Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's snowboard cross

The men's snowboard cross competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 15 February 2018 Bogwang Phoenix Park in Pyeongchang, South Korea.^[1][2]

Men's snowboard cross at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Bogwang Phoenix Park
Date	15 February
Competitors	39 from 16 nations
Medalists
Pierre Vaultier  France Jarryd Hughes  Australia Regino Hernández  Spain
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In the victory ceremony, the medals were presented by James Tomkins, member of the International Olympic Committee, accompanied by Dean Gosper, FIS council member.

Qualification

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The top 40 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 (July 1, 2016 to January 21, 2018) and also have a minimum of 100 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 run was held at 11:00.^[4]

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Notes
1	15	Pierre Vaultier	France	1:13.14	—	1:13.14
2	7	Omar Visintin	Italy	1:13.25	—	1:13.25
3	9	Regino Hernández	Spain	1:13.67	—	1:13.67
4	22	Nikolay Olyunin	Olympic Athletes from Russia	1:13.78	—	1:13.78
5	29	Merlin Surget	France	1:13.82	—	1:13.82
6	5	Hagen Kearney	United States	1:13.94	—	1:13.94
7	1	Martin Nörl	Germany	1:14.12	—	1:14.12
8	17	Kevin Hill	Canada	1:14.24	—	1:14.24
9	31	Kalle Koblet	Switzerland	1:14.25	—	1:14.25
10	27	Ken Vuagnoux	France	1:14.29	—	1:14.29
11	23	Chris Robanske	Canada	1:14.35	—	1:14.35
11	25	Cameron Bolton	Australia	1:14.35	—	1:14.35
13	26	Lorenzo Sommariva	Italy	1:14.36	—	1:14.36
14	11	Paul Berg	Germany	1:14.39	—	1:14.39
15	10	Nick Baumgartner	United States	1:14.46	—	1:14.46
16	28	Hanno Douschan	Austria	1:14.53	—	1:14.53
17	16	Markus Schairer	Austria	1:14.56	—	1:14.56
18	4	Emanuel Perathoner	Italy	1:14.62	—	1:14.62
19	21	Jonathan Cheever	United States	1:14.72	—	1:14.72
20	13	Alex Pullin	Australia	1:14.76	—	1:14.76
21	33	Jérôme Lymann	Switzerland	1:14.77	—	1:14.77
22	14	Adam Lambert	Australia	1:14.94	—	1:14.94
23	30	Anton Lindfors	Finland	1:15.01	—	1:15.01
24	2	Alessandro Hämmerle	Austria	1:15.03	—	1:15.03
25	12	Jarryd Hughes	Australia	1:15.69	1:13.73	1:13.73
26	6	Lucas Eguibar	Spain	1:18.42	1:14.45	1:14.45
27	3	Mick Dierdorff	United States	1:15.47	1:14.52	1:14.52
28	19	Michele Godino	Italy	1:20.88	1:14.96	1:14.96
29	39	Steven Williams	Argentina	1:17.12	1:15.35	1:15.35
30	32	Lluís Marin Tarroch	Andorra	1:15.47	1:15.37	1:15.37
31	35	Daniil Dilman	Olympic Athletes from Russia	1:15.40	1:16.11	1:15.40
32	34	Jan Kubičík	Czech Republic	1:15.73	1:16.25	1:15.73
33	20	Konstantin Schad	Germany	1:15.73	DNS	1:15.73
34	38	Éliot Grondin	Canada	1:28.89	1:15.93	1:15.93
35	36	Loan Bozzolo	France	1:16.15	1:16.11	1:16.11
36	24	Duncan Campbell	New Zealand	1:16.68	DNF	1:16.68
37	37	Laro Herrero	Spain	1:17.62	1:16.97	1:16.97
38	8	Lukas Pachner	Austria	1:16.99	1:17.48	1:16.99
39	40	Mateusz Ligocki	Poland	1:19.48	1:19.22	1:19.22
40	18	Baptiste Brochu	Canada	DNS	DNS	DNS

Elimination round

The top three finishers from each heat advance to the next round. In the semifinals the first three ranked competitors of each heat proceed to the Big Final. The 4th to 6th ranked competitors of each heat proceed to the Small Final.^[5][6]

1/8 round

Heat 1 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 25 Jarryd Hughes  Australia Q 2 1 Pierre Vaultier  France Q 3 17 Markus Schairer  Austria Q 4 16 Hanno Douschan  Austria 40 Baptiste Brochu  Canada DNS Heat 2 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 24 Alessandro Hämmerle  Austria Q 2 8 Kevin Hill  Canada Q 3 9 Kalle Koblet  Switzerland Q 4 33 Konstantin Schad  Germany 5 32 Jan Kubičík  Czech Republic Heat 3 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 21 Jérôme Lymann  Switzerland Q 2 12 Cameron Bolton  Australia Q 3 5 Merlin Surget  France Q 4 29 Steven Williams  Argentina 5 36 Duncan Campbell  New Zealand Heat 4 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 4 Nikolay Olyunin  Olympic Athletes from Russia Q 2 20 Alex Pullin  Australia Q 3 28 Michele Godino  Italy Q 4 13 Lorenzo Sommariva  Italy 5 37 Laro Herrero  Spain

Heat 5 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 27 Mick Dierdorff  United States Q 2 14 Paul Berg  Germany Q 3 3 Regino Hernández  Spain Q 4 19 Jonathan Cheever  United States 5 37 Lukas Pachner  Austria Heat 6 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 6 Hagen Kearney  United States Q 2 11 Chris Robanske  Canada Q 3 35 Loan Bozzolo  France Q 4 22 Adam Lambert  Australia 5 30 Lluís Marin Tarroch  Andorra Heat 7 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 7 Martin Nörl  Germany Q 2 10 Ken Vuagnoux  France Q 3 23 Anton Lindfors  Finland Q 4 31 Daniil Dilman  Olympic Athletes from Russia 5 34 Éliot Grondin  Canada Heat 8 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 18 Emanuel Perathoner  Italy Q 2 15 Nick Baumgartner  United States Q 3 39 Mateusz Ligocki  Poland Q 4 2 Omar Visintin  Italy 26 Lucas Eguibar  Spain DNF

Quarterfinals

Heat 1 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 1 Pierre Vaultier  France Q 2 25 Jarryd Hughes  Australia Q 3 24 Alessandro Hämmerle  Austria Q 4 8 Kevin Hill  Canada 17 Markus Schairer  Austria DNF 9 Kalle Koblet  Switzerland DNF Heat 2 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 4 Nikolay Olyunin  Olympic Athletes from Russia Q 2 20 Alex Pullin  Australia Q 3 12 Cameron Bolton  Australia Q 4 21 Jérôme Lymann  Switzerland 5 Merlin Surget  France DNF 28 Michele Godino  Italy DNF

Heat 3 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 3 Regino Hernández  Spain Q 2 27 Mick Dierdorff  United States Q 3 11 Chris Robanske  Canada Q 4 6 Hagen Kearney  United States 14 Paul Berg  Germany DNF 35 Loan Bozzolo  France DNF Heat 4 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 7 Martin Nörl  Germany Q 2 15 Nick Baumgartner  United States Q 3 23 Anton Lindfors  Finland Q 4 18 Emanuel Perathoner  Italy 10 Ken Vuagnoux  France DNF 39 Mateusz Ligocki  Poland DNF

Semifinals

Semifinal 1 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 20 Alex Pullin  Australia Q 2 25 Jarryd Hughes  Australia Q 3 1 Pierre Vaultier  France Q 4 12 Cameron Bolton  Australia 5 24 Alessandro Hämmerle  Austria 4 Nikolay Olyunin  Olympic Athletes from Russia DNF

Semifinal 2 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 3 Regino Hernández  Spain Q 2 15 Nick Baumgartner  United States Q 3 27 Mick Dierdorff  United States Q 4 7 Martin Nörl  Germany 5 23 Anton Lindfors  Finland 11 Chris Robanske  Canada DNF

Finals

Small final

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Notes
7	24	Alessandro Hämmerle	Austria
8	7	Martin Nörl	Germany
9	23	Anton Lindfors	Finland
10	12	Cameron Bolton	Australia
11	4	Nikolay Olyunin	Olympic Athletes from Russia	DNS
11	11	Chris Robanske	Canada	DNS

Big final

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Notes
	1	Pierre Vaultier	France
	25	Jarryd Hughes	Australia
	3	Regino Hernández	Spain
4	15	Nick Baumgartner	United States
5	27	Mick Dierdorff	United States
6	20	Alex Pullin †	Australia	DNF