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

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.

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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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]

RankBibNameCountryBlue courseRed courseTotalNotes
14Lee Sang-ho  South Korea39.9640.581:20.54Q
215Benjamin Karl  Austria41.2140.041:21.25Q
32Andreas Prommegger  Austria40.3441.031:21.37Q
410Tim Mastnak  Slovenia40.2441.191:21.43Q
520Oskar Kwiatkowski  Poland40.6340.891:21.52Q
66Roland Fischnaller  Italy40.2541.341:21.59Q
719Michał Nowaczyk  Poland40.9240.721:21.64Q
81Dmitry Loginov  ROC41.3140.381:21.69Q
921Vic Wild  ROC41.1040.961:22.06Q
105Alexander Payer  Austria41.2640.841:22.10Q
119Žan Košir  Slovenia41.5540.611:22.16Q
128Mirko Felicetti  Italy40.8941.371:22.26Q
1323Yannik Angenend  Germany41.4140.871:22.28Q
1413Dario Caviezel  Switzerland41.9240.431:22.35Q
1522Radoslav Yankov  Bulgaria41.4841.001:22.48Q
1612Daniele Bagozza  Italy41.1841.301:22.48Q
1711Edwin Coratti  Italy41.2241.271:22.49
183Stefan Baumeister  Germany41.2441.401:22.64
1916Andrey Sobolev  ROC41.3941.481:22.87
2032Jules Lefebvre  Canada41.6641.281:22.94
2114Nevin Galmarini  Switzerland41.1742.271:23.44
2227Bi Ye  China42.1041.431:23.53
237Lukas Mathies  Austria41.6642.091:23.75
2418Kim Sang-kyum  South Korea42.4041.411:23.81
2526Rok Marguč  Slovenia42.2942.091:24.38
2625Arnaud Gaudet  Canada42.1742.261:24.43
2731Sébastien Beaulieu  Canada42.5242.001:24.52
2830Gian Casanova  Switzerland42.3342.801:25.13
2928Cody Winters  United States45.4742.331:27.80
3029Elias Huber  Germany42.1549.011:31.16
3124Robert Burns  United States46.2349.991:36.22
17Dmitriy Karlagachev  ROCDid 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)
DNFThird 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

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