Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's halfpipe

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Men's Halfpipe
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueKanbayashi Snowboard Park
Date12 February
Competitors36 from 12 nations
Winning Score85.2
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gian Simmen  Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Daniel Franck  Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ross Powers  United States
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The men's halfpipe competition of the Nagano 1998 Olympics was held at Kanbayashi Snowboard Park.[1][2]

Results

Qualifying

Round 1

The top eight automatically qualified for the final.[1]

Rank Name Country Points Notes
1 Markus Hurme  Finland 41.1 Q
2 Guillaume Chastagnol  France 40.2 Q
3 Jussi Oksanen  Finland 39.7 Q
4 Daniel Franck  Norway 39.6 Q
5 Aleksi Litovaara  Finland 39.0 Q
6 Fabien Rohrer  Switzerland 38.5 Q
7 Klas Vangen  Norway 38.3 Q
8 Jonathan Collomb-Patton  France 38.2 Q
9 Kim Christiansen  Norway 38.1
10 Ross Powers  United States 38.0
11 Bertrand Denervaud  Switzerland 37.8
12 Íker Fernández  Spain 36.9
13 Brett Carpentier  Canada 36.3
14 Tony Vannucci Roos  France 36.2
15 Shinichi Watanabe  Japan 35.7
16 Derek Heidt  Canada 35.6
17 Ingemar Backman  Sweden 35.5
18 Roger Hjelmstadstuen  Norway 35.2
19 Max Ploetzeneder  Austria 35.1
20 Makoto Takagaki  Japan 34.6
21 Gian Simmen  Switzerland 34.0
22 Pontus Ståhlkloo  Sweden 33.5
23 Sebu Kuhlberg  Finland 33.4
24 Patrik Hasler  Switzerland 32.6
25 Todd Richards  United States 32.4
26 Fredrik Sterner  Sweden 32.4
27 Mike Michalchuk  Canada 32.3
28 Takashi Nishida  Japan 32.2
29 Jean Baptiste Charlet  France 31.3
30 Jacob Söderqvist  Sweden 30.9
31 Ron Chiodi  United States 29.0
32 Xaver Hoffmann  Germany 28.3
33 Sergio Bartrina  Spain 27.5
34 Łukasz Starowicz  Poland 27.2
35 Takamasa Imai  Japan 24.4
36 Trevor Andrew  Canada 24.1

Round 2

The top eight finishers qualified for the final.[1]

Rank Name Country Points Notes
1 Brett Carpentier  Canada 41.8 Q
2 Mike Michalchuk  Canada 41.4 Q
3 Gian Simmen  Switzerland 39.8 Q
4 Sebu Kuhlberg  Finland 39.7 Q
5 Jean Baptiste Charlet  France 39.6 Q
6 Todd Richards  United States 39.5 Q
7 Ross Powers  United States 39.4 Q
8 Jacob Söderqvist  Sweden 39.2 Q
9 Xaver Hoffmann  Germany 38.2
10 Íker Fernández  Spain 37.9
11 Pontus Ståhlkloo  Sweden 37.9
12 Kim Christiansen  Norway 37.7
13 Sergio Bartrina  Spain 37.4
14 Ingemar Backman  Sweden 37.0
15 Fredrik Sterner  Sweden 36.5
16 Max Ploetzeneder  Austria 35.9
17 Tony Vannucci Roos  France 35.8
18 Derek Heidt  Canada 35.8
19 Bertrand Denervaud  Switzerland 35.3
20 Takashi Nishida  Japan 33.4
21 Trevor Andrew  Canada 32.4
22 Makoto Takagaki  Japan 32.2
23 Patrik Hasler  Switzerland 32.1
24 Ron Chiodi  United States 32.1
25 Roger Hjelmstadstuen  Norway 31.3
26 Shinichi Watanabe  Japan 29.1
27 Łukasz Starowicz  Poland 26.5
28 Takamasa Imai  Japan 24.4

Final

The 16 finalists each competed in two runs, with the total score counting for ranking.[1]

Rank Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gian Simmen  Switzerland 43.80 41.40 85.20
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Daniel Franck  Norway 38.10 44.30 82.40
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ross Powers  United States 40.30 41.80 82.10
4 Fabien Rohrer  Switzerland 36.40 42.30 78.70
5 Guillaume Chastagnol  France 37.80 40.50 78.30
6 Jacob Söderqvist  Sweden 38.30 39.50 77.80
7 Sebu Kuhlberg  Finland 36.80 39.80 76.60
8 Mike Michalchuk  Canada 38.60 37.40 76.00
9 Brett Carpentier  Canada 43.30 32.30 75.60
10 Jonathan Collomb-Patton  France 36.20 39.30 75.50
11 Jussi Oksanen  Finland 33.50 40.10 73.60
12 Jean Baptiste Charlet  France 35.80 37.60 73.40
13 Markus Hurme  Finland 38.90 34.10 73.00
14 Aleksi Litovaara  Finland 32.40 39.50 71.90
15 Klas Vangen  Norway 33.00 37.90 70.90
16 Todd Richards  United States 30.10 39.50 69.60

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Snowboarding at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Men's Halfpipe". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2020.