Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's slopestyle


The women's slopestyle competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 12 February 2018 at the Bogwang Phoenix Park in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Summary

Due to high winds, the qualification round originally scheduled for 11 February 2018 was cancelled. All athletes competed in a two-run final round instead of the typical two-run qualification round and three-run final round.
Due to high winds on the final day, the event was delayed for more than an hour. The strong headwinds continued into the final, causing many falls amongst the competitors. Of the 25 participants, only five managed to stay on their feet during the first run. No snowboarders recorded two clear runs. Several snowboarders said that the final was irresponsible. According to the FIS, the conditions were "within the norm".
The 2014 Olympic champion Jamie Anderson successfully defended her title. Laurie Blouin won the silver medal, and Enni Rukajärvi, the 2014 silver medalist, the bronze. The gold medal score would have placed 7th in the 2014 Olympics; the silver and bronze medal scores would have failed to qualify in the 2014 Olympics.
In the victory ceremony, the medals were presented by Sarah Walker, member of the International Olympic Committee accompanied by Dexter Paine, FIS vice president.

Qualification

The top 30 athletes in the Olympic quota allocation list qualified. This meant only a maximum of 30 could qualify across both events. A maximum of four athletes per National Olympic Committee was allowed. All athletes qualifying must also have placed in the top 30 of a FIS World Cup event or the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 during the qualification period and also have a minimum of 50 FIS points to compete. If the host country, South Korea did not qualify, their chosen athlete would displace the last qualified athlete, if all qualification criteria were met.

Results

The final was started at 10:33.
RankOrderNameCountryRun 1Run 2BestNotes
26Jamie Anderson83.0034.5683.00
20Laurie Blouin49.1676.3376.33
22Enni Rukajärvi45.8575.3875.38
15Silje Norendal73.9147.6673.91
9Jessika Jenson72.7641.1172.76
19Hailey Langland41.2671.8071.80
11Sina Candrian66.3539.8066.35
8Sofya Fyodorova27.5365.7365.73
13Yuka Fujimori63.7348.5163.73
1010Elena Könz17.2859.0059.00
1125Julia Marino55.8541.0555.85
125Asami Hirono49.8027.2649.80
1321Zoi Sadowski-Synnott26.7048.3848.38
1416Reira Iwabuchi48.3331.0648.33
1524Anna Gasser42.0546.5646.56
161Šárka Pančochová43.4639.1843.46
1714Aimee Fuller34.6341.4341.43
1812Isabel Derungs39.6631.9839.66
1918Miyabi Onitsuka33.2539.5539.55
204Carla Somaini36.7123.0836.71
2117Brooke Voigt24.3636.6136.61
2223Spencer O'Brien26.4336.4536.45
237Cheryl Maas31.7135.3035.30
243Klaudia Medlová26.1634.0034.00
252Lucile Lefevre28.3517.3128.35
266Silvia Mittermueller1.001.00