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Halfpipe, Men

Date12 February 2006
StatusOlympic
LocationBardonecchia
Participants44 from 17 countries
DetailsGradient: 16°
Length: 145 m
Wall Height: 5.7 m
Wall-to-Wall Width: 18 m

By 2006, the best men’s halfpiper was acknowledged to be American Shaun White, who had already won six gold medals at the X-Games, both in slopeside and superpipe. With long, dark red hair, he cut a striking figure, and that and his big airs, earned him the nickname “The Flying Tomato.” In the qualifying in Torino, he struggled in round one, placing seventh and failed to get thru to the final in that round, which was led by 2002 silver medalist, Danny Kass. But in the second qualifier, White posted the highest score to make the final. In the final, White dominated the first run, with no judge’s score below 9.0. His 46.8 took a huge lead, and held up thru the second round to earn him the gold medal. Kass repeated his silver medal from Salt Lake City. Kass had struggled in the first run, but posted the best score in the second run to move up to second place. White was born with a congenital heart malformation, termed Tetralogy of Fallot (blue-baby syndrome), which required two surgeries to correct before he was a year old.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCQualifying Round 1Qualifying Round 2Final
1Shaun WhiteUSA37.7 (7)45.3 (1)46.8 (1)Gold
2Danny KassUSA43.8 (1)44.0 (2)Silver
3Markku KoskiFIN20.2 (28)40.6 (3)41.5 (3)Bronze
4Mason AguirreUSA43.4 (3)40.3 (4)
5Antti AuttiFIN43.5 (2)39.1 (5)
6Gary ZebrowskiFRA30.7 (17)43.3 (2)38.6 (6)
7Markus KellerSUI33.7 (12)38.3 (5)38.5 (7)
8Christophe SchmidtGER39.4 (6)37.5 (8)
9Vinzenz LüpsGER33.9 (11)39.5 (4)36.8 (9)
10Risto MattilaFIN40.8 (5)35.8 (10)
11Crispin LipscombCAN19.6 (30)37.9 (6)33.5 (11)
12Andy FinchUSA43.1 (4)24.7 (12)
13Giacomo KratterITA12.8 (36)37.0 (7)
14Takaharu NakaiJPN36.0 (9)36.8 (8)
15Jan MichaelisGER34.5 (10)36.3 (9)
16Brad MartinCAN27.2 (21)34.7 (10)
17Mathieu CrépelFRA37.4 (8)34.2 (11)
18Hugo LemayCAN26.0 (24)34.1 (12)
19Gian SimmenSUI32.0 (14)33.8 (13)
20Janne KorpiFIN9.2 (42)33.5 (14)
21Justin LamoureuxCAN10.1 (41)31.5 (15)
22Fumiyuki MurakamiJPN27.9 (20)31.1 (16)
23Kazuhiro KokuboJPN26.9 (23)31.0 (17)
24Frederik KalbermattenSUI16.8 (32)30.8 (18)
25Mitchell BrownNZL16.3 (33)28.3 (19)
26Dan WakehamGBR14.3 (35)27.8 (20)
27Micael LundmarkSWE32.5 (13)27.2 (21)
28Iker FernándezESP27.0 (22)27.0 (22)
29Michał LigockiPOL11.3 (40)26.9 (23)
30Halvor Skramstad LunnNOR24.2 (25)26.4 (24)
31Mitchell AllanAUS28.8 (19)23.7 (25)
32Andrew BurtonAUS15.2 (34)21.8 (26)
33Martin ČerníkCZE18.3 (31)20.1 (27)
34Xaver HoffmannGER22.6 (27)18.7 (28)
35Domu NaritaJPN31.5 (15)14.7 (29)
36Mikael SandySWE19.7 (29)14.0 (30)
37Yury PodladchikovRUS1.0 (44)13.6 (31)
38Frederik AustbøNOR29.2 (18)13.0 (32)
39Therry BrunnerSUI23.0 (26)9.2 (33)
40Stefan KarlssonSWE11.5 (39)8.7 (34)
41Kim ChristiansenNOR31.0 (16)5.1 (35)
42Ben MatesAUS4.9 (43)5.0 (36)
43Manuel PietropoliITA12.3 (37)4.1 (37)
44Mateusz LigockiPOL11.6 (38)4.0 (38)

Qualifying Round 1

Date12 February 2006 — 10:00
FormatTop six finishers advanced to final.
Judge #1Matthieu GiraudFRA
Judge #2Marcello CenturioneCAN
Judge #3Kyoji YokoyamaJPN
Judge #4Sami SavelaFIN
Judge #5Ola SundekvistSWE
PosOrdCompetitorNOCPointsJudge #1 ScoreJudge #2 ScoreJudge #3 ScoreJudge #4 ScoreJudge #5 Score
120Danny KassUSA43.89.08.88.38.59.2Q
27Antti AuttiFIN43.58.59.08.98.68.5Q
325Mason AguirreUSA43.48.48.58.88.79.0Q
426Andy FinchUSA43.18.38.78.59.08.6Q
54Risto MattilaFIN40.88.28.08.08.58.1Q
621Christophe SchmidtGER39.48.07.77.97.88.0Q
78Shaun WhiteUSA37.77.27.97.87.17.7
81Mathieu CrépelFRA37.47.67.57.47.57.4
917Takaharu NakaiJPN36.06.47.37.67.47.3
105Jan MichaelisGER34.56.96.67.06.97.1
119Vinzenz LüpsGER33.97.16.37.26.96.4
1236Markus KellerSUI33.76.86.56.86.76.9
1331Micael LundmarkSWE32.56.86.46.66.85.9
1440Gian SimmenSUI32.06.27.16.36.46.0
153Domu NaritaJPN31.56.16.06.56.16.8
1628Kim ChristiansenNOR31.06.65.55.76.56.7
1711Gary ZebrowskiFRA30.76.36.26.06.35.9
1814Frederik AustbøNOR29.25.85.75.96.25.6
1933Mitchell AllanAUS28.85.46.16.26.05.1
2043Fumiyuki MurakamiJPN27.95.05.26.05.95.8
2134Brad MartinCAN27.25.75.35.35.65.3
2232Iker FernándezESP27.05.25.95.45.64.9
2310Kazuhiro KokuboJPN26.95.65.65.55.64.6
2444Hugo LemayCAN26.05.95.85.64.64.1
256Halvor Skramstad LunnNOR24.25.14.54.74.75.2
2618Therry BrunnerSUI23.04.64.35.04.05.1
2712Xaver HoffmannGER22.64.84.14.15.44.2
2830Markku KoskiFIN20.24.43.53.64.44.3
2939Mikael SandySWE19.74.54.23.43.83.8
3035Crispin LipscombCAN19.64.03.74.03.64.3
3127Martin ČerníkCZE18.34.33.92.84.33.0
3237Frederik KalbermattenSUI16.83.52.23.83.43.9
3329Mitchell BrownNZL16.33.42.93.23.23.6
3423Andrew BurtonAUS15.23.63.13.22.03.3
3519Dan WakehamGBR14.33.13.33.02.62.3
3615Giacomo KratterITA12.83.03.02.02.62.2
3741Manuel PietropoliITA12.32.31.83.02.92.3
3824Mateusz LigockiPOL11.62.82.42.52.41.5
3942Stefan KarlssonSWE11.53.02.02.52.02.0
4038Michał LigockiPOL11.32.01.72.52.42.7
4122Justin LamoureuxCAN10.12.22.81.81.81.5
422Janne KorpiFIN9.21.81.52.22.41.3
4316Ben MatesAUS4.90.90.21.81.10.9
4413Yury PodladchikovRUS1.00.30.10.30.20.1

Qualifying Round 2

Date12 February 2006 — 11:25
FormatTop six finishers advanced to final.
Judge #1Matthieu GiraudFRA
Judge #2Marcello CenturioneCAN
Judge #3Kyoji YokoyamaJPN
Judge #4Sami SavelaFIN
Judge #5Ola SundekvistSWE
PosOrdCompetitorNOCPointsJudge #1 ScoreJudge #2 ScoreJudge #3 ScoreJudge #4 ScoreJudge #5 Score
138Shaun WhiteUSA45.39.19.39.08.69.3Q
228Gary ZebrowskiFRA43.38.89.08.78.58.3Q
317Markku KoskiFIN40.68.28.47.78.38.0Q
434Vinzenz LüpsGER39.57.38.27.87.78.5Q
533Markus KellerSUI38.37.47.98.17.37.6Q
615Crispin LipscombCAN37.97.78.07.57.47.3Q
79Giacomo KratterITA37.07.37.77.27.17.7
836Takaharu NakaiJPN36.87.57.57.76.97.2
935Jan MichaelisGER36.36.87.37.37.57.4
1024Brad MartinCAN34.76.86.97.07.07.0
1137Mathieu CrépelFRA34.27.47.16.06.67.1
1221Hugo LemayCAN34.17.07.06.66.76.8
1331Gian SimmenSUI33.86.66.77.07.26.3
143Janne KorpiFIN33.56.96.36.27.07.1
154Justin LamoureuxCAN31.56.66.56.95.85.7
1625Fumiyuki MurakamiJPN31.16.16.16.86.65.5
1722Kazuhiro KokuboJPN31.06.36.46.75.75.9
1813Frederik KalbermattenSUI30.86.06.06.55.96.4
1912Mitchell BrownNZL28.35.56.25.05.56.1
2010Dan WakehamGBR27.85.05.95.85.75.4
2132Micael LundmarkSWE27.25.45.65.75.05.5
2223Iker FernándezESP27.05.85.65.05.05.6
235Michał LigockiPOL26.95.25.55.65.65.0
2420Halvor Skramstad LunnNOR26.44.85.75.25.05.7
2526Mitchell AllanAUS23.74.25.05.54.64.4
2611Andrew BurtonAUS21.84.64.54.04.83.9
2714Martin ČerníkCZE20.14.14.03.53.74.8
2818Xaver HoffmannGER18.73.23.04.44.14.0
2930Domu NaritaJPN14.72.63.43.22.13.4
3016Mikael SandySWE14.02.73.33.12.02.9
311Yury PodladchikovRUS13.62.92.53.02.82.4
3227Frederik AustbøNOR13.02.72.03.32.92.1
3319Therry BrunnerSUI9.22.21.12.21.42.3
346Stefan KarlssonSWE8.72.51.41.91.81.1
3529Kim ChristiansenNOR5.11.00.91.31.50.4
362Ben MatesAUS5.01.10.81.21.10.8
378Manuel PietropoliITA4.10.30.70.71.60.8
387Mateusz LigockiPOL4.00.70.50.21.21.4

Final Round

Date12 February 2006
Judge #1Matthieu GiraudFRA
Judge #2Marcello CenturioneCAN
Judge #3Kyoji YokoyamaJPN
Judge #4Sami SavelaFIN
Judge #5Ola SundekvistSWE
PosOrdCompetitorNOCPointsRun #1Run #2
16Shaun WhiteUSA46.846.8 (1)26.6 (11)
212Danny KassUSA44.020.8 (11)44.0 (1)
34Markku KoskiFIN41.541.5 (2)31.4 (9)
410Mason AguirreUSA40.340.3 (3)37.1 (5)
511Antti AuttiFIN39.128.2 (9)39.1 (2)
65Gary ZebrowskiFRA38.638.6 (4)29.5 (10)
72Markus KellerSUI38.529.3 (7)38.5 (3)
87Christophe SchmidtGER37.533.2 (5)37.5 (4)
93Vinzenz LüpsGER36.828.7 (8)36.8 (6)
108Risto MattilaFIN35.831.6 (6)35.8 (7)
111Crispin LipscombCAN33.523.4 (10)33.5 (8)
129Andy FinchUSA24.79.6 (12)24.7 (12)