Snowboarding at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's snowboard cross
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The men's snowboard cross competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics
2010 Winter Olympics
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...

 was held at Cypress Mountain on February 15, 2010.

Qualification

Rank Bib Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best Notes
1 33 Alex Pullin
Alex Pullin
Alex Pullin is an Australian snowboarder. He competed for Australia at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Snowboard cross. He had the fastest qualifying time in his event, but was eliminated in the first round of competition, finishing in 17th place by virtue of his qualifying time. Pullin has also...

 
1:21.17 1:20.15 1:20.15 Q
2 35 Graham Watanabe
Graham Watanabe
Graham Watanabe is an American snowboarder who has competed since 1996. He won three events in snowboardcross between 2004 and 2009.At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Watanabe finished 31st in the snowboard cross event...

 
1:22.25 1:20.53 1:20.53 Q
3 40 Mike Robertson
Mike Robertson (snowboarder)
Mike Robertson is a Canadian snowboarder. He resides in Canmore, Alberta. His home mountain is Lake Louise.Robertson first started snowboarding at the World Cup level in 2003. His first World Cup podium result came on January 11, 2009, when he won a bronze medal. A month later, he reached the...

 
1:21.73 1:20.15 1:20.15 Q
4 50 Xavier de Le Rue
Xavier de Le Rue
Xavier de Le Rue is a French snowboarder who competes in snowboard-cross. He competed for France at the 2006 Winter Olympics, but did not advance to the quarterfinals. At the FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2009 he won a silver medal. He is set to compete for France at the 2010 Winter Olympics...

 
1:21.33 1:21.86 1:21.33 Q
5 39 Mario Fuchs
Mario Fuchs
Mario Fuchs is a professional snowboarder from Austria. His speciality is the snowboardcross.-Career highlights:Olympic Winter GamesFIS World Snowboard Championships...

 
1:21.84 1:21.53 1:21.53 Q
6 36 Pierre Vaultier
Pierre Vaultier
Pierre Vaultier, born on June 24, 1987 in Briançon in the Hautes-Alpes, is a French snowboarder, specializing in snowboardcross.- Career :Vaultier started snowboarding at the age of six at Serre Chevalier, one of the major French ski resorts located in the southern part of the Alps. He debuted...

 
1:23.37 1:21.63 1:21.63 Q
7 45 Nick Baumgartner
Nick Baumgartner
Nick Baumgartner is a United States snowboarder from Iron River, Michigan. He has competed since 2005. He won a bronze medal in the snowboard cross event at the FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2009 in Gangwon....

 
1:22.64 1:21.70 1:21.70 Q
8 47 Nate Holland
Nate Holland
Nate Holland is an American snowboarder.Holland won a gold medal in Snowboard Cross at the 2007 Winter X Games XI in Aspen, Colorado. He won another gold medal at the 2008 Winter X Games XII, beating Markus Schairer in the finals...

 
1:21.78 1:21.78 Q
9 56 Damon Hayler
Damon Hayler
Damon Hayler is an Australian snowboarder, competing in the snowboard cross. He competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics and was rated as a medal chance....

 
1:22.10 1:21.81 1:21.81 Q
10 38 Robert Fagan
Robert Fagan (snowboarder)
Robert Fagan is a Canadian snowboarder.He competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver in the men's snowboard cross competition on 15 February 2010 where he finished in fifth place....

 
1:23.06 1:21.87 1:21.87 Q
11 49 Drew Neilson
Drew Neilson
Drew Neilson is a Canadian snowboarder who currently resides in North Vancouver, British Columbia. Neilson is a member of the Canadian national snowboard team and competes in snowboard cross....

 
1:22.01 1:22.34 1:22.01 Q
12 42 Lukas Gruener  1:22.04 1:24.35 1:22.04 Q
13 55 Alberto Schiavon  1:22.58 1:22.33 1:22.33 Q
14 52 Tony Ramoin
Tony Ramoin
Tony Ramoin is a French snowboarder and Olympic athlete who won a bronze medal in snowboard cross at the 2010 Winter Olympics.-External links: ....

 
1:23.62 1:22.34 1:22.34 Q
15 46 Francois Boivin  1:32.72 1:22.75 1:22.75 Q
16 53 Fabio Caduff  1:24.84 1:22.78 1:22.78 Q
17 41 Seth Wescott
Seth Wescott
Seth Benjamin Wescott is an American snowboarder. He is a two-time Olympic champion in the snowboard cross.-Life and career:Wescott was born in Durham, North Carolina, and lives in Carrabassett Valley, Maine...

 
1:25.69 1:22.87 1:22.87 Q
18 62 Stefano Pozzolini  1:24.41 1:23.08 1:23.08 Q
19 61 Federico Raimo  1:23.16 1:23.35 1:23.16 Q
20 65 Andrey Boldykov  1:23.28 1:30.20 1:23.28 Q
21 34 Markus Schairer
Markus Schairer
Markus Schairer is an Austrian snowboarder.He received a silver medal in Snowboard Cross at the 2008 Winter X Games XII in Aspen, Colorado, behind winner Nate Holland....

 
1:29.56 1:23.33 1:23.33 Q
22 60 Rok Rogelj  1:23.37 1:23.50 1:23.37 Q
23 43 Paul-Henri de Le Rue  1:23.60 1:23.57 1:23.57 Q
24 51 Stian Sivertzen
Stian Sivertzen
Stian Sivertzen is a Norwegian snowboarder. He represents Kongsberg IF.He placed eighth overall in the 2007-08 Snowboarding World Cup, and second in his special event boardercross, where he collected all of his 4180 points. He took his first victory in a World Cup event in September 2007, and has...

 
1:25.08 1:23.80 1:23.80 Q
25 63 Joachim Havikhagen
Joachim Havikhagen
Joachim Havikhagen is a Norwegian Snowboarder who competes for Geilo IL. He represented Norway at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.-References:...

 
1:23.87 1:25.23 1:23.87 Q
26 48 David Speiser  1:27.37 1:23.92 1:23.92 Q
27 59 Maciej Jodko  1:24.76 1:24.11 1:24.11 Q
28 54 Mateusz Ligocki  1:27.03 1:24.11 1:24.11 Q
29 37 Michal Novotný  1:24.23 1:24.53 1:24.23 Q
30 58 Simone Malusa  1:24.88 1:24.53 1:24.53 Q
31 66 Regino Hernández  1:28.66 1:25.90 1:25.90 Q
32 44 David Bakeš  1:26.05 1:26.05 Q
33 57 Konstantin Schad  1:26.69 1:26.69
34 67 Lluis Marin Tarroch
Lluis Marin Tarroch
Lluis Marin Tarroch is a snowboarder from Andorra. He competed for Andorra at the 2010 Winter Olympics in snowboard cross. Marin was Andorra's flag bearer during the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony. Tarroch failed to qualify for the head-to-head rounds of his event after falling in one of...

 
1:47.36 1:47.36
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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 17 Seth Wescott
Seth Wescott
Seth Benjamin Wescott is an American snowboarder. He is a two-time Olympic champion in the snowboard cross.-Life and career:Wescott was born in Durham, North Carolina, and lives in Carrabassett Valley, Maine...

 
Q
2 16 Fabio Caduff  Q
3 1 Alex Pullin
Alex Pullin
Alex Pullin is an Australian snowboarder. He competed for Australia at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Snowboard cross. He had the fastest qualifying time in his event, but was eliminated in the first round of competition, finishing in 17th place by virtue of his qualifying time. Pullin has also...

 
4 32 David Bakeš 

Heat 2
Rank Bib Name CountryNotes
1 8 Nate Holland
Nate Holland
Nate Holland is an American snowboarder.Holland won a gold medal in Snowboard Cross at the 2007 Winter X Games XI in Aspen, Colorado. He won another gold medal at the 2008 Winter X Games XII, beating Markus Schairer in the finals...

 
Q
2 9 Damon Hayler
Damon Hayler
Damon Hayler is an Australian snowboarder, competing in the snowboard cross. He competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics and was rated as a medal chance....

 
Q
3 25 Joachim Havikhagen
Joachim Havikhagen
Joachim Havikhagen is a Norwegian Snowboarder who competes for Geilo IL. He represented Norway at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.-References:...

 
4 24 Stian Sivertzen
Stian Sivertzen
Stian Sivertzen is a Norwegian snowboarder. He represents Kongsberg IF.He placed eighth overall in the 2007-08 Snowboarding World Cup, and second in his special event boardercross, where he collected all of his 4180 points. He took his first victory in a World Cup event in September 2007, and has...

 

Heat 3
Rank Bib Name CountryNotes
1 12 Lukas Gruener  Q
2 5 Mario Fuchs
Mario Fuchs
Mario Fuchs is a professional snowboarder from Austria. His speciality is the snowboardcross.-Career highlights:Olympic Winter GamesFIS World Snowboard Championships...

 
Q
3 21 Markus Schairer
Markus Schairer
Markus Schairer is an Austrian snowboarder.He received a silver medal in Snowboard Cross at the 2008 Winter X Games XII in Aspen, Colorado, behind winner Nate Holland....

 
4 28 Mateusz Ligocki 

Heat 4
Rank Bib Name CountryNotes
1 20 Andrey Boldykov  Q
2 29 Michal Novotny  Q
4 13 Alberto Schiavon 
4 4 Xavier de Le Rue
Xavier de Le Rue
Xavier de Le Rue is a French snowboarder who competes in snowboard-cross. He competed for France at the 2006 Winter Olympics, but did not advance to the quarterfinals. At the FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2009 he won a silver medal. He is set to compete for France at the 2010 Winter Olympics...

 


Heat 5
Rank Bib Name CountryNotes
1 3 Mike Robertson
Mike Robertson (snowboarder)
Mike Robertson is a Canadian snowboarder. He resides in Canmore, Alberta. His home mountain is Lake Louise.Robertson first started snowboarding at the World Cup level in 2003. His first World Cup podium result came on January 11, 2009, when he won a bronze medal. A month later, he reached the...

 
Q
2 14 Tony Ramoin
Tony Ramoin
Tony Ramoin is a French snowboarder and Olympic athlete who won a bronze medal in snowboard cross at the 2010 Winter Olympics.-External links: ....

 
Q
3 30 Simone Malusa 
4 19 Federico Raimo 

Heat 6
Rank Bib Name CountryNotes
1 6 Pierre Vaultier
Pierre Vaultier
Pierre Vaultier, born on June 24, 1987 in Briançon in the Hautes-Alpes, is a French snowboarder, specializing in snowboardcross.- Career :Vaultier started snowboarding at the age of six at Serre Chevalier, one of the major French ski resorts located in the southern part of the Alps. He debuted...

 
Q
2 11 Drew Neilson
Drew Neilson
Drew Neilson is a Canadian snowboarder who currently resides in North Vancouver, British Columbia. Neilson is a member of the Canadian national snowboard team and competes in snowboard cross....

 
Q
3 27 Maciej Jodko 
4 22 Rok Rogelj 

Heat 7
Rank Bib Name CountryNotes
1 10 Robert Fagan
Robert Fagan (snowboarder)
Robert Fagan is a Canadian snowboarder.He competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver in the men's snowboard cross competition on 15 February 2010 where he finished in fifth place....

 
Q
2 26 David Speiser  Q
3 23 Paul-Henri de Le Rue 
4 7 Nick Baumgartner
Nick Baumgartner
Nick Baumgartner is a United States snowboarder from Iron River, Michigan. He has competed since 2005. He won a bronze medal in the snowboard cross event at the FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2009 in Gangwon....

 

Heat 8
Rank Bib Name CountryNotes
1 15 Francois Boivin  Q
2 18 Stefano Pozzolini  Q
3 2 Graham Watanabe
Graham Watanabe
Graham Watanabe is an American snowboarder who has competed since 1996. He won three events in snowboardcross between 2004 and 2009.At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Watanabe finished 31st in the snowboard cross event...

 
4 31 Regino Hernández 


Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1
Rank Bib Name CountryNotes
1 17 Seth Wescott
Seth Wescott
Seth Benjamin Wescott is an American snowboarder. He is a two-time Olympic champion in the snowboard cross.-Life and career:Wescott was born in Durham, North Carolina, and lives in Carrabassett Valley, Maine...

 
Q
2 8 Nate Holland
Nate Holland
Nate Holland is an American snowboarder.Holland won a gold medal in Snowboard Cross at the 2007 Winter X Games XI in Aspen, Colorado. He won another gold medal at the 2008 Winter X Games XII, beating Markus Schairer in the finals...

 
Q
3 16 Fabio Caduff 
4 9 Damon Hayler
Damon Hayler
Damon Hayler is an Australian snowboarder, competing in the snowboard cross. He competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics and was rated as a medal chance....

 

Quarterfinal 2
Rank Bib Name CountryNotes
1 5 Mario Fuchs
Mario Fuchs
Mario Fuchs is a professional snowboarder from Austria. His speciality is the snowboardcross.-Career highlights:Olympic Winter GamesFIS World Snowboard Championships...

 
Q
2 12 Lukas Gruener  Q
3 20 Andrey Boldykov 
4 13 Michal Novotny 


Quarterfinal 3
Rank Bib Name CountryNotes
1 3 Mike Robertson
Mike Robertson (snowboarder)
Mike Robertson is a Canadian snowboarder. He resides in Canmore, Alberta. His home mountain is Lake Louise.Robertson first started snowboarding at the World Cup level in 2003. His first World Cup podium result came on January 11, 2009, when he won a bronze medal. A month later, he reached the...

 
Q
2 14 Tony Ramoin
Tony Ramoin
Tony Ramoin is a French snowboarder and Olympic athlete who won a bronze medal in snowboard cross at the 2010 Winter Olympics.-External links: ....

 
Q
3 6 Pierre Vaultier
Pierre Vaultier
Pierre Vaultier, born on June 24, 1987 in Briançon in the Hautes-Alpes, is a French snowboarder, specializing in snowboardcross.- Career :Vaultier started snowboarding at the age of six at Serre Chevalier, one of the major French ski resorts located in the southern part of the Alps. He debuted...

 
4 11 Drew Neilson
Drew Neilson
Drew Neilson is a Canadian snowboarder who currently resides in North Vancouver, British Columbia. Neilson is a member of the Canadian national snowboard team and competes in snowboard cross....

 

Quarterfinal 4
Rank Bib Name CountryNotes
1 10 Robert Fagan
Robert Fagan (snowboarder)
Robert Fagan is a Canadian snowboarder.He competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver in the men's snowboard cross competition on 15 February 2010 where he finished in fifth place....

 
Q
2 26 David Speiser  Q
3 18 Stefano Pozzolini 
4 15 Francois Boivin 


Semifinals

Semifinal 1
Rank Bib Name CountryNotes
1 8 Nate Holland
Nate Holland
Nate Holland is an American snowboarder.Holland won a gold medal in Snowboard Cross at the 2007 Winter X Games XI in Aspen, Colorado. He won another gold medal at the 2008 Winter X Games XII, beating Markus Schairer in the finals...

 
Q
2 17 Seth Wescott
Seth Wescott
Seth Benjamin Wescott is an American snowboarder. He is a two-time Olympic champion in the snowboard cross.-Life and career:Wescott was born in Durham, North Carolina, and lives in Carrabassett Valley, Maine...

 
Q
3 12 Lukas Gruener 
4 5 Mario Fuchs
Mario Fuchs
Mario Fuchs is a professional snowboarder from Austria. His speciality is the snowboardcross.-Career highlights:Olympic Winter GamesFIS World Snowboard Championships...

 


Semifinal 2
Rank Bib Name CountryNotes
1 3 Mike Robertson
Mike Robertson (snowboarder)
Mike Robertson is a Canadian snowboarder. He resides in Canmore, Alberta. His home mountain is Lake Louise.Robertson first started snowboarding at the World Cup level in 2003. His first World Cup podium result came on January 11, 2009, when he won a bronze medal. A month later, he reached the...

 
Q
2 14 Tony Ramoin
Tony Ramoin
Tony Ramoin is a French snowboarder and Olympic athlete who won a bronze medal in snowboard cross at the 2010 Winter Olympics.-External links: ....

 
Q
3 10 Robert Fagan
Robert Fagan (snowboarder)
Robert Fagan is a Canadian snowboarder.He competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver in the men's snowboard cross competition on 15 February 2010 where he finished in fifth place....

 
4 26 David Speiser 


Finals

Small Final
Rank Bib Name Country
5 10 Robert Fagan
Robert Fagan (snowboarder)
Robert Fagan is a Canadian snowboarder.He competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver in the men's snowboard cross competition on 15 February 2010 where he finished in fifth place....

 
6 12 Lukas Gruener 
7 5 Mario Fuchs
Mario Fuchs
Mario Fuchs is a professional snowboarder from Austria. His speciality is the snowboardcross.-Career highlights:Olympic Winter GamesFIS World Snowboard Championships...

 
8 26 David Speiser 

Large Final
Rank Bib Name Country
17 Seth Wescott
Seth Wescott
Seth Benjamin Wescott is an American snowboarder. He is a two-time Olympic champion in the snowboard cross.-Life and career:Wescott was born in Durham, North Carolina, and lives in Carrabassett Valley, Maine...

 
3 Mike Robertson
Mike Robertson (snowboarder)
Mike Robertson is a Canadian snowboarder. He resides in Canmore, Alberta. His home mountain is Lake Louise.Robertson first started snowboarding at the World Cup level in 2003. His first World Cup podium result came on January 11, 2009, when he won a bronze medal. A month later, he reached the...

 
14 Tony Ramoin
Tony Ramoin
Tony Ramoin is a French snowboarder and Olympic athlete who won a bronze medal in snowboard cross at the 2010 Winter Olympics.-External links: ....

 
4 8 Nate Holland
Nate Holland
Nate Holland is an American snowboarder.Holland won a gold medal in Snowboard Cross at the 2007 Winter X Games XI in Aspen, Colorado. He won another gold medal at the 2008 Winter X Games XII, beating Markus Schairer in the finals...

 

Final Classification

Rank Seed Bib Name Country Notes
17 1 33 Alex Pullin
Alex Pullin
Alex Pullin is an Australian snowboarder. He competed for Australia at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Snowboard cross. He had the fastest qualifying time in his event, but was eliminated in the first round of competition, finishing in 17th place by virtue of his qualifying time. Pullin has also...

 
18 2 35 Graham Watanabe
Graham Watanabe
Graham Watanabe is an American snowboarder who has competed since 1996. He won three events in snowboardcross between 2004 and 2009.At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Watanabe finished 31st in the snowboard cross event...

 
3 40 Mike Robertson
Mike Robertson (snowboarder)
Mike Robertson is a Canadian snowboarder. He resides in Canmore, Alberta. His home mountain is Lake Louise.Robertson first started snowboarding at the World Cup level in 2003. His first World Cup podium result came on January 11, 2009, when he won a bronze medal. A month later, he reached the...

 
19 4 50 Xavier de Le Rue
Xavier de Le Rue
Xavier de Le Rue is a French snowboarder who competes in snowboard-cross. He competed for France at the 2006 Winter Olympics, but did not advance to the quarterfinals. At the FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2009 he won a silver medal. He is set to compete for France at the 2010 Winter Olympics...

 
5 39 Mario Fuchs
Mario Fuchs
Mario Fuchs is a professional snowboarder from Austria. His speciality is the snowboardcross.-Career highlights:Olympic Winter GamesFIS World Snowboard Championships...

 
6 36 Pierre Vaultier
Pierre Vaultier
Pierre Vaultier, born on June 24, 1987 in Briançon in the Hautes-Alpes, is a French snowboarder, specializing in snowboardcross.- Career :Vaultier started snowboarding at the age of six at Serre Chevalier, one of the major French ski resorts located in the southern part of the Alps. He debuted...

 
20 7 45 Nick Baumgartner
Nick Baumgartner
Nick Baumgartner is a United States snowboarder from Iron River, Michigan. He has competed since 2005. He won a bronze medal in the snowboard cross event at the FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2009 in Gangwon....

 
8 47 Nate Holland
Nate Holland
Nate Holland is an American snowboarder.Holland won a gold medal in Snowboard Cross at the 2007 Winter X Games XI in Aspen, Colorado. He won another gold medal at the 2008 Winter X Games XII, beating Markus Schairer in the finals...

 
10 9 56 Damon Hayler
Damon Hayler
Damon Hayler is an Australian snowboarder, competing in the snowboard cross. He competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics and was rated as a medal chance....

 
10 38 Robert Fagan
Robert Fagan (snowboarder)
Robert Fagan is a Canadian snowboarder.He competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver in the men's snowboard cross competition on 15 February 2010 where he finished in fifth place....

 
11 11 49 Drew Neilson
Drew Neilson
Drew Neilson is a Canadian snowboarder who currently resides in North Vancouver, British Columbia. Neilson is a member of the Canadian national snowboard team and competes in snowboard cross....

 
12 42 Lukas Gruener 
21 13 55 Alberto Schiavon 
14 52 Tony Ramoin
Tony Ramoin
Tony Ramoin is a French snowboarder and Olympic athlete who won a bronze medal in snowboard cross at the 2010 Winter Olympics.-External links: ....

 
12 15 46 Francois Boivin 
13 16 53 Fabio Caduff 
17 41 Seth Wescott
Seth Wescott
Seth Benjamin Wescott is an American snowboarder. He is a two-time Olympic champion in the snowboard cross.-Life and career:Wescott was born in Durham, North Carolina, and lives in Carrabassett Valley, Maine...

 
14 18 62 Stefano Pozzolini 
22 19 61 Federico Raimo 
15 20 65 Andrey Boldykov 
23 21 34 Markus Schairer
Markus Schairer
Markus Schairer is an Austrian snowboarder.He received a silver medal in Snowboard Cross at the 2008 Winter X Games XII in Aspen, Colorado, behind winner Nate Holland....

 
24 22 60 Rok Rogelj 
25 23 43 Paul-Henri de Le Rue 
26 24 51 Stian Sivertzen
Stian Sivertzen
Stian Sivertzen is a Norwegian snowboarder. He represents Kongsberg IF.He placed eighth overall in the 2007-08 Snowboarding World Cup, and second in his special event boardercross, where he collected all of his 4180 points. He took his first victory in a World Cup event in September 2007, and has...

 
27 25 63 Joachim Havikhagen
Joachim Havikhagen
Joachim Havikhagen is a Norwegian Snowboarder who competes for Geilo IL. He represented Norway at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.-References:...

 
26 48 David Speiser 
28 27 59 Maciej Jodko 
29 28 54 Mateusz Ligocki 
16 29 37 Michal Novotný 
30 30 58 Simone Malusa 
31 31 66 Regino Hernández 
32 32 44 David Bakeš 
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Lluis Marin Tarroch
Lluis Marin Tarroch is a snowboarder from Andorra. He competed for Andorra at the 2010 Winter Olympics in snowboard cross. Marin was Andorra's flag bearer during the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony. Tarroch failed to qualify for the head-to-head rounds of his event after falling in one of...

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