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

Men's snowboard cross
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Men's snowboard cross; at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
	Snowboarding
Venue	Genting Snow Park,; Zhangjiakou
Date	10 February
Competitors	31 from 13 nations
Medalists
	← 2018 2026 →

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]

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Run 1	Run 2	Best
1	15	Éliot Grondin	Canada	1:16.29	–	1:16.29
2	7	Julian Lüftner	Austria	1:17.00	–	1:17.00
3	13	Jakob Dusek	Austria	1:17.05	–	1:17.05
4	2	Alessandro Hämmerle	Austria	1:17.24	–	1:17.24
5	11	Martin Nörl	Germany	1:17.38	–	1:17.38
6	16	Omar Visintin	Italy	1:17.68	–	1:17.68
7	8	Hagen Kearney	United States	1:17.81	–	1:17.81
8	4	Cameron Bolton	Australia	1:17.92	–	1:17.92
9	3	Lorenzo Sommariva	Italy	1:17.98	–	1:17.98
10	12	Nick Baumgartner	United States	1:18.01	–	1:18.01
11	23	Umito Kirchwehm	Germany	1:18.22	–	1:18.22
12	19	Paul Berg	Germany	1:18.31	–	1:18.31
13	20	Liam Moffatt	Canada	1:18.45	–	1:18.45
14	9	Lukas Pachner	Austria	1:18.49	–	1:18.49
15	17	Adam Dickson	Australia	1:18.56	–	1:18.56
16	6	Merlin Surget	France	1:18.64	–	1:18.64
17	10	Adam Lambert	Australia	1:19.33	1:17.56	1:17.56
18	25	Jake Vedder	United States	1:18.83	1:17.88	1:17.88
19	18	Tommaso Leoni	Italy	1:19.45	1:18.13	1:18.13
20	24	Mick Dierdorff	United States	1:19.66	1:18.64	1:18.64
21	14	Lucas Eguibar	Spain	1:18.73	1:19.93	1:18.73
22	5	Kalle Koblet	Switzerland	1:19.39	1:18.94	1:18.94
23	21	Yoshiki Takahara	Japan	1:19.26	1:19.16	1:19.16
24	22	Loan Bozzolo	France	1:19.75	1:19.23	1:19.23
25	30	Daniil Donskikh	ROC	1:19.36	1:19.93	1:19.36
26	28	Kevin Hill	Canada	1:20.24	1:19.45	1:19.45
27	1	Glenn de Blois	Netherlands	1:20.75	1:19.69	1:19.69
28	29	Jarryd Hughes	Australia	1:21.28	1:20.48	1:20.48
29	31	Huw Nightingale	Great Britain	1:20.79	1:20.72	1:20.72
30	26	Léo Le Blé Jaques	France	1:21.06	1:21.36	1:21.06
31	27	Filippo Ferrari	Italy	1:24.77	DNF	1:24.77
32	32	Radek Houser	Czech Republic	DNS	DNS	DNS

Elimination round

1/8 finals

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Heat 1

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Notes
1	1	Éliot Grondin	Canada	Q
2	16	Merlin Surget	France	Q
3	17	Adam Lambert	Australia
	32	Radek Houser	Czech Republic	DNS

Heat 2

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Notes
1	8	Cameron Bolton	Australia	Q
2	24	Loan Bozzolo	France	Q
3	25	Daniil Donskikh	ROC
	9	Lorenzo Sommariva	Italy	DNF

Heat 3

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Notes
1	5	Martin Nörl	Germany	Q
2	21	Lucas Eguibar	Spain	Q
3	12	Paul Berg	Germany
4	28	Jarryd Hughes	Australia

Heat 4

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Notes
1	20	Mick Dierdorff	United States	Q
2	4	Alessandro Hämmerle	Austria	Q
3	13	Liam Moffatt	Canada
4	29	Huw Nightingale	Great Britain

Heat 5

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Notes
1	19	Tommaso Leoni	Italy	Q
2	30	Léo Le Blé Jaques	France	Q
3	14	Lukas Pachner	Austria
4	3	Jakob Dusek	Austria

Heat 6

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Notes
1	6	Omar Visintin	Italy	Q
2	11	Umito Kirchwehm	Germany	Q
3	22	Kalle Koblet	Switzerland
4	27	Glenn de Blois	Netherlands

Heat 7

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Notes
1	23	Yoshiki Takahara	Japan	Q
2	10	Nick Baumgartner	United States	Q
3	7	Hagen Kearney	United States
4	26	Kevin Hill	Canada

Heat 8

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Notes
1	18	Jake Vedder	United States	Q
2	2	Julian Lüftner	Austria	Q
3	15	Adam Dickson	Australia
	31	Filippo Ferrari	Italy	DNS

Quarterfinals

Heat 1

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Notes
1	1	Éliot Grondin	Canada	Q
2	16	Merlin Surget	France	Q
3	24	Loan Bozzolo	France
4	8	Cameron Bolton	Australia

Heat 2

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Notes
1	4	Alessandro Hämmerle	Austria	Q
2	21	Lucas Eguibar	Spain	Q
	20	Mick Dierdorff	United States	DNF
	5	Martin Nörl	Germany	DNF

Heat 3

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Notes
1	6	Omar Visintin	Italy	Q
2	19	Tommaso Leoni	Italy	Q
3	30	Léo Le Blé Jaques	France
	11	Umito Kirchwehm	Germany	DNF

Heat 4

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Notes
1	2	Julian Lüftner	Austria	Q
2	18	Jake Vedder	United States	Q
3	10	Nick Baumgartner	United States
	23	Yoshiki Takahara	Japan	DNF

Semifinals

Heat 1

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Notes
1	1	Éliot Grondin	Canada	Q
2	4	Alessandro Hämmerle	Austria	Q
3	16	Merlin Surget	France
4	21	Lucas Eguibar	Spain

Heat 2

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Notes
1	2	Julian Lüftner	Austria	Q
2	6	Omar Visintin	Italy	Q
3	18	Jake Vedder	United States
4	19	Tommaso Leoni	Italy

Finals

Small final

Rank	Bib	Name	Country
5	16	Merlin Surget	France
6	18	Jake Vedder	United States
7	21	Lucas Eguibar	Spain
8	19	Tommaso Leoni	Italy

Big final

Rank	Bib	Name	Country
	4	Alessandro Hämmerle	Austria
	1	Éliot Grondin	Canada
	6	Omar Visintin	Italy
4	2	Julian Lüftner	Austria

References

^ "Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 9" (PDF). New.inews.gtimg.com. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
^ "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.
^ "Seeding results" (PDF). Data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
^ "Brackets" (PDF). Data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
^ "Final results" (PDF). Data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

[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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Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Qualification
Big air	men		women
Halfpipe	men		women
Parallel giant slalom	men		women
Slopestyle	men		women
Snowboard cross	men		women
Snowboard cross team		mixed
v t e

v t e Olympic champions in men's snowboarding
Big air	2018: Sébastien Toutant (CAN) 2022: Su Yiming (CHN)
Giant slalom	1998: Ross Rebagliati (CAN)
Halfpipe	1998: Gian Simmen (SUI) 2002: Ross Powers (USA) 2006: Shaun White (USA) 2010: Shaun White (USA) 2014: Iouri Podladtchikov (SUI) 2018: Shaun White (USA) 2022: Ayumu Hirano (JPN)
Parallel giant slalom	2002: Philipp Schoch (SUI) 2006: Philipp Schoch (SUI) 2010: Jasey-Jay Anderson (CAN) 2014: Vic Wild (RUS) 2018: Nevin Galmarini (SUI) 2022: Benjamin Karl (AUT)
Parallel slalom	2014: Vic Wild (RUS)
Slopestyle	2014: Sage Kotsenburg (USA) 2018: Red Gerard (USA) 2022: Max Parrot (CAN)
Snowboard cross	2006: Seth Wescott (USA) 2010: Seth Wescott (USA) 2014: Pierre Vaultier (FRA) 2018: Pierre Vaultier (FRA) 2022: Alessandro Hämmerle (AUT)