The men's halfpipe event in snowboarding

Snowboarding at the 2002 Winter Olympics

The 2002 Winter Olympic Games Snowboarding competition consisted of men's and women's Halfpipe and Parallel Giant Slalom events. The snowboarding competition took place at Park City, over a five day period.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

 at the 2002 Winter Olympics

2002 Winter Olympics

The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...

 was held in Park City

Park City, Utah

Park City is a town in Summit and Wasatch counties in the U.S. state of Utah. It is considered to be part of the Wasatch Back. The city is southeast of downtown Salt Lake City and from Salt Lake City's east edge of Sugar House along Interstate 80. The population was 7,558 at the 2010 census...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. The competition took place on 11 February 2002.

The American sweep of the medal podium was the first for that country since the 1956 Winter Olympics

1956 Winter Olympics

The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. This celebration of the Games was held from 26 January to 5 February 1956. Cortina, which had originally been awarded the 1944 Winter Olympics, beat out...

, when they won all three medals in the men's singles

Figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics

At the 1956 Winter Olympics, three figure skating events were contested.-Medal summary:-Men:Referee:* Werner RittbergerAssistant Referee:* Walter S. Powell...

 in figure skating.

Medalists

Results

The halfpipe event for men took place on 11 February 2002, both the qualification rounds and the finals taking place on that day. Fortythirty snowboarders took part in the qualification, the top twelve of whom move on to the finals.

In the qualification round, each snowboarder was given two runs to be in the top six of that run. Regardless of how many points the person received, as long as they placed in the top six, they advanced to the finals. If the person qualified in the first run, they did not need to do a second run in the qualification. The finals proceeded in a similar fashion. The twelve qualifiers had two runs in which to score the highest possible points. The snowboarders were ranked by their highest score, and medals were awarded accordingly. The following is a table detailing the results of the qualification and finals runs of the competing snowboarders.

Rank	Name	Country	Qual. 1	Qual. 2	Qual. Rank	Final 1	Final 2	Final Best
	Ross Powers Ross Powers Ross Powers , is an American world champion halfpipe snowboarder from South Londonderry, Vermont. Though he originally rode at Stratton Mountain, Vermont, his home mountain is now Okemo, VT. Ross helps with the design of the Superpipe and also helped design the RossCross Family Terrain Park. Ross...		33.9	42.1	9	46.1	32.0	46.1
	Danny Kass Danny Kass Daniel "Danny" Kass is an American professional snowboarder.He was born in Vernon Valley, NJ.Danny grew up in New Jersey where he began his climb into snowboarding history at the age of twelve...		36.7	42.7	8	42.5	41.5	42.5
	Jarret Thomas Jarret Thomas Jarret John Thomas, more commonly known as J.J. Thomas, is a snowboarder who competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics and took bronze in the men's halfpipe competition. Along with Ross Powers and Danny Kass, the trio completed the first sweep for the United States since 1956...		19.7	43.5	7	33.2	42.1	42.1
4	Giacomo Kratter		39.8		4	34.9	42.0	42.0
5	Takaharu Nakai		38.3		6	38.3	40.7	40.7
6	Tommy Czeschin		41.8		2	40.6	40.5	40.6
7	Heikki Sorsa		44.2		1	36.8	40.4	40.4
8	Markku Koski Markku Koski Markku Koski is a professional snowboarder from Sievi, Finland. He is well known within the snowboarding community for his consistent showing in half-pipe competitions and for his video parts with Standard Films...		36.9	41.3	10	39.0	25.4	39.0
9	Trevor Andrew		10.8	39.4	11	30.3	38.6	38.6
10	Daniel Franck Daniel Franck Daniel Franck is a Norwegian professional snowboarder. He started riding in 1991, professionally since 1993. After winning the National and Nordic championships he aimed higher and started riding world cup competitions in 1993. Daniel won his first international championship Gold at the European...		39.9		3	29.2	37.4	37.4
11	Magnus Sterner		32.0	39.1	12	36.6	17.9	36.6
12	Jan Michaelis		39.7		5		0.2	0.2
13	Therry Brunner		36.0	37.7	13
14	Kim Christiansen Kim Christiansen Kim Christiansen is a Norwegian snowboarder. He grew up in Drammen.He started his professional career in 1991 at age 16 when he became sponsored by Quicksliver and he retired from professional snowboarding in 2006...		23.3	37.0	14
15	Marcel Hirtz		23.8	35.9	15
16	Risto Mattila Risto Mattila Risto Mattila is a Finnish snowboarder. He is an all-around rider, who has many achievements in half pipe, big air and in park riding contests. He has also made a name by having shots in the international snowboarding magazines...		35.7	34.3	16
17	Marek Sasiadek		18.8	34.0	17
18	Gian Simmen Gian Simmen Gian Simmen is a Swiss snowboarder.In Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics, Simmen won Gold in Men's Halfpipe. He attended the 1998, 2002, and the 2006 Olympics Winter games.-External links:* - FIS Competition Results...		34.8	33.5	18
19	Daisuke Murakami Daisuke Murakami (snowboarder) is a Japanese snowboarder who competes in the half-pipe event. He represented Japan at the 2002 Winter Olympics, where he placed 19th. He won the 2009–10 FIS Snowboard World Cup event in Kreischberg, Austria, his first career World Cup victory...		19.4	32.7	19
20	Xaver Hoffmann		32.3	32.6	20
21	Sebastien Vassoney		13.5	32.1	21
22	Brett Carpentier		29.7	31.6	22
23	Iker Fernandez		31.0	31.1	23
24	Stefan Karlsson		29.8	30.4	24
25	Tomas Johansson		32.1	30.1	25
26	Daniel Migneault		19.2	28.7	26
27	Mike Michalchuk		34.8	28.6	27
28	Jonathan Collomb-Patton		23.9	28.5	28
29	Kentaro Miyawaki		13.6	27.0	29
30	Tuomo Ojala		28.2	23.3	30
31	Halvor Skramstad Lunn Halvor Skramstad Lunn Halvor Skramstad Lunn is a Norwegian snowboarder, born in Kongsberg. He competed in the halfpipe at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in 2002, and in 2006 in Turin.-References:...		30.0	21.7	31
32	Daniel Tyrkas		22.5	21.4	32
33	Mathieu Justafre		16.0	12.2	33
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