Snowboarding at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's big air
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The men's big air competition in snowboarding at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 5 February (qualification) and 7 February (final), at the Livigno Snow Park in Valtellina.[1] Kira Kimura representing Japan became the Olympic champion, with his teammate Ryoma Kimata winning the silver medal. For both of them, this was the first Olympic medal. The defending champion Su Yiming won the bronze medal.[2][3]
| Men's big air at the XXV Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Livigno Snow Park, Valtellina | ||||||||||||
| Date | 5, 7 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 30 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
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Background
The defending champion Su Yiming and the 2022 silver medalist Mons Røisland both qualified for the event. The 2022 bronze medalist Max Parrot took a break from competitions. Su Yiming was also leading the 2025–26 FIS Snowboard World Cup standings in men's big air, having won two of three competitions prior to the Olympics. The third one, where Su Yiming did not compete, was won by Hiroto Ogiwara. The 2025 World champion was Ryoma Kimata. Su Yiming, Ogiwara, and Kimata were in the field and qualified for the final, but Røisland did not. Canadian Mark McMorris fell in training and was not able to compete but Australia’s Valentino Guseli, a halfpipe qualifier, was added to the men’s big air start list very late and managed to reach the final.[4]
Qualification
Results
Qualification
- Q — Qualified for the Final
- DNI — Does not improve
The top 12 athletes in the qualifiers advance to the Final.
| Rank | Bib | Order | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | Notes |
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| 1 | 8 | 7 | Hiroto Ogiwara |  Japan | 90.50 | 88.00 | DNI | 178.50 | Q |
| 2 | 17 | 20 | Ian Matteoli |  Italy | 93.75 | 77.75 | 80.75 | 174.50 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 2 | Kira Kimura | Japan | 81.75 | 79.75 | 91.50 | 173.25 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 10 | Su Yiming |  China | 22.00 | 87.75 | 85.00 | 172.75 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | Taiga Hasegawa | Japan | 85.00 | 8.00 | 87.25 | 172.25 | Q |
| 6 | 20 | 18 | Francis Jobin |  Canada | 84.75 | 84.75 | 86.00 | 170.75 | Q |
| 7 | 22 | 30 | Lyon Farrell |  New Zealand | 25.50 | 88.50 | 81.50 | 170.00 | Q |
| 8 | 14 | 19 | Rocco Jamieson | New Zealand | 82.00 | 83.50 | 84.75 | 168.25 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | 8 | Oliver Martin |  United States | 19.75 | 82.25 | 85.25 | 167.50 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | 4 | Ryoma Kimata | Japan | 75.75 | 75.25 | 89.50 | 164.75 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 3 | Dane Menzies | New Zealand | 77.75 | 86.25 | DNI | 164.00 | Q |
| 12 | 31 | 25 | Valentino Guseli |  Australia | 73.25 | 71.50 | 91.50 | 163.00 | Q |
| 13 | 16 | 16 | Marcus Kleveland |  Norway | 81.75 | 80.25 | 79.75 | 162.00 | |
| 14 | 10 | 9 | Eli Bouchard | Canada | 73.75 | 79.00 | 82.25 | 161.25 | |
| 15 | 9 | 1 | Jake Canter | United States | 89.00 | 71.25 | DNI | 160.25 | |
| 16 | 23 | 27 | Mons Røisland | Norway | 86.75 | 18.00 | 71.25 | 158.00 | |
| 17 | 11 | 17 | Romain Allemand |  France | 15.50 | 89.75 | 67.25 | 157.00 | |
| 18 | 29 | 26 | Clemens Millauer |  Austria | 78.25 | 78.00 | DNI | 156.25 | |
| 19 | 26 | 24 | Yang Wenlong | China | 12.50 | 80.25 | 75.50 | 155.75 | |
| 20 | 7 | 5 | Redmond Gerard | United States | 70.75 | 83.50 | 72.00 | 155.50 | |
| 21 | 28 | 21 | Txema Mazet-Brown |  Great Britain | 67.50 | 84.25 | DNI | 151.75 | |
| 22 | 21 | 13 | Cameron Spalding | Canada | 82.75 | 62.75 | DNI | 145.50 | |
| 23 | 13 | 12 | Øyvind Kirkhus | Norway | 15.00 | 84.25 | 57.75 | 142.00 | |
| 24 | 27 | 29 | Jonas Hasler |  Switzerland | 70.75 | 68.50 | DNI | 139.25 | |
| 25 | 19 | 14 | Sean FitzSimons | United States | 60.75 | 75.25 | DNI | 136.00 | |
| 26 | 12 | 15 | Rene Rinnekangas |  Finland | 62.75 | DNI | 47.50 | 110.25 | |
| 27 | 25 | 28 | Enzo Valax | France | 12.00 | 51.50 | 58.25 | 109.75 | |
| 28 | 30 | 22 | Jakub Hroneš |  Czech Republic | 40.00 | DNI | 46.00 | 86.00 | |
| 29 | 15 | 11 | Ge Chunyu | China | 59.75 | 6.00 | 16.00 | 75.75 | |
| 30 | 24 | 23 | Noah Vicktor |  Germany | 10.00 | DNI | 63.50 | 73.50 |
- Australia's Valentino Gulseli entered into big air following the withdrawal of Canada's Mark McMorris due to injury.[4]
Final
- DNI — Does not improve
The final took place on Saturday, 7 February.
| Rank | Bib | Order | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | Notes |
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 | 5 | 10 | Kira Kimura | Japan | 89.00 | 15.00 | 90.50 | 179.50 | |
 | 2 | 3 | Ryoma Kimata | Japan | 86.25 | 85.25 | DNI | 171.50 | |
 | 3 | 9 | Su Yiming | China | 88.25 | 73.75 | 80.25 | 168.50 | |
| 4 | 6 | 4 | Oliver Martin | United States | 29.75 | 79.50 | 83.50 | 163.00 | |
| 5 | 17 | 11 | Ian Matteoli | Italy | 26.25 | 80.25 | 82.25 | 162.50 | |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Dane Menzies | New Zealand | 81.25 | 79.50 | DNI | 160.75 | |
| 7 | 20 | 7 | Francis Jobin | Canada | 37.25 | 84.00 | 65.50 | 149.50 | |
| 8 | 14 | 5 | Rocco Jamieson | New Zealand | 43.00 | 83.00 | 29.25 | 126.00 | |
| 9 | 22 | 6 | Lyon Farrell | New Zealand | 83.50 | 16.50 | 40.75 | 124.25 | |
| 10 | 31 | 1 | Valentino Guseli | Australia | 23.00 | 86.75 | 16.50 | 109.75 | |
| 11 | 1 | 8 | Taiga Hasegawa | Japan | 71.75 | 16.00 | 28.75 | 100.50 | |
| 12 | 8 | 12 | Hiroto Ogiwara | Japan | 21.00 | DNI | 13.75 | 34.75 |