Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's snowboard cross

The men's snowboard cross competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 15 February 2018 Bogwang Phoenix Park in Pyeongchang, South Korea.[1][2]

Men's snowboard cross
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueBogwang Phoenix Park
Date15 February
Competitors39 from 16 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Pierre Vaultier  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jarryd Hughes  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Regino Hernández  Spain
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In the victory ceremony, the medals were presented by James Tomkins, member of the International Olympic Committee, accompanied by Dean Gosper, FIS council member.

Qualification

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The top 40 athletes in the Olympic quota allocation list qualified, with a maximum of four athletes per National Olympic Committee (NOC) allowed. All athletes qualifying must also have placed in the top 30 of a FIS World Cup event or the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 during the qualification period (July 1, 2016 to January 21, 2018) and also have a minimum of 100 FIS points to compete. If the host country, South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics did not qualify, their chosen athlete would displace the last qualified athlete, granted all qualification criterion was met.[3]

Results

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Seeding

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The seeding run was held at 11:00.[4]

Rank Bib Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best Notes
1 15 Pierre Vaultier   France 1:13.14 1:13.14
2 7 Omar Visintin   Italy 1:13.25 1:13.25
3 9 Regino Hernández   Spain 1:13.67 1:13.67
4 22 Nikolay Olyunin   Olympic Athletes from Russia 1:13.78 1:13.78
5 29 Merlin Surget   France 1:13.82 1:13.82
6 5 Hagen Kearney   United States 1:13.94 1:13.94
7 1 Martin Nörl   Germany 1:14.12 1:14.12
8 17 Kevin Hill   Canada 1:14.24 1:14.24
9 31 Kalle Koblet   Switzerland 1:14.25 1:14.25
10 27 Ken Vuagnoux   France 1:14.29 1:14.29
11 23 Chris Robanske   Canada 1:14.35 1:14.35
11 25 Cameron Bolton   Australia 1:14.35 1:14.35
13 26 Lorenzo Sommariva   Italy 1:14.36 1:14.36
14 11 Paul Berg   Germany 1:14.39 1:14.39
15 10 Nick Baumgartner   United States 1:14.46 1:14.46
16 28 Hanno Douschan   Austria 1:14.53 1:14.53
17 16 Markus Schairer   Austria 1:14.56 1:14.56
18 4 Emanuel Perathoner   Italy 1:14.62 1:14.62
19 21 Jonathan Cheever   United States 1:14.72 1:14.72
20 13 Alex Pullin   Australia 1:14.76 1:14.76
21 33 Jérôme Lymann   Switzerland 1:14.77 1:14.77
22 14 Adam Lambert   Australia 1:14.94 1:14.94
23 30 Anton Lindfors   Finland 1:15.01 1:15.01
24 2 Alessandro Hämmerle   Austria 1:15.03 1:15.03
25 12 Jarryd Hughes   Australia 1:15.69 1:13.73 1:13.73
26 6 Lucas Eguibar   Spain 1:18.42 1:14.45 1:14.45
27 3 Mick Dierdorff   United States 1:15.47 1:14.52 1:14.52
28 19 Michele Godino   Italy 1:20.88 1:14.96 1:14.96
29 39 Steven Williams   Argentina 1:17.12 1:15.35 1:15.35
30 32 Lluís Marin Tarroch   Andorra 1:15.47 1:15.37 1:15.37
31 35 Daniil Dilman   Olympic Athletes from Russia 1:15.40 1:16.11 1:15.40
32 34 Jan Kubičík   Czech Republic 1:15.73 1:16.25 1:15.73
33 20 Konstantin Schad   Germany 1:15.73 DNS 1:15.73
34 38 Éliot Grondin   Canada 1:28.89 1:15.93 1:15.93
35 36 Loan Bozzolo   France 1:16.15 1:16.11 1:16.11
36 24 Duncan Campbell   New Zealand 1:16.68 DNF 1:16.68
37 37 Laro Herrero   Spain 1:17.62 1:16.97 1:16.97
38 8 Lukas Pachner   Austria 1:16.99 1:17.48 1:16.99
39 40 Mateusz Ligocki   Poland 1:19.48 1:19.22 1:19.22
40 18 Baptiste Brochu   Canada DNS DNS DNS

Elimination round

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The top three finishers from each heat advance to the next round. In the semifinals the first three ranked competitors of each heat proceed to the Big Final. The 4th to 6th ranked competitors of each heat proceed to the Small Final.[5][6]

1/8 round

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Finals

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Small final
Rank Bib Name Country Notes
7 24 Alessandro Hämmerle   Austria
8 7 Martin Nörl   Germany
9 23 Anton Lindfors   Finland
10 12 Cameron Bolton   Australia
11 4 Nikolay Olyunin   Olympic Athletes from Russia DNS
11 11 Chris Robanske   Canada DNS
Big final
Rank Bib Name Country Notes
  1 Pierre Vaultier   France
  25 Jarryd Hughes   Australia
  3 Regino Hernández   Spain
4 15 Nick Baumgartner   United States
5 27 Mick Dierdorff   United States
6 20 Alex Pullin   Australia DNF

References

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  1. ^ "Schedule". Archived from the original on 2017-11-05. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018 Snowboarding" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). 9 September 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Men's Snowboard Cross, Seeding" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Men's Snowboard Cross, Bracket" (PDF).
  6. ^ Final results