Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's parallel giant slalom

Men's parallel giant slalom
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueGenting Snow Park,
Zhangjiakou
Date8 February
Competitors31 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Benjamin Karl  Austria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tim Mastnak  Slovenia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Vic Wild  ROC
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The men's parallel giant slalom competition in snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 8 February, at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou.[1] The event was won by Benjamin Karl of Austria, the 2010 silver and 2014 bronze medalist. Tim Mastnak of Slovenia won silver, his first Olympic medal. Vic Wild, the 2014 champion, representing the Russian Olympic Committee, won the bronze medal.

Nevin Galmarini was the defending champion. He did not qualify for the elimination round. The 2018 silver medalist, Lee Sang-ho, and the bronze medalist, Žan Košir, qualified for the Olympics as well. At the 2021–22 FIS Snowboard World Cup, five parallel giant slalom events were held before the Olympics. Stefan Baumeister was leading the ranking, followed by Lee and Dmitry Loginov. Loginov was the 2021 world champion, with Roland Fischnaller and Andrey Sobolev 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.[2]

Results

Qualification run

The qualification was started at 11:07.[3]

Rank Bib Name Country Blue course Red course Total Notes
1 4 Lee Sang-ho  South Korea 39.96 40.58 1:20.54 Q
2 15 Benjamin Karl  Austria 41.21 40.04 1:21.25 Q
3 2 Andreas Prommegger  Austria 40.34 41.03 1:21.37 Q
4 10 Tim Mastnak  Slovenia 40.24 41.19 1:21.43 Q
5 20 Oskar Kwiatkowski  Poland 40.63 40.89 1:21.52 Q
6 6 Roland Fischnaller  Italy 40.25 41.34 1:21.59 Q
7 19 Michał Nowaczyk  Poland 40.92 40.72 1:21.64 Q
8 1 Dmitry Loginov  ROC 41.31 40.38 1:21.69 Q
9 21 Vic Wild  ROC 41.10 40.96 1:22.06 Q
10 5 Alexander Payer  Austria 41.26 40.84 1:22.10 Q
11 9 Žan Košir  Slovenia 41.55 40.61 1:22.16 Q
12 8 Mirko Felicetti  Italy 40.89 41.37 1:22.26 Q
13 23 Yannik Angenend  Germany 41.41 40.87 1:22.28 Q
14 13 Dario Caviezel  Switzerland 41.92 40.43 1:22.35 Q
15 22 Radoslav Yankov  Bulgaria 41.48 41.00 1:22.48 Q
16 12 Daniele Bagozza  Italy 41.18 41.30 1:22.48 Q
17 11 Edwin Coratti  Italy 41.22 41.27 1:22.49
18 3 Stefan Baumeister  Germany 41.24 41.40 1:22.64
19 16 Andrey Sobolev  ROC 41.39 41.48 1:22.87
20 32 Jules Lefebvre  Canada 41.66 41.28 1:22.94
21 14 Nevin Galmarini  Switzerland 41.17 42.27 1:23.44
22 27 Bi Ye  China 42.10 41.43 1:23.53
23 7 Lukas Mathies  Austria 41.66 42.09 1:23.75
24 18 Kim Sang-kyum  South Korea 42.40 41.41 1:23.81
25 26 Rok Marguč  Slovenia 42.29 42.09 1:24.38
26 25 Arnaud Gaudet  Canada 42.17 42.26 1:24.43
27 31 Sébastien Beaulieu  Canada 42.52 42.00 1:24.52
28 30 Gian Casanova  Switzerland 42.33 42.80 1:25.13
29 28 Cody Winters  United States 45.47 42.33 1:27.80
30 29 Elias Huber  Germany 42.15 49.01 1:31.16
31 24 Robert Burns  United States 46.23 49.99 1:36.22
17 Dmitriy Karlagachev  ROC Did not start

Elimination round

[4][5]

1/8 finalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
              
4
 Mastnak (SLO)
13
 Angenend (GER)
+0.27
4
 Mastnak (SLO)
5
 Kwiatkowski (POL)
DNF
5
 Kwiatkowski (POL)
12
 Felicetti (ITA)
DNF
4
 Mastnak (SLO)
9
 Wild (ROC)
+0.48
8
 Loginov (ROC)
DNF
9
 Wild (ROC)
9
 Wild (ROC)
1
 Lee (KOR)
+0.01
1
 Lee (KOR)
16
 Bagozza (ITA)
+0.92
4
 Mastnak (SLO)
+0.82
2
 Karl (AUT)
2
 Karl (AUT)
15
 Yankov (BUL)
+0.36
2
 Karl (AUT)
10
 Payer (AUT)
+1.57
7
 Nowaczyk (POL)
+0.09
10
 Payer (AUT)
2
 Karl (AUT)
6
 Fischnaller (ITA)
DNF Third place
6
 Fischnaller (ITA)
11
 Košir (SLO)
DNF
6
 Fischnaller (ITA)
9
 Wild (ROC)
3
 Prommegger (AUT)
+0.51
6
 Fischnaller (ITA)
DNF
3
 Prommegger (AUT)
14
 Caviezel (SUI)
+0.16

References

  1. ^ "Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 9" (PDF). New.inews.gtimg.com. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Qualification System for XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 International Ski Federation Snowboard" (PDF). Fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation (FIS). 19 October 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  3. ^ Qualification results
  4. ^ Brackets
  5. ^ Final results