Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's snowboard cross

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Men's snowboard cross
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Snowboarding (snowboard cross) pictogram.svg
Venue Genting Snow Park,
Zhangjiakou
Date10 February
Competitors31 from 13 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Alessandro Hämmerle Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Silver medal icon.svg Éliot Grondin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Bronze medal icon.svg Omar Visintin Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
  2018
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The men's snowboard cross competition in snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 10 February, at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou. [1] Alessandro Hämmerle of Austria became the champion. Éliot Grondin of Canada won the silver medal, and Omar Visintin of Italy the bronze. For all of them, this was the first Olympic medal.

Summary

The 2014 and 2018 champion, Pierre Vaultier, retired from competitions. The 2018 silver medalist, Jarryd Hughes, qualified for the Olympics. The bronze medalist, Regino Hernández, did not qualify and retired as professional rider in January 2022. At the 2021–22 FIS Snowboard World Cup, six snowboard cross events were held before the Olympics. Martin Nörl was leading the ranking, followed by Alessandro Hämmerle and Jakob Dusek. Lucas Eguibar is the 2021 world champion, with Hämmerle and Éliot Grondin being the silver and bronze medalists, respectively.

Qualification

A total of 32 snowboarders qualified to compete at the games. For an athlete to compete they must have a minimum of 100.00 FIS points on the FIS Points List on January 17, 2022 and a top 30 finish in a World Cup event or at the FIS Snowboard World Championships 2021. A country could enter a maximum of four athletes into the event. [2]

Results

Seeding run

The seeding run was held at 11:15. [3]

RankBibNameCountryRun 1Run 2Best
115 Éliot Grondin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:16.291:16.29
27 Julian Lüftner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:17.001:17.00
313 Jakob Dusek Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:17.051:17.05
42 Alessandro Hämmerle Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:17.241:17.24
511 Martin Nörl Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:17.381:17.38
616 Omar Visintin Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:17.681:17.68
78 Hagen Kearney Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:17.811:17.81
84 Cameron Bolton Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:17.921:17.92
93 Lorenzo Sommariva Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:17.981:17.98
1012 Nick Baumgartner Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:18.011:18.01
1123 Umito Kirchwehm Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:18.221:18.22
1219 Paul Berg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:18.311:18.31
1320 Liam Moffatt Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:18.451:18.45
149 Lukas Pachner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:18.491:18.49
1517 Adam Dickson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:18.561:18.56
166 Merlin Surget Flag of France.svg  France 1:18.641:18.64
1710 Adam Lambert Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:19.331:17.561:17.56
1825 Jake Vedder Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:18.831:17.881:17.88
1918 Tommaso Leoni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:19.451:18.131:18.13
2024 Mick Dierdorff Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:19.661:18.641:18.64
2114 Lucas Eguibar Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:18.731:19.931:18.73
225 Kalle Koblet Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:19.391:18.941:18.94
2321 Yoshiki Takahara Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:19.261:19.161:19.16
2422 Loan Bozzolo Flag of France.svg  France 1:19.751:19.231:19.23
2530 Daniil Donskikh Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 1:19.361:19.931:19.36
2628 Kevin Hill Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:20.241:19.451:19.45
271 Glenn de Blois Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:20.751:19.691:19.69
2829 Jarryd Hughes Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:21.281:20.481:20.48
2931 Huw Nightingale Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:20.791:20.721:20.72
3026 Léo Le Blé Jaques Flag of France.svg  France 1:21.061:21.361:21.06
3127 Filippo Ferrari Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:24.77DNF1:24.77
3232 Radek Houser Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic DNSDNSDNS

Elimination round

1/8 finals

[4] [5]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Small final
RankBibNameCountryNotes
516 Merlin Surget Flag of France.svg  France
618 Jake Vedder Flag of the United States.svg  United States
721 Lucas Eguibar Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
819 Tommaso Leoni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Big final
RankBibNameCountryNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Alessandro Hämmerle Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Silver medal icon.svg1 Éliot Grondin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Omar Visintin Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
42 Julian Lüftner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria

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