# Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's snowboard cross

The men's snowboard cross competition in snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 10 February, at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou. Alessandro Hämmerle of Austria became the champion. Éliot Grondin of Canada won the silver medal, and Omar Visintin 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 2021–22 FIS Snowboard World Cup, six snowboard cross events were held before the Olympics. Martin Nörl was leading the ranking, followed by Alessandro Hämmerle 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.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best |
| 1 | 15 | Éliot Grondin | Canada | 1:16.29 | – | 1:16.29 |
| 2 | 7 | Julian Lüftner | Austria | 1:17.00 | – | 1:17.00 |
| 3 | 13 | Jakob Dusek | Austria | 1:17.05 | – | 1:17.05 |
| 4 | 2 | Alessandro Hämmerle | Austria | 1:17.24 | – | 1:17.24 |
| 5 | 11 | Martin Nörl | Germany | 1:17.38 | – | 1:17.38 |
| 6 | 16 | Omar Visintin | Italy | 1:17.68 | – | 1:17.68 |
| 7 | 8 | Hagen Kearney | United States | 1:17.81 | – | 1:17.81 |
| 8 | 4 | Cameron Bolton | Australia | 1:17.92 | – | 1:17.92 |
| 9 | 3 | Lorenzo Sommariva | Italy | 1:17.98 | – | 1:17.98 |
| 10 | 12 | Nick Baumgartner | United States | 1:18.01 | – | 1:18.01 |
| 11 | 23 | Umito Kirchwehm | Germany | 1:18.22 | – | 1:18.22 |
| 12 | 19 | Paul Berg | Germany | 1:18.31 | – | 1:18.31 |
| 13 | 20 | Liam Moffatt | Canada | 1:18.45 | – | 1:18.45 |
| 14 | 9 | Lukas Pachner | Austria | 1:18.49 | – | 1:18.49 |
| 15 | 17 | Adam Dickson | Australia | 1:18.56 | – | 1:18.56 |
| 16 | 6 | Merlin Surget | France | 1:18.64 | – | 1:18.64 |
| 17 | 10 | Adam Lambert | Australia | 1:19.33 | 1:17.56 | 1:17.56 |
| 18 | 25 | Jake Vedder | United States | 1:18.83 | 1:17.88 | 1:17.88 |
| 19 | 18 | Tommaso Leoni | Italy | 1:19.45 | 1:18.13 | 1:18.13 |
| 20 | 24 | Mick Dierdorff | United States | 1:19.66 | 1:18.64 | 1:18.64 |
| 21 | 14 | Lucas Eguibar | Spain | 1:18.73 | 1:19.93 | 1:18.73 |
| 22 | 5 | Kalle Koblet | Switzerland | 1:19.39 | 1:18.94 | 1:18.94 |
| 23 | 21 | Yoshiki Takahara | Japan | 1:19.26 | 1:19.16 | 1:19.16 |
| 24 | 22 | Loan Bozzolo | France | 1:19.75 | 1:19.23 | 1:19.23 |
| 25 | 30 | Daniil Donskikh | ROC | 1:19.36 | 1:19.93 | 1:19.36 |
| 26 | 28 | Kevin Hill | Canada | 1:20.24 | 1:19.45 | 1:19.45 |
| 27 | 1 | Glenn de Blois | Netherlands | 1:20.75 | 1:19.69 | 1:19.69 |
| 28 | 29 | Jarryd Hughes | Australia | 1:21.28 | 1:20.48 | 1:20.48 |
| 29 | 31 | Huw Nightingale | Great Britain | 1:20.79 | 1:20.72 | 1:20.72 |
| 30 | 26 | Léo Le Blé Jaques | France | 1:21.06 | 1:21.36 | 1:21.06 |
| 31 | 27 | Filippo Ferrari | Italy | 1:24.77 | DNF | 1:24.77 |
| 32 | 32 | Radek Houser | Czech Republic | DNS | DNS | DNS |

### Elimination round
#### 1/8 finals

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Éliot Grondin | Canada | Q |
| 2 | 16 | Merlin Surget | France | Q |
| 3 | 17 | Adam Lambert | Australia | |
| | 32 | Radek Houser | Czech Republic | DNS |
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 8 | Cameron Bolton | Australia | Q |
| 2 | 24 | Loan Bozzolo | France | Q |
| 3 | 25 | Daniil Donskikh | ROC | |
| | 9 | Lorenzo Sommariva | Italy | DNF |
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Martin Nörl | Germany | Q |
| 2 | 21 | Lucas Eguibar | Spain | Q |
| 3 | 12 | Paul Berg | Germany | |
| 4 | 28 | Jarryd Hughes | Australia | |
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 20 | Mick Dierdorff | United States | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Alessandro Hämmerle | Austria | Q |
| 3 | 13 | Liam Moffatt | Canada | |
| 4 | 29 | Huw Nightingale | Great Britain | |
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 19 | Tommaso Leoni | Italy | Q |
| 2 | 30 | Léo Le Blé Jaques | France | Q |
| 3 | 14 | Lukas Pachner | Austria | |
| 4 | 3 | Jakob Dusek | Austria | |
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Omar Visintin | Italy | Q |
| 2 | 11 | Umito Kirchwehm | Germany | Q |
| 3 | 22 | Kalle Koblet | Switzerland | |
| 4 | 27 | Glenn de Blois | Netherlands | |
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 23 | Yoshiki Takahara | Japan | Q |
| 2 | 10 | Nick Baumgartner | United States | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Hagen Kearney | United States | |
| 4 | 26 | Kevin Hill | Canada | |
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 18 | Jake Vedder | United States | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Julian Lüftner | Austria | Q |
| 3 | 15 | Adam Dickson | Australia | |
| | 31 | Filippo Ferrari | Italy | DNS |

#### Quarterfinals

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Éliot Grondin | Canada | Q |
| 2 | 16 | Merlin Surget | France | Q |
| 3 | 24 | Loan Bozzolo | France | |
| 4 | 8 | Cameron Bolton | Australia | |
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Alessandro Hämmerle | Austria | Q |
| 2 | 21 | Lucas Eguibar | Spain | Q |
| | 20 | Mick Dierdorff | United States | DNF |
| | 5 | Martin Nörl | Germany | DNF |
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Omar Visintin | Italy | Q |
| 2 | 19 | Tommaso Leoni | Italy | Q |
| 3 | 30 | Léo Le Blé Jaques | France | |
| | 11 | Umito Kirchwehm | Germany | DNF |
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Julian Lüftner | Austria | Q |
| 2 | 18 | Jake Vedder | United States | Q |
| 3 | 10 | Nick Baumgartner | United States | |
| | 23 | Yoshiki Takahara | Japan | DNF |

#### Semifinals

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Éliot Grondin | Canada | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Alessandro Hämmerle | Austria | Q |
| 3 | 16 | Merlin Surget | France | |
| 4 | 21 | Lucas Eguibar | Spain | |
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Julian Lüftner | Austria | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Omar Visintin | Italy | Q |
| 3 | 18 | Jake Vedder | United States | |
| 4 | 19 | Tommaso Leoni | Italy | |

#### Finals
##### Small final

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country |
| 5 | 16 | Merlin Surget | France |
| 6 | 18 | Jake Vedder | United States |
| 7 | 21 | Lucas Eguibar | Spain |
| 8 | 19 | Tommaso Leoni | Italy |

##### Big final

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country |
| | 4 | Alessandro Hämmerle | Austria |
| | 1 | Éliot Grondin | Canada |
| | 6 | Omar Visintin | Italy |
| 4 | 2 | Julian Lüftner | Austria |