Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's ski cross

The men's ski cross event in freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place on 21 February 2018 at the Bogwang Phoenix Park, Pyeongchang, South Korea.^[1][2]

Men's ski cross at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Bogwang Phoenix Park, Pyeongchang, South Korea
Dates	21 February
Competitors	31 from 11 nations
Medalists
Brady Leman  Canada Marc Bischofberger  Switzerland Sergey Ridzik  Olympic Athletes from Russia
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Qualification

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The top 32 athletes in the Olympic quota allocation list qualified, with a maximum of four athletes per National Olympic Committee (NOC) allowed. All athletes qualifying must also have placed in the top 30 of a FIS World Cup event or the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 during the qualification period (1 July 2016 to 21 January 2018) and also have a minimum of 80 FIS points to compete. If the host country, South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics did not qualify, their chosen athlete would displace the last qualified athlete, granted all qualification criterion was met.^[3]

Results

Seeding

The seeding round was held at 11:30.^[4]

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
1	9	Alex Fiva	Switzerland	1:08.74	−
2	10	Sergey Ridzik	Olympic Athletes from Russia	1:09.21	+0.47
3	16	Kevin Drury	Canada	1:09.41	+0.67
4	2	Armin Niederer	Switzerland	1:09.46	+0.72
5	14	Filip Flisar	Slovenia	1:09.65	+0.91
6	8	Christoph Wahrstötter	Austria	1:09.79	+1.05
7	15	Jean-Frédéric Chapuis	France	1:09.84	+1.10
8	6	Brady Leman	Canada	1:09.94	+1.20
9	11	Marc Bischofberger	Switzerland	1:09.99	+1.25
10	7	Paul Eckert	Germany	1:10.06	+1.32
11	28	Robert Winkler	Austria	1:10.09	+1.35
12	29	Stefan Thanei	Italy	1:10.10	+1.36
13	19	Jonas Lenherr	Switzerland	1:10.12	+1.38
14	1	Arnaud Bovolenta	France	1:10.12	+1.38
15	26	Siegmar Klotz	Italy	1:10.15	+1.41
16	20	Adam Kappacher	Austria	1:10.17	+1.43
17	24	Igor Omelin	Olympic Athletes from Russia	1:10.24	+1.50
18	13	François Place	France	1:10.26	+1.52
19	3	Victor Öhling Norberg	Sweden	1:10.26	+1.52
20	17	Tim Hronek	Germany	1:10.27	+1.53
21	27	Florian Wilmsmann	Germany	1:10.33	+1.59
22	23	Erik Mobärg	Sweden	1:10.36	+1.62
23	25	Egor Korotkov	Olympic Athletes from Russia	1:10.39	+1.65
24	4	Terence Tchiknavorian	France	1:10.41	+1.67
25	21	Jamie Prebble	New Zealand	1:10.48	+1.74
26	22	David Duncan	Canada	1:10.51	+1.77
27	30	Semen Denshchikov	Olympic Athletes from Russia	1:10.86	+2.12
28	12	Thomas Zangerl	Austria	1:10.96	+2.22
29	5	Viktor Andersson	Sweden	1:11.20	+2.46
30	31	Anton Grimus	Australia	1:40.80	+32.06
31	18	Christopher Del Bosco	Canada	1:48.25	+39.51

Elimination round

A knockout stage was held to determine the winner.^[5][6]

1/8 finals

Heat 1 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 1 Alex Fiva  Switzerland Q 2 16 Adam Kappacher  Austria Q 3 17 Igor Omelin  Olympic Athletes from Russia Heat 2 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 9 Marc Bischofberger  Switzerland Q 2 8 Brady Leman  Canada Q 3 25 Jamie Prebble  New Zealand 24 Terence Tchiknavorian  France DNF Heat 3 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 5 Filip Flisar  Slovenia Q 2 28 Thomas Zangerl  Austria Q 3 12 Stefan Thanei  Italy 4 21 Florian Wilmsmann  Germany Heat 4 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 4 Armin Niederer  Switzerland Q 2 13 Jonas Lenherr  Switzerland Q 3 20 Tim Hronek  Germany 4 29 Viktor Andersson  Sweden

Heat 5 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 3 Kevin Drury  Canada Q 2 14 Arnaud Bovolenta  France Q 3 19 Victor Öhling Norberg  Sweden 4 30 Anton Grimus  Australia Heat 6 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 11 Robert Winkler  Austria Q 2 27 Semen Denshchikov  Olympic Athletes from Russia Q 6 Christoph Wahrstötter  Austria DNF 22 Erik Mobärg  Sweden DNF Heat 7 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 26 David Duncan  Canada Q 2 7 Jean-Frédéric Chapuis  France Q 3 10 Paul Eckert  Germany 4 23 Egor Korotkov  Olympic Athletes from Russia Heat 8 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 18 François Place  France Q 2 2 Sergey Ridzik  Olympic Athletes from Russia Q 3 15 Siegmar Klotz  Italy 31 Christopher Del Bosco  Canada DNF

Quarterfinals

Heat 1 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 8 Brady Leman  Canada Q 2 9 Marc Bischofberger  Switzerland Q 1 Alex Fiva  Switzerland DNF 16 Adam Kappacher  Austria DNF Heat 2 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 4 Armin Niederer  Switzerland Q 2 5 Filip Flisar  Slovenia Q 3 28 Thomas Zangerl  Austria 4 13 Jonas Lenherr  Switzerland

Heat 3 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 3 Kevin Drury  Canada Q 2 14 Arnaud Bovolenta  France Q 3 27 Semen Denshchikov  Olympic Athletes from Russia 11 Robert Winkler  Austria DNF Heat 4 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 2 Sergey Ridzik  Olympic Athletes from Russia Q 2 26 David Duncan  Canada Q 3 18 François Place  France 4 7 Jean-Frédéric Chapuis  France

Semifinals

Heat 1 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 8 Brady Leman  Canada BF 2 9 Marc Bischofberger  Switzerland BF 3 4 Armin Niederer  Switzerland SF 4 5 Filip Flisar  Slovenia SF

Heat 2 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 3 Kevin Drury  Canada BF 2 2 Sergey Ridzik  Olympic Athletes from Russia BF 3 14 Arnaud Bovolenta  France SF 4 26 David Duncan  Canada SF

Finals

Small final

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Notes
5	4	Armin Niederer	Switzerland
6	14	Arnaud Bovolenta	France
7	5	Filip Flisar	Slovenia
8	26	David Duncan	Canada

Big final

The podium

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Notes
	8	Brady Leman	Canada
	9	Marc Bischofberger	Switzerland
	2	Sergey Ridzik	Olympic Athletes from Russia
4	3	Kevin Drury	Canada	DNF