Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's halfpipe


The Women's halfpipe event in freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place on 19 and 20 February 2018 at the Bogwang Phoenix Park, Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Qualification

The top 30 athletes in the Olympic quota allocation list qualified, with a maximum of four athletes per National Olympic Committee allowed. All athletes qualifying must also have placed in the top 30 of a FIS World Cup event or the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 during the qualification period and also have a minimum of 50 FIS points to compete. If the host country, South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics did not qualify, their chosen athlete would displace the last qualified athlete, granted all qualification criteria were met.

Results

Qualification

The qualification was held on 19 February at 10:00.
RankStart OrderBibNameCountryRun 1Run 2BestNotes
183Cassie Sharpe93.0093.4093.40Q
2107Marie Martinod91.6092.0092.00Q
351Brita Sigourney90.6090.6090.60Q
476Annalisa Drew85.4086.0086.00Q
5213Ayana Onozuka74.6084.8084.80Q
6154Maddie Bowman83.6083.8083.80Q
71611Sabrina Cakmakli81.8031.4081.80Q
812Zhang Kexin80.6081.0081.00Q
92022Rowan Cheshire74.0071.4074.00Q
10118Valeriya Demidova71.0073.6073.60Q
111724Rosalind Groenewoud73.2072.8073.20Q
121817Anaïs Caradeux25.0072.8072.80Q
13612Elisabeth Gram72.2020.0072.20
14310Saori Suzuki69.2071.8071.80
15135Devin Logan71.6025.6071.60
161920Janina Kuzma67.8048.6067.80
17414Molly Summerhayes60.8066.0066.00
181216Jang Yu-jin64.4060.0064.40
192121Chai Hong58.0063.6063.60
20915Wu Meng53.4061.0061.00
21149Yurie Watabe21.2056.6056.60
222318Britt Hawes52.2057.4057.40
232219Laila Friis-Salling45.0011.8045.00
242423Elizabeth Swaney30.0031.4031.40

Final

The final was held on 20 February at 10:30.
RankBibNameCountryRun 1Run 2Run 3BestNotes
3Cassie Sharpe94.4095.8042.0095.80
7Marie Martinod92.2092.6023.2092.60
1Brita Sigourney89.8088.6091.6091.60
6Annalisa Drew86.8073.0090.8090.80
13Ayana Onozuka50.8077.2082.2082.20
8Valeriya Demidova79.0080.6077.6080.60
22Rowan Cheshire75.4017.8013.6075.40
11Sabrina Cakmakli74.2057.6020.4074.20
2Zhang Kexin73.0055.4071.0073.00
1024Rosalind Groenewoud70.6067.8066.6070.60
114Maddie Bowman25.8026.4027.0027.00
1217Anaïs CaradeuxDNSDNSDNSDNS

Qualification Controversies

, who represented Hungary, qualified for the Olympics using "a loophole", by attending many World Cup events and just finishing the runs without falling. This has been called a "mockery" and her being labelled as a "scammer" by some people, while being seen by some people as " put in the time and effort to be here" by others.