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.[1]
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| Venue | Bardonecchia | ||||||||||||
| Date | 16 February 2006 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 36 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
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| Halfpipe | men | women |
| Parallel giant slalom | men | women |
| Snowboard cross | men | women |
Medalists
| Gold | Seth Wescott |
| Silver | Radoslav Židek |
| Bronze | Paul-Henri de Le Rue |
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.[2]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Run 1 (time) | Rank | Run 2 (time) | Rank | Best time |
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| 1 | Drew Neilson |  | 4 | 1:19.33 | 1 | 1:19.33 | |
| 2 | Marco Huser |  | 2 | 1:20.26 | 2 | 1:20.26 | |
| 3 | Seth Wescott | | 5 | 1:20.69 | 3 | 1:20.69 | |
| 4 | Tommaso Tagliaferri | .svg.png){kind=small} | 9 | 1:20.93 | 4 | 1:20.93 | |
| 5 | Xavier de Le Rue | | 14 | 1:20.97 | 5 | 1:20.97 | |
| 6 | Dieter Krassnig |  | 21 | 1:21.00 | 6 | 1:21.00 | |
| 7 | Nate Holland | | 3 | 1:21.03 | 7 | 1:21.03 | |
| 8 | Jordi Font |  | 1 | 1:21.18 | 8 | 1:21.18 | |
| 9 | Radoslav Židek | | 36 | 1:21.19 | 9 | 1:21.19 | |
| 10 | Paul-Henri de Le Rue | | 8 | 1:21.21 | 10 | 1:21.21 | |
| 11 | Lukas Gruener | | 10 | 1:21.28 | 11 | 1:21.28 | |
| 12 | Damon Hayler |  | 28 | 1:21.51 | 12 | 1:21.51 | |
| 13 | Mateusz Ligocki |  | 13 | 1:21.81 | 13 | 1:21.81 | |
| 14 | Jonte Grundelius |  | 26 | 1:21.85 | 14 | 1:21.85 | |
| 15 | Jason R. Smith | | 15 | 1:21.98 | 15 | 1:21.98 | |
| 16 | Rafal Skarbek-Malczewski | | 27 | 1:22.07 | 16 | 1:22.07 | |
| 17 | Hans Joerg Unterrainer | | 12 | 1:22.10 | 17 | 1:22.10 | |
| 18 | Tom Velisek | | 6 | 1:22.12 | 18 | 1:22.12 | |
| 19 | Stefano Pozzolini | | 25 | 1:22.23 | 19 | 1:22.23 | |
| 20 | Jasey Jay Anderson | | 22 | 1:22.27 | 20 | 1:22.27 | |
| 21 | Ueli Kestenholz | | 11 | 1:22.32 | 21 | 1:22.32 | |
| 22 | Alberto Schiavon | | 30 | 1:22.38 | 22 | 1:22.38 | |
| 23 | Michael Layer |  | 19 | 1:22.43 | 23 | 1:22.43 | |
| 24 | Mattias Blomberg | | 20 | 1:22.48 | 24 | 1:22.48 | |
| 25 | Sylvain Duclos | | 18 | 1:22.55 | 25 | 1:22.55 | |
| 26 | Mario Fuchs | | 29 | 1:22.60 | 26 | 1:22.60 | |
| 27 | Itaru Chimura |  | 32 | 1:22.83 | 27 | 1:22.83 | |
| 28 | Michal Novotny |  | 1:22.92 | 7 | 34 | 1:22.92 | |
| 29 | Graham Watanabe | | 31 | 1:22.98 | 28 | 1:22.98 | |
| 30 | Francois Boivin | | 16 | 1:23.17 | 29 | 1:23.17 | |
| 31 | David Speiser | | 24 | 1:23.38 | 30 | 1:23.38 | |
| 31 | Jonatan Johansson | | 34 | 1:23.38 | 30 | 1:23.38 | |
| 33 | Simone Malusa | | 23 | 1:23.53 | 32 | 1:23.53 | |
| 34 | Ibón Idigoras | | 17 | 1:23.56 | 33 | 1:23.56 | |
| 35 | Pierre Vaultier | | 35 | 1:23.75 | 35 | 1:23.75 | |
| 36 | Alex Kupprion | | 33 | 1:24.66 | 36 | 1:24.66 |
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
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Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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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. [2]
- Large Final
| Seed | Name | Rank |
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| 3 | |  |
| 9 | |  |
| 10 | |  |
| 8 | | 4 |
- Small Final
| Seed | Name | Rank |
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| 20 | | 5 |
| 15 | | 6 |
| 12 | | 7 |
| 6 | | 8 |
- Classification 9–12
| Seed | Name | Rank |
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| 2 | | 9 |
| 30 | | 10 |
| 4 | | 11 |
| 32 | | 12 |
- Classification 13–16
| Seed | Name | Rank |
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| 28 | | 13 |
| 7 | | 14 |
| 17 | | 15 |
| 27 | | 16 |
References
- "Snowboarding at the 2006 Torino Winter Games: Men's Boardercross". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- "Torino 2006 Official Report – Snowboarding" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
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