Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's parallel giant slalom

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Men's parallel giant slalom
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue Bogwang Phoenix Park
Date24 February
Competitors32 from 13 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Nevin Galmarini Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Silver medal icon.svg Lee Sang-ho Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Bronze medal icon.svg Žan Košir Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
  2014
2022  

The men's parallel giant slalom competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 24 February 2018 at the Bogwang Phoenix Park in 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 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

Qualification run

The qualification was held at 09:27. [4]

RankBibNameCountryBlue courseRed courseTotalNotes
112 Nevin Galmarini Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 41.7343.051:24.78Q
220 Žan Košir Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 42.0342.941:24.97Q
314 Lee Sang-ho Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 42.1642.901:25.06Q
48 Sylvain Dufour Flag of France.svg  France 41.9243.351:25.27Q
516 Alexander Payer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 42.4342.871:25.30Q
65 Benjamin Karl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 43.2142.121:25.33Q
74 Stefan Baumeister Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 42.0743.301:25.37Q
87 Roland Fischnaller Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 43.9441.501:25.44Q
919 Vic Wild Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia 43.5042.011:25.51Q
103 Sebastian Kislinger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 43.4742.121:25.59Q
1110 Andreas Prommegger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 42.2043.471:25.67Q
126 Edwin Coratti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 42.3743.331:25.70Q
1332 Oskar Kwiatkowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 42.8442.881:25.72Q
149 Dmitry Sarsembaev Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia 43.0242.721:25.74Q
1527 Kim Sang-kyum Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 42.8443.041:25.88Q
1626 Tim Mastnak Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 43.1542.821:25.97Q
1711 Rok Marguč Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 43.7842.201:25.98
182 Andrey Sobolev Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia 42.3543.641:25.99
1915 Radoslav Yankov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 43.4842.561:26.04
2023 Aaron Muss Flag of the United States.svg  United States 44.1241.981:26.10
2117 Kaspar Flütsch Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 43.1043.161:26.26
2221 Dario Caviezel Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 43.6942.701:26.39
231 Aaron March Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 45.1941.391:26.58
2422 Jasey-Jay Anderson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 42.9943.771:26.76
2524 Patrick Bussler Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 42.9943.781:26.77
2625 Choi Bo-gun Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 43.5243.261:26.78
2728 Masaki Shiba Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 44.0042.911:26.91
2831 Darren Gardner Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 43.9742.971:26.94
2918 Mirko Felicetti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 45.2942.271:27.56
3029 Michael Trapp Flag of the United States.svg  United States 44.0544.091:28.14
3130 Alexander Bergmann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 46.1143.141:29.25
3213 Dmitry Loginov Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia 48.6842.321:31.00

Elimination round

The 16 best racers advanced to the elimination round. [5] [6] During the semifinals, although the automatic sensors at the finishing line claimed Lee as the winner with the difference of 0.01 seconds, Kosir challenged the result when the photo finish seemed to show that he had crossed the finish line first. [7] [8] The result stood, but Kosir later went on to win bronze. [9] [ citation needed ]

1/8 finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
4 Flag of France.svg  Dufour  (FRA)
13 Flag of Poland.svg  Kwiatkowski  (POL)+0.10 4 Flag of France.svg  Dufour  (FRA)
5 Flag of Austria.svg  Payer  (AUT)+0.33 12 Flag of Italy.svg  Coratti  (ITA)+0.19
12 Flag of Italy.svg  Coratti  (ITA)4 Flag of France.svg  Dufour  (FRA)DNF
8 Flag of Italy.svg  Fischnaller  (ITA)1 Flag of Switzerland.svg  Galmarini  (SUI)
9 Olympic flag.svg  Wild  (OAR)+0.93 8 Flag of Italy.svg  Fischnaller  (ITA)+0.06
1 Flag of Switzerland.svg  Galmarini  (SUI)1 Flag of Switzerland.svg  Galmarini  (SUI)
16 Flag of Slovenia.svg  Mastnak  (SLO)+0.38 1 Flag of Switzerland.svg  Galmarini  (SUI)
2 Flag of Slovenia.svg  Košir  (SLO)3 Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee  (KOR)+0.43
15 Flag of South Korea.svg  Kim  (KOR)+1.14 2 Flag of Slovenia.svg  Košir  (SLO)
7 Flag of Germany.svg  Baumeister  (GER)7 Flag of Germany.svg  Baumeister  (GER)+3.07
10 Flag of Austria.svg  Kislinger  (AUT)+0.22 2 Flag of Slovenia.svg  Košir  (SLO)+0.01 Third place
6 Flag of Austria.svg  Karl  (AUT)3 Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee  (KOR)
11 Flag of Austria.svg  Prommegger  (AUT)+0.29 6 Flag of Austria.svg  Karl  (AUT)+0.94 4 Flag of France.svg  Dufour  (FRA)+1.49
3 Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee  (KOR)3 Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee  (KOR)2 Flag of Slovenia.svg  Košir  (SLO)
14 Olympic flag.svg  Sarsembaev  (OAR)+0.54

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References

  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. Qualification results
  5. Bracket
  6. Final results
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  8. "Does photo finish show South Korean snowboarder actually losing?".
  9. "Dramatic Finishes of the 2018 Winter Games".