Snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's slopestyle


The women's slopestyle competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on 6 February and 9 February. This was the first time that a slopestyle event was included in the Olympic program.
Jamie Anderson of the United States became the first Olympic champion. Enni Rukajärvi from Finland took the silver, and Jenny Jones from Great Britain won the bronze medal.

Qualification

An athlete must have placed in the top 30 in at a World Cup event after July 2012 or at the 2013 World Championships and a minimum of 50 FIS points. A total of 24 quota spots are available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of 4 athletes can be entered by a National Olympic Committee.
Slovenia's Cilka Sadar also earned a spot to compete, but did not compete due to an injury occurring just days before the competition, leaving a total of 23 athletes from 11 nations.

Schedule

All times are.
DateTimeRound
6 February14:00Qualification
9 February10:30Semi-finals
9 February13:15Final

Results

Qualification

The top four riders from each heat automatically qualify for the final round. The remaining riders qualify for the semi-final round. The result is calculated as the best score of the two runs. The following were the results of the qualification round:
RankHeatBibNameCountryRun 1Run 2BestNotes
115Isabel Derungs82.5087.5087.50QF
2111Torah Bright85.2580.0085.25QF
314Spencer O'Brien82.7565.0082.75QF
418Enni Rukajärvi79.0023.7579.00QF
511Jenny Jones74.2521.7574.25QS
6110Rebecca Torr70.7533.7570.75QS
716Christy Prior67.5070.5070.50QS
819Stefi Luxton59.7534.2559.75QS
913Sina Candrian58.2536.5058.25QS
1017Aimee Fuller44.5039.0044.50QS
11112Shelly Gotlieb18.0030.7530.75QS
1212Kjersti Buaas12.5017.7517.75QS
1214Anna Gasser89.5095.5095.50QF
2218Jamie Anderson93.50DNS93.50QF
3220Elena Könz86.2538.0086.25QF
4222Karly Shorr45.0084.7584.75QF
5217Šárka Pančochová77.7533.7577.75QS
6216Jenna Blasman60.2551.5060.25QS
7223Jessika Jenson34.0058.5058.50QS
8215Silje Norendal31.0039.0039.00QS
9219Cheryl Maas18.0031.2531.25QS
10221Merika Enne17.00DNS17.00QS
11213Ty Walker1.00DNS1.00QS

Semi-final

The top four riders from the semi-final round qualify for the final round. The result is calculated as the best score of the two runs.
RankBibNameCountryRun 1Run 2BestNotes
117Šárka Pančochová90.5022.5090.50QF
23Sina Candrian84.2581.5084.25QF
31Jenny Jones82.2583.2583.25QF
415Silje Norendal16.7578.7578.75QF
523Jessika Jenson72.0050.5072.00
613Ty Walker66.0043.7566.00
712Shelly Gotlieb63.2533.7563.25
89Stefi Luxton18.2560.2560.25
97Aimee Fuller33.7537.5037.50
1010Rebecca Torr27.2532.5032.50
1116Jenna Blasman32.2510.5032.25
1219Cheryl Maas30.7514.7530.75
6Christy PriorDNS
2Kjersti BuaasDNS
21Merika EnneDNS

Final

In the final, Šárka Pančochová, who did not qualify directly to the final and had to go through the semi-final, posted the best result in the first run, but fell in the second run and was classified fifth. In the second run, first Jones, who also went through the semi-final, scored 87.25, followed by Sina Candrian with 87.00. Rukajärvi, running fifth, scored 92.50, and pushed Pančochová out of medal position. Anderson scored 95.25 and took the lead with two more athletes to go, Isabel Derungs and Anna Gasser. They both fell and were left out of the medals.
RankBibNameCountryRun 1Run 2BestNotes
18Jamie Anderson80.7595.2595.25
8Enni Rukajärvi73.7592.5092.50
1Jenny Jones73.0087.2587.25
3Sina Candrian77.2587.0087.00
17Šárka Pančochová86.2520.0086.25
22Karly Shorr39.0075.0075.00
11Torah Bright64.7566.2566.25
5Isabel Derungs58.5015.2558.50
20Elena Könz24.5054.5054.50
1014Anna Gasser49.0051.7551.75
1115Silje Norendal49.5032.0049.50
124Spencer O'Brien30.0035.0035.00