The men's snowboard cross event in snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics

2006 Winter Olympics

The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...

 was held in Bardonecchia

Bardonecchia

Bardonecchia is an Italian town and comune located in the Province of Turin, in the Piedmont region, in the western part of Susa Valley....

, a village in the Province of Turin

Province of Turin

The Province of Turin is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Turin.It has an area of 6,830 km², and a total population of 2,277,686 . There are 315 comuni in the province – the most of any province in Italy...

, Italy

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. Competition took place on February 16, 2006.

Medalists

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.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Run 1 (time)	Rank	Run 2 (time)	Rank	Best time
1	Drew Neilson Drew Neilson Drew Neilson is a Canadian snowboarder who currently resides in North Vancouver, British Columbia. Neilson is a member of the Canadian national snowboard team and competes in snowboard cross....		1:22.74	4	1:19.33	1	1:19.33
2	Marco Huser		1:22.39	2	1:20.26	2	1:20.26
3	Seth Wescott Seth Wescott Seth Benjamin Wescott is an American snowboarder. He is a two-time Olympic champion in the snowboard cross.-Life and career:Wescott was born in Durham, North Carolina, and lives in Carrabassett Valley, Maine...	align=left	| 1:22.82	5	1:20.69	3	1:20.69
4	Tommaso Tagliaferri	align=left	| 1:23.03	9	1:20.93	4	1:20.93
5	Xavier de Le Rue Xavier de Le Rue Xavier de Le Rue is a French snowboarder who competes in snowboard-cross. He competed for France at the 2006 Winter Olympics, but did not advance to the quarterfinals. At the FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2009 he won a silver medal. He is set to compete for France at the 2010 Winter Olympics...	align=left	| 1:23.42	14	1:20.97	5	1:20.97
6	Dieter Krassnig	align=left	| 1:24.01	21	1:21.00	6	1:21.00
7	Nate Holland Nate Holland Nate Holland is an American snowboarder.Holland won a gold medal in Snowboard Cross at the 2007 Winter X Games XI in Aspen, Colorado. He won another gold medal at the 2008 Winter X Games XII, beating Markus Schairer in the finals...	align=left	| 1:22.71	3	1:21.03	7	1:21.03
8	Jordi Font	align=left	| 1:22.35	1	1:21.18	8	1:21.18
9	Radoslav Židek Radoslav Židek Radoslav Židek is a snowboarder who became the first Slovak to win a Winter Olympics medal. He won a silver in Snowboard Cross at the 2006 Winter Olympics.-External links:...	align=left	| 1:30.91	36	1:21.19	9	1:21.19
10	Paul-Henri de Le Rue	align=left	| 1:23.00	8	1:21.21	10	1:21.21
11	Lukas Gruener	align=left	| 1:23.05	10	1:21.28	11	1:21.28
12	Damon Hayler Damon Hayler Damon Hayler is an Australian snowboarder, competing in the snowboard cross. He competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics and was rated as a medal chance....	align=left	| 1:24.79	28	1:21.51	12	1:21.51
13	Mateusz Ligocki	align=left	| 1:23.35	13	1:21.81	13	1:21.81
14	Jonte Grundelius	align=left	| 1:24.53	26	1:21.85	14	1:21.85
15	Jason R. Smith	align=left	| 1:23.65	15	1:21.98	15	1:21.98
16	Rafal Skarbek-Malczewski	align=left	| 1:24.70	27	1:22.07	16	1:22.07
17	Hans Joerg Unterrainer	align=left	| 1:23.32	12	1:22.10	17	1:22.10
18	Tom Velisek Tom Velisek Tom Velisek is a Canadian snowboarder, specializing in the snowboard cross event. Velisek made his World Cup debut in December 2001 at Whistler, BC...	align=left	| 1:22.83	6	1:22.12	18	1:22.12
19	Stefano Pozzolini	align=left	|1:24.52	25	1:22.23	19	1:22.23
20	Jasey Jay Anderson	align=left	| 1:24.25	22	1:22.27	20	1:22.27
21	Ueli Kestenholz Ueli Kestenholz Ueli Kestenholz is a Swiss snowboarder and Speedriding pioneer.Kestenholz was Snowboard World Champion in 2000 and 2001. He won the first ever Olympic Medal in Snowboarding: Bronze at the 1998 Winter Olympics...	align=left	| 1:23.16	11	1:22.32	21	1:22.32
22	Alberto Schiavon	align=left	| 1:24.84	30	1:22.38	22	1:22.38
23	Michael Layer	align=left	| 1:23.92	19	1:22.43	23	1:22.43
24	Mattias Blomberg	align=left	| 1:23.98	20	1:22.48	24	1:22.48
25	Sylvain Duclos	align=left	| 1:23.85	18	1:22.55	25	1:22.55
26	Mario Fuchs Mario Fuchs Mario Fuchs is a professional snowboarder from Austria. His speciality is the snowboardcross.-Career highlights:Olympic Winter GamesFIS World Snowboard Championships...	align=left	| 1:24.82	29	1:22.60	26	1:22.60
27	Itaru Chimura	align=left	| 1:25.86	32	1:22.83	27	1:22.83
28	Michal Novotny	align=left	| 1:22.92	7	1:23.68	34	1:22.92
29	Graham Watanabe Graham Watanabe Graham Watanabe is an American snowboarder who has competed since 1996. He won three events in snowboardcross between 2004 and 2009.At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Watanabe finished 31st in the snowboard cross event...	align=left	| 1:24.85	31	1:22.98	28	1:22.98
30	Francois Boivin	align=left	| 1:23.74	16	1:23.17	29	1:23.17
31	David Speiser	align=left	| 1:24.28	24	1:23.38	30	1:23.38
31	Jonatan Johansson Jonatan Johansson (snowboarder) Jonatan Johansson was a Swedish Olympic snowboarder from Sollentuna, Stockholm County.Johansson died following a failed jump landing during training for the International Ski Federation World Cup competition....	align=left	| 1:26.72	34	1:23.38	30	1:23.38
33	Simone Malusa	align=left	| 1:24.27	23	1:23.53	32	1:23.53
34	Ibon Idigoras	align=left	| 1:23.80	17	1:23.56	33	1:23.56
35	Pierre Vaultier Pierre Vaultier Pierre Vaultier, born on June 24, 1987 in Briançon in the Hautes-Alpes, is a French snowboarder, specializing in snowboardcross.- Career :Vaultier started snowboarding at the age of six at Serre Chevalier, one of the major French ski resorts located in the southern part of the Alps. He debuted...	align=left	| 1:27.61	35	1:23.75	35	1:23.75
36	Alex Kupprion	align=left	| 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

Heat 1

Seed	Name	Rank
17		1
32		2
1		3
16		4

Heat 2

Seed	Name	Rank
9		1
8		2
24		3
25		4

Heat 3

Seed	Name	Rank
12		1
28		2
5		3
21		4

Heat 4

Seed	Name	Rank
20		1
4		2
29		3
13		4

Heat 5

Seed	Name	Rank
3		1
30		2
19		3
14		4

Heat 6

Seed	Name	Rank
6		1
27		2
22		3
11		4

Heat 7

Seed	Name	Rank
7		1
10		2
26		3
23		4

Heat 8

Seed	Name	Rank
15		1
2		2
18		3
31		4

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Seed	Name	Rank
9		1
8		2
32		3
17		4

Quarterfinal 2

Seed	Name	Rank
20		1
12		2
4		3
28	align=left	| 4

Quarterfinal 3

Seed	Name	Rank
3		1
6		2
30		3
27		4

Quarterfinal 4

Seed	Name	Rank
15		1
10		2
2		3
7		4

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Seed	Name	Rank
9		1
8		2
12		3
20		4

Semifinal 2

Seed	Name	Rank
10		1
3	align=left	| 2
15		3
6		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.

Large Final

Seed	Name	Rank
3
9
10
8		4

Small Final

Seed	Name	Rank
20		5
15		6
12		7
6		8

Classification 9-12

Seed	Name	Rank
2		9
30		10
4		11
32		12

Classification 13-16

Seed	Name	Rank
28	align=left	| 13
7		14
17		15
27		16