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Halfpipe, Men

Date11 – 13 February 2026
StatusOlympic
LocationMottolino Montagna del Divertimento / Carosello 3000, Livigno, Sondrio
Participants24 from 11 countries
DetailsCourse Name: Livigno Olympic Halfpipe
Halfpipe Inclination: 18°
Halfpipe Length: 198 m
Inclination of Vert: 81°
Inner Height of Walls: 7.2 m
Width from Wall to Wall: 22.1 m

The men’s halfpipe event brought together one of the deepest fields in Olympic snowboarding, led by Japan’s Ayumu Hirano, Ruka Hirano and Yuto Totsuka, along with Australia’s Scotty James. Ayumu Hirano entered the Games as the defending Olympic champion, while James, Ruka Hirano and Totsuka finished 1-2-3 at the most recent World Championships. Qualification featured numerous high-scoring runs and demonstrated the exceptional depth of the field, with several athletes successfully landing tricks that would have been considered groundbreaking only a few years earlier.

The final developed into a battle between the Japanese stars and James, with Ryusei Yamada earning the highest score, a 92.00 in his first run. Totsuka and James responded in the ensuing run with a 95.00 and 93.50 respectively, which stood to earn them gold and silver, with Yamada taking the bronze and Ruka Hirano finishing a close fourth with a best run scoring 91.00.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCQualifyingFinal
11Yuto TotsukaJPN91.25 (2)95.00 (1)Gold
22Scotty JamesAUS94.00 (1)93.50 (2)Silver
37Ryusei YamadaJPN90.25 (3)92.00 (3)Bronze
43Ruka HiranoJPN87.50 (5)91.00 (4)
55Valentino GuseliAUS86.75 (6)88.00 (5)
616Lee Chae-EunKOR82.00 (9)87.50 (6)
74Ayumu HiranoJPN85.50 (7)86.50 (7)
819Jake PatesUSA75.50 (12)77.50 (8)
915Wang ZiyangCHN80.50 (10)76.00 (9)
108Alessandro BarbieriUSA88.50 (4)75.00 (10)
1112Chase JoseyUSA76.50 (11)70.25 (11)
126Campbell Melville IvesNZL84.75 (8)43.00 (12)
1314Lee Ji-OhKOR74.00 (13)
149Pat BurgenerBRA70.00 (14)
1511Chase BlackwellUSA69.00 (15)
1617Jonas HaslerSUI67.75 (16)
1718David HablützelSUI64.25 (17)
1823Louie VitoITA58.75 (18)
1921Augustinho TeixeiraBRA56.50 (19)
2024Ren ChongshuoCHN39.25 (20)
2125Florian LechnerAUT13.50 (21)
2220Mischa ZürcherSUI13.25 (22)
2310Kim Geon-HuiKOR8.50 (23)
2413Christoph LechnerGER5.00 (24)
DNS22Jan ScherrerSUI– (DNS)

Qualifying Round

Date11 February 2026 — 19:30
FormatTop 6 finishers from each run advanced to the final round.
Judge #1Iztok ŠumatićSLO
Judge #2Gaz Wessman VoganGBR
Judge #3Fredrik WestmanSWE
Judge #4Andrin RegliSUI
Judge #5Julien HaricotFRA
Judge #6Ryo HashimotoJPN
PosNumberCompetitorNOCPointsRun #1Run #2
12Scotty JamesAUS94.0094.00 (1)– (NM)Q
21Yuto TotsukaJPN91.2585.50 (5)91.25 (1)Q
37Ryusei YamadaJPN90.2590.25 (2)– (NM)Q
48Alessandro BarbieriUSA88.5088.50 (3)– (NM)Q
53Ruka HiranoJPN87.5080.50 (9)87.50 (2)Q
65Valentino GuseliAUS86.7586.75 (4)86.25 (3)Q
74Ayumu HiranoJPN85.5083.00 (7)85.50 (4)Q
86Campbell Melville IvesNZL84.7584.75 (6)– (NM)Q
916Lee Chae-EunKOR82.0082.00 (8)– (NM)Q
1015Wang ZiyangCHN80.5077.75 (10)80.50 (5)Q
1112Chase JoseyUSA76.5076.50 (11)– (NM)Q
1219Jake PatesUSA75.5024.25 (19)75.50 (6)Q
1314Lee Ji-OhKOR74.0017.75 (20)74.00 (7)
149Pat BurgenerBRA70.0070.00 (12)– (NM)
1511Chase BlackwellUSA69.0069.00 (13)– (NM)
1617Jonas HaslerSUI67.7566.75 (14)67.75 (8)
1718David HablützelSUI64.2564.25 (15)– (NM)
1823Louie VitoITA58.7558.75 (16)– (NM)
1921Augustinho TeixeiraBRA56.5056.50 (17)– (NM)
2024Ren ChongshuoCHN39.2539.25 (18)– (NM)
2125Florian LechnerAUT13.5012.25 (22)13.50 (9)
2220Mischa ZürcherSUI13.2513.25 (21)– (NM)
2310Kim Geon-HuiKOR8.508.00 (23)8.50 (10)
2413Christoph LechnerGER5.005.00 (24)– (NM)
DNS22Jan ScherrerSUI– (DNS)

Final Round

Date13 February 2026 — 19:30
FormatResults determined by best of 3 runs.
Judge #1Julien HaricotFRA
Judge #2Ryo HashimotoJPN
Judge #3Andrin RegliSUI
Judge #4Gaz Wessman VoganGBR
Judge #5Fredrik WestmanSWE
Judge #6Iztok ŠumatićSLO
PosNumberCompetitorNOCPointsRun #1Run #2Run #3
11Yuto TotsukaJPN95.0091.00 (2)95.00 (1)– (NM)
22Scotty JamesAUS93.5048.75 (6)93.50 (2)– (NM)
37Ryusei YamadaJPN92.0092.00 (1)– (NM)92.00 (1)
43Ruka HiranoJPN91.0090.00 (3)90.00 (3)91.00 (2)
55Valentino GuseliAUS88.0035.00 (8)– (NM)88.00 (3)
616Lee Chae-EunKOR87.5024.75 (10)24.75 (6)87.50 (4)
74Ayumu HiranoJPN86.5027.50 (9)86.50 (4)– (NM)
819Jake PatesUSA77.5077.50 (4)– (NM)– (NM)
915Wang ZiyangCHN76.0017.75 (11)17.25 (7)76.00 (5)
108Alessandro BarbieriUSA75.0075.00 (5)– (NM)– (NM)
1112Chase JoseyUSA70.2511.75 (12)70.25 (5)– (NM)
126Campbell Melville IvesNZL43.0043.00 (7)– (NM)– (NM)