title: Snowboarding at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics – Boys' halfpipe
text: # Snowboarding at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics – Boys' halfpipe
  
  The boys' halfpipe competition of the snowboarding events at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, was held January 15, at Kühtai. 27 athletes from 18 different countries took part in this event.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Qualification
  
  The qualification was started on 15 January at 09:30. The three best snowboarders from each heat qualified for the final (QF) and the six snowboarders from each heat qualified for the semifinal (QSF).
  
  | Rank | Bib | Heat | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 8 | 1 | Taku Hiraoka | Japan | 91.75 | 95.00 | 95.00 | QF |
  | 2 | 20 | 2 | Tim-Kevin Ravnjak | Slovenia | 89.25 | 93.00 | 93.00 | QF |
  | 3 | 21 | 2 | Ben Ferguson | United States | 88.00 | 33.75 | 88.00 | QF |
  | 4 | 16 | 2 | David Hablützel | Switzerland | 78.25 | 82.75 | 82.75 | QF |
  | 5 | 26 | 2 | Michael Ciccarelli | Canada | 53.25 | 78.75 | 78.75 | QSF |
  | 6 | 2 | 1 | Sebbe De Buck | Belgium | 76.75 | 45.50 | 76.75 | QF |
  | 7 | 3 | 1 | Nikita Avtaneev | Russia | 66.00 | 72.50 | 72.50 | QF |
  | 8 | 4 | 1 | Jan Kralj | Slovenia | 65.50 | 69.00 | 69.00 | QSF |
  | 9 | 17 | 2 | Johannes Höpfl | Germany | 67.00 | 21.25 | 67.00 | QSF |
  | 10 | 14 | 1 | Hamish Bagley | New Zealand | 58.50 | 64.75 | 64.75 | QSF |
  | 11 | 6 | 1 | Yannis Tourki | France | 62.50 | 39.00 | 62.50 | QSF |
  | 12 | 15 | 2 | Lucas Baume | Switzerland | 31.75 | 62.25 | 62.25 | QSF |
  | 13 | 5 | 1 | Sean Taylor | Netherlands | 34.25 | 60.50 | 60.50 | QSF |
  | 14 | 27 | 2 | Lewis Courtier-Jones | Great Britain | 46.75 | 60.00 | 60.00 | QSF |
  | 15 | 13 | 1 | Na Myung-joo | South Korea | 54.75 | 37.00 | 54.75 | QS |
  | 16 | 9 | 1 | Ivan Kardonov | Russia | 54.00 | 54.50 | 54.50 | QSF |
  | 17 | 23 | 2 | Kalle Järvilehto | Finland | 51.25 | 53.75 | 53.75 | QSF |
  | 18 | 19 | 2 | Victor Habermacher | France | 52.50 | 29.00 | 52.50 | QSF |
  | 19 | 18 | 2 | Manex Azula | Spain | 35.00 | 49.00 | 49.00 | |
  | 20 | 11 | 1 | Max Raymer | United States | 47.00 | 48.50 | 48.50 | |
  | 21 | 10 | 1 | Ondrej Porkert | Czech Republic | 41.50 | 47.50 | 47.50 | |
  | 22 | 24 | 2 | Stef Van Deursen | Belgium | 44.50 | 47.50 | 47.50 | |
  | 23 | 22 | 2 | Tuomas Pohjonen | Finland | 47.25 | 45.00 | 47.25 | |
  | 24 | 12 | 1 | Roland Hörtnagl | Austria | 42.25 | 10.75 | 42.25 | |
  | 25 | 7 | 1 | Linus Birkendahl | Germany | 40.25 | 21.00 | 40.25 | |
  | 26 | 25 | 2 | Ludvig Billtoft | Sweden | 35.50 | 38.00 | 38.00 | |
  | 27 | 1 | 1 | Philipp Kundratitz | Austria | 31.25 | 18.00 | 31.25 | |
  
  ### Semifinal
  
  The semifinal was started on 15 January at 09:30. The six best snowboarderst qualified for the final (QF).
  
  | Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 26 | Michael Ciccarelli | Canada | 84.75 | 77.25 | 84.75 | QF |
  | 2 | 17 | Johannes Höpfl | Germany | 80.25 | 21.50 | 80.25 | QF |
  | 3 | 4 | Jan Kralj | Slovenia | 76.00 | 67.50 | 76.00 | QF |
  | 4 | 6 | Yannis Tourki | France | 70.50 | 71.25 | 71.25 | QF |
  | 5 | 14 | Hamish Bagley | New Zealand | 40.50 | 68.50 | 68.50 | QF |
  | 6 | 5 | Sean Taylor | Netherlands | 47.00 | 67.00 | 67.00 | QF |
  | 7 | 13 | Na Myung-joo | South Korea | 65.00 | 45.00 | 65.00 | |
  | 8 | 27 | Lewis Courtier-Jones | Great Britain | 59.75 | 41.25 | 59.25 | |
  | 9 | 9 | Ivan Kardonov | Russia | 55.25 | 57.50 | 57.50 | |
  | 10 | 23 | Kalle Järvilehto | Finland | 54.00 | 37.50 | 54.00 | |
  | 11 | 19 | Victor Habermacher | France | 36.25 | 35.75 | 36.25 | |
  | | 15 | Lucas Baume | Switzerland | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start |
  
  ### Final
  
  The final was started on 15 January at 13:40.
  
  | Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 21 | Ben Ferguson | United States | 90.25 | 93.25 | 93.25 |
  | | 20 | Tim-Kevin Ravnjak | Slovenia | 59.35 | 86.75 | 86.75 |
  | | 8 | Taku Hiraoka | Japan | 55.75 | 84.25 | 84.25 |
  | 4 | 26 | Michael Ciccarelli | Canada | 74.50 | 84.00 | 84.00 |
  | 5 | 16 | David Hablützel | Switzerland | 49.00 | 80.25 | 80.25 |
  | 6 | 4 | Jan Kralj | Slovenia | 68.25 | 75.00 | 75.00 |
  | 7 | 3 | Nikita Avtaneev | Russia | 74.25 | 70.25 | 74.25 |
  | 8 | 17 | Johannes Höpfl | Germany | 64.25 | 71.50 | 71.50 |
  | 9 | 6 | Yannis Tourki | France | 63.00 | 57.25 | 63.00 |
  | 10 | 14 | Hamish Bagley | New Zealand | 57.25 | 46.25 | 57.25 |
  | 11 | 5 | Sean Taylor | Netherlands | 49.25 | 39.00 | 49.25 |
  | 12 | 2 | Sebbe De Buck | Belgium | 33.50 | 24.00 | 33.50 |
  