The men's
parallel giant slalom
Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G.
Giant slalom and slalom make up th ...
competition of the
2018 Winter Olympics
, nations = 93
, athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women)
, events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, opening =
, closing =
, opened_by = President Moon Jae-in
, cauldron = Kim Yun-a
, stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium
, winte ...
was held on 24 February 2018 at the
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in
Pyeongchang
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,
South Korea
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.
Qualification
The top 32 athletes in the Olympic quota allocation list qualified, with a maximum of four athletes per
National Olympic Committee
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(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
The 2017 FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships were held in Sierra Nevada, Spain, from March 6–19, 2017.
Snowboard cross team events for men and women were introduced to the championships schedule for the first time, bringin ...
during the qualification period (1 July 2016 to 21 January 2018) and also have a minimum of 100 FIS points to compete. If the host country,
South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics
South Korea competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, from 9 to 25 February 2018, as the host nation. It was represented by 122 competitors in all 15 disciplines (15 sports).
In January 2018, following inter-governmental talks, the tea ...
did not qualify, their chosen athlete would displace the last qualified athlete, granted all qualification criterion was met.
Results
Qualification run
The qualification was held at 09:27.
Elimination round
The 16 best racers advanced to the elimination round. During the semifinals, although the automatic sensors at the finishing line claimed Lee as the winner with the difference of 0.01 seconds, Kosir challenged the result when the photo finish seemed to show that he had crossed the finish line first. The result stood, but Kosir later went on to win bronze.
References
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Men's snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics