# Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's halfpipe

The men's halfpipe competition of the Nagano 1998 Olympics was held at Kanbayashi Snowboard Park.

## Results
### Qualifying
#### Round 1

The top eight automatically qualified for the final.
| Rank | Name | Country | Points | Notes |
| 1 | Markus Hurme | Finland | 41.1 | Q |
| 2 | Guillaume Chastagnol | France | 40.2 | Q |
| 3 | Jussi Oksanen | Finland | 39.7 | Q |
| 4 | Daniel Franck | Norway | 39.6 | Q |
| 5 | Aleksi Litovaara | Finland | 39.0 | Q |
| 6 | Fabien Rohrer | Switzerland | 38.5 | Q |
| 7 | Klas Vangen | Norway | 38.3 | Q |
| 8 | Jonathan Collomb-Patton | France | 38.2 | Q |
| 9 | Kim Christiansen | Norway | 38.1 | |
| 10 | Ross Powers | United States | 38.0 | |
| 11 | Bertrand Denervaud | Switzerland | 37.8 | |
| 12 | Íker Fernández | Spain | 36.9 | |
| 13 | Brett Carpentier | Canada | 36.3 | |
| 14 | Tony Vannucci Roos | France | 36.2 | |
| 15 | Shinichi Watanabe | Japan | 35.7 | |
| 16 | Derek Heidt | Canada | 35.6 | |
| 17 | Ingemar Backman | Sweden | 35.5 | |
| 18 | Roger Hjelmstadstuen | Norway | 35.2 | |
| 19 | Max Ploetzeneder | Austria | 35.1 | |
| 20 | Makoto Takagaki | Japan | 34.6 | |
| 21 | Gian Simmen | Switzerland | 34.0 | |
| 22 | Pontus Ståhlkloo | Sweden | 33.5 | |
| 23 | Sebu Kuhlberg | Finland | 33.4 | |
| 24 | Patrik Hasler | Switzerland | 32.6 | |
| 25 | Todd Richards | United States | 32.4 | |
| 26 | Fredrik Sterner | Sweden | 32.4 | |
| 27 | Mike Michalchuk | Canada | 32.3 | |
| 28 | Takashi Nishida | Japan | 32.2 | |
| 29 | Jean Baptiste Charlet | France | 31.3 | |
| 30 | Jacob Söderqvist | Sweden | 30.9 | |
| 31 | Ron Chiodi | United States | 29.0 | |
| 32 | Xaver Hoffmann | Germany | 28.3 | |
| 33 | Sergio Bartrina | Spain | 27.5 | |
| 34 | Łukasz Starowicz | Poland | 27.2 | |
| 35 | Takamasa Imai | Japan | 24.4 | |
| 36 | Trevor Andrew | Canada | 24.1 | |

#### Round 2

The top eight finishers qualified for the final.
| Rank | Name | Country | Points | Notes |
| 1 | Brett Carpentier | Canada | 41.8 | Q |
| 2 | Mike Michalchuk | Canada | 41.4 | Q |
| 3 | Gian Simmen | Switzerland | 39.8 | Q |
| 4 | Sebu Kuhlberg | Finland | 39.7 | Q |
| 5 | Jean Baptiste Charlet | France | 39.6 | Q |
| 6 | Todd Richards | United States | 39.5 | Q |
| 7 | Ross Powers | United States | 39.4 | Q |
| 8 | Jacob Söderqvist | Sweden | 39.2 | Q |
| 9 | Xaver Hoffmann | Germany | 38.2 | |
| 10 | Íker Fernández | Spain | 37.9 | |
| 11 | Pontus Ståhlkloo | Sweden | 37.9 | |
| 12 | Kim Christiansen | Norway | 37.7 | |
| 13 | Sergio Bartrina | Spain | 37.4 | |
| 14 | Ingemar Backman | Sweden | 37.0 | |
| 15 | Fredrik Sterner | Sweden | 36.5 | |
| 16 | Max Ploetzeneder | Austria | 35.9 | |
| 17 | Tony Vannucci Roos | France | 35.8 | |
| 18 | Derek Heidt | Canada | 35.8 | |
| 19 | Bertrand Denervaud | Switzerland | 35.3 | |
| 20 | Takashi Nishida | Japan | 33.4 | |
| 21 | Trevor Andrew | Canada | 32.4 | |
| 22 | Makoto Takagaki | Japan | 32.2 | |
| 23 | Patrik Hasler | Switzerland | 32.1 | |
| 24 | Ron Chiodi | United States | 32.1 | |
| 25 | Roger Hjelmstadstuen | Norway | 31.3 | |
| 26 | Shinichi Watanabe | Japan | 29.1 | |
| 27 | Łukasz Starowicz | Poland | 26.5 | |
| 28 | Takamasa Imai | Japan | 24.4 | |

### Final

The 16 finalists each competed in two runs, with the total score counting for ranking.
| Rank | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total |
| | Gian Simmen | Switzerland | 43.80 | 41.40 | 85.20 |
| | Daniel Franck | Norway | 38.10 | 44.30 | 82.40 |
| | Ross Powers | United States | 40.30 | 41.80 | 82.10 |
| 4 | Fabien Rohrer | Switzerland | 36.40 | 42.30 | 78.70 |
| 5 | Guillaume Chastagnol | France | 37.80 | 40.50 | 78.30 |
| 6 | Jacob Söderqvist | Sweden | 38.30 | 39.50 | 77.80 |
| 7 | Sebu Kuhlberg | Finland | 36.80 | 39.80 | 76.60 |
| 8 | Mike Michalchuk | Canada | 38.60 | 37.40 | 76.00 |
| 9 | Brett Carpentier | Canada | 43.30 | 32.30 | 75.60 |
| 10 | Jonathan Collomb-Patton | France | 36.20 | 39.30 | 75.50 |
| 11 | Jussi Oksanen | Finland | 33.50 | 40.10 | 73.60 |
| 12 | Jean Baptiste Charlet | France | 35.80 | 37.60 | 73.40 |
| 13 | Markus Hurme | Finland | 38.90 | 34.10 | 73.00 |
| 14 | Aleksi Litovaara | Finland | 32.40 | 39.50 | 71.90 |
| 15 | Klas Vangen | Norway | 33.00 | 37.90 | 70.90 |
| 16 | Todd Richards | United States | 30.10 | 39.50 | 69.60 |