Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's snowboard cross


The men's snowboard cross event in snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Bardonecchia, a village in the Province of Turin, Italy. Competition took place on 16 February 2006.

Medalists

Results

Qualification

All competitors raced two qualification runs, with only the best of the two times used in the final ranking. The top 32 of the 36 competitors advanced to the 1/8 finals. Struck-through runs in the table below represent the discarded time for a competitor. Only one snowboarder, Michal Novotny, had first run that was faster than his second run.
RankNameNationalityRun 1 RankRun 2 RankBest time
1Drew Neilson1:22.7441:19.3311:19.33
2Marco Huser1:22.3921:20.2621:20.26
3Seth Wescott1:22.8251:20.6931:20.69
4Tommaso Tagliaferri1:23.0391:20.9341:20.93
5Xavier de Le Rue1:23.42141:20.9751:20.97
6Dieter Krassnig1:24.01211:21.0061:21.00
7Nate Holland1:22.7131:21.0371:21.03
8Jordi Font1:22.3511:21.1881:21.18
9Radoslav Židek1:30.91361:21.1991:21.19
10Paul-Henri de Le Rue1:23.0081:21.21101:21.21
11Lukas Gruener1:23.05101:21.28111:21.28
12Damon Hayler1:24.79281:21.51121:21.51
13Mateusz Ligocki1:23.35131:21.81131:21.81
14Jonte Grundelius1:24.53261:21.85141:21.85
15Jason R. Smith1:23.65151:21.98151:21.98
16Rafal Skarbek-Malczewski1:24.70271:22.07161:22.07
17Hans Joerg Unterrainer1:23.32121:22.10171:22.10
18Tom Velisek1:22.8361:22.12181:22.12
19Stefano Pozzolini1:24.52251:22.23191:22.23
20Jasey Jay Anderson1:24.25221:22.27201:22.27
21Ueli Kestenholz1:23.16111:22.32211:22.32
22Alberto Schiavon1:24.84301:22.38221:22.38
23Michael Layer1:23.92191:22.43231:22.43
24Mattias Blomberg1:23.98201:22.48241:22.48
25Sylvain Duclos1:23.85181:22.55251:22.55
26Mario Fuchs1:24.82291:22.60261:22.60
27Itaru Chimura1:25.86321:22.83271:22.83
28Michal Novotny1:22.9271:23.68341:22.92
29Graham Watanabe1:24.85311:22.98281:22.98
30Francois Boivin1:23.74161:23.17291:23.17
31David Speiser1:24.28241:23.38301:23.38
31Jonatan Johansson1:26.72341:23.38301:23.38
33Simone Malusa1:24.27231:23.53321:23.53
34Ibón Idigoras1:23.80171:23.56331:23.56
35Pierre Vaultier1:27.61351:23.75351:23.75
36Alex Kupprion1:26.22331:24.66361:24.66

Elimination round

The top 32 qualifiers advanced to the 1/8 round. From here, they participated in four-person elimination races, with the top two from each race advancing.

1/8 round

;Heat 1
SeedNameRank
171
322
13
164

;Heat 2
SeedNameRank
91
82
243
254

;Heat 3
SeedNameRank
121
282
53
214

;Heat 4
SeedNameRank
201
42
293
134

;Heat 5
SeedNameRank
31
302
193
144

;Heat 6
SeedNameRank
61
272
223
114

;Heat 7
SeedNameRank
71
102
263
234

;Heat 8
SeedNameRank
151
22
183
314

Quarterfinals

;Quarterfinal 1
SeedNameRank
91
82
323
174

;Quarterfinal 2
SeedNameRank
201
122
43
284

;Quarterfinal 3
SeedNameRank
31
62
303
274

;Quarterfinal 4
SeedNameRank
151
102
23
74

Semifinals

;Semifinal 1
SeedNameRank
91
82
12DQ
20DQ

;Semifinal 2
SeedNameRank
101
32
153
64

Finals

The four semifinalists who failed to advanced to the big final competed in the small final to determine 5th through 8th places. The four last place finishers in the quarterfinals contested a 13th–16th classification race, while the third-placed finishers raced for 9th through 13th.
;Large Final
SeedNameRank
3
9
10
84

;Small Final
SeedNameRank
205
156
127
68

;Classification 9–12
SeedNameRank
29
3010
411
3212

;Classification 13–16
SeedNameRank
2813
714
1715
2716