Snowboarding at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's halfpipe
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The men's halfpipe competition in snowboarding at the 2026 Winter Olympics will be held on 11 February (qualification) and 13 February (final), at the Livigno Snow Park in Valtellina.[1] Yūto Totsuka of Japan won the event, Scotty James of Australia won the silver medal, replicating his 2022 performance, and Ryusei Yamada of Japan won bronze.[2][3] Totsuka and Yamada won their first Olympic medals.
| Men's halfpipe at the XXV Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Livigno Snow Park, Valtellina | ||||||||||||
| Date | 11, 13 February | ||||||||||||
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Background
All three 2022 medalists, Ayumu Hirano, the champion, Scotty James, the silver medalist, and Jan Scherrer, the bronze medalist, qualified for the event. Yūto Totsuka was leading the 2025–26 FIS Snowboard World Cup standings in men's halfpipe. The 2025 World champion was James.
Summary
Only four competitors got more than 90 points for their runs - James, Totsuka, Yamada, and Hirano. After the first run in the final, Yamada, Totsuka, and Hirano were standing in medal positions. James, who was running last, fell. In the second run, Hirano and Yamada did not improve, Totsuka showed the best run of the day, scoring 95 and passing Yamada, and James got 93.50 and finished provisionally second. In the last run, out of four main competitors, only Hirano improved from 90 to 91 points, but it was not sufficient for a medal.
Qualification
Results
Qualification
- Q — Qualified for the Final
- DNI — Does Not Improve
- DNS — Did Not Start
The top 12 athletes in the qualifiers advance to the Final.
| Rank | Bib | Order | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Notes |
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| 1 | 2 | 8 | Scotty James |  Australia |
94.00 | DNI | 94.00 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | Yūto Totsuka |  Japan |
85.50 | 91.25 | 91.25 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | 9 | Ryusei Yamada | Japan |
90.25 | DNI | 90.25 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | 3 | Alessandro Barbieri |  United States |
88.50 | DNI | 88.50 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Ruka Hirano | Japan | 80.50 | 87.50 | 87.50 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | Valentino Guseli | Australia |
86.75 | DNI | 86.75 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 4 | Ayumu Hirano | Japan | 83.00 | 85.50 | 85.50 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | 7 | Campbell Melville Ives |  New Zealand |
84.75 | DNI | 84.75 | Q |
| 9 | 16 | 19 | Lee Chae-un |  South Korea |
82.00 | DNI | 82.00 | Q |
| 10 | 15 | 18 | Wang Ziyang |  China |
77.75 | 80.50 | 80.50 | Q |
| 11 | 12 | 11 | Chase Josey | United States | 76.50 | DNI | 76.50 | Q |
| 12 | 19 | 16 | Jake Pates | United States | 24.25 | 75.50 | 75.50 | Q |
| 13 | 14 | 12 | Lee Ji-o | South Korea | 17.75 | 74.00 | 74.00 | |
| 14 | 2 | 6 | Patrick Burgener |  Brazil | 70.00 | DNI | 70.00 | |
| 15 | 11 | 14 | Chase Blackwell | United States | 69.00 | DNI | 69.00 | |
| 16 | 17 | 15 | Jonas Hasler |  Switzerland | 66.75 | 67.75 | 67.75 | |
| 17 | 18 | 20 | David Hablützel | Switzerland | 64.25 | DNI | 64.25 | |
| 18 | 23 | 25 | Louie Vito |  Italy | 58.75 | DNI | 58.75 | |
| 19 | 21 | 22 | Augustinho Teixeira | Brazil | 56.50 | DNI | 56.50 | |
| 20 | 24 | 21 | Ren Chongshuo | China | 39.25 | DNI | 39.25 | |
| 21 | 25 | 24 | Florian Lechner |  Austria | 12.25 | 13.50 | 13.50 | |
| 22 | 20 | 13 | Mischa Zuercher | Switzerland | 13.25 | DNI | 13.25 | |
| 23 | 10 | 10 | Kim Geon-hui | South Korea | 8.00 | 8.50 | 8.50 | |
| 24 | 13 | 17 | Christoph Lechner |  Germany | 5.00 | DNI | 5.00 | |
| 25 | 22 | 23 | Jan Scherrer | Switzerland | DNS | DNS | DNS |
Final
| Rank | Bib | Order | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Best | Notes |
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1 | 11 | Yūto Totsuka | Japan |
91.00 | 95.00 | DNI | 95.00 | |
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2 | 12 | Scotty James | Australia |
48.75 | 93.50 | DNI | 93.50 | |
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7 | 10 | Ryusei Yamada | Japan |
92.00 | DNI | 92.00 | 92.00 | |
| 4 | 3 | 8 | Ruka Hirano | Japan |
90.00 | 90.00 | 91.00 | 91.00 | |
| 5 | 5 | 7 | Valentino Guseli | Australia |
35.00 | DNI | 88.00 | 88.00 | |
| 6 | 16 | 4 | Lee Chae-un | South Korea |
24.75 | 24.75 | 87.50 | 87.50 | |
| 7 | 4 | 6 | Ayumu Hirano | Japan |
27.50 | 86.50 | DNI | 86.50 | |
| 8 | 19 | 1 | Jake Pates | United States |
77.50 | DNI | DNI | 77.50 | |
| 9 | 15 | 3 | Wang Ziyang | China |
17.75 | 17.25 | 76.00 | 76.00 | |
| 10 | 8 | 9 | Alessandro Barbieri | United States |
75.00 | DNI | DNI | 75.00 | |
| 11 | 12 | 2 | Chase Josey | United States |
11.75 | 70.25 | DNI | 70.25 | |
| 12 | 6 | 5 | Campbell Melville Ives | New Zealand |
43.00 | DNI | DNI | 43.00 |