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. Rank Name Nationality Run 1 (time)Rank Run 2 (time)RankBest time 1 Drew Neilson 1:22.74 4 1:19.33 1 1:19.33 2 Marco Huser 1:22.39 2 1:20.26 2 1:20.26 3 Seth Wescott 1:22.82 5 1:20.69 3 1:20.69 4 Tommaso Tagliaferri 1:23.03 9 1:20.93 4 1:20.93 5 Xavier de Le Rue 1:23.42 14 1:20.97 5 1:20.97 6 Dieter Krassnig 1:24.01 21 1:21.00 6 1:21.00 7 Nate Holland 1:22.71 3 1:21.03 7 1:21.03 8 Jordi Font 1:22.35 1 1:21.18 8 1:21.18 9 Radoslav Židek 1:30.91 36 1:21.19 9 1:21.19 10 Paul-Henri de Le Rue 1:23.00 8 1:21.21 10 1:21.21 11 Lukas Gruener 1:23.05 10 1:21.28 11 1:21.28 12 Damon Hayler 1:24.79 28 1:21.51 12 1:21.51 13 Mateusz Ligocki 1:23.35 13 1:21.81 13 1:21.81 14 Jonte Grundelius 1:24.53 26 1:21.85 14 1:21.85 15 Jason R. Smith 1:23.65 15 1:21.98 15 1:21.98 16 Rafal Skarbek-Malczewski 1:24.70 27 1:22.07 16 1:22.07 17 Hans Joerg Unterrainer 1:23.32 12 1:22.10 17 1:22.10 18 Tom Velisek 1:22.83 6 1:22.12 18 1:22.12 19 Stefano Pozzolini1:24.52 25 1:22.23 19 1:22.23 20 Jasey Jay Anderson 1:24.25 22 1:22.27 20 1:22.27 21 Ueli Kestenholz 1:23.16 11 1:22.32 21 1:22.32 22 Alberto Schiavon 1:24.84 30 1:22.38 22 1:22.38 23 Michael Layer 1:23.92 19 1:22.43 23 1:22.43 24 Mattias Blomberg 1:23.98 20 1:22.48 24 1:22.48 25 Sylvain Duclos 1:23.85 18 1:22.55 25 1:22.55 26 Mario Fuchs 1:24.82 29 1:22.60 26 1:22.60 27 Itaru Chimura 1:25.86 32 1:22.83 27 1:22.83 28 Michal Novotny 1:22.92 7 1:23.68 34 1:22.92 29 Graham Watanabe 1:24.85 31 1:22.98 28 1:22.98 30 Francois Boivin 1:23.74 16 1:23.17 29 1:23.17 31 David Speiser 1:24.28 24 1:23.38 30 1:23.38 31 Jonatan Johansson 1:26.72 34 1:23.38 30 1:23.38 33 Simone Malusa 1:24.27 23 1:23.53 32 1:23.53 34 Ibón Idigoras 1:23.80 17 1:23.56 33 1:23.56 35 Pierre Vaultier 1:27.61 35 1:23.75 35 1:23.75 36 Alex Kupprion 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
Heat 1 Seed Name Rank17 132 21 316 4 Heat 2 Seed Name Rank9 18 224 325 4 Heat 3 Seed Name Rank12 128 25 321 4 Heat 4 Seed Name Rank20 14 229 313 4
Heat 5 Seed Name Rank3 130 219 314 4 Heat 6 Seed Name Rank6 127 222 311 4 Heat 7 Seed Name Rank7 110 226 323 4 Heat 8 Seed Name Rank15 12 218 331 4
Quarterfinals
Quarterfinal 1 Seed Name Rank9 18 232 317 4 Quarterfinal 2 Seed Name Rank20 112 24 328 4
Quarterfinal 3 Seed Name Rank3 16 230 327 4 Quarterfinal 4 Seed Name Rank15 110 22 37 4
Semifinals
Semifinal 1 Seed Name Rank9 18 212 DQ20 DQ
Semifinal 2 Seed Name Rank10 13 215 36 4
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 Seed Name Rank3 9 10 8 4 Small Final Seed Name Rank20 515 612 76 8 Classification 9–12 Seed Name Rank2 930 104 1132 12 Classification 13–16 Seed Name Rank28 137 1417 1527 16
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