Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's parallel giant slalom

The men's parallel giant slalom event in snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Bardonecchia, a village in the Province of Turin, Italy. The competition took place on 22 February 2006.[1]

Men's parallel giant slalom
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
VenueBardonecchia
Date22 February 2006
Competitors36 from 14 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)Philipp Schoch Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Simon Schoch Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Siegfried Grabner Austria
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Medalists

GoldPhilipp Schoch
 Switzerland
SilverSimon Schoch
 Switzerland
BronzeSiegfried Grabner
 Austria

Qualification

The qualification runs started at 10 a.m.(UTC+1)

The athletes were allowed two runs, one on the blue course and one on the red course. The two times were added, and the top 16 snowboarders moved on to the 1/8 finals.[2]

RankBibNameNationalityBlue course (time)RankRed course (time)RankTotal time
112Simon Schoch  Switzerland33.98135.4051:09.38
215Philipp Schoch  Switzerland35.421134.4111:09.83
33Heinz Inniger  Switzerland35.511234.4521:09.96
42Andreas Prommegger  Austria34.37235.98101:10.35
54Gilles Jaquet  Switzerland34.55335.9281:10.47
613Siegfried Grabner  Austria35.661334.9941:10.65
716Nicolas Huet  France34.67436.05111:10.72
814Dejan Kosir  Slovenia34.84636.22151:11.06
98Tyler Jewell  United States34.96736.17141:11.13
101Rok Flander  Slovenia36.382034.8031:11.18
116Richard Richardsson  Sweden34.76536.70211:11.46
1222Roland Fischnaller  Italy35.15836.46171:11.61
135Mathieu Bozzetto  France35.38936.64191:12.02
1410Harald Walder  Austria35.401036.71221:12.11
1521Emanuel Oppliger  Australia35.562435.5561:12.11
167Daniel Biveson  Sweden36.071436.08121:12.15
1719Markus Ebner  Germany36.321635.9071:12.22
1818Denis Salagayev  Russia36.361835.9681:12.32
1923Patrick Bussler  Germany36.422236.12131:12.54
2011Jasey Jay Anderson  Canada36.181535.57181:12.75
2126Izidor Sustersic  Slovenia36.321636.64191:12.96
229Meinhard Erlacher  Italy36.882636.34161:13.22
2329Filip Fischer  Sweden36.462336.97231:13.43
2427Simone Salvati  Italy36.392137.09241:13.48
2524Alexandr Belkin  Russia36.662537.38251:14.04
2625Tomaz Knafelj  Slovenia36.371938.50281:14.87
2731Radoslav Židek  Slovakia38.302838.21261:16.51
2830Kentaro Tsuruoka  Japan39.712938.43271:18.14
2920Philippe Berubé  Canada36.882653.15301:30.03
3017Alexander Maier  Austria-DSQ40.5729
-28Rudy Galli  Italy-DSQ--

Elimination round

The elimination round started at 1 p.m.(UTC+1)[3]

Medal round

Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
1  S. Schoch (SUI)
16  Biveson (SWE)+0.521  S. Schoch (SUI)
8  Kosir (SLO)8  Kosir (SLO)+1.27
9  Jewell (USA)+0.301  S. Schoch (SUI)
5  Jaquet (SUI)13  Bozzetto (FRA)+0.38
12  Fischnaller (ITA)+0.515  Jaquet (SUI)+1.54
4  Prommegger (AUT)+0.5413  Bozzetto (FRA)
13  Bozzetto (FRA)1  S. Schoch (SUI)+0.73
3  Inniger (SUI)2  P. Schoch (SUI)
14  Walder (AUT)+0.663  Inniger (SUI)+0.61
6  Grabner (AUT)6  Grabner (AUT)
11  Richardsson (SWE)+1.446  Grabner (AUT)+0.34Third place
7  Huet (FRA)+0.532  P. Schoch (SUI)
10  Flander (SLO)10  Flander (SLO)+1.0713  Bozzetto (FRA)+0.41
2  P. Schoch (SUI)2  P. Schoch (SUI)6  Grabner (AUT)
15  Oppliger (AUS)+1.37

Classification 5–8

Placement 5–8Placement 5–6
      
8  Kosir (SLO)
5  Jaquet (SUI)DSQ
8  Kosir (SLO)+0.42
3  Inniger (SUI)
3  Inniger (SUI)
10  Flander (SLO)+0.14Placement 7–8
5  Jaquet (SUI)+0.41
10  Flander (SLO)

References