Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's halfpipe

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A total of 25 snowboarders qualified to compete at the games. For an athlete to compete they must have a minimum of 50.00 FIS points on the FIS Points List on January 17, 2022 and a top 30 finish in a World Cup event or at the FIS Snowboard World Championships 2021. A country could enter a maximum of four athletes into the event.{{cite web|url=https://assets.fis-ski.com/image/upload/v1635171124/fis-prod/assets/Beijing_2022_-_Qualification_System_-_Snowboard_V3.0.pdf|title=Qualification System for XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 International Ski Federation Snowboard|date=19 October 2021|website=Fis-ski.com|publisher=International Ski Federation (FIS)|access-date=28 January 2022}}

: Q — Qualified for the Final

The top 12 athletes in the qualifiers move on to the medal round.

During Ayumu Hirano's second finals run, he completed a "spectacular frontside triple cork to become the first person to land the trick at an Olympics."{{Cite news|last=Matthey|first=James|date=2022-02-11|title=‘Should be arrested’: Olympic scandal erupts|work=news.com.au|url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/winter-olympics/should-be-ashamed-aussie-caught-in-middle-of-shocking-olympic-robbery/news-story/b25e7add307b32b07f1ac3e6747038c3|access-date=2022-02-11}} NBC commentator Todd Richards, a former snowboarder, immediately announced that "no one will touch that run tonight... that is going to be a 98."{{Cite web|last=Davis|first=Scott|title=Japanese snowboarder needed second near-perfect run to win gold after controversial score left many stunned|url=https://www.insider.com/ayumu-hirano-gold-medal-snowboarding-score-controversy-2022-2|access-date=2022-02-11|website=Insider|language=en-US}} He would go on to add, "He destroyed this halfpipe. That run was something that we may never see again from anyone else. Unbelievable. Level raised. By such a large margin. They are going to give him a score that is going to be just out of this world." However, judges scored the run a 91.75, leaving him in second behind Scotty James.{{Cite news|title=Men's Snowboard Halfpipe Final Results|work=Olympics|url=https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/static/owg2022/pdf/OWG2022/SBD/OWG2022_SBD_C73H_SBDMHP----------------FNL---------.pdf}}{{Cite web|title=NBC's Todd Richards torches halfpipe judges for controversial Ayumu Hirano score|url=https://nz.news.yahoo.com/nb-cs-todd-richards-torches-snowboard-judges-for-controversial-ayumu-hirano-score-033704228.html|access-date=2022-02-11|website=nz.news.yahoo.com|language=en-NZ}}

Immediately on-air, NBC's Richards blasted the judges, proclaiming “Ahhh what? What? Is there a mistake? There's no way, there is no way. A 91.75? ...as far as I'm concerned, the judges just grenaded all their credibility." He went on to add, "It's unbelievable that this is even happening. It's a travesty to be completely honest with you. I am irate right now. Someone call the authorities, there's been a robbery."{{Cite news|last=Matthey|first=James|date=2022-02-11|title=‘Should be arrested’: Olympic scandal erupts|work=news.com.au|url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/winter-olympics/should-be-ashamed-aussie-caught-in-middle-of-shocking-olympic-robbery/news-story/b25e7add307b32b07f1ac3e6747038c3|access-date=2022-02-11}}{{Cite web|title=NBC's Todd Richards torches halfpipe judges for controversial Ayumu Hirano score|url=https://nz.news.yahoo.com/nb-cs-todd-richards-torches-snowboard-judges-for-controversial-ayumu-hirano-score-033704228.html|access-date=2022-02-11|website=nz.news.yahoo.com|language=en-NZ}} People online began to dub this controversy "triple-gate".{{Cite web|date=February 10, 2022|title='I am irate right now' {{!}} Olympic snowboarding final mired in controversy following judges' scoring|url=https://www.11alive.com/article/sports/olympics/triple-gate-ayumu-hirano-winter-olympics-mens-snowboarding-halfpipe-final-judge-score/85-a306734e-899a-424e-892a-d1cd30ae356e|access-date=2022-02-11|website=11Alive.com|language=en-US}} X games silver medalist Nikko Landeros tweeted that Hirano "just got robbed... this should never happen in the Olympics... what a disgrace."{{Cite web|date=2022-02-11|title=‘Just grenaded their credibility’: Olympic judges saved after snub of Ayunu Hirano's ‘best ever run’|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/beijing-olympics-2022/beijing-winter-olympics-2022-judging-controversy-in-snowboard-halfpipe-final-ayunu-hirano-robbed-in-second-run-reaction-scotty-james/news-story/aa48c89e092d137f11f7d235883510d2|access-date=2022-02-11|website=Fox Sports|language=en}} Ultimately, Hirano secured the gold medal on his third run by scoring a 96.00 by performing a triple cork and a 1440.{{Cite web|last=Fontela|first=Jonah|date=10 February 2022|title=Medals update: Japan's Hirano Ayumu ushers in triple-cork era with Olympic halfpipe gold|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/medals-update-hirano-ayumu-wins-gold-in-beijing-2022-snowboard-halfpipe|website=Olympics}}

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