| Men's parallel giant slalom at the XX Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Bardonecchia | ||||||||||||
| Date | 22 February 2006 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 36 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics | ||
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| Halfpipe | men | women |
| Parallel giant slalom | men | women |
| Snowboard cross | men | women |
The men's parallel giant slalom event in snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Bardonecchia, a village in the Province of Turin, Italy. The competition took place on 22 February 2006. [1]
| Gold | Philipp Schoch  Switzerland |
| Silver | Simon Schoch Switzerland |
| Bronze | Siegfried Grabner  Austria |
The qualification runs started at 10 a.m.(UTC+1)
The athletes were allowed two runs, one on the blue course and one on the red course. The two times were added, and the top 16 snowboarders moved on to the 1/8 finals. [2]
| Rank | Bib | Name | Nationality | Blue course (time) | Rank | Red course (time) | Rank | Total time |
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| 1 | 12 | Simon Schoch |  Switzerland | 33.98 | 1 | 35.40 | 5 | 1:09.38 |
| 2 | 15 | Philipp Schoch | Switzerland | 35.42 | 11 | 34.41 | 1 | 1:09.83 |
| 3 | 3 | Heinz Inniger | Switzerland | 35.51 | 12 | 34.45 | 2 | 1:09.96 |
| 4 | 2 | Andreas Prommegger |  Austria | 34.37 | 2 | 35.98 | 10 | 1:10.35 |
| 5 | 4 | Gilles Jaquet | Switzerland | 34.55 | 3 | 35.92 | 8 | 1:10.47 |
| 6 | 13 | Siegfried Grabner | Austria | 35.66 | 13 | 34.99 | 4 | 1:10.65 |
| 7 | 16 | Nicolas Huet |  France | 34.67 | 4 | 36.05 | 11 | 1:10.72 |
| 8 | 14 | Dejan Kosir |  Slovenia | 34.84 | 6 | 36.22 | 15 | 1:11.06 |
| 9 | 8 | Tyler Jewell |  United States | 34.96 | 7 | 36.17 | 14 | 1:11.13 |
| 10 | 1 | Rok Flander | Slovenia | 36.38 | 20 | 34.80 | 3 | 1:11.18 |
| 11 | 6 | Richard Richardsson |  Sweden | 34.76 | 5 | 36.70 | 21 | 1:11.46 |
| 12 | 22 | Roland Fischnaller |  Italy | 35.15 | 8 | 36.46 | 17 | 1:11.61 |
| 13 | 5 | Mathieu Bozzetto | France | 35.38 | 9 | 36.64 | 19 | 1:12.02 |
| 14 | 10 | Harald Walder | Austria | 35.40 | 10 | 36.71 | 22 | 1:12.11 |
| 15 | 21 | Emanuel Oppliger |  Australia | 35.56 | 24 | 35.55 | 6 | 1:12.11 |
| 16 | 7 | Daniel Biveson | Sweden | 36.07 | 14 | 36.08 | 12 | 1:12.15 |
| 17 | 19 | Markus Ebner |  Germany | 36.32 | 16 | 35.90 | 7 | 1:12.22 |
| 18 | 18 | Denis Salagayev |  Russia | 36.36 | 18 | 35.96 | 8 | 1:12.32 |
| 19 | 23 | Patrick Bussler | Germany | 36.42 | 22 | 36.12 | 13 | 1:12.54 |
| 20 | 11 | Jasey Jay Anderson |  Canada | 36.18 | 15 | 35.57 | 18 | 1:12.75 |
| 21 | 26 | Izidor Sustersic | Slovenia | 36.32 | 16 | 36.64 | 19 | 1:12.96 |
| 22 | 9 | Meinhard Erlacher | Italy | 36.88 | 26 | 36.34 | 16 | 1:13.22 |
| 23 | 29 | Filip Fischer | Sweden | 36.46 | 23 | 36.97 | 23 | 1:13.43 |
| 24 | 27 | Simone Salvati | Italy | 36.39 | 21 | 37.09 | 24 | 1:13.48 |
| 25 | 24 | Alexandr Belkin | Russia | 36.66 | 25 | 37.38 | 25 | 1:14.04 |
| 26 | 25 | Tomaz Knafelj | Slovenia | 36.37 | 19 | 38.50 | 28 | 1:14.87 |
| 27 | 31 | Radoslav Židek |  Slovakia | 38.30 | 28 | 38.21 | 26 | 1:16.51 |
| 28 | 30 | Kentaro Tsuruoka |  Japan | 39.71 | 29 | 38.43 | 27 | 1:18.14 |
| 29 | 20 | Philippe Berubé | Canada | 36.88 | 26 | 53.15 | 30 | 1:30.03 |
| 30 | 17 | Alexander Maier | Austria | - | DSQ | 40.57 | 29 | |
| - | 28 | Rudy Galli | Italy | - | DSQ | - | - |
The elimination round started at 1 p.m.(UTC+1) [3]
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | S. Schoch (SUI) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Biveson (SWE) | +0.52 | 1 | S. Schoch (SUI) | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | Kosir (SLO) | 8 | Kosir (SLO) | +1.27 | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | Jewell (USA) | +0.30 | 1 | S. Schoch (SUI) | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | Jaquet (SUI) | 13 | Bozzetto (FRA) | +0.38 | |||||||||||||||
| 12 | Fischnaller (ITA) | +0.51 | 5 | Jaquet (SUI) | +1.54 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Prommegger (AUT) | +0.54 | 13 | Bozzetto (FRA) | |||||||||||||||
| 13 | Bozzetto (FRA) | 1 | S. Schoch (SUI) | +0.73 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Inniger (SUI) | 2 | P. Schoch (SUI) | ||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Walder (AUT) | +0.66 | 3 | Inniger (SUI) | +0.61 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Grabner (AUT) | 6 | Grabner (AUT) | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Richardsson (SWE) | +1.44 | 6 | Grabner (AUT) | +0.34 | Third place | |||||||||||||
| 7 | Huet (FRA) | +0.53 | 2 | P. Schoch (SUI) | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | Flander (SLO) | 10 | Flander (SLO) | +1.07 | 13 | Bozzetto (FRA) | +0.41 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | P. Schoch (SUI) | 2 | P. Schoch (SUI) | 6 | Grabner (AUT) | ||||||||||||||
| 15 | Oppliger (AUS) | +1.37 | |||||||||||||||||
| Placement 5–8 | Placement 5–6 | ||||||||
| 8 | Kosir (SLO) | ||||||||
| 5 | Jaquet (SUI) | DSQ | |||||||
| 8 | Kosir (SLO) | +0.42 | |||||||
| 3 | Inniger (SUI) | ||||||||
| 3 | Inniger (SUI) | ||||||||
| 10 | Flander (SLO) | +0.14 | Placement 7–8 | ||||||
| 5 | Jaquet (SUI) | +0.41 | |||||||
| 10 | Flander (SLO) | ||||||||
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