Snowboarding at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's parallel giant slalom

Men's parallel giant slalom
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games

Pictogram for snowboarding
Venue Park City
Date February 14-15
Competitors 32 from 10 nations
Medalists
  Philipp Schoch   Switzerland
  Richard Richardsson   Sweden
  Chris Klug   United States
Snowboarding at the
2002 Winter Olympics
Halfpipe   men   women
Parallel giant slalom men women

The men's parallel giant slalom event in snowboarding at the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Park City, USA. The competition began on February 14, with the final rounds on February 15.

Contents

Medalists

Gold  Philipp Schoch
Switzerland (SUI)
Silver  Richard Richardsson
Sweden (SWE)
Bronze  Chris Klug
United States (USA)

Qualification

The top 16 racers based on their qualification times advanced to the elimination rounds. [1]

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1 Gilles Jaquet Switzerland 35.69 -
2 Alexander Maier Austria 36.28 +0.59
3 Daniel Biveson Sweden 36.42 +0.73
4 Richard Richardsson Sweden 36.58 +0.89
5 Dejan Kosir Slovenia 36.71 +1.02
6 Jerome Sylvestre Canada 36.86 +1.17
7 Mathieu Bozzetto France 36.90 +1.21
8 Sigfried Grabner Austria 36.94 +1.25
9 Stefan Kaltschütz Austria 36.97 +1.28
10 Dieter Krassnig Austria 37.02 +1.33
11 Chris Klug United States 37.17 +1.48
12 Stephen Copp Sweden 37.22 +1.53
13 Mathias Behounek Germany 37.31 +1.62
14 Walter Feichter Italy 37.33 +1.64
15 Philipp Schoch Switzerland 37.34 +1.65
16 Nicolas Huet France 37.49 +1.80
17 Mark Fawcett Canada 37.53 +1.84
18 Markus Ebner Germany 37.64 +1.95
19 Roland Fischnaller Italy 37.70 +2.01
20 Jeff Greenwood United States 37.84 +2.15
21 Christophe Segura France 38.06 +2.37
22 Kurt Niederstatter Italy 38.22 +2.53
23 Charlie Cosnier France 38.41 +2.72
24 Ryan Wedding Canada 38.61 +2.92
25 Simon Schoch Switzerland 38.63 +2.94
26 Zeke Steggall Australia 38.69 +3.00
27 Peter Thorndike United States 38.85 +3.16
28 Jonas Aspman Sweden 38.88 +3.19
29 Jasey Jay Anderson Canada 39.09 +3.40
- Ueli Kestenholz Switzerland DNF -
- Tomaz Knafelj Slovenia DNF -
- Simone Salvati Italy DQ -

Elimination Round

In the elimination round, each head-to-head contest consists of two runs. If one competitor wins both runs, that competitor advances. If the runs are split, the racer with the overall fastest time advances.

[1]

Round of 16   Quarterfinals   Semifinals   Finals
1   Gilles Jaquet (SUI) DSQ  
16   Nicolas Huet (FRA) -     16   Nicolas Huet (FRA) -  
8   Sigfried Grabner (AUT) -     8   Sigfried Grabner (AUT) DSQ  
9   Stefan Kaltschütz (AUT) +1.57       16   Nicolas Huet (FRA) DSQ  
5   Dejan Kosir (SLO) -       4   Richard Richardsson (SWE) -  
12   Stephen Copp (SWE) +2.12     5   Dejan Kosir (SLO) +2.45
4   Richard Richardsson (SWE) -     4   Richard Richardsson (SWE) -  
13   Mathias Behounek (GER) +1.24       4   Richard Richardsson (SWE) DSQ
3   Daniel Biveson (SWE) +0.00 *       15   Philipp Schoch (SUI) -
14   Walter Feichter (ITA) -     14   Walter Feichter (ITA) +1.03  
6   Jerome Sylvestre (CAN) +0.05     11   Chris Klug (USA) -  
11   Chris Klug (USA) -       11   Chris Klug (USA) DSQ
7   Mathieu Bozzetto (FRA) -       15   Philipp Schoch (SUI) -  
10   Dieter Krassnig (AUT) +2.24     7   Mathieu Bozzetto (FRA) DSQ Third place
2   Alexander Maier (AUT) DSQ     15   Philipp Schoch (SUI) -   16   Nicolas Huet (FRA)
15   Philipp Schoch (SUI) -   11   Chris Klug (USA)

* In a tie, the winner of the second run advances.

References

  1. ^ a b "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Snowboarding". Salt Lake City Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. February 2002. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2002/SLC2002Results3.pdf. Retrieved February 6, 2010.