# 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. 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.
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.

## Results
### Qualification run

The qualification was started at 11:07.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Blue course | Red course | Total | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Lee Sang-ho | South Korea | 39.96 | 40.58 | 1:20.54 | Q |
| 2 | 15 | Benjamin Karl | Austria | 41.21 | 40.04 | 1:21.25 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Andreas Prommegger | Austria | 40.34 | 41.03 | 1:21.37 | Q |
| 4 | 10 | Tim Mastnak | Slovenia | 40.24 | 41.19 | 1:21.43 | Q |
| 5 | 20 | Oskar Kwiatkowski | Poland | 40.63 | 40.89 | 1:21.52 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | Roland Fischnaller | Italy | 40.25 | 41.34 | 1:21.59 | Q |
| 7 | 19 | Michał Nowaczyk | Poland | 40.92 | 40.72 | 1:21.64 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Dmitry Loginov | ROC | 41.31 | 40.38 | 1:21.69 | Q |
| 9 | 21 | Vic Wild | ROC | 41.10 | 40.96 | 1:22.06 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | Alexander Payer | Austria | 41.26 | 40.84 | 1:22.10 | Q |
| 11 | 9 | Žan Košir | Slovenia | 41.55 | 40.61 | 1:22.16 | Q |
| 12 | 8 | Mirko Felicetti | Italy | 40.89 | 41.37 | 1:22.26 | Q |
| 13 | 23 | Yannik Angenend | Germany | 41.41 | 40.87 | 1:22.28 | Q |
| 14 | 13 | Dario Caviezel | Switzerland | 41.92 | 40.43 | 1:22.35 | Q |
| 15 | 22 | Radoslav Yankov | Bulgaria | 41.48 | 41.00 | 1:22.48 | Q |
| 16 | 12 | Daniele Bagozza | Italy | 41.18 | 41.30 | 1:22.48 | Q |
| 17 | 11 | Edwin Coratti | Italy | 41.22 | 41.27 | 1:22.49 | |
| 18 | 3 | Stefan Baumeister | Germany | 41.24 | 41.40 | 1:22.64 | |
| 19 | 16 | Andrey Sobolev | ROC | 41.39 | 41.48 | 1:22.87 | |
| 20 | 32 | Jules Lefebvre | Canada | 41.66 | 41.28 | 1:22.94 | |
| 21 | 14 | Nevin Galmarini | Switzerland | 41.17 | 42.27 | 1:23.44 | |
| 22 | 27 | Bi Ye | China | 42.10 | 41.43 | 1:23.53 | |
| 23 | 7 | Lukas Mathies | Austria | 41.66 | 42.09 | 1:23.75 | |
| 24 | 18 | Kim Sang-kyum | South Korea | 42.40 | 41.41 | 1:23.81 | |
| 25 | 26 | Rok Marguč | Slovenia | 42.29 | 42.09 | 1:24.38 | |
| 26 | 25 | Arnaud Gaudet | Canada | 42.17 | 42.26 | 1:24.43 | |
| 27 | 31 | Sébastien Beaulieu | Canada | 42.52 | 42.00 | 1:24.52 | |
| 28 | 30 | Gian Casanova | Switzerland | 42.33 | 42.80 | 1:25.13 | |
| 29 | 28 | Cody Winters | United States | 45.47 | 42.33 | 1:27.80 | |
| 30 | 29 | Elias Huber | Germany | 42.15 | 49.01 | 1:31.16 | |
| 31 | 24 | Robert Burns | United States | 46.23 | 49.99 | 1:36.22 | |
| | 17 | Dmitriy Karlagachev | ROC | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | |

### Elimination round

| 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 4 Mastnak (SLO) | | | | | |
| 13 Angenend (GER) | +0.27 | | | | |
| 13 Angenend (GER) | +0.27 | 4 Mastnak (SLO) | | | |
| | | 5 Kwiatkowski (POL) | DNF | | |
| 5 Kwiatkowski (POL) | | 5 Kwiatkowski (POL) | DNF | | |
| 12 Felicetti (ITA) | DNF | | | | |
| 12 Felicetti (ITA) | DNF | | | 4 Mastnak (SLO) | |
| | | | | 9 Wild (ROC) | +0.48 |
| 8 Loginov (ROC) | DNF | | | 9 Wild (ROC) | +0.48 |
| 9 Wild (ROC) | | | | | |
| 9 Wild (ROC) | | 9 Wild (ROC) | | | |
| | | 1 Lee (KOR) | +0.01 | | |
| 1 Lee (KOR) | | 1 Lee (KOR) | +0.01 | | |
| 16 Bagozza (ITA) | +0.92 | | | | | | |
| 16 Bagozza (ITA) | +0.92 | | | | | 4 Mastnak (SLO) | +0.82 |
| | | | | | | 2 Karl (AUT) | |
| 2 Karl (AUT) | | | | | | 2 Karl (AUT) | |
| 15 Yankov (BUL) | +0.36 | | | | | | |
| 15 Yankov (BUL) | +0.36 | 2 Karl (AUT) | | | | | |
| | | 10 Payer (AUT) | +1.57 | | | | |
| 7 Nowaczyk (POL) | +0.09 | 10 Payer (AUT) | +1.57 | | | | |
| 10 Payer (AUT) | | | | | | | |
| 10 Payer (AUT) | | | | 2 Karl (AUT) | | | |
| | | | | 6 Fischnaller (ITA) | DNF | Third place | Third place |
| 6 Fischnaller (ITA) | | | | 6 Fischnaller (ITA) | DNF | Third place | Third place |
| 11 Košir (SLO) | DNF | | | | | | |
| 11 Košir (SLO) | DNF | 6 Fischnaller (ITA) | | | | 9 Wild (ROC) | |
| | | 3 Prommegger (AUT) | +0.51 | | | 6 Fischnaller (ITA) | DNF |
| 3 Prommegger (AUT) | | 3 Prommegger (AUT) | +0.51 | | | 6 Fischnaller (ITA) | DNF |
| 14 Caviezel (SUI) | +0.16 | | | | | | |