Freestyle skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's halfpipe
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The men's halfpipe competition in freestyle skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held 20 February (qualification & final), due to weather conditions, at the Livigno Snow Park in Valtellina.[1] Alex Ferreira of the United States won the event, his first Olympic gold medal. Henry Sildaru of Estonia won the silver medal, making it the country's first medal in men's freestyle skiing, and Brendan Mackay of Canada won the bronze, his first Olympic medal.[2][3]
| Men's halfpipe at the XXV Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Livigno Snow Park, Valtellina | ||||||||||||
| Date | 19–20 February 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 25 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 93.75 | ||||||||||||
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Background
The 2022 champion, Nico Porteous, retired from competitions. The silver medalist, David Wise, did not qualify for the event. The bronze medalist, Alex Ferreira, qualified. Finley Melville Ives was leading the halfpipe standings of the 2025–26 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup before the Olympics. He was also the 2025 World champion.
Qualification
Results
Qualification
- Q — Qualified for the Final
The top 12 athletes in the qualifiers advance to the medal round. The qualification round was held on 20 February due to adverse weather conditions.
| Rank | Bib | Order | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Notes |
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| 1 | 4 | 5 | Brendan Mackay |  Canada | 87.75 | 92.75 | 92.75 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Nick Goepper |  United States | 90.00 | DNI | 90.00 | Q |
| 3 | 12 | 11 | Henry Sildaru |  Estonia | 19.25 | 88.00 | 88.00 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 9 | Alex Ferreira | United States | 85.75 | DNI | 85.75 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Hunter Hess | United States | 82.75 | 85.00 | 85.00 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | 8 | Birk Irving | United States | 84.25 | DNI | 84.25 | Q |
| 7 | 8 | 10 | Andrew Longino | Canada | 80.00 | 83.50 | 83.50 | Q |
| 8 | 10 | 3 | Dylan Marineau | Canada | 59.75 | 82.25 | 82.25 | Q |
| 9 | 9 | 2 | Gus Kenworthy |  Great Britain | 81.25 | DNI | 81.25 | Q |
| 10 | 11 | 20 | Lee Seung-hun |  South Korea | 76.00 | DNI | 76.00 | Q |
| 11 | 20 | 14 | Benjamin Lynch |  Ireland | 57.00 | 75.75 | 75.75 | Q |
| 12 | 14 | 19 | Ben Harrington |  New Zealand | 73.50 | 75.25 | 75.25 | Q |
| 13 | 13 | 15 | Toma Matsuura |  Japan | 69.25 | 74.75 | 74.75 | |
| 14 | 15 | 17 | Gustav Legnavsky | New Zealand | 13.50 | 71.00 | 71.00 | |
| 15 | 7 | 6 | Luke Harrold | New Zealand | 65.50 | DNI | 65.50 | |
| 16 | 24 | 23 | Su Shauibing |  China | 44.50 | 63.00 | 63.00 | |
| 17 | 16 | 12 | Liam Richards | Great Britain | 54.50 | 61.00 | 61.00 | |
| 18 | 17 | 18 | Robin Briguet |  Switzerland | 58.25 | DNI | 58.25 | |
| 19 | 21 | 24 | Sun Jingbo | China | 28.25 | 57.00 | 57.00 | |
| 20 | 18 | 16 | Sheng Haipeng | China | 50.75 | 54.75 | 54.75 | |
| 21 | 23 | 22 | Vincent Maharavo |  France | 26.25 | 46.25 | 46.25 | |
| 22 | 25 | 25 | Moon Hee-sung | South Korea | 35.00 | DNI | 35.00 | |
| 23 | 19 | 13 | Samuel Baumgartner |  Austria | 24.50 | DNI | 24.50 | |
| 24 | 1 | 7 | Finley Melville Ives | New Zealand | 16.25 | DNI | 16.25 | |
| 25 | 22 | 21 | Yang Kaiyue | China | 11.00 | 13.50 | 13.50 |
Final
| Rank | Bib | Order | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Best |
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 | 2 | 9 | Alex Ferreira | United States | 49.50 | 90.50 | 93.75 | 93.75 |
 | 12 | 10 | Henry Sildaru | Estonia | 24.25 | 92.75 | 93.00 | 93.00 |
 | 4 | 12 | Brendan Mackay | Canada | 37.75 | 53.00 | 91.00 | 91.00 |
| 4 | 3 | 11 | Nick Goepper | United States | 29.25 | 89.00 | DNI | 89.00 |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | Birk Irving | United States | 33.00 | 87.50 | 88.00 | 88.00 |
| 6 | 9 | 4 | Gus Kenworthy | Great Britain | 6.00 | 84.75 | DNI | 84.75 |
| 7 | 8 | 6 | Andrew Longino | Canada | 76.50 | DNI | DNI | 76.50 |
| 8 | 20 | 2 | Benjamin Lynch | Ireland | 39.75 | 44.25 | 75.00 | 75.00 |
| 9 | 14 | 1 | Ben Harrington | New Zealand | 61.25 | DNI | 73.75 | 73.75 |
| 10 | 5 | 8 | Hunter Hess | United States | 27.25 | DNI | 58.75 | 58.75 |
| 11 | 10 | 5 | Dylan Marineau | Canada | 22.50 | DNI | DNI | 22.50 |
| 12 | 11 | 3 | Lee Seung-hun | South Korea | DNS | |||