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

The women'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 17 February 2006.

Medalists

Results

Qualification

All competitors raced two qualification runs, with only the better of the two times used in the final ranking. The top 16 of the 23 competitors advanced to the quarter-finals. Struck-through runs in the table below represent the discarded time for a competitor. Rank Name Nationality Run 1 (time)Rank Run 2 (time)RankBest time 1 Maëlle Ricker 1:28.99 1 1:27.85 1 1:27.85 2 Dominique Maltais 1:33.03 13 1:29.33 2 1:29.33 3 Lindsey Jacobellis 1:30.89 6 1:29.51 3 1:29.51 4 Tanja Frieden 1:30.76 5 1:29.77 4 1:29.77 5 Maria Danielsson 1:30.01 2 2:06.56 21 1:30.01 6 Isabel Clark Ribeiro 1:30.12 3 1:31.49 10 1:30.12 7 Olivia Nobs 1:32.02 8 1:30.44 5 1:30.44 8 Marie Laissus 1:30.46 4 1:30.99 8 1:30.46 9 Déborah Anthonioz 1:31.22 7 1:30.89 6 1:30.89 10 Doresia Krings 1:45.53 21 1:30.90 7 1:30.90 11 Karine Ruby 1:42.51 20 1:31.03 9 1:31.03 12 Zoe Gillings 1:46.71 22 1:31.93 11 1:31.93 13 Katharina Himmler 1:32.15 9 1:33.89 17 1:32.15 14 Mellie Francon 1:32.31 10 1:32.30 12 1:32.30 15 Yuka Fujimori 1:32.46 11 1:32.63 13 1:32.46 16 Doris Günther 1:32.58 12 DNF 1:32.58 17 Erin Simmons 1:33.24 14 1:32.74 14 1:32.74 18 Carmen Ranigler DNF 1:32.91 15 1:32.91 19 Dominique Vallee1:34.76 16 1:33.57 16 1:33.57 20 Juliane Bray 1:34.45 15 1:39.81 20 1:34.45 21 Emily Thomas 1:37.69 19 1:34.57 18 1:34.57 22 Aleksandra Zhekova 1:36.13 17 1:35.50 19 1:35.50 23 Julie Pomagalski 1:36.32 18 DSQ 23 1:36.32

Elimination round The top 16 qualifiers advanced to the quarterfinal round. From here, they participated in four-person elimination races, with the top two from each race advancing.

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1 Seed Name Rank1 18 29 316 4 Quarterfinal 2 Seed Name Rank4 15 213 312 4

Quarterfinal 3 Seed Name Rank14 13 26 311 4 Quarterfinal 4 Seed Name Rank2 115 27 310 4

Semifinals

Semifinal 1 Seed Name Rank1 14 25 38 4

Semifinal 2 Seed Name Rank3 12 214 315 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.

In the large final, American Lindsey Jacobellis had a clear lead heading to the final hill, where she showboated by attempting a twisting grab in the air. She fell, allowing Tanja Frieden to sweep past her and claim the gold medal.

Large Final Seed Name Rank4 3 2 1 4 Small Final Seed Name Rank14 55 615 78 8 Classification 9-12 Seed Name Rank6 99 107 1113 12 Classification 13-16 Seed Name Rank10 1316 1412 1511 16

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