2012 World Snowboarding Championships

The 2012 World Snowboard Championships (WSC) took place in Oslo, Norway from February 10–19, 2012. 240 riders from approximately 35 countries competed in slopestyle and halfpipe disciplines.

The 2012 World Snowboarding Championships is the first championships run by snowboarders since 1999. It is developed and owned by the Ticket To Ride (TTR) and World Snowboard Federation (WSF). It is organized by Snowboard-VM 2012 AS – the local organizing company owned by The Arctic Challenge, The Norwegian Snowboard Federation and Oslo Vinterpark. The WSC got a full backing by the global snowboard community as expressed by the unanimous vote at the TTR and WSF general assemblies in Barcelona, May 2010.

Results

Medal count

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)2226
2 Canada (CAN)1102
3  Switzerland (SUI)1001
4 Spain (ESP)0101
5 Belgium (BEL)0011
 Finland (FIN)0011
Totals (6 nations)44412

Men

Men's Slopestyle results

RankNameRun 1Run 2Run 3Score
 Chas Guldemond (USA)79,327.387.987.9
 Sebastien Toutant (CAN)32.186.833.286.8
 Seppe Smits (BEL)76.321.352.776.3
4 Eric Beauchemin (USA)73.075.948.275.9
5 Aleksander Østreng (NOR)49.221.474.474.4
6 Sven Thorgren (SWE)54.146.366.766.7
7 Tyler Flanagan (USA)63.130.420.163.1
8 Roope Tonteri (FIN)43.355.559.559.5
9 Mark McMorris (CAN)36.932.626.236.9
DNS Eric Willett (USA)

Men's Halfpipe results

RankNameRun 1Run 2Run 3Score
 Iouri Podladtchikov (SUI)90.889.623.390.8
 Matt Ladley (USA)48.587.636.887.6
 Louie Vito (USA)59.186.922.686.9
4 Taku Hiraoka (JPN)86.344.0045.286.3
5 Nathan Johnstone (AUS)84.846.985.885.8
6 Christian Haller (SUI)44.082.445.082.4
7 Ryo Aono (JPN)58.369.780.380.3
8 Benji Farrow (USA)76.951.277.077.0
9 Markus Malin (FIN)35.975.055.275.0
10 Peetu Piiroinen (FIN)31.339.238.639.2

Women

Women's Slopestyle results

RankNameRun 1Run 2Run 3Score
 Spencer O'Brien (CAN)40,331.384.484.4
 Jamie Anderson (USA)78.943.339.678.9
 Enni Rukajärvi (FIN)71.943.374.574.5

Women's Halfpipe results

RankNameRun 1Run 2Run 3Score
 Kelly Clark (USA)84,232.586.686.6
 Queralt Castellet (ESP)81.151.285.685.6
 Gretchen Bleiler (USA)78.377.282.982.9
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