The men's snowboard cross competition in snowboarding at the 2026 Winter Olympics will be held on 12 February, at the Livigno Snow Park in Valtellina. Alessandro Hämmerle of Austria won the event and Éliot Grondin of Canada won the silver medal. They replicated their 2022 performance. Jakob Dusek of Austria won bronze, his first Olympic medal.
Background The defending champion, Alessandro Hämmerle, qualified for the event, as did the 2022 silver medalist Éliot Grondin and the bronze medalist Omar Visintin. Adam Lambert was leading the 2025–26 FIS Snowboard World Cup standings in snowboard cross. He was the 2025 World champion as well.
Qualification
Results Seeding run
Rank Bib Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best 1 15 Aidan Chollet 1:06.37 – 1:06.37 2 7 Éliot Grondin 1:06.75 – 1:06.75 3 2 Leon Ulbricht 1:07.94 – 1:07.94 4 17 Jonas Chollet 1:08.04 – 1:08.04 5 6 Loan Bozzolo 1:08.22 – 1:08.22 6 14 Lorenzo Sommariva 1:08.52 – 1:08.52 7 13 Alessandro Hämmerle 1:08.56 – 1:08.56 8 21 Glenn de Blois 1:08.68 – 1:08.68 9 10 Jakob Dusek 1:08.69 – 1:08.69 10 26 Huw Nightingale 1:08.75 – 1:08.75 11 23 Evan Bichon 1:08.92 – 1:08.92 12 8 Lucas Eguibar Bretón 1:08.97 – 1:08.97 13 9 Nathan Pare 1:09.07 – 1:09.07 14 5 Martin Nörl 1:09.09 – 1:09.09 15 18 Kalle Koblet 1:09.40 – 1:09.40 16 30 Niels Konradt 1:09.43 – 1:09.43 17 27 David Pickl 1:09.46 – 1:09.46 18 3 Lukas Pachner 1:09.75 – 1:09.75 19 24 Liam Moffatt 1:09.76 – 1:09.76 20 19 Omar Visintin 1:09.87 – 1:09.87 21 12 Adam Lambert 1:10.10 1:08.64 1:08.64 22 1 Nick Baumgartner 1:10.36 1:08.79 1:08.79 23 11 Jake Vedder 1:10.18 1:08.96 1:08.96 24 22 Krystof Choura 1:10.22 1:09.24 1:09.24 25 20 Jarryd Hughes 1:10.49 1:09.36 1:09.36 26 25 Cody Winters 1:10.02 1:09.62 1:09.62 27 28 Filippo Ferrari 1:10.10 1:09.69 1:09.69 28 29 Alvaro Romero Villanueva DNF 1:09.93 1:09.93 29 16 Radek Houser 1:10.33 1:10.36 30 32 James Johnstone 1:11.54 1:11.07 1:11.07 31 31 Julius Reichle DNF 1:11.64 1:11.64 32 4 Merlin Surget 1:11.47 1:15.89
Elimination round Q — Qualified for the next round RAL — Ranked last 1/8 finals
Heat 1 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 32 Merlin Surget Q 2 1 Aidan Chollet Q 3 17 David Pickl 4 16 Niels Konradt
Heat 2 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 9 Jakob Dusek Q 2 24 Krystof Choura Q 3 25 Jarryd Hughes 4 8 Glenn de Blois
Heat 3 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 5 Loan Bozzolo Q 2 12 Lucas Eguibar Bretón Q 3 28 Alvaro Romero Villanueva 4 21 Adam Lambert
Heat 4 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 4 Jonas Chollet Q 2 13 Nathan Pare Q 3 20 Omar Visintin 4 29 Radek Houser
Heat 5 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 3 Leon Ulbricht Q 2 14 Martin Nörl Q 3 30 James Johnstone 4 19 Liam Moffatt
Heat 6 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 22 Nick Baumgartner Q 2 6 Lorenzo Sommariva Q 3 11 Evan Bichon 4 27 Filippo Ferrari
Heat 7 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 7 Alessandro Hämmerle Q 2 23 Jake Vedder Q 3 26 Cody Winters 4 10 Huw Nightingale
Heat 8 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 2 Éliot Grondin Q 2 15 Kalle Koblet Q 3 18 Lukas Pachner 4 31 Julius Reichle
Quarterfinals
Heat 1 Rank Bib Name Country Notes1 9 Jakob Dusek Q2 1 Aidan Chollet Q3 32 Merlin Surget 4 24 Krystof Choura
Heat 2 Rank Bib Name Country Notes1 4 Jonas Chollet Q2 5 Loan Bozzolo Q3 12 Lucas Eguibar Bretón 13 Nathan Pare RAL
Heat 3 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 6 Lorenzo Sommariva Q2 22 Nick Baumgartner Q3 14 Martin Nörl 3 Leon Ulbricht DNF
Heat 4 Rank Bib Name Country Notes1 2 Éliot Grondin Q2 7 Alessandro Hämmerle Q3 23 Jake Vedder 4 15 Kalle Koblet
Semifinals
Heat 1 Rank Bib Name Country Notes1 1 Aidan Chollet Q2 9 Jakob Dusek Q3 4 Jonas Chollet 4 5 Loan Bozzolo
Heat 2 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 2 Éliot Grondin Q 2 7 Alessandro Hämmerle Q 3 22 Nick Baumgartner 4 6 Lorenzo Sommariva
Finals Small final Rank Bib Name Country Notes 5 5 Loan Bozzolo 6 4 Jonas Chollet 7 22 Nick Baumgartner 8 6 Lorenzo Sommariva
Big final Rank Bib Name Country Notes 7 Alessandro Hämmerle 2 Éliot Grondin 9 Jakob Dusek 4 1 Aidan Chollet
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