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

The men's parallel giant slalom event in snowboarding at the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Park City, United States. The qualification runs were held on 14 February and the final rounds on 15 February.[1][2]

Men's parallel giant slalom
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
VenuePark City
Date14–15 February
Competitors32 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Philipp Schoch  Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Richard Richardsson  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Chris Klug  United States
2006 →

Medalists edit

Gold Philipp Schoch
  Switzerland
Silver Richard Richardsson
  Sweden
Bronze Chris Klug
  United States

Qualification edit

The top 16 racers, based on their qualification time, advanced to the elimination rounds.[1][3]

Rank Bib Name Nationality 1st run (time) Rank 2nd run (time) Rank Total time
1 10 Gilles Jaquet   Switzerland 15.88 1 19.81 3 35.69
2 7 Alexander Maier   Austria 16.60 5 19.68 1 36.28
3 5 Daniel Biveson   Sweden 16.47 3 19.95 6 36.42
4 6 Richard Richardsson   Sweden 16.85 13 19.73 2 36.58
5 2 Dejan Kosir   Slovenia 16.84 12 19.87 4 36.71
6 26 Jérôme Sylvestre   Canada 16.08 2 20.78 19 36.86
7 4 Mathieu Bozzetto   France 16.61 7 20.29 9 36.90
8 12 Sigfried Grabner   Austria 16.60 5 20.34 11 36.94
9 16 Stefan Kaltschütz   Austria 16.64 8 20.33 10 36.97
10 9 Dieter Krassnig   Austria 16.50 4 20.52 13 37.02
11 1 Chris Klug   United States 17.24 20 19.93 5 37.17
12 3 Stephen Copp   Sweden 17.06 16 20.16 7 37.22
13 17 Mathias Behounek   Germany 16.72 9 20.59 16 37.31
14 11 Walter Feichter   Italy 17.10 17 20.23 8 37.33
15 29 Philipp Schoch   Switzerland 16.72 9 20.62 17 37.34
16 14 Nicolas Huet   France 16.83 11 20.66 18 37.49
17 22 Mark Fawcett   Canada 16.94 14 20.59 16 37.53
18 15 Markus Ebner   Germany 16.98 15 20.66 18 37.64
19 32 Roland Fischnaller   Italy 17.15 19 20.55 14 37.70
20 21 Jeff Greenwood   United States 17.37 23 20.47 12 37.84
21 8 Christophe Segura   France 17.28 21 20.78 19 38.06
22 31 Kurt Niederstatter   Italy 17.10 17 21.12 23 38.22
23 28 Charlie Cosnier   France 17.43 24 20.98 22 38.41
24 23 Ryan Wedding   Canada 17.64 26 20.97 21 38.61
25 20 Simon Schoch   Switzerland 17.49 25 21.14 24 38.63
26 30 Zeke Steggall   Australia 17.30 22 21.39 26 38.69
27 27 Peter Thorndike   United States 18.02 28 20.83 20 38.85
28 24 Jonas Aspman   Sweden 18.30 29 20.58 15 38.88
29 13 Jasey Jay Anderson   Canada 17.72 27 21.37 25 39.09
- 18 Ueli Kestenholz   Switzerland DNF - - - -
- 25 Tomaz Knafelj   Slovenia DNF - - - -
- 19 Simone Salvati   Italy DSQ - - - -

Elimination round edit

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][4]

1/8 finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
1   Jaquet (SUI) DSQ
16   Huet (FRA) 16   Huet (FRA)
8   Grabner (AUT) 8   Grabner (AUT) DSQ
9   Kaltschütz (AUT) +1.57 16   Huet (FRA) DSQ
5   Kosir (SLO) 4   Richardsson (SWE)
12   Copp (SWE) +2.12 5   Kosir (SLO) +2.45
4   Richardsson (SWE) 4   Richardsson (SWE)
13   Behounek (GER) +1.24 4   Richardsson (SWE) DSQ
3   Biveson (SWE) +0.00* 15   Schoch (SUI)
14   Feichter (ITA) 14   Feichter (ITA) +1.03
6   Sylvestre (CAN) +0.05 11   Klug (USA)
11   Klug (USA) 11   Klug (USA) DSQ Third place
7   Bozzetto (FRA) 15   Schoch (SUI)
10   Krassnig (AUT) +2.24 7   Bozzetto (FRA) DSQ 16   Huet (FRA)
2   Maier (AUT) DSQ 15   Schoch (SUI) 11   Klug (USA)
15   Schoch (SUI)

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

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Snowboarding" (PDF). Salt Lake City Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. February 2002. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
  2. ^ "Snowboarding at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Men's Parallel Giant Slalom". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Men's Parallel Giant Slalom Qualifications" (PDF). FIS. 14 February 2002. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Men's Parallel Giant Slalom Results" (PDF). FIS. 15 February 2002. Retrieved 23 February 2014.