The women's snowboard cross competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 16 February 2018 Bogwang Phoenix Park in Pyeongchang, South Korea.Start list The event was won by Michela Moioli. Julia Pereira de Sousa Mabileau became second, and Eva Samková, the defending champion, third.

In the finals, Lindsey Jacobellis lead from the start, but was passed first by Moioli, and then by Pereira de Sousa Mabileau. Before the final jump, she was fifth, also behind Samková and Chloé Trespeuch, the 2014 bronze medalist. In this jump, Trespeuch fell and crossed the finish line on her back; this allowed Jacobellis to finish fourth, 0.03 seconds behind Samková. Trespeuch, despite her fall, was fifth, and the last finalist, Aleksandra Zhekova, sixth. Jacobellis was consistently rated favorite in this Olympic event since 2006 and only won a medal once, silver in 2006.

In the victory ceremony, the medals were presented by Bernard Rajzman, member of the executive board of the International Olympic Committee, accompanied by Michel Vion, FIS Council Member.

Qualification

The top 24 athletes in the Olympic quota allocation list qualified, with a maximum of four athletes per National Olympic Committee (NOC) allowed. All athletes qualifying must also have placed in the top 30 of a FIS World Cup event or the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 during the qualification period (1 July 2016 to 21 January 2018) and also have a minimum of 100 FIS points to compete. If the host country, did not qualify, their chosen athlete would displace the last qualified athlete, granted all qualification criterion was met.

Results Qualification The qualification run was held at 10:00.

Rank Bib Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best Notes 1 16 Eva Samková 1:16.841:16.84 Q 2 2 Michela Moioli 1:16.971:16.97 Q 3 6 Faye Gulini 1:17.741:17.74 Q 4 13 Lindsey Jacobellis 1:18.051:18.05 Q 5 8 Charlotte Bankes 1:18.181:18.18 Q 6 4 Chloé Trespeuch 1:18.511:18.51 Q 7 18 Simona Meiler 1:18.951:18.95 Q 8 7 Nelly Moenne-Loccoz 1:20.231:20.23 Q 9 5 Aleksandra Zhekova 1:20.231:20.23 Q 10 10 Belle Brockhoff 1:20.341:20.34 Q 11 24 Meghan Tierney 1:20.521:20.52 Q 12 17 Mariya Vasiltsova 1:20.571:20.57 Q 13 1 Zoe Bergermann 1:21.571:18.651:18.65 Q 14 19 Kristina Paul 1:21.931:19.931:19.93 Q 15 12 Julia Pereira de Sousa Mabileau 1:21.721:20.171:20.17 Q 16 21 Alexandra Hasler 1:20.871:20.491:20.49 Q 17 20 Zoe Gillings-Brier 1:20.991:20.841:20.84 Q 18 11 Carle Brenneman 1:21.571:20.891:20.89 Q 19 9 Raffaella Brutto DNF1:21.141:21.14 Q 20 14 Tess Critchlow 1:21.391:21.831:21.39 Q 21 15 Lara Casanova 1:22.26DNS1:22.26 Q 22 22 Jana Fischer 1:22.92DNF1:22.92 Q 23 25 Zuzanna Smykała 1:23.411:23.441:23.41 Q 24 26 Vendula Hopjáková DNFDNFDNF Q 3 Meryeta O'Dine DNSDNSDNS 23 Isabel Clark Ribeiro DNSDNSDNS *

She suffered an accident and was injured in a training session on February 15.

Elimination round In the quarterfinals the first three ranked competitors in each heat proceed to the next phase. In the semifinals the first three ranked competitors of each heat proceed to the Big Final. The 4th to 6th ranked competitors of each heat proceed to the Small Final.Final results

Quarterfinals

Heat 1 Rank Bib Name CountryNotes 1 9 Aleksandra Zhekova Q 2 1 Eva Samková Q 3 8 Nelly Moenne-Loccoz Q 4 17 Zoe Gillings-Brier 5 16 Alexandra Hasler 24 Vendula Hopjáková DNS

Heat 2 Rank Bib Name CountryNotes 1 4 Lindsey Jacobellis Q 2 20 Tess Critchlow Q 3 5 Charlotte Bankes Q 4 21 Lara Casanova 12 Mariya Vasiltsova DNF 13 Zoe Bergermann DNF

Heat 3 Rank Bib Name CountryNotes 1 6 Chloé Trespeuch Q 2 14 Kristina Paul Q 3 19 Raffaella Brutto Q 4 22 Jana Fischer 5 11 Meghan Tierney 6 3 Faye Gulini

Heat 4 Rank Bib Name CountryNotes 1 2 Michela Moioli Q 2 15 Julia Pereira de Sousa Mabileau Q 3 10 Belle Brockhoff Q 4 18 Carle Brenneman 5 23 Zuzanna Smykała 6 7 Simona Meiler

Semifinals

Heat 1 Rank Bib Name CountryNotes 1 1 Eva Samková Q 2 4 Lindsey Jacobellis Q 3 9 Aleksandra Zhekova Q 4 20 Tess Critchlow 5 8 Nelly Moenne-Loccoz 5 Charlotte Bankes DNF

Heat 2 Rank Bib Name CountryNotes 1 2 Michela Moioli Q 2 6 Chloé Trespeuch Q 3 15 Julia Pereira de Sousa Mabileau Q 14 Kristina Paul DNF 10 Belle Brockhoff DNF 19 Raffaella Brutto DNF

Finals Small Final Rank Bib Name CountryNotes 7 5 Charlotte Bankes 8 19 Raffaella Brutto 9 20 Tess Critchlow 10 8 Nelly Moenne-Loccoz 11 10 Belle Brockhoff 12 14 Kristina Paul DNF Large Final Rank Bib Name CountryNotes 2 Michela Moioli 15 Julia Pereira de Sousa Mabileau 1 Eva Samková 4 4 Lindsey Jacobellis 5 6 Chloé Trespeuch 6 9 Aleksandra Zhekova

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