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

Men's snowboard cross at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Bogwang Phoenix Park
Date	15 February
Competitors	39 from 16 nations
Medalists
Pierre Vaultier   France Jarryd Hughes   Australia Regino Hernández   Spain
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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]}

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

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

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

Seeding

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

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

Heat 1 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 25 Jarryd Hughes   Australia Q 2 1 Pierre Vaultier   France Q 3 17 Markus Schairer   Austria Q 4 16 Hanno Douschan   Austria 40 Baptiste Brochu   Canada DNS Heat 2 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 24 Alessandro Hämmerle   Austria Q 2 8 Kevin Hill   Canada Q 3 9 Kalle Koblet   Switzerland Q 4 33 Konstantin Schad   Germany 5 32 Jan Kubičík   Czech Republic Heat 3 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 21 Jérôme Lymann   Switzerland Q 2 12 Cameron Bolton   Australia Q 3 5 Merlin Surget   France Q 4 29 Steven Williams   Argentina 5 36 Duncan Campbell   New Zealand Heat 4 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 4 Nikolay Olyunin   Olympic Athletes from Russia Q 2 20 Alex Pullin   Australia Q 3 28 Michele Godino   Italy Q 4 13 Lorenzo Sommariva   Italy 5 37 Laro Herrero   Spain

Heat 5 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 27 Mick Dierdorff   United States Q 2 14 Paul Berg   Germany Q 3 3 Regino Hernández   Spain Q 4 19 Jonathan Cheever   United States 5 37 Lukas Pachner   Austria Heat 6 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 6 Hagen Kearney   United States Q 2 11 Chris Robanske   Canada Q 3 35 Loan Bozzolo   France Q 4 22 Adam Lambert   Australia 5 30 Lluís Marin Tarroch   Andorra Heat 7 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 7 Martin Nörl   Germany Q 2 10 Ken Vuagnoux   France Q 3 23 Anton Lindfors   Finland Q 4 31 Daniil Dilman   Olympic Athletes from Russia 5 34 Éliot Grondin   Canada Heat 8 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 18 Emanuel Perathoner   Italy Q 2 15 Nick Baumgartner   United States Q 3 39 Mateusz Ligocki   Poland Q 4 2 Omar Visintin   Italy 26 Lucas Eguibar   Spain DNF

Quarterfinals

Heat 1 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 1 Pierre Vaultier   France Q 2 25 Jarryd Hughes   Australia Q 3 24 Alessandro Hämmerle   Austria Q 4 8 Kevin Hill   Canada 17 Markus Schairer   Austria DNF 9 Kalle Koblet   Switzerland DNF Heat 2 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 4 Nikolay Olyunin   Olympic Athletes from Russia Q 2 20 Alex Pullin   Australia Q 3 12 Cameron Bolton   Australia Q 4 21 Jérôme Lymann   Switzerland 5 Merlin Surget   France DNF 28 Michele Godino   Italy DNF

Heat 3 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 3 Regino Hernández   Spain Q 2 27 Mick Dierdorff   United States Q 3 11 Chris Robanske   Canada Q 4 6 Hagen Kearney   United States 14 Paul Berg   Germany DNF 35 Loan Bozzolo   France DNF Heat 4 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 7 Martin Nörl   Germany Q 2 15 Nick Baumgartner   United States Q 3 23 Anton Lindfors   Finland Q 4 18 Emanuel Perathoner   Italy 10 Ken Vuagnoux   France DNF 39 Mateusz Ligocki   Poland DNF

Semifinals

Semifinal 1 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 20 Alex Pullin   Australia Q 2 25 Jarryd Hughes   Australia Q 3 1 Pierre Vaultier   France Q 4 12 Cameron Bolton   Australia 5 24 Alessandro Hämmerle   Austria 4 Nikolay Olyunin   Olympic Athletes from Russia DNF

Semifinal 2 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 3 Regino Hernández   Spain Q 2 15 Nick Baumgartner   United States Q 3 27 Mick Dierdorff   United States Q 4 7 Martin Nörl   Germany 5 23 Anton Lindfors   Finland 11 Chris Robanske   Canada DNF

Finals

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

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