Snowboarding at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's parallel giant slalom

The men's parallel giant slalom event in snowboarding at the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Park City, United States. The qualification runs were held on 14 February and the final rounds on 15 February.[1][2]

Men's parallel giant slalom
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
VenuePark City
Date14–15 February
Competitors32 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)Philipp Schoch Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Richard Richardsson Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Chris Klug United States
2006 →

Medalists

GoldPhilipp Schoch
 Switzerland
SilverRichard Richardsson
 Sweden
BronzeChris Klug
 United States

Qualification

The top 16 racers, based on their qualification time, advanced to the elimination rounds.[1][3]

RankBibNameNationality1st run (time)Rank2nd run (time)RankTotal time
110Gilles Jaquet  Switzerland15.88119.81335.69
27Alexander Maier  Austria16.60519.68136.28
35Daniel Biveson  Sweden16.47319.95636.42
46Richard Richardsson  Sweden16.851319.73236.58
52Dejan Kosir  Slovenia16.841219.87436.71
626Jérôme Sylvestre  Canada16.08220.781936.86
74Mathieu Bozzetto  France16.61720.29936.90
812Sigfried Grabner  Austria16.60520.341136.94
916Stefan Kaltschütz  Austria16.64820.331036.97
109Dieter Krassnig  Austria16.50420.521337.02
111Chris Klug  United States17.242019.93537.17
123Stephen Copp  Sweden17.061620.16737.22
1317Mathias Behounek  Germany16.72920.591637.31
1411Walter Feichter  Italy17.101720.23837.33
1529Philipp Schoch  Switzerland16.72920.621737.34
1614Nicolas Huet  France16.831120.661837.49
1722Mark Fawcett  Canada16.941420.591637.53
1815Markus Ebner  Germany16.981520.661837.64
1932Roland Fischnaller  Italy17.151920.551437.70
2021Jeff Greenwood  United States17.372320.471237.84
218Christophe Segura  France17.282120.781938.06
2231Kurt Niederstatter  Italy17.101721.122338.22
2328Charlie Cosnier  France17.432420.982238.41
2423Ryan Wedding  Canada17.642620.972138.61
2520Simon Schoch  Switzerland17.492521.142438.63
2630Zeke Steggall  Australia17.302221.392638.69
2727Peter Thorndike  United States18.022820.832038.85
2824Jonas Aspman  Sweden18.302920.581538.88
2913Jasey Jay Anderson  Canada17.722721.372539.09
-18Ueli Kestenholz  SwitzerlandDNF----
-25Tomaz Knafelj  SloveniaDNF----
-19Simone Salvati  ItalyDSQ----

Elimination round

In the elimination round, each head-to-head contest consists of two runs. If one competitor wins both runs, that competitor advances. If the runs are split, the racer with the overall fastest time advances.[1][4]

1/8 finalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
1  Jaquet (SUI)DSQ
16  Huet (FRA)16  Huet (FRA)
8  Grabner (AUT)8  Grabner (AUT)DSQ
9  Kaltschütz (AUT)+1.5716  Huet (FRA)DSQ
5  Kosir (SLO)4  Richardsson (SWE)
12  Copp (SWE)+2.125  Kosir (SLO)+2.45
4  Richardsson (SWE)4  Richardsson (SWE)
13  Behounek (GER)+1.244  Richardsson (SWE)DSQ
3  Biveson (SWE)+0.00*15  Schoch (SUI)
14  Feichter (ITA)14  Feichter (ITA)+1.03
6  Sylvestre (CAN)+0.0511  Klug (USA)
11  Klug (USA)11  Klug (USA)DSQThird place
7  Bozzetto (FRA)15  Schoch (SUI)
10  Krassnig (AUT)+2.247  Bozzetto (FRA)DSQ16  Huet (FRA)
2  Maier (AUT)DSQ15  Schoch (SUI)11  Klug (USA)
15  Schoch (SUI)

* In a tie, the winner of the second run advances.

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