The women's snowboard cross competition in snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 9 February, at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou. Lindsey Jacobellis of the United States became the Olympic champion. Jacobellis dominated the snowboard cross for almost two decades, winning the X Games ten times and the world championships six times, but her only Olympic medal so far was the silver in 2006, when she started celebrating her win too early and was overtaken at the finish line. Chloé Trespeuch of France, the 2014 bronze medalist, won the silver medal, and Meryeta O'Dine of Canada the bronze, her first Olympic medal.

In the victory ceremony, the medals were presented by Pál Schmitt, IOC Member, Hungary, Olympian, 2 Golds for Fencing 1968 and Fencing 1972, accompanied by Johan Eliasch, FIS President, Great Britain.

The defending champion was Michela Moioli. The 2018 silver medalist, Julia Pereira de Sousa Mabileau, qualified for the Olympics as well. The bronze medalist and the 2014 champion, Eva Samková, was injured and could not participate. At the 2021–22 FIS Snowboard World Cup, six snowboard cross events were held before the Olympics. Charlotte Bankes was leading the ranking, followed by Trespeuch and Moioli. Bankes was the 2021 world champion, with Moioli and Samková being the silver and bronze medalists, respectively.

Qualification

A total of 32 snowboarders qualified to compete at the games. For an athlete to compete they must have a minimum of 100.00 FIS points on the FIS Points List on 17 January 2022 and a top 30 finish in a World Cup event or at the FIS Snowboard World Championships 2021. A country could enter a maximum of four athletes into the event.

Results Seeding run The seeding run was held at 11:00. Rank Bib Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best 1 4 Michela Moioli 1:22.19 – 1:22.19 2 3 Charlotte Bankes 1:22.72 – 1:22.72 3 14 Meryeta O'Dine 1:23.01 – 1:23.01 4 1 Stacy Gaskill 1:23.14 – 1:23.14 5 6 Lindsey Jacobellis 1:23.44 – 1:23.44 6 10 Julia Pereira de Sousa Mabileau 1:23.89 – 1:23.89 7 5 Faye Gulini 1:23.98 – 1:23.98 8 7 Chloé Trespeuch 1:24.27 – 1:24.27 9 8 Pia Zerkhold 1:24.53 – 1:24.53 10 16 Kristina Paul 1:24.76 – 1:24.76 11 25 Caterina Carpano 1:24.87 – 1:24.87 12 15 Manon Petit-Lenoir 1:24.96 – 1:24.96 13 12 Audrey McManiman 1:24.98 – 1:24.98 14 20 Josie Baff 1:25.11 – 1:25.11 15 22 Sophie Hediger 1:25.14 – 1:25.14 16 23 Meghan Tierney 1:25.16 – 1:25.16 17 17 Lara Casanova 1:26.89 1:24.12 1:24.12 18 2 Belle Brockhoff 1:25.72 1:24.72 1:24.72 19 29 Aleksandra Parshina 1:27.16 1:24.76 1:24.76 20 26 Jana Fischer 1:25.76 1:24.88 1:24.88 21 19 Alexia Queyrel 1:25.25 1:25.17 1:25.17 22 21 Francesca Gallina 1:25.27 1:25.51 1:25.27 23 27 Vendula Hopjáková 1:26.26 1:25.49 1:25.49 24 13 Zoe Bergermann 1:28.68 1:25.84 1:25.84 25 24 Mariya Vasiltsova 1:26.39 1:25.90 1:25.90 26 9 Tess Critchlow 1:26.51 1:26.13 1:26.13 27 28 Ekaterina Lokteva-Zagorskaia 1:26.22 1:26.41 1:26.22 28 18 Sina Siegenthaler 1:26.62 1:27.44 1:26.62 29 11 Sofia Belingheri 1:27.81 1:33.48 1:27.81 30 32 Feng He 1:34.31 1:31.25 1:31.25 31 30 Maeva Estévez DNF DNS DNF 32 31 Yuka Nakamura DNS DNS DNS

Elimination round 1/8 finals

Heat 1 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 1 Michela Moioli Q 2 16 Meghan Tierney Q 3 17 Lara Casanova 32 Yuka Nakamura DNS

Heat 2 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 8 Chloé Trespeuch Q 2 24 Zoe Bergermann Q 3 9 Pia Zerkhold 4 25 Mariya Vasiltsova

Heat 3 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 5 Lindsey Jacobellis Q 2 28 Sina Siegenthaler Q 3 12 Manon Petit-Lenoir 4 21 Alexia Queyrel

Heat 4 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 4 Stacy Gaskill Q 2 13 Audrey McManiman Q 3 20 Jana Fischer 4 29 Sofia Belingheri

Heat 5 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 3 Meryeta O'Dine Q 2 19 Aleksandra Parshina Q 3 14 Josie Baff 4 30 Feng He

Heat 6 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 6 Julia Pereira de Sousa Mabileau Q 2 11 Caterina Carpano Q 3 22 Francesca Gallina 4 27 Ekaterina Lokteva-Zagorskaia

Heat 7 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 7 Faye Gulini Q 2 26 Tess Critchlow Q 3 10 Kristina Paul 23 Vendula Hopjáková DNF

Heat 8 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 2 Charlotte Bankes Q 2 18 Belle Brockhoff Q 3 15 Sophie Hediger 31 Maeva Estévez DNS

Quarterfinals

Heat 1 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 1 Michela Moioli Q 2 8 Chloé Trespeuch Q 3 16 Meghan Tierney 4 24 Zoe Bergermann

Heat 2 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 5 Lindsey Jacobellis Q 2 4 Stacy Gaskill Q 3 13 Audrey McManiman 4 28 Sina Siegenthaler

Heat 3 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 3 Meryeta O'Dine Q 2 6 Julia Pereira de Sousa Mabileau Q 3 11 Caterina Carpano 4 19 Aleksandra Parshina

Heat 4 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 26 Tess Critchlow Q 2 18 Belle Brockhoff Q 3 2 Charlotte Bankes 4 7 Faye Gulini

Semifinals

Heat 1 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 5 Lindsey Jacobellis Q 2 8 Chloé Trespeuch Q 3 1 Michela Moioli 4 4 Stacy Gaskill

Heat 2 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 3 Meryeta O'Dine Q 2 18 Belle Brockhoff Q 3 26 Tess Critchlow 6 Julia Pereira de Sousa Mabileau DNF

Finals Small final Rank Bib Name Country Notes 5 6 Julia Pereira de Sousa Mabileau 6 26 Tess Critchlow 7 4 Stacy Gaskill 8 1 Michela Moioli DNF

Big final Rank Bib Name Country Notes 5 Lindsey Jacobellis 8 Chloé Trespeuch 3 Meryeta O'Dine 4 18 Belle Brockhoff

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