Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's ski cross

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Men's ski cross
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Freestyle skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Bogwang Phoenix Park, Pyeongchang, South Korea
Dates21 February
Competitors31 from 11 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Brady Leman Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg Marc Bischofberger Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Bronze medal icon.svg Sergey Ridzik Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia
  2014
2022  

The men's ski cross event in freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place on 21 February 2018 at the Bogwang Phoenix Park, Pyeongchang, South Korea. [1] [2]

Qualification

The top 32 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 (1 July 2016 to 21 January 2018) and also have a minimum of 80 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

Seeding

The seeding round was held at 11:30. [4]

RankBibNameCountryTimeDifference
19 Alex Fiva Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:08.74
210 Sergey Ridzik Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia 1:09.21+0.47
316 Kevin Drury Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:09.41+0.67
42 Armin Niederer Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:09.46+0.72
514 Filip Flisar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:09.65+0.91
68 Christoph Wahrstötter Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:09.79+1.05
715 Jean-Frédéric Chapuis Flag of France.svg  France 1:09.84+1.10
86 Brady Leman Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:09.94+1.20
911 Marc Bischofberger Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:09.99+1.25
107 Paul Eckert Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:10.06+1.32
1128 Robert Winkler Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:10.09+1.35
1229 Stefan Thanei Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:10.10+1.36
1319 Jonas Lenherr Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:10.12+1.38
141 Arnaud Bovolenta Flag of France.svg  France 1:10.12+1.38
1526 Siegmar Klotz Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:10.15+1.41
1620 Adam Kappacher Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:10.17+1.43
1724 Igor Omelin Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia 1:10.24+1.50
1813 François Place Flag of France.svg  France 1:10.26+1.52
193 Victor Öhling Norberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:10.26+1.52
2017 Tim Hronek Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:10.27+1.53
2127 Florian Wilmsmann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:10.33+1.59
2223 Erik Mobärg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:10.36+1.62
2325 Egor Korotkov Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia 1:10.39+1.65
244 Terence Tchiknavorian Flag of France.svg  France 1:10.41+1.67
2521 Jamie Prebble Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:10.48+1.74
2622 David Duncan Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:10.51+1.77
2730 Semen Denshchikov Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia 1:10.86+2.12
2812 Thomas Zangerl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:10.96+2.22
295 Viktor Andersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:11.20+2.46
3031 Anton Grimus Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:40.80+32.06
3118 Christopher Del Bosco Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:48.25+39.51

Elimination round

A knockout stage was held to determine the winner. [5] [6]

1/8 finals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Small final
RankBibNameCountryNotes
54 Armin Niederer Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
614 Arnaud Bovolenta Flag of France.svg  France
75 Filip Flisar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
826 David Duncan Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Big final
The podium Freestyleskicrossmedallists 2018winterolympics.jpg
The podium
RankBibNameCountryNotes
Gold medal icon.svg8 Brady Leman Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg9 Marc Bischofberger Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Bronze medal icon.svg2 Sergey Ridzik Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia
43 Kevin Drury Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada DNF

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References

  1. "Schedule". POCOG. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. Start list
  3. "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018 Freestyle skiing" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). 9 September 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  4. Qualification results
  5. Final bracket
  6. Final results