The men's ski cross event in freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia took place on February 20, 2014.
Results The event was started at 11:45.Final Results
Seeding Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference Notes 1 4 1:15.59 0.00 Q 2 2 Christopher Del Bosco 1:15.91 +0.32 Q 3 8 Brady Leman 1:16.43 +0.84 Q 4 15 Jean-Frédéric Chapuis 1:16.77 +1.18 Q 5 18 Anton Grimus 1:16.82 +1.23 Q 6 9 David Duncan 1:17.31 +1.72 Q 7 13 Filip Flisar 1:17.35 +1.76 Q 8 16 Armin Niederer 1:17.39 +1.80 Q 9= 3 Tomáš Kraus 1:17.41 +1.82 Q 9= 12 Jouni Pellinen 1:17.41 +1.82 Q 11 17 Arnaud Bovolenta 1:17.48 +1.89 Q 12 5 Andreas Matt 1:17.55 +1.96 Q 13 7 Daniel Bohnacker 1:17.59 +2.00 Q 14= 22 Christoph Wahrstötter 1:17.72 +2.13 Q 14= 14 Thomas Zangerl 1:17.72 +2.13 Q 16 32 Sergey Mozhaev 1:17.83 +2.24 Q 17 24 Egor Korotkov 1:17.87 +2.28 Q 18 25 Didrik Bastian Juell 1:18.03 +2.44 Q 19 19 Thomas Fischer 1:18.06 +2.47 Q 20 6 John Teller 1:18.14 +2.55 Q 21 10 Jonas Devouassoux 1:18.32 +2.73 Q 22 28 Michael Forslund 1:18.33 +2.74 Q 23 20 Christian Mithassel 1:18.40 +2.81 Q 24 31 Scott Kneller 1:18.58 +2.99 Q 25 23 Thomas Borge Lie 1:18.69 +3.10 Q 26 29 Florian Eigler 1:18.91 +3.32 Q 27 27 John Eklund 1:18.97 +3.38 Q 28 26 Patrick Koller 1:19.12 +3.53 Q 29 11 Jonathan Midol 1:19.57 +3.98 Q 30 1 Alex Fiva – Q 31 21 Andreas Schauer – Q 32 30 Michael Schmid – Q Q – Qualified for 1/8 finals; DNF – Did not finish; DNS – Did not start
Elimination round 1/8 finals The 32 seeds advanced to the 1/8 finals. From here, they participated in four-person elimination races, with the top two from each race advancing.
Heat 1 Rank Bib Name CountryNotes 1 1 Victor Öhling Norberg Q 2 17 Egor Korotkov Q 3 16 Sergey Mozhaev 4 32 Michael Schmid DNS
Heat 2 Rank Bib Name CountryNotes 1 9 Jouni Pellinen Q 2 8 Armin Niederer Q 3 24 Scott Kneller 4 25 Thomas Borge Lie DNF
Heat 3 Rank Bib Name CountryNotes 1 12 Andreas Matt Q 2 21 Jonas Devouassoux Q 3 28 Patrick Koller 4 5 Anton Grimus
Heat 4 Rank Bib Name CountryNotes 1 4 Q 2 29 Jonathan Midol Q 3 13 Daniel Bohnacker 4 20 John Teller DNF
Heat 5 Rank Bib Name CountryNotes 1 3 Brady Leman Q 2 19 Thomas Fischer Q 3 14 Christoph Wahrstötter 4 30 Alex Fiva
Heat 6 Rank Bib Name CountryNotes 1 27 John Eklund Q 2 11 Arnaud Bovolenta Q 3 22 Michael Forslund 4 6 David Duncan
Heat 7 Rank Bib Name CountryNotes 1 7 Filip Flisar Q 2 26 Florian Eigler Q 3 10 Tomáš Kraus 4 23 Christian Mithassel DNF
Heat 8 Rank Bib Name CountryNotes 1 18 Didrik Bastian Juell Q 2 31 Andreas Schauer Q 3 2 Christopher Del Bosco 4 15 Thomas Zangerl
Quarterfinals The top 2 from each heat of the 1/8 round advanced to the 1/4 round. From here, they participated in four-person elimination races, with the top two from each race advancing.
Heat 1 Rank Bib Name CountryNotes 1 8 Armin Niederer Q 2 17 Egor Korotkov Q 3 1 Victor Öhling Norberg 4 9 Jouni Pellinen
Heat 2 Rank Bib Name CountryNotes 1 4 Jean-Frédéric Chapuis Q 2 29 Jonathan Midol Q 3 21 Jonas Devouassoux 4 12 Andreas Matt
Heat 3 Rank Bib Name CountryNotes 1 3 Brady Leman Q 2 11 Arnaud Bovolenta Q 3 27 John Eklund 4 19 Thomas Fischer DNF
Heat 4 Rank Bib Name CountryNotes 1 7 Filip Flisar Q 2 26 Florian Eigler Q 3 31 Andreas Schauer 4 18 Didrik Bastian Juell
Semifinals The top 2 from each heat of the 1/4 round advanced to the semifinals. From here, they participated in four-person elimination races, with the top two from each race advancing to the final and the third and fourth entering a classification race.
Heat 1 Rank Bib Name CountryNotes 1 4 Jean-Frédéric Chapuis Q 2 29 Jonathan Midol Q 3 17 Egor Korotkov 4 8 Armin Niederer
Heat 2 Rank Bib Name CountryNotes 1 3 Brady Leman Q 2 11 Arnaud Bovolenta Q 3 26 Florian Eigler 4 7 Filip Flisar
Finals Small Final Rank Bib Name Country Notes 5 17 Egor Korotkov 6 7 Filip Flisar 7 8 Armin Niederer 8 26 Florian Eigler DNF Big Final Rank Bib Name Country Notes 4 Jean-Frédéric Chapuis 11 Arnaud Bovolenta 29 Jonathan Midol 3 Brady Leman
Controversy Both Canada and Slovenia appealed separately to the Court of Arbitration for Sport that the three French athletes in the Big Final had their pants illegally changed by their coach. They argued it gave the three an aerodynamic advantage over the rest of the field. Both countries first appealed to the International Ski Federation, but were rejected since they appealed hours after the end of the competition (when the deadline was 15 minutes after the close of the race). The appeal to the court was ultimately unsuccessful as well, because the Court agreed with the ski federation that the appeal was filed past the deadline.
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