The men's snowboard cross competition in

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at the

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was held on 10 February, at the Genting Snow Park in

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Alessandro Hämmerle Alessandro Hämmerle (born 30 July 1993) is a Swiss-born Austrian Snowboarding, snowboarder, and Olympic gold medalist in the snowboard cross. Hämmerle competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Austria. In the Snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Oly ...

of Austria became the champion. Éliot Grondin of Canada won the silver medal, and

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of Italy the bronze. For all of them, this was the first Olympic medal.

Summary

The 2014 and 2018 champion, Pierre Vaultier, retired from competitions. The 2018 silver medalist, Jarryd Hughes, qualified for the Olympics. The bronze medalist, Regino Hernández, did not qualify and retired as professional rider in January 2022. At the

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, six snowboard cross events were held before the Olympics. Martin Nörl was leading the ranking, followed by

and Jakob Dusek. Lucas Eguibar is the 2021 world champion, with Hämmerle and Éliot Grondin 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.

Results

Seeding run

The seeding run was held at 11:15.

Elimination round

1/8 finals

;Heat 1 ;Heat 2 ;Heat 3 ;Heat 4 ;Heat 5 ;Heat 6 ;Heat 7 ;Heat 8

Quarterfinals

;Heat 1 ;Heat 2 ;Heat 3 ;Heat 4

Semifinals

;Heat 1 ;Heat 2

Finals

;Small final ;Big final

References

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