Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics – men's snowboard cross

Men's snowboard cross at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for snowboarding
Venue	Bardonecchia
Date	February 16, 2006
Competitors	36 from 14 nations
Medalists
Seth Wescott   United States   Radoslav Židek   Slovakia   Paul-Henri de Le Rue   France

Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Halfpipe		men		women
Parallel giant slalom		men		women
Snowboard cross		men		women

The men's snowboard cross event in snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Bardonecchia, a village in the Province of Turin, Italy. Competition took place on February 16, 2006.

Medalists

Gold	Seth Wescott United States (USA)
Silver	Radoslav Židek Slovakia (SVK)
Bronze	Paul-Henri de Le Rue France (FRA)

Results

Qualification

All competitors raced two qualification runs, with only the best of the two times used in the final ranking. The top 32 of the 36 competitors advanced to the 1/8 finals. Struck-through runs in the table below represent the discarded time for a competitor. Only one snowboarder, Michal Novotny, had first run that was faster than his second run.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Run 1 (time)	Rank	Run 2 (time)	Rank	Best time
1	Drew Neilson	Canada	1:22.74	4	1:19.33	1	1:19.33
2	Marco Huser	Switzerland	1:22.39	2	1:20.26	2	1:20.26
3	Seth Wescott	United States	1:22.82	5	1:20.69	3	1:20.69
4	Tommaso Tagliaferri	Italy	1:23.03	9	1:20.93	4	1:20.93
5	Xavier de Le Rue	France	1:23.42	14	1:20.97	5	1:20.97
6	Dieter Krassnig	Austria	1:24.01	21	1:21.00	6	1:21.00
7	Nate Holland	United States	1:22.71	3	1:21.03	7	1:21.03
8	Jordi Font	Spain	1:22.35	1	1:21.18	8	1:21.18
9	Radoslav Židek	Slovakia	1:30.91	36	1:21.19	9	1:21.19
10	Paul-Henri de Le Rue	France	1:23.00	8	1:21.21	10	1:21.21
11	Lukas Gruener	Austria	1:23.05	10	1:21.28	11	1:21.28
12	Damon Hayler	Australia	1:24.79	28	1:21.51	12	1:21.51
13	Mateusz Ligocki	Poland	1:23.35	13	1:21.81	13	1:21.81
14	Jonte Grundelius	Sweden	1:24.53	26	1:21.85	14	1:21.85
15	Jason R. Smith	United States	1:23.65	15	1:21.98	15	1:21.98
16	Rafal Skarbek-Malczewski	Poland	1:24.70	27	1:22.07	16	1:22.07
17	Hans Joerg Unterrainer	Austria	1:23.32	12	1:22.10	17	1:22.10
18	Tom Velisek	Canada	1:22.83	6	1:22.12	18	1:22.12
19	Stefano Pozzolini	Italy	1:24.52	25	1:22.23	19	1:22.23
20	Jasey Jay Anderson	Canada	1:24.25	22	1:22.27	20	1:22.27
21	Ueli Kestenholz	Switzerland	1:23.16	11	1:22.32	21	1:22.32
22	Alberto Schiavon	Italy	1:24.84	30	1:22.38	22	1:22.38
23	Michael Layer	Germany	1:23.92	19	1:22.43	23	1:22.43
24	Mattias Blomberg	Sweden	1:23.98	20	1:22.48	24	1:22.48
25	Sylvain Duclos	France	1:23.85	18	1:22.55	25	1:22.55
26	Mario Fuchs	Austria	1:24.82	29	1:22.60	26	1:22.60
27	Itaru Chimura	Japan	1:25.86	32	1:22.83	27	1:22.83
28	Michal Novotny	Czech Republic	1:22.92	7	1:23.68	34	1:22.92
29	Graham Watanabe	United States	1:24.85	31	1:22.98	28	1:22.98
30	Francois Boivin	Canada	1:23.74	16	1:23.17	29	1:23.17
31	David Speiser	Germany	1:24.28	24	1:23.38	30	1:23.38
31	Jonatan Johansson	Sweden	1:26.72	34	1:23.38	30	1:23.38
33	Simone Malusa	Italy	1:24.27	23	1:23.53	32	1:23.53
34	Ibon Idigoras	Spain	1:23.80	17	1:23.56	33	1:23.56
35	Pierre Vaultier	France	1:27.61	35	1:23.75	35	1:23.75
36	Alex Kupprion	Germany	1:26.22	33	1:24.66	36	1:24.66

Elimination round

The top 32 qualifiers advanced to the 1/8 round. From here, they participated in four-person elimination races, with the top two from each race advancing.

1/8 round

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Heat 1 Seed Name Rank 17  Hans Joerg Unterrainer (AUT) 1 32  Jonatan Johansson (SWE) 2 1  Drew Neilson (CAN) 3 16  Rafal Skarbek-Malczewski (POL) 4 Heat 2 Seed Name Rank 9  Radoslav Židek (SVK) 1 8  Jordi Font (ESP) 2 24  Mattias Blomberg (SWE) 3 25  Sylvain Duclos (FRA) 4 Heat 3 Seed Name Rank 12  Damon Hayler (AUS) 1 28  Michal Novotny (CZE) 2 5  Xavier de Le Rue (FRA) 3 21  Ueli Kestenholz (SUI) 4 Heat 4 Seed Name Rank 20  Jasey Jay Anderson (CAN) 1 4  Tommaso Tagliaferri (ITA) 2 29  Graham Watanabe (USA) 3 13  Mateusz Ligocki (POL) 4

Heat 5 Seed Name Rank 3  Seth Wescott (USA) 1 30  Francois Boivin (CAN) 2 19  Stefano Pozzolini (ITA) 3 14  Jonte Grundelius (SWE) 4 Heat 6 Seed Name Rank 6  Dieter Krassnig (AUT) 1 27  Itaru Chimura (JPN) 2 22  Alberto Schiavon (ITA) 3 11  Lukas Gruener (AUT) 4 Heat 7 Seed Name Rank 7  Nate Holland (USA) 1 10  Paul-Henri de Le Rue (FRA) 2 26  Mario Fuchs (AUT) 3 23  Michael Layer (GER) 4 Heat 8 Seed Name Rank 15  Jason R. Smith (USA) 1 2  Marco Huser (SUI) 2 18  Tom Velisek (CAN) 3 31  David Speiser (GER) 4

Quarterfinals

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Quarterfinal 1 Seed Name Rank 9  Radoslav Židek (SVK) 1 8  Jordi Font (ESP) 2 32  Jonatan Johansson (SWE) 3 17  Hans Joerg Unterrainer (AUT) 4 Quarterfinal 2 Seed Name Rank 20  Jasey Jay Anderson (CAN) 1 12  Damon Hayler (AUS) 2 4  Tommaso Tagliaferri (ITA) 3 28  Michal Novotny (CZE) 4

Quarterfinal 3 Seed Name Rank 3  Seth Wescott (USA) 1 6  Dieter Krassnig (AUT) 2 30  Francois Boivin (CAN) 3 27  Itaru Chimura (JPN) 4 Quarterfinal 4 Seed Name Rank 15  Jason R. Smith (USA) 1 10  Paul-Henri de Le Rue (FRA) 2 2  Marco Huser (SUI) 3 7  Nate Holland (USA) 4

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1 Seed Name Rank 9  Radoslav Židek (SVK) 1 8  Jordi Font (ESP) 2 12  Damon Hayler (AUS) 3 20  Jasey Jay Anderson (CAN) 4

Semifinal 2 Seed Name Rank 10  Paul-Henri de Le Rue (FRA) 1 3  Seth Wescott (USA) 2 15  Jason R. Smith (USA) 3 6  Dieter Krassnig (AUT) 4

Finals

The four semifinalists who failed to advanced to the big final competed in the small final to determine 5th through 8th places. The four last place finishers in the quarterfinals contested a 13th–16th classification race, while the third-placed finishers raced for 9th through 13th. ^[1]

Large Final

Seed	Name	Rank
3	Seth Wescott (USA)
9	Radoslav Židek (SVK)
10	Paul-Henri de Le Rue (FRA)
8	Jordi Font (ESP)	4

Small Final

Seed	Name	Rank
20	Jasey Jay Anderson (CAN)	5
15	Jason R. Smith (USA)	6
12	Damon Hayler (AUS)	7
6	Dieter Krassnig (AUT)	8

Classification 9–12

Seed	Name	Rank
2	Marco Huser (SUI)	9
30	Francois Boivin (CAN)	10
4	Tommaso Tagliaferri (ITA)	11
32	Jonatan Johansson (SWE)	12

Classification 13–16

Seed	Name	Rank
28	Michal Novotny (CZE)	13
7	Nate Holland (USA)	14
17	Hans Joerg Unterrainer (AUT)	15
27	Itaru Chimura (JPN)	16

References

1. "Torino 2006 Official Report – Snowboarding" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved May 20, 2009.