Halfpipe, Women
| Date | 17 – 18 February 2022 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Genting Snow Park, Chongli District, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province |
| Participants | 20 from 10 countries |
| Details | Course Name: Secret Garden Olympic Halfpipe Gradient: 18° Length: 220 m Vertical Inclination: 82° Wall Height: 7.2 m Wall-to-Wall Width: 22 m |
The defending Olympic champion in the women’s halfpipe was Canadian Cassie Sharpe, but her most notable result in this event since had been silver at the 2019 World Championships. The more dominant competitor of late was American-born Chinese skier Eileen Gu, who had won the event at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, the 2021 World Championships, and all four times it had been held in the most recent World Cup season.
As expected, Gu dominated the field in qualifying, recording the highest score of the tournament and the only one above 90 in the first round. With 89.50, however, Rachael Karker of Canada, the 2021 World runner-up, came close. Estonia’s Kelly Sildaru, the 2019 World Champion who was more of a slopestyle specialist, was third, while Sharpe was further down the list in sixth.
Gu never relinquished the lead, with the highest score in the first two rounds of the final, either of which would have won her the gold medal. When Gu took a victory lap for the third round, Sharpe came out on top with her best performance of the tournament, although her score in any of the three runs would have assured her second place. Karker, meanwhile, edged out Sildaru by 0.75 points to claim bronze. Gu’s win, combined with her earlier victory in big air and her silver in slopestyle, made her the first freestyle skier to claim three medals in a single edition of the Olympics.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Qualifying | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Eileen Gu |  CHN | 95.50 (1) | 95.25 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 4 | Cassie Sharpe |  CAN | 86.25 (6) | 90.75 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 3 | Rachael Karker | CAN | 89.50 (2) | 87.75 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 8 | Kelly Sildaru |  EST | 87.50 (3) | 87.00 (4) | |||
| 5 | 9 | Li Fanghui | CHN | 84.75 (7) | 86.50 (5) | |||
| 6 | 5 | Hanna Faulhaber |  USA | 84.25 (9) | 85.25 (6) | |||
| 7 | 6 | Zhang Kexin | CHN | 86.50 (5) | 78.75 (7) | |||
| 8 | 15 | Amy Fraser | CAN | 75.75 (11) | 75.25 (8) | |||
| 9 | 2 | Zoe Atkin |  GBR | 86.75 (4) | 73.25 (9) | |||
| 10 | 7 | Brita Sigourney | USA | 84.50 (8) | 70.75 (10) | |||
| 11 | 12 | Carly Margulies | USA | 82.25 (10) | 61.00 (11) | |||
| 12 | 13 | Sabrina Cakmakli |  GER | 71.50 (12) | 54.00 (12) | |||
| 13 | 10 | Devin Logan | USA | 71.00 (13) | – | |||
| 14 | 17 | Aleksandra Glazkova |  ROC | 69.25 (14) | – | |||
| 15 | 14 | Saori Suzuki |  JPN | 68.75 (15) | – | |||
| 16 | 16 | Wu Meng | CHN | 67.75 (16) | – | |||
| 17 | 20 | Kim Da-Eun |  KOR | 45.50 (17) | – | |||
| 18 | 18 | Chloe McMillan |  NZL | 43.50 (18) | – | |||
| 19 | 21 | Anja Barugh | NZL | 38.50 (19) | – | |||
| 20 | 11 | Jang Yu-Jin | KOR | 4.25 (20) | – |
Qualifying Round
| Date | 17 February 2022 — 9:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Format | Top twelve advanced to final. | |
| Judge #1 | Ian Meader | USA |
| Judge #2 | Chiho Takao | JPN |
| Judge #3 | Adam Frisell |  SWE |
| Judge #4 | Charly Royer |  FRA |
| Judge #5 | Vegard Oye |  NOR |
| Judge #6 | Philippe Larose | CAN |
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | Run #1 | Run #2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Eileen Gu | CHN | 95.50 | 93.75 (1) | 95.50 (1) | ||
| 2 | – | Rachael Karker | CAN | 89.50 | 88.50 (2) | 89.50 (2) | ||
| 3 | – | Kelly Sildaru | EST | 87.50 | 87.50 (3) | – ( | ||
| 4 | – | Zoe Atkin | GBR | 86.75 | 85.25 (5) | 86.75 (3) | ||
| 5 | – | Zhang Kexin | CHN | 86.50 | 77.50 (10) | 86.50 (4) | ||
| 6 | – | Cassie Sharpe | CAN | 86.25 | 86.25 (4) | 79.00 (8) | ||
| 7 | – | Li Fanghui | CHN | 84.75 | 84.75 (6) | 19.25 (17) | ||
| 8 | – | Brita Sigourney | USA | 84.50 | 80.50 (8) | 84.50 (5) | ||
| 9 | – | Hanna Faulhaber | USA | 84.25 | 84.25 (7) | 82.00 (7) | ||
| 10 | – | Carly Margulies | USA | 82.25 | 79.00 (9) | 82.25 (6) | ||
| 11 | – | Amy Fraser | CAN | 75.75 | 75.25 (11) | 75.75 (9) | ||
| 12 | – | Sabrina Cakmakli | GER | 71.50 | 71.50 (12) | 36.50 (16) | ||
| 13 | – | Devin Logan | USA | 71.00 | 71.00 (13) | 62.00 (13) | ||
| 14 | – | Aleksandra Glazkova | ROC | 69.25 | 67.00 (15) | 69.25 (10) | ||
| 15 | – | Saori Suzuki | JPN | 68.75 | 68.75 (14) | 66.25 (12) | ||
| 16 | – | Wu Meng | CHN | 67.75 | 12.50 (19) | 67.75 (11) | ||
| 17 | – | Kim Da-Eun | KOR | 45.50 | 44.50 (16) | 45.50 (14) | ||
| 18 | – | Chloe McMillan | NZL | 43.50 | 41.75 (17) | 43.50 (15) | ||
| 19 | – | Anja Barugh | NZL | 38.50 | 38.50 (18) | 12.25 (18) | ||
| 20 | – | Jang Yu-Jin | KOR | 4.25 | 3.75 (20) | 4.25 (19) |
Final Round
| Date | 18 February 2022 — 9:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Judge #1 | Ian Meader | USA |
| Judge #2 | Chiho Takao | JPN |
| Judge #3 | Adam Frisell | SWE |
| Judge #4 | Charly Royer | FRA |
| Judge #5 | Vegard Oye | NOR |
| Judge #6 | Philippe Larose | CAN |
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | Run #1 | Run #2 | Run #3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Eileen Gu | CHN | 95.25 | 93.25 (1) | 95.25 (1) | 30.00 (7) | ||
| 2 | – | Cassie Sharpe | CAN | 90.75 | 89.00 (2) | 90.00 (2) | 90.75 (1) | ||
| 3 | – | Rachael Karker | CAN | 87.75 | 87.75 (3) | 85.25 (5) | 38.00 (6) | ||
| 4 | – | Kelly Sildaru | EST | 87.00 | 80.25 (6) | 87.00 (3) | 85.00 (2) | ||
| 5 | – | Li Fanghui | CHN | 86.50 | 81.75 (5) | 86.50 (4) | 16.75 (9) | ||
| 6 | – | Hanna Faulhaber | USA | 85.25 | 85.25 (4) | 84.50 (6) | 19.00 (8) | ||
| 7 | – | Zhang Kexin | CHN | 78.75 | 78.75 (7) | 25.75 (10) | 3.25 (12) | ||
| 8 | – | Amy Fraser | CAN | 75.25 | 75.25 (8) | 35.75 (9) | 11.00 (11) | ||
| 9 | – | Zoe Atkin | GBR | 73.25 | 18.75 (12) | 10.75 (11) | 73.25 (3) | ||
| 10 | – | Brita Sigourney | USA | 70.75 | 70.75 (9) | 60.00 (7) | 12.25 (10) | ||
| 11 | – | Carly Margulies | USA | 61.00 | 24.75 (11) | 1.75 (12) | 61.00 (4) | ||
| 12 | – | Sabrina Cakmakli | GER | 54.00 | 40.00 (10) | 54.00 (8) | 42.75 (5) |