Snowboarding at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Women's halfpipe
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The women's halfpipe competition in snowboarding at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 11 February (qualification) and 12 February (final), at the Livigno Snow Park in Valtellina.[1] Choi Ga-on of South Korea won the event, the first gold medal for her. Chloe Kim of the United States won the silver medal and Mitsuki Ono of Japan won the bronze.[2][3]
| Women's halfpipe at the XXV Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Livigno Snow Park, Valtellina | ||||||||||||
| Date | 11, 12 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 24 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 90.25 | ||||||||||||
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Background
The 2018 and 2022 champion, Chloe Kim, qualified for the Olympics. If she won, she would become the first woman winning three Olympic gold medals in snowboarding. The silver medalist, Queralt Castellet, and the bronze medalist, Sena Tomita, qualified as well. Choi Ga-on was leading the 2025–26 FIS Snowboard World Cup standings in women's halfpipe, having won three of five events. The 2025 World champion was Kim.
Qualification
Results
Qualification
- Q — Qualified for the Final
- DNI — Did not improve
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 | 14 | 15 | Chloe Kim |  United States | 90.25 | DNI | 90.25 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | 1 | Sara Shimizu |  Japan | 19.75 | 87.50 | 87.50 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | 3 | Maddie Mastro | United States | 81.00 | 86.00 | 86.00 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 7 | Rise Kudo | Japan | 83.50 | 84.75 | 84.75 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | Cai Xuetong |  China | 77.75 | 83.00 | 83.00 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 9 | Choi Ga-on |  South Korea | 82.25 | DNI | 82.25 | Q |
| 7 | 15 | 18 | Queralt Castellet |  Spain | 78.75 | 81.00 | 81.00 | Q |
| 8 | 8 | 2 | Elizabeth Hosking |  Canada | 61.00 | 80.25 | 80.25 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Sena Tomita | Japan | 50.50 | 77.50 | 77.50 | Q |
| 10 | 16 | 14 | Bea Kim | United States | 76.75 | DNI | 76.75 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 8 | Mitsuki Ono | Japan | 68.25 | 76.00 | 76.00 | Q |
| 12 | 9 | 4 | Wu Shaotong | China | 74.50 | 75.25 | 75.25 | Q |
| 13 | 22 | 24 | Leilani Ettel |  Germany | 54.50 | 67.50 | 67.50 | |
| 14 | 17 | 19 | Liu Jiayu | China | 62.25 | DNI | 62.25 | Injury 2. run |
| 15 | 10 | 10 | Madeline Schaffrick | United States | 25.75 | 61.75 | 61.75 | |
| 16 | 11 | 11 | Isabelle Lötscher |  Switzerland | 48.50 | DNI | 48.50 | |
| 17 | 12 | 13 | Felicity Geremia | Canada | 44.00 | DNI | 44.00 | |
| 18 | 21 | 23 | Kona Ettel | Germany | 38.25 | 43.25 | 43.25 | |
| 19 | 19 | 20 | Yang Lu | China | 42.50 | DNI | 42.50 | |
| 20 | 18 | 17 | Amelie Haskell |  Australia | 41.75 | DNI | 41.75 | |
| 21 | 20 | 12 | Anne Hedrich | Germany | 14.75 | 36.25 | 36.25 | |
| 22 | 23 | 22 | Lee Na-yoon | South Korea | 35.00 | DNS | 35.00 | Withdrew due to injury |
| 23 | 13 | 16 | Brooke D'Hondt | Canada | 24.00 | DNI | 24.00 | |
| 24 | 24 | 21 | Emily Arthur | Australia | 5.75 | 7.25 | 7.25 |
Final
| Rank | Bib | Order | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Best | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1 | 7 | Choi Ga-on | South Korea | 10.00 | DNI | 90.25 | 90.25 | |
 | 14 | 12 | Chloe Kim | United States | 88.00 | DNI | DNI | 88.00 | |
 | 5 | 2 | Mitsuki Ono | Japan | 85.00 | DNI | DNI | 85.00 | |
| 4 | 6 | 11 | Sara Shimizu | Japan | 10.50 | DNI | 84.00 | 84.00 | |
| 5 | 3 | 9 | Rise Kudo | Japan | 77.50 | 81.75 | DNI | 81.75 | |
| 6 | 4 | 8 | Cai Xuetong | China | 73.00 | 80.75 | DNI | 80.75 | |
| 7 | 9 | 1 | Wu Shaotong | China | 67.75 | 70.25 | 78.00 | 78.00 | |
| 8 | 16 | 3 | Bea Kim | United States | 7.25 | 77.00 | DNI | 77.00 | |
| 9 | 2 | 4 | Sena Tomita | Japan | 23.50 | 68.25 | DNI | 68.25 | |
| 10 | 15 | 6 | Queralt Castellet | Spain | 4.75 | 24.00 | 33.50 | 33.50 | |
| 11 | 8 | 5 | Elizabeth Hosking | Canada | 27.50 | DNI | DNI | 27.50 | |
| 12 | 7 | 10 | Maddie Mastro | United States | 5.50 | 5.25 | DNI | 5.50 | |