Freestyle skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's ski cross
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The men's ski cross event in freestyle skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics
The freestyle skiing competition of the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at Cypress Mountain. The events took place between the 13 and 25 February 2010, and included a new event for these Olympics, ski cross.- Medal table :-Men's Events:- Women's Events :...

in Vancouver
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, took place on 21 February at the Cypress Bowl Ski Area in the Cypress Provincial Park
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, West Vancouver
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Qualification

Rank Bib Name Country Time Notes
4 Michael Schmid
Michael Schmid
Michael Schmid is a Swiss freestyle skier who specializes in the skicross discipline. He is the inaugural Olympic champion in the event....

 
1:12.53 Q
6 Christopher Del Bosco
Christopher Del Bosco
Christopher Del Bosco , is an American-born, Canadian freestyle skier who currently resides in Sudbury, Ontario. Del Bosco is a member of the Canadian national ski cross team. He is the reigning FIS World Champion in ski cross and has three medals from the Winter X Games, one of every colour...

 
1:12.89 Q
13 Xavier Kuhn
Xavier Kuhn
Xavier Kuhn is a French freestyle skier. He represents France at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.-References:...

 
1:12.91 Q
5 Andreas Matt
Andreas Matt
Andreas Matt is an Austrian freestyle skier who specializes in the skicross discipline. He is the brother of alpine skier, Mario Matt....

 
1:13.13 Q
14 Audun Grønvold
Audun Grønvold
Audun Grønvold is a Norwegian freestyle skier. He represented Norway at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and won a bronze medal.Grønvold is a former alpine skier. He won the ski cross World Cup in 2007.-References:...

 
1:13.23 Q
2 Thomas Zangerl
Thomas Zangerl
Thomas Zangerl is an Austrian freestyle skier who specializes in the skicross discipline.He made his World Cup debut in March 2003 in Les Contamines, but was disqualified. His first valid World Cup result was a thirteenth place in Saas-Fee in November the same year...

 
1:13.44 Q
31 Filip Flisar
Filip Flisar
Filip Flisar is a Slovenian freestyle skier. He represented Slovenia at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, where he competed in ski cross.-References:...

 
1:13.46 Q
1 Simon Stickl
Simon Stickl
Simon Stickl is a German freestyle skier who specializes in the skicross discipline.He made his World Cup debut in January 2008 in Les Contamines, and collected his first World Cup points four days later with a nineteenth place in Flaine. He then recorded a thirteenth place in Kreischberg before...

 
1:13.49 Q
27 Errol Kerr
Errol Kerr
Errol Kerr is a downhill skier formerly with the U.S. Ski Team. Kerr is the son of a Jamaican father and an American mother. Kerr started skiing at age 4 and started racing competitively at age 11, and as a child he also raced BMX and motocross. The multi-disciplined Kerr eventually found his...

 
1:13.71 Q
10 11 Stanley Hayer
Stanley Hayer
Stanley Hayer is a Canadian freestyle skier of Czech descent who currently resides in Kimberley, British Columbia. Stanley Hayer is a member of the Canadian national ski cross team....

 
1:13.74 Q
11 7 Tomáš Kraus
Tomáš Kraus
Tomáš Kraus is a Czech sportsman who has specialized in both alpine skiing and freestyle skiing. His best results as an alpine skier was two 28th places at the 1997 and 2003 World Championships, but as a freestyle skier he is a double world champion and has twelve victories in World Cup races in...

 
1:13.75 Q
12 33 Scott Kneller
Scott Kneller
Scott Kneller is an Australian freestyle skier. He represented Australia at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Competing in the ski cross, he came seventh. He came second in his 1/8 final, and then in his 1/4 final to qualify for the semifinals. In each race there are four competitors and the...

 
1:13.85 Q
13 20 Enak Gavaggio
Enak Gavaggio
Enak Gavaggio is a French freestyle skier. He represented France at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.-References:...

 
1:13.90 Q
14 17 Sylvain Miaillier
Sylvain Miaillier
Sylvain Miaillier is a French freestyle skier. He represents France at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.-References:...

 
1:13.91 Q
14 16 Conradign Netzer
Conradign Netzer
Conradign Netzer is a Swiss freestyle skier who specializes in the skicross discipline.He made his World Cup debut in November 2003 in Saas-Fee, and collected his first World Cup points with a sixteenth place in January 2004 in Laax...

 
1:13.91 Q
16 8 Ted Piccard  1:14.10 Q
17 29 Anders Rekdal
Anders Rekdal
Anders Rekdal is a Norwegian freestyle skier. He represents Norway at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.-References:...

 
1:14.17 Q
18 12 Casey Puckett
Casey Puckett
Paul Casey Puckett is an American alpine skier who competed from 1990 to 2006 and freestyle skier who has competed since 2008.-Alpine skiing:...

 
1:14.35 Q
19 9 Lars Lewen  1:14.44 Q
20 25 Egor Korotkov
Egor Korotkov
Egor Korotkov is a Russian freestyle skier who specializes in the skicross discipline.He finished fifth at the 2006 Junior World Championships, and participated in the 2007 World Championships before competing in the World Cup...

 
1:14.54 Q
21 32 Michael Forslund  1:14.66 Q
21 23 Juha Haukkala
Juha Haukkala
Juha Haukkala is a Finnish freestyle skier who specializes in the skicross discipline.He made his World Cup debut in February 2003 in Les Contamines, and collected his first World Cup points in January 2004, with a 25th place in Laax and a 22nd place in Spindleruv Mlyn...

 
1:14.66 Q
23 22 Tommy Eliasson  1:14.73 Q
24 15 Daron Rahlves
Daron Rahlves
Daron Louis Rahlves is an American freestyle skier and a former alpine ski racer. Raised in northern California, he attended the Green Mountain Valley School in Vermont and currently resides in Truckee, California...

 
1:14.91 Q
25 10 Davey Barr
Davey Barr
Davey Barr is a Canadian freestyle skier currently residing in Whistler, British Columbia. Davey Barr is a member of the Canadian national ski cross team....

 
1:14.98 Q
26 21 Hiroomi Takizawa
Hiroomi Takizawa
is a Japanese freestyle skier who specializes in the skicross discipline. He is a former moguls skier.-Moguls:Takizawa competed three seasons in the moguls discipline. He made his debut in the so-called Nor-Am Cup in December 1996 with a sixth place in Fortress Mountain...

 
1:15.03 Q
27 19 Richard Spalinger  1:15.12 Q
28 18 Patrick Koller
Patrick Koller
Patrick Koller is an Austrian freestyle skier who specializes in the skicross discipline.He made his World Cup debut in February 2007 in Les Contamines, with a thirtieth place, and finished among the top twenty for the first time one year later, with a 20nd place in Flaine...

 
1:15.22 Q
29 24 Martin Fiala  1:15.88 Q
30 26 Markus Wittner
Markus Wittner
Markus Wittner is an Austrian freestyle skier who specializes in the skicross discipline.He made his World Cup debut in November 2002 in Tignes, finishing third. He followed up with a third place in January 2003 in Laax...

 
1:15.91 Q
31 3 Beni Hofer  1:16.18 Q
32 30 Eric Iljans
Eric Iljans
Eric Iljans is a Swedish freestyle skier. He represents Sweden at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.-References:...

 
1:16.34 Q
28 Zdeněk Šafář
Zdenek Šafár
Zdeněk Šafář is a Czech freestyle skier who specializes in the skicross discipline.He made his World Cup debut in March 2003 in Les Contamines, and collected his first World Cup points in January 2004, with a thirteenth place in Pozza di Fassa...

 
DNF

1/8 Round

The top 32 qualifiers advanced to the 1/8 round. From here, they participated in four-person elimination races, with the top two from each race advancing.
Heat 1
Rank Bib Name CountryNotes
1 1 Michael Schmid
Michael Schmid
Michael Schmid is a Swiss freestyle skier who specializes in the skicross discipline. He is the inaugural Olympic champion in the event....

 
Q
2 32 Eric Iljans
Eric Iljans
Eric Iljans is a Swedish freestyle skier. He represents Sweden at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.-References:...

 
Q
3 24 Daron Rahlves
Daron Rahlves
Daron Louis Rahlves is an American freestyle skier and a former alpine ski racer. Raised in northern California, he attended the Green Mountain Valley School in Vermont and currently resides in Truckee, California...

 
4 16 Ted Piccard  DNF

Heat 2
Rank Bib Name CountryNotes
1 9 Errol Kerr
Errol Kerr
Errol Kerr is a downhill skier formerly with the U.S. Ski Team. Kerr is the son of a Jamaican father and an American mother. Kerr started skiing at age 4 and started racing competitively at age 11, and as a child he also raced BMX and motocross. The multi-disciplined Kerr eventually found his...

 
Q
2 25 Davey Barr
Davey Barr
Davey Barr is a Canadian freestyle skier currently residing in Whistler, British Columbia. Davey Barr is a member of the Canadian national ski cross team....

 
Q
3 8 Simon Stickl
Simon Stickl
Simon Stickl is a German freestyle skier who specializes in the skicross discipline.He made his World Cup debut in January 2008 in Les Contamines, and collected his first World Cup points four days later with a nineteenth place in Flaine. He then recorded a thirteenth place in Kreischberg before...

 
4 17 Anders Rekdal
Anders Rekdal
Anders Rekdal is a Norwegian freestyle skier. He represents Norway at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.-References:...

 
DNF

Heat 3
Rank Bib Name CountryNotes
1 11 Tomáš Kraus
Tomáš Kraus
Tomáš Kraus is a Czech sportsman who has specialized in both alpine skiing and freestyle skiing. His best results as an alpine skier was two 28th places at the 1997 and 2003 World Championships, but as a freestyle skier he is a double world champion and has twelve victories in World Cup races in...

 
Q
2 27 Richard Spalinger  Q
3 6 Thomas Zangerl
Thomas Zangerl
Thomas Zangerl is an Austrian freestyle skier who specializes in the skicross discipline.He made his World Cup debut in March 2003 in Les Contamines, but was disqualified. His first valid World Cup result was a thirteenth place in Saas-Fee in November the same year...

 
4 19 Lars Lewen 

Heat 4
Rank Bib Name CountryNotes
1 13 Enak Gavaggio
Enak Gavaggio
Enak Gavaggio is a French freestyle skier. He represented France at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.-References:...

 
Q
2 4 Andreas Matt
Andreas Matt
Andreas Matt is an Austrian freestyle skier who specializes in the skicross discipline. He is the brother of alpine skier, Mario Matt....

 
Q
3 29 Martin Fiala 
4 21 Michael Forslund 


Heat 5
Rank Bib Name CountryNotes
1 14 Sylvain Miaillier
Sylvain Miaillier
Sylvain Miaillier is a French freestyle skier. He represents France at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.-References:...

 
Q
2 30 Markus Wittner
Markus Wittner
Markus Wittner is an Austrian freestyle skier who specializes in the skicross discipline.He made his World Cup debut in November 2002 in Tignes, finishing third. He followed up with a third place in January 2003 in Laax...

 
Q
3 22 Juha Haukkala
Juha Haukkala
Juha Haukkala is a Finnish freestyle skier who specializes in the skicross discipline.He made his World Cup debut in February 2003 in Les Contamines, and collected his first World Cup points in January 2004, with a 25th place in Laax and a 22nd place in Spindleruv Mlyn...

 
4 3 Xavier Kuhn
Xavier Kuhn
Xavier Kuhn is a French freestyle skier. He represents France at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.-References:...

 
DNF

Heat 6
Rank Bib Name CountryNotes
1 5 Audun Grønvold
Audun Grønvold
Audun Grønvold is a Norwegian freestyle skier. He represented Norway at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and won a bronze medal.Grønvold is a former alpine skier. He won the ski cross World Cup in 2007.-References:...

 
Q
2 12 Scott Kneller
Scott Kneller
Scott Kneller is an Australian freestyle skier. He represented Australia at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Competing in the ski cross, he came seventh. He came second in his 1/8 final, and then in his 1/4 final to qualify for the semifinals. In each race there are four competitors and the...

 
Q
3 20 Egor Korotkov
Egor Korotkov
Egor Korotkov is a Russian freestyle skier who specializes in the skicross discipline.He finished fifth at the 2006 Junior World Championships, and participated in the 2007 World Championships before competing in the World Cup...

 
4 28 Patrick Koller
Patrick Koller
Patrick Koller is an Austrian freestyle skier who specializes in the skicross discipline.He made his World Cup debut in February 2007 in Les Contamines, with a thirtieth place, and finished among the top twenty for the first time one year later, with a 20nd place in Flaine...

 

Heat 7
Rank Bib Name CountryNotes
1 7 Filip Flisar
Filip Flisar
Filip Flisar is a Slovenian freestyle skier. He represented Slovenia at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, where he competed in ski cross.-References:...

 
Q
2 10 Stanley Hayer
Stanley Hayer
Stanley Hayer is a Canadian freestyle skier of Czech descent who currently resides in Kimberley, British Columbia. Stanley Hayer is a member of the Canadian national ski cross team....

 
Q
3 26 Hiroomi Takizawa
Hiroomi Takizawa
is a Japanese freestyle skier who specializes in the skicross discipline. He is a former moguls skier.-Moguls:Takizawa competed three seasons in the moguls discipline. He made his debut in the so-called Nor-Am Cup in December 1996 with a sixth place in Fortress Mountain...

 
4 18 Casey Puckett
Casey Puckett
Paul Casey Puckett is an American alpine skier who competed from 1990 to 2006 and freestyle skier who has competed since 2008.-Alpine skiing:...

 

Heat 8
Rank Bib Name CountryNotes
1 2 Christopher Del Bosco
Christopher Del Bosco
Christopher Del Bosco , is an American-born, Canadian freestyle skier who currently resides in Sudbury, Ontario. Del Bosco is a member of the Canadian national ski cross team. He is the reigning FIS World Champion in ski cross and has three medals from the Winter X Games, one of every colour...

 
Q
2 23 Tommy Eliasson  Q
3 15 Conradign Netzer
Conradign Netzer
Conradign Netzer is a Swiss freestyle skier who specializes in the skicross discipline.He made his World Cup debut in November 2003 in Saas-Fee, and collected his first World Cup points with a sixteenth place in January 2004 in Laax...

 
4 31 Beni Hofer 


Quarterfinals

The top 2 from each heat of the 1/8 round advanced to the 1/4 round. From here, they participated in four-person elimination races, with the top two from each race advancing.
Heat 1
Rank Bib Name CountryNotes
1 1 Michael Schmid
Michael Schmid
Michael Schmid is a Swiss freestyle skier who specializes in the skicross discipline. He is the inaugural Olympic champion in the event....

 
Q
2 25 Davey Barr
Davey Barr
Davey Barr is a Canadian freestyle skier currently residing in Whistler, British Columbia. Davey Barr is a member of the Canadian national ski cross team....

 
Q
3 9 Errol Kerr
Errol Kerr
Errol Kerr is a downhill skier formerly with the U.S. Ski Team. Kerr is the son of a Jamaican father and an American mother. Kerr started skiing at age 4 and started racing competitively at age 11, and as a child he also raced BMX and motocross. The multi-disciplined Kerr eventually found his...

 
4 32 Eric Iljans
Eric Iljans
Eric Iljans is a Swedish freestyle skier. He represents Sweden at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.-References:...

 

Heat 2
Rank Bib Name CountryNotes
1 13 Enak Gavaggio
Enak Gavaggio
Enak Gavaggio is a French freestyle skier. He represented France at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.-References:...

 
Q
2 4 Andreas Matt
Andreas Matt
Andreas Matt is an Austrian freestyle skier who specializes in the skicross discipline. He is the brother of alpine skier, Mario Matt....

 
Q
3 11 Tomáš Kraus
Tomáš Kraus
Tomáš Kraus is a Czech sportsman who has specialized in both alpine skiing and freestyle skiing. His best results as an alpine skier was two 28th places at the 1997 and 2003 World Championships, but as a freestyle skier he is a double world champion and has twelve victories in World Cup races in...

 
4 27 Richard Spalinger 


Heat 3
Rank Bib Name CountryNotes
1 5 Audun Grønvold
Audun Grønvold
Audun Grønvold is a Norwegian freestyle skier. He represented Norway at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and won a bronze medal.Grønvold is a former alpine skier. He won the ski cross World Cup in 2007.-References:...

 
Q
2 12 Scott Kneller
Scott Kneller
Scott Kneller is an Australian freestyle skier. He represented Australia at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Competing in the ski cross, he came seventh. He came second in his 1/8 final, and then in his 1/4 final to qualify for the semifinals. In each race there are four competitors and the...

 
Q
3 14 Sylvain Miaillier
Sylvain Miaillier
Sylvain Miaillier is a French freestyle skier. He represents France at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.-References:...

 
4 30 Markus Wittner
Markus Wittner
Markus Wittner is an Austrian freestyle skier who specializes in the skicross discipline.He made his World Cup debut in November 2002 in Tignes, finishing third. He followed up with a third place in January 2003 in Laax...

 

Heat 4
Rank Bib Name CountryNotes
1 2 Christopher Del Bosco
Christopher Del Bosco
Christopher Del Bosco , is an American-born, Canadian freestyle skier who currently resides in Sudbury, Ontario. Del Bosco is a member of the Canadian national ski cross team. He is the reigning FIS World Champion in ski cross and has three medals from the Winter X Games, one of every colour...

 
Q
2 7 Filip Flisar
Filip Flisar
Filip Flisar is a Slovenian freestyle skier. He represented Slovenia at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, where he competed in ski cross.-References:...

 
Q
3 23 Tommy Eliasson 
4 10 Stanley Hayer
Stanley Hayer
Stanley Hayer is a Canadian freestyle skier of Czech descent who currently resides in Kimberley, British Columbia. Stanley Hayer is a member of the Canadian national ski cross team....

 


Semifinals

The top 2 from each heat of the 1/4 round advanced to the semifinals. From here, they participated in four-person elimination races, with the top two from each race advancing to the final and the third and fourth entering a classification race.
Heat 1
Rank Bib Name CountryNotes
1 1 Michael Schmid
Michael Schmid
Michael Schmid is a Swiss freestyle skier who specializes in the skicross discipline. He is the inaugural Olympic champion in the event....

 
Q
2 4 Andreas Matt
Andreas Matt
Andreas Matt is an Austrian freestyle skier who specializes in the skicross discipline. He is the brother of alpine skier, Mario Matt....

 
Q
3 25 Davey Barr
Davey Barr
Davey Barr is a Canadian freestyle skier currently residing in Whistler, British Columbia. Davey Barr is a member of the Canadian national ski cross team....

 
4 13 Enak Gavaggio
Enak Gavaggio
Enak Gavaggio is a French freestyle skier. He represented France at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.-References:...

 


Heat 2
Rank Bib Name CountryNotes
1 5 Audun Grønvold
Audun Grønvold
Audun Grønvold is a Norwegian freestyle skier. He represented Norway at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and won a bronze medal.Grønvold is a former alpine skier. He won the ski cross World Cup in 2007.-References:...

 
Q
2 2 Christopher Del Bosco
Christopher Del Bosco
Christopher Del Bosco , is an American-born, Canadian freestyle skier who currently resides in Sudbury, Ontario. Del Bosco is a member of the Canadian national ski cross team. He is the reigning FIS World Champion in ski cross and has three medals from the Winter X Games, one of every colour...

 
Q
3 12 Scott Kneller
Scott Kneller
Scott Kneller is an Australian freestyle skier. He represented Australia at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Competing in the ski cross, he came seventh. He came second in his 1/8 final, and then in his 1/4 final to qualify for the semifinals. In each race there are four competitors and the...

 
4 7 Filip Flisar
Filip Flisar
Filip Flisar is a Slovenian freestyle skier. He represented Slovenia at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, where he competed in ski cross.-References:...

 


Finals

Small Final
Rank Bib Name Country Notes
5 13 Enak Gavaggio
Enak Gavaggio
Enak Gavaggio is a French freestyle skier. He represented France at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.-References:...

 
6 25 Davey Barr
Davey Barr
Davey Barr is a Canadian freestyle skier currently residing in Whistler, British Columbia. Davey Barr is a member of the Canadian national ski cross team....

 
7 12 Scott Kneller
Scott Kneller
Scott Kneller is an Australian freestyle skier. He represented Australia at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Competing in the ski cross, he came seventh. He came second in his 1/8 final, and then in his 1/4 final to qualify for the semifinals. In each race there are four competitors and the...

 
8 7 Filip Flisar
Filip Flisar
Filip Flisar is a Slovenian freestyle skier. He represented Slovenia at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, where he competed in ski cross.-References:...

 
DNF

Large Final
Rank Bib Name Country Notes
1 Michael Schmid
Michael Schmid
Michael Schmid is a Swiss freestyle skier who specializes in the skicross discipline. He is the inaugural Olympic champion in the event....

 
4 Andreas Matt
Andreas Matt
Andreas Matt is an Austrian freestyle skier who specializes in the skicross discipline. He is the brother of alpine skier, Mario Matt....

 
5 Audun Grønvold
Audun Grønvold
Audun Grønvold is a Norwegian freestyle skier. He represented Norway at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and won a bronze medal.Grønvold is a former alpine skier. He won the ski cross World Cup in 2007.-References:...

 
4 2 Christopher Del Bosco
Christopher Del Bosco
Christopher Del Bosco , is an American-born, Canadian freestyle skier who currently resides in Sudbury, Ontario. Del Bosco is a member of the Canadian national ski cross team. He is the reigning FIS World Champion in ski cross and has three medals from the Winter X Games, one of every colour...

DNF

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