The men's snowboard cross competition in snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 10 February, at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou. Alessandro Hämmerle of Austria became the champion. Éliot Grondin of Canada won the silver medal, and Omar Visintin of Italy the bronze. For all of them, this was the first Olympic medal.

Summary The 2014 and 2018 champion, Pierre Vaultier, retired from competitions. The 2018 silver medalist, Jarryd Hughes, qualified for the Olympics. The bronze medalist, Regino Hernández, did not qualify and retired as professional rider in January 2022. At the 2021–22 FIS Snowboard World Cup, six snowboard cross events were held before the Olympics. Martin Nörl was leading the ranking, followed by Alessandro Hämmerle and Jakob Dusek. Lucas Eguibar is the 2021 world champion, with Hämmerle and Éliot Grondin 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 January 17, 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 11:15. Rank Bib Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best 1 15 Éliot Grondin 1:16.29 – 1:16.29 2 7 Julian Lüftner 1:17.00 – 1:17.00 3 13 Jakob Dusek 1:17.05 – 1:17.05 4 2 Alessandro Hämmerle 1:17.24 – 1:17.24 5 11 Martin Nörl 1:17.38 – 1:17.38 6 16 Omar Visintin 1:17.68 – 1:17.68 7 8 Hagen Kearney 1:17.81 – 1:17.81 8 4 Cameron Bolton 1:17.92 – 1:17.92 9 3 Lorenzo Sommariva 1:17.98 – 1:17.98 10 12 Nick Baumgartner 1:18.01 – 1:18.01 11 23 Umito Kirchwehm 1:18.22 – 1:18.22 12 19 Paul Berg 1:18.31 – 1:18.31 13 20 Liam Moffatt 1:18.45 – 1:18.45 14 9 Lukas Pachner 1:18.49 – 1:18.49 15 17 Adam Dickson 1:18.56 – 1:18.56 16 6 Merlin Surget 1:18.64 – 1:18.64 17 10 Adam Lambert 1:19.33 1:17.56 1:17.56 18 25 Jake Vedder 1:18.83 1:17.88 1:17.88 19 18 Tommaso Leoni 1:19.45 1:18.13 1:18.13 20 24 Mick Dierdorff 1:19.66 1:18.64 1:18.64 21 14 Lucas Eguibar 1:18.73 1:19.93 1:18.73 22 5 Kalle Koblet 1:19.39 1:18.94 1:18.94 23 21 Yoshiki Takahara 1:19.26 1:19.16 1:19.16 24 22 Loan Bozzolo 1:19.75 1:19.23 1:19.23 25 30 Daniil Donskikh 1:19.36 1:19.93 1:19.36 26 28 Kevin Hill 1:20.24 1:19.45 1:19.45 27 1 Glenn de Blois 1:20.75 1:19.69 1:19.69 28 29 Jarryd Hughes 1:21.28 1:20.48 1:20.48 29 31 Huw Nightingale 1:20.79 1:20.72 1:20.72 30 26 Léo Le Blé Jaques 1:21.06 1:21.36 1:21.06 31 27 Filippo Ferrari 1:24.77 DNF 1:24.77 32 32 Radek Houser DNS DNS DNS

Elimination round 1/8 finals

Heat 1 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 1 Éliot Grondin Q 2 16 Merlin Surget Q 3 17 Adam Lambert 32 Radek Houser DNS

Heat 2 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 8 Cameron Bolton Q 2 24 Loan Bozzolo Q 3 25 Daniil Donskikh 9 Lorenzo Sommariva DNF

Heat 3 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 5 Martin Nörl Q 2 21 Lucas Eguibar Q 3 12 Paul Berg 4 28 Jarryd Hughes

Heat 4 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 20 Mick Dierdorff Q 2 4 Alessandro Hämmerle Q 3 13 Liam Moffatt 4 29 Huw Nightingale

Heat 5 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 19 Tommaso Leoni Q 2 30 Léo Le Blé Jaques Q 3 14 Lukas Pachner 4 3 Jakob Dusek

Heat 6 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 6 Omar Visintin Q 2 11 Umito Kirchwehm Q 3 22 Kalle Koblet 4 27 Glenn de Blois

Heat 7 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 23 Yoshiki Takahara Q 2 10 Nick Baumgartner Q 3 7 Hagen Kearney 4 26 Kevin Hill

Heat 8 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 18 Jake Vedder Q 2 2 Julian Lüftner Q 3 15 Adam Dickson 31 Filippo Ferrari DNS

Quarterfinals

Heat 1 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 1 Éliot Grondin Q 2 16 Merlin Surget Q 3 24 Loan Bozzolo 4 8 Cameron Bolton

Heat 2 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 4 Alessandro Hämmerle Q 2 21 Lucas Eguibar Q 20 Mick Dierdorff DNF 5 Martin Nörl DNF

Heat 3 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 6 Omar Visintin Q 2 19 Tommaso Leoni Q 3 30 Léo Le Blé Jaques 11 Umito Kirchwehm DNF

Heat 4 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 2 Julian Lüftner Q 2 18 Jake Vedder Q 3 10 Nick Baumgartner 23 Yoshiki Takahara DNF

Semifinals

Heat 1 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 1 Éliot Grondin Q 2 4 Alessandro Hämmerle Q 3 16 Merlin Surget 4 21 Lucas Eguibar

Heat 2 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 2 Julian Lüftner Q 2 6 Omar Visintin Q 3 18 Jake Vedder 4 19 Tommaso Leoni

Finals Small final Rank Bib Name Country Notes 5 16 Merlin Surget 6 18 Jake Vedder 7 21 Lucas Eguibar 8 19 Tommaso Leoni

Big final Rank Bib Name Country Notes 4 Alessandro Hämmerle 1 Éliot Grondin 6 Omar Visintin 4 2 Julian Lüftner

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