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

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Men's snowboard cross
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Snowboarding pictogram.svg
Pictogram for snowboarding
Venue Bardonecchia
Date February 16, 2006
Competitors 36 from 14 nations
Medalists
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1st Seth Wescott  United States
2nd Radoslav Židek  Slovakia
3rd Paul-Henri de Le Rue  France
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Snowboarding at the
2006 Winter Olympics
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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 February 16, 2006.

Medalists

Gold Seth Wescott
 United States
Silver Radoslav Židek
 Slovakia
Bronze Paul-Henri de Le Rue
 France

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.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Run 1 (time) Rank Run 2 (time) Rank Best time
1 Drew Neilson  Canada 1:22.74 4 1:19.33 1 1:19.33
2 Marco Huser  Switzerland 1:22.39 2 1:20.26 2 1:20.26
3 Seth Wescott  United States 1:22.82 5 1:20.69 3 1:20.69
4 Tommaso Tagliaferri 23x15px Italy 1:23.03 9 1:20.93 4 1:20.93
5 Xavier de Le Rue  France 1:23.42 14 1:20.97 5 1:20.97
6 Dieter Krassnig  Austria 1:24.01 21 1:21.00 6 1:21.00
7 Nate Holland  United States 1:22.71 3 1:21.03 7 1:21.03
8 Jordi Font  Spain 1:22.35 1 1:21.18 8 1:21.18
9 Radoslav Židek  Slovakia 1:30.91 36 1:21.19 9 1:21.19
10 Paul-Henri de Le Rue  France 1:23.00 8 1:21.21 10 1:21.21
11 Lukas Gruener  Austria 1:23.05 10 1:21.28 11 1:21.28
12 Damon Hayler  Australia 1:24.79 28 1:21.51 12 1:21.51
13 Mateusz Ligocki  Poland 1:23.35 13 1:21.81 13 1:21.81
14 Jonte Grundelius  Sweden 1:24.53 26 1:21.85 14 1:21.85
15 Jason R. Smith  United States 1:23.65 15 1:21.98 15 1:21.98
16 Rafal Skarbek-Malczewski  Poland 1:24.70 27 1:22.07 16 1:22.07
17 Hans Joerg Unterrainer  Austria 1:23.32 12 1:22.10 17 1:22.10
18 Tom Velisek  Canada 1:22.83 6 1:22.12 18 1:22.12
19 Stefano Pozzolini 23x15px Italy 1:24.52 25 1:22.23 19 1:22.23
20 Jasey Jay Anderson  Canada 1:24.25 22 1:22.27 20 1:22.27
21 Ueli Kestenholz  Switzerland 1:23.16 11 1:22.32 21 1:22.32
22 Alberto Schiavon 23x15px Italy 1:24.84 30 1:22.38 22 1:22.38
23 Michael Layer  Germany 1:23.92 19 1:22.43 23 1:22.43
24 Mattias Blomberg  Sweden 1:23.98 20 1:22.48 24 1:22.48
25 Sylvain Duclos  France 1:23.85 18 1:22.55 25 1:22.55
26 Mario Fuchs  Austria 1:24.82 29 1:22.60 26 1:22.60
27 Itaru Chimura  Japan 1:25.86 32 1:22.83 27 1:22.83
28 Michal Novotny  Czech Republic 1:22.92 7 1:23.68 34 1:22.92
29 Graham Watanabe  United States 1:24.85 31 1:22.98 28 1:22.98
30 Francois Boivin  Canada 1:23.74 16 1:23.17 29 1:23.17
31 David Speiser  Germany 1:24.28 24 1:23.38 30 1:23.38
31 Jonatan Johansson  Sweden 1:26.72 34 1:23.38 30 1:23.38
33 Simone Malusa 23x15px Italy 1:24.27 23 1:23.53 32 1:23.53
34 Ibon Idigoras  Spain 1:23.80 17 1:23.56 33 1:23.56
35 Pierre Vaultier  France 1:27.61 35 1:23.75 35 1:23.75
36 Alex Kupprion  Germany 1:26.22 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. [1]

Large Final
Seed Name Rank
3  Seth Wescott (USA) Gold medal icon.svg
9  Radoslav Židek (SVK) Silver medal icon.svg
10  Paul-Henri de Le Rue (FRA) Bronze medal icon.svg
8  Jordi Font (ESP) 4
Small Final
Seed Name Rank
20  Jasey Jay Anderson (CAN) 5
15  Jason R. Smith (USA) 6
12  Damon Hayler (AUS) 7
6  Dieter Krassnig (AUT) 8
Classification 9–12
Seed Name Rank
2  Marco Huser (SUI) 9
30  Francois Boivin (CAN) 10
4 22x20px Tommaso Tagliaferri (ITA) 11
32  Jonatan Johansson (SWE) 12
Classification 13–16
Seed Name Rank
28  Michal Novotny (CZE) 13
7  Nate Holland (USA) 14
17  Hans Joerg Unterrainer (AUT) 15
27  Itaru Chimura (JPN) 16

References

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