Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's ski cross

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Men's ski cross
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueBogwang Phoenix Park, Pyeongchang, South Korea
Dates21 February
Competitors31 from 11 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Brady Leman  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marc Bischofberger  Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sergey Ridzik  Olympic Athletes from Russia
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The men's ski cross event in freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place on 21 February 2018 at the Bogwang Phoenix Park, Pyeongchang, South Korea.[1][2]

Qualification[edit]

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The top 32 athletes in the Olympic quota allocation list qualified, with a maximum of four athletes per National Olympic Committee (NOC) allowed. All athletes qualifying must also have placed in the top 30 of a FIS World Cup event or the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 during the qualification period (1 July 2016 to 21 January 2018) and also have a minimum of 80 FIS points to compete. If the host country, South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics did not qualify, their chosen athlete would displace the last qualified athlete, granted all qualification criterion was met.[3]

Results[edit]

Seeding[edit]

The seeding round was held at 11:30.[4]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1 9 Alex Fiva  Switzerland 1:08.74 −
2 10 Sergey Ridzik  Olympic Athletes from Russia 1:09.21 +0.47
3 16 Kevin Drury  Canada 1:09.41 +0.67
4 2 Armin Niederer  Switzerland 1:09.46 +0.72
5 14 Filip Flisar  Slovenia 1:09.65 +0.91
6 8 Christoph Wahrstötter  Austria 1:09.79 +1.05
7 15 Jean-Frédéric Chapuis  France 1:09.84 +1.10
8 6 Brady Leman  Canada 1:09.94 +1.20
9 11 Marc Bischofberger  Switzerland 1:09.99 +1.25
10 7 Paul Eckert  Germany 1:10.06 +1.32
11 28 Robert Winkler  Austria 1:10.09 +1.35
12 29 Stefan Thanei  Italy 1:10.10 +1.36
13 19 Jonas Lenherr  Switzerland 1:10.12 +1.38
14 1 Arnaud Bovolenta  France 1:10.12 +1.38
15 26 Siegmar Klotz  Italy 1:10.15 +1.41
16 20 Adam Kappacher  Austria 1:10.17 +1.43
17 24 Igor Omelin  Olympic Athletes from Russia 1:10.24 +1.50
18 13 François Place  France 1:10.26 +1.52
19 3 Victor Öhling Norberg  Sweden 1:10.26 +1.52
20 17 Tim Hronek  Germany 1:10.27 +1.53
21 27 Florian Wilmsmann  Germany 1:10.33 +1.59
22 23 Erik Mobärg  Sweden 1:10.36 +1.62
23 25 Egor Korotkov  Olympic Athletes from Russia 1:10.39 +1.65
24 4 Terence Tchiknavorian  France 1:10.41 +1.67
25 21 Jamie Prebble  New Zealand 1:10.48 +1.74
26 22 David Duncan  Canada 1:10.51 +1.77
27 30 Semen Denshchikov  Olympic Athletes from Russia 1:10.86 +2.12
28 12 Thomas Zangerl  Austria 1:10.96 +2.22
29 5 Viktor Andersson  Sweden 1:11.20 +2.46
30 31 Anton Grimus  Australia 1:40.80 +32.06
31 18 Christopher Del Bosco  Canada 1:48.25 +39.51

Elimination round[edit]

A knockout stage was held to determine the winner.[5][6]

1/8 finals[edit]

Quarterfinals[edit]

Semifinals[edit]

Finals[edit]

Small final
Rank Bib Name Country Notes
5 4 Armin Niederer  Switzerland
6 14 Arnaud Bovolenta  France
7 5 Filip Flisar  Slovenia
8 26 David Duncan  Canada
Big final
The podium
Rank Bib Name Country Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 8 Brady Leman  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 9 Marc Bischofberger  Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 Sergey Ridzik  Olympic Athletes from Russia
4 3 Kevin Drury  Canada DNF

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Schedule". POCOG. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018 Freestyle skiing" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). 9 September 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  4. ^ Qualification results
  5. ^ Final bracket
  6. ^ Final results
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