Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Men's halfpipe

The men's halfpipe event in snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Bardonecchia, a village in the Province of Turin, Italy. Competition took place on 12 February 2006.__NOTOC__

Medalists

Results

The halfpipe event for men took place on 12 February 2006, both the qualification rounds and the finals taking place on that day. Forty-four 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 receives, as long as they are one of the top six, they advance to the finals. If the person qualifies in the first run, they need not do a second run in the qualification.cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/winter_sports/4542266.stm |title=Event guide: Snowboard half-pipe |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2006-01-09 |accessdate=2007-05-31] Shaun White, the gold medalist for this event, came in seventh place after the first run, requiring him to compete again in the second run, where he scored the highest then so far in the event.cite web |url=http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/torino2006/snowboarding/results?day=12#SBM060001 |title=Snowboarding Results |publisher=Yahoo! Sports |accessdate=2007-05-31] 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.cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/winter_sports/results/4689958.stm |title=Snowboard: Half-Pipe results |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2006-02-13 |accessdate=2007-05-31]

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