Men's snowboard cross
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Snowboarding
VenueGenting Snow Park,
Zhangjiakou
Date10 February
Competitors31 from 13 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alessandro Hämmerle  Austria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Éliot Grondin  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Omar Visintin  Italy

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
115Éliot Grondin Canada1:16.29–1:16.29
27Julian Lüftner Austria1:17.00–1:17.00
313Jakob Dusek Austria1:17.05–1:17.05
42Alessandro Hämmerle Austria1:17.24–1:17.24
511Martin Nörl Germany1:17.38–1:17.38
616Omar Visintin Italy1:17.68–1:17.68
78Hagen Kearney United States1:17.81–1:17.81
84Cameron Bolton Australia1:17.92–1:17.92
93Lorenzo Sommariva Italy1:17.98–1:17.98
1012Nick Baumgartner United States1:18.01–1:18.01
1123Umito Kirchwehm Germany1:18.22–1:18.22
1219Paul Berg Germany1:18.31–1:18.31
1320Liam Moffatt Canada1:18.45–1:18.45
149Lukas Pachner Austria1:18.49–1:18.49
1517Adam Dickson Australia1:18.56–1:18.56
166Merlin Surget France1:18.64–1:18.64
1710Adam Lambert Australia1:19.331:17.561:17.56
1825Jake Vedder United States1:18.831:17.881:17.88
1918Tommaso Leoni Italy1:19.451:18.131:18.13
2024Mick Dierdorff United States1:19.661:18.641:18.64
2114Lucas Eguibar Spain1:18.731:19.931:18.73
225Kalle Koblet Switzerland1:19.391:18.941:18.94
2321Yoshiki Takahara Japan1:19.261:19.161:19.16
2422Loan Bozzolo France1:19.751:19.231:19.23
2530Daniil Donskikh ROC1:19.361:19.931:19.36
2628Kevin Hill Canada1:20.241:19.451:19.45
271Glenn de Blois Netherlands1:20.751:19.691:19.69
2829Jarryd Hughes Australia1:21.281:20.481:20.48
2931Huw Nightingale Great Britain1:20.791:20.721:20.72
3026Léo Le Blé Jaques France1:21.061:21.361:21.06
3127Filippo Ferrari Italy1:24.77DNF1:24.77
3232Radek Houser Czech RepublicDNSDNSDNS

Elimination round

1/8 finals

[4][5]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Small final
RankBibNameCountryNotes
516Merlin Surget France
618Jake Vedder United States
721Lucas Eguibar Spain
819Tommaso Leoni Italy
Big final
RankBibNameCountryNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)4Alessandro Hämmerle Austria
2nd place, silver medalist(s)1Éliot Grondin Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)6Omar Visintin Italy
42Julian Lüftner Austria

References

  1. ↑ "Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 9" (PDF). New.inews.gtimg.com. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Qualification System for XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 International Ski Federation Snowboard" (PDF). Fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). 19 October 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Seeding results" (PDF). Data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Brackets" (PDF). Data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "Final results" (PDF). Data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
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