Freestyle skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's slopestyle
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The men's slopestyle competition in freestyle skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 7 February (qualification) and 10 February (final), at the Livigno Snow Park in Valtellina.[1] Birk Ruud of Norway, the 2022 Olympic champion in big air, won the event. The defending champion Alex Hall of the United States won the silver medal. Luca Harrington of New Zealand won bronze, which became the first Olympic medal for him.[2][3]
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| Venue | Livigno Snow Park, Valtellina | ||||||||||||
| Date | 7, 10 February 2026 | ||||||||||||
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Background
The 2022 champion, Alex Hall, qualified for the event, as did the bronze medalist, Jesper Tjäder. The silver medalist, Nick Goepper, moved to halfpipe.[4] There were only two events in 2025–26 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup in slopestyle before the Olympics; they were won by Mac Forehand and Birk Ruud. Ruud was also the 2025 World champion.
Qualification
Results
Qualification
- Q — Qualified for the Final
The top 12 athletes in the qualifiers move on to the medal round.
| Rank | Bib | Order | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Birk Ruud |  Norway | 81.75 | 37.05 | 81.75 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | 10 | Tormod Frostad | Norway | 79.96 | 72.80 | 79.96 | Q |
| 3 | 12 | 16 | Jesper Tjäder |  Sweden | 36.43 | 79.83 | 79.83 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | Matěj Švancer |  Austria | 64.13 | 79.63 | 79.63 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | Mac Forehand |  United States | 44.68 | 73.96 | 73.96 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Andri Ragettli |  Switzerland | 75.00 | 20.95 | 75.00 | Q |
| 7 | 8 | 3 | Ben Barclay |  New Zealand | 73.36 | 65.70 | 73.36 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 9 | Alex Hall | United States | 71.63 | 68.98 | 71.63 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | 7 | Luca Harrington | New Zealand | 69.70 | 22.95 | 69.70 | Q |
| 10 | 11 | 15 | Konnor Ralph | United States | 68.91 | 50.15 | 68.91 | Q |
| 11 | 9 | 6 | Sebastian Schjerve | Norway | 22.88 | 67.63 | 67.63 | Q |
| 12 | 17 | 18 | Kim Gubser | Switzerland | 64.10 | 56.80 | 64.10 | Q |
| 13 | 21 | 27 | Elias Syrjä |  Finland | 64.03 | 61.91 | 64.03 | |
| 14 | 23 | 22 | Kuura Koivisto | Finland | 22.08 | 63.93 | 63.93 | |
| 15 | 28 | 26 | Matias Roche |  France | 54.50 | 57.96 | 57.96 | |
| 16 | 10 | 8 | Evan McEachran |  Canada | 57.85 | 34.38 | 57.85 | |
| 17 | 19 | 14 | Miro Tabanelli |  Italy | 35.36 | 51.93 | 51.93 | |
| 18 | 24 | 25 | Elias Lajunen | Finland | 25.70 | 48.88 | 48.88 | |
| 19 | 29 | 24 | Martin Nordqvist | Sweden | 46.00 | 35.71 | 46.00 | |
| 20 | 25 | 29 | Lucas Ball | New Zealand | 44.91 | 24.86 | 44.91 | |
| 21 | 13 | 20 | Henry Sildaru |  Estonia | 43.05 | 21.70 | 43.05 | |
| 22 | 15 | 19 | Fabian Bösch | Switzerland | 21.83 | 40.28 | 40.28 | |
| 23 | 22 | 28 | Timothe Sivignon | France | 38.93 | 31.95 | 38.93 | |
| 24 | 14 | 12 | Ulrik Samnøy | Norway | 36.05 | 21.78 | 36.05 | |
| 25 | 18 | 17 | Nils Rhyner | Switzerland | 20.58 | 35.81 | 35.81 | |
| 26 | 20 | 13 | Chris McCormick |  Great Britain | 33.90 | 33.21 | 33.90 | |
| 27 | 26 | 23 | Julius Forer | Austria | 16.20 | 32.55 | 32.55 | |
| 28 | 16 | 11 | Troy Podmilsak | United States | 30.90 | 29.81 | 30.90 | |
| 27 | 21 | Henrik Harlaut | Sweden | DNS | ||||
Final
| Rank | Bib | Order | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1 | 12 | Birk Ruud | Norway | 86.28 | 45.08 | 8.16 | 86.28 |
 | 2 | 5 | Alex Hall | United States | 52.65 | 85.75 | 8.03 | 85.75 |
 | 6 | 4 | Luca Harrington | New Zealand | 27.55 | 35.51 | 85.15 | 85.15 |
| 4 | 3 | 8 | Andri Ragettli | Switzerland | 78.65 | 19.80 | 21.03 | 78.65 |
| 5 | 12 | 10 | Jesper Tjäder | Sweden | 77.21 | 11.58 | 1.91 | 77.21 |
| 6 | 9 | 2 | Sebastian Schjerve | Norway | 28.50 | 1.38 | 76.20 | 76.20 |
| 7 | 5 | 9 | Matěj Švancer | Austria | 30.56 | 1.76 | 73.71 | 73.71 |
| 8 | 8 | 6 | Ben Barclay | New Zealand | 69.40 | 17.73 | 17.56 | 69.40 |
| 9 | 11 | 3 | Konnor Ralph | United States | 36.20 | 66.76 | 35.90 | 66.76 |
| 10 | 17 | 1 | Kim Gubser | Switzerland | 22.21 | 16.61 | 57.68 | 57.68 |
| 11 | 4 | 7 | Mac Forehand | United States | 1.25 | 55.93 | 15.61 | 55.93 |
| 12 | 7 | 11 | Tormod Frostad | Norway | 33.38 | 42.51 | 29.10 | 42.51 |