.33 | bdFFF | 4.525 | 7.7 | 7.8 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Ilya Burov | RUS | 105.88 | bdFFF | 4.525 | 8.2 | 7.5 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Mac Bohonnon | USA | 104.79 | bLdFF | 4.175 | 8.1 | 8.3 | ||
| 12 | 21 | Mykola Puzderko | UKR | 98.41 | bFFF | 4.050 | 8.2 | 8.1 | ||
| 13 | 10 | Thomas Lambert | SUI | 96.83 | bdFFF | 4.525 | 7.0 | 7.0 | ||
| 14 | 12 | Mischa Gasser | SUI | 96.52 | bLFF | 3.800 | 8.5 | 8.7 | ||
| 15 | 3 | Timofey Slivets | RUS | 87.33 | bdFFF | 4.525 | 6.8 | 6.3 | ||
| 16 | 1 | Sergey Berestovsky | KAZ | 82.84 | bFF | 3.150 | 9.3 | 8.8 | ||
| 17 | 17 | Dzianis Osipou | BLR | 81.86 | bFdFF | 4.425 | 6.0 | 6.3 | ||
| 18 | 16 | Liu Zhongqing | CHN | 80.09 | bFdFF | 4.425 | 6.3 | 5.9 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Travis Gerrits | CAN | 76.92 | bdFFF | 4.525 | 6.0 | 5.8 | ||
| 20 | 13 | Aliaksei Hryshyn | BLR | 76.82 | bLdFF | 4.175 | 6.2 | 6.1 | ||
| 21 | 19 | Baglan Inkarbek | KAZ | 60.16 | bFF | 3.150 | 6.1 | 6.7 |
Qualifying Round 2
| Date | 17 February 2014 — 18:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Format | Top 6 finishers advanced to final 1. | |
| Judge #1 | Helene House | CAN |
| Judge #2 | Olivier Grange | FRA |
| Judge #3 | Oksana Kushchenko | RUS |
| Judge #4 | William McNice | USA |
| Judge #5 | Hanka Kalužíková | CZE |
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | Jump Code | Degree of Difficulty | Judge 1 Score | Judge 2 Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Dzmitry Dashchynski | BLR | 117.19 | bdFFF | 4.525 | 8.8 | 8.7 | ||
| 2 | 11 | Anton Kushnir | BLR | 115.38 | bdFFF | 4.525 | 8.7 | 8.9 | ||
| 3 | 5 | Pavel Krotov | RUS | 115.05 | bFdFF | 4.425 | 8.6 | 8.8 | ||
| 4 | 8 | Travis Gerrits | CAN | 112.39 | bFdFF | 4.425 | 8.4 | 8.3 | ||
| 5 | 13 | Dzianis Osipou | BLR | 111.05 | bLdFF | 4.175 | 8.6 | 8.8 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Mac Bohonnon | USA | 110.18 | bFdFF | 4.425 | 8.3 | 8.3 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Timofey Slivets | RUS | 108.41 | bFdFF | 4.425 | 8.1 | 7.9 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Thomas Lambert | SUI | 89.38 | bFdFF | 4.425 | 6.5 | 6.7 | ||
| 9 | 10 | Aliaksei Hryshyn | BLR | 88.94 | bFdFF | 4.425 | 6.8 | 6.6 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Ilya Burov | RUS | 86.73 | bFdFF | 4.425 | 6.5 | 6.7 | ||
| 11 | 1 | Sergey Berestovsky | KAZ | 85.30 | bFdF | 3.525 | 8.2 | 8.0 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Mischa Gasser | SUI | 83.91 | bLdFF | 4.175 | 6.9 | 6.8 | ||
| 13 | 14 | Baglan Inkarbek | KAZ | 79.31 | bFdF | 3.525 | 7.5 | 7.3 | ||
| 14 | 15 | Mykola Puzderko | UKR | 77.88 | bFdFF | 4.425 | 5.7 | 5.9 | ||
| 15 | 1 | Liu Zhongqing | CHN | 77.83 | bFFdF | 4.525 | 5.1 | 5.8 |
Final Round 1
| Date | 17 February 2014 — 21:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Format | Top 8 finishers advanced to final 2. | |
| Judge #1 | Helene House | CAN |
| Judge #2 | Olivier Grange | FRA |
| Judge #3 | Oksana Kushchenko | RUS |
| Judge #4 | William McNice | USA |
| Judge #5 | Hanka Kalužíková | CZE |
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | Jump Code | Degree of Difficulty | Judge 1 Score | Judge 2 Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | Qi Guangpu | CHN | 121.24 | bFdFF | 4.425 | 9.4 | 9.3 | ||
| 2 | 5 | Anton Kushnir | BLR | 119.03 | bFdFF | 4.425 | 8.7 | 9.0 | ||
| 3 | 7 | Oleksandr Abramenko | UKR | 119.03 | bFdFF | 4.425 | 9.2 | 9.1 | ||
| 4 | 12 | Jia Zongyang | CHN | 110.41 | bdFFF | 4.525 | 8.4 | 8.0 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Dzmitry Dashchynski | BLR | 108.41 | bFdFF | 4.425 | 8.0 | 8.1 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Travis Gerrits | CAN | 107.29 | bLdFF | 4.175 | 8.7 | 8.6 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Mac Bohonnon | USA | 105.21 | bLdFF | 4.175 | 8.6 | 8.3 | ||
| 8 | 11 | David Morris | AUS | 101.87 | bLdFF | 4.175 | 8.1 | 8.3 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Dzianis Osipou | BLR | 99.36 | bLdFF | 4.175 | 7.9 | 8.0 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Pavel Krotov | RUS | 96.46 | bFdFF | 4.425 | 7.4 | 7.7 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Wu Chao | CHN | 82.30 | bFdFF | 4.425 | 6.6 | 6.4 | ||
| 12 | 10 | Renato Ulrich | SUI | 80.53 | bFdFF | 4.425 | 6.5 | 6.1 |
Final Round 2
| Date | 17 February 2014 — 21:55 | |
|---|---|---|
| Format | Top 4 finishers advanced to final 3. | |
| Judge #1 | Helene House | CAN |
| Judge #2 | Olivier Grange | FRA |
| Judge #3 | Oksana Kushchenko | RUS |
| Judge #4 | William McNice | USA |
| Judge #5 | Hanka Kalužíková | CZE |
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | Jump Code | Degree of Difficulty | Judge 1 Score | Judge 2 Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Jia Zongyang | CHN | 117.70 | bFdFF | 4.425 | 8.9 | 9.1 | ||
| 2 | 8 | Qi Guangpu | CHN | 116.74 | bdFFF | 4.525 | 8.6 | 9.0 | ||
| 3 | 7 | Anton Kushnir | BLR | 115.84 | bdFFF | 4.525 | 8.5 | 8.5 | ||
| 4 | 1 | David Morris | AUS | 115.05 | bFdFF | 4.425 | 8.7 | 8.7 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Mac Bohonnon | USA | 113.72 | bFdFF | 4.425 | 8.6 | 8.6 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Oleksandr Abramenko | UKR | 113.12 | bdFFF | 4.525 | 8.5 | 8.2 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Travis Gerrits | CAN | 111.95 | bFdFF | 4.425 | 8.6 | 8.7 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Dzmitry Dashchynski | BLR | 100.45 | bdFFF | 4.525 | 7.4 | 7.4 |
Final Round 3
| Date | 17 February 2014 — 22:12 | |
|---|---|---|
| Judge #1 | Helene House | CAN |
| Judge #2 | Olivier Grange | FRA |
| Judge #3 | Oksana Kushchenko | RUS |
| Judge #4 | William McNice | USA |
| Judge #5 | Hanka Kalužíková | CZE |
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | Jump Code | Degree of Difficulty | Judge 1 Score | Judge 2 Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Anton Kushnir | BLR | 134.50 | bdFFdF | 5.000 | 9.1 | 8.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | David Morris | AUS | 110.41 | bdFFF | 4.525 | 8.8 | 8.3 | ||
| 3 | 4 | Jia Zongyang | CHN | 95.06 | bFdFdF | 4.900 | 6.7 | 6.4 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Qi Guangpu | CHN | 90.00 | bdFFdF | 5.000 | 5.7 | 6.1 |