The men's ski cross competition in freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 18 February, at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou. Ryan Regez of Switzerland won the event, and his compatriot Alex Fiva won the silver medal, the first Olympic medals for both of them. Sergey Ridzik, representing the Russian Olympic Committee, won the bronze medal, replicating his 2018 success.
The defending champion was Brady Leman. The silver medalist Marc Bischofberger did not qualify. At the 2021–22 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup, before the Olympics, Regez and Terence Tchiknavorian jointly led the ranking, with Bastien Midol third. Fiva was the 2021 world champion.
Qualification
A total of 32 ski cross athletes qualified to compete at the games. For an athlete to compete they must have a minimum of 80.00 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 Freestyle Ski World Championships 2021. A country could enter a maximum of four athletes into the event.
Results Seeding run Rank Bib Name Country TimeSeeding results Difference 1 4 Alex Fiva 1:11.94 — 2 29 Igor Omelin 1:12.28 +0.34 3 24 Ryo Sugai 1:12.29 +0.35 4 14 Brady Leman 1:12.30 +0.36 5 1 Reece Howden 1:12.37 +0.43 6 25 Jared Schmidt 1:12.39 +0.45 7 13 Ryan Regez 1:12.44 +0.50 8 10 Simone Deromedis 1:12.48 +0.54 9 6 Bastien Midol 1:12.55 +0.61 10 3 Johannes Rohrweck 1:12.71 +0.77 11 9 François Place 1:12.83 +0.89 12 5 Terence Tchiknavorian 1:12.85 +0.91 13 2 David Mobärg 1:12.97 +1.03 14 15 Erik Mobärg 1:13.01 +1.07 15 8 Kevin Drury 1:13.11 +1.17 16 18 Jean-Frédéric Chapuis 1:13.20 +1.26 17 17 Daniel Bohnacker 1:13.21 +1.27 18 7 Florian Wilmsmann 1:13.22 +1.28 19 12 Tristan Takats 1:13.29 +1.35 20 32 Kirill Sysoev 1:13.36 +1.42 21 16 Joos Berry 1:13.43 +1.49 22 31 Satoshi Furuno 1:13.46 +1.52 23 11 Viktor Andersson 1:13.49 +1.55 24 27 Tyler Wallasch 1:13.55 +1.61 25 26 Adam Kappacher 1:13.58 +1.64 26 19 Tobias Müller 1:13.64 +1.70 27 20 Romain Detraz 1:13.69 +1.75 28 30 Elliott Baralo 1:13.82 +1.88 29 21 Sergey Ridzik 1:13.95 +2.01 30 23 Robert Winkler 1:14.05 +2.11 31 28 Oliver Davies 1:14.84 +2.90 32 22 Niklas Bachsleitner 1:17.53 +5.59
Elimination round BracketsFinal results
1/8 finals
Heat 1 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 1 Alex Fiva Q 2 17 Daniel Bohnacker Q 3 16 Jean-Frédéric Chapuis 4 32 Niklas Bachsleitner
Heat 2 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 8 Simone Deromedis Q 2 9 Bastien Midol Q 3 25 Adam Kappacher 4 24 Tyler Wallasch
Heat 3 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 5 Reece Howden Q 2 21 Joos Berry Q 3 12 Terence Tchiknavorian 4 28 Elliott Baralo
Heat 4 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 29 Sergey Ridzik Q 2 4 Brady Leman Q 3 13 David Mobärg 4 20 Kirill Sysoev
Heat 5 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 14 Erik Mobärg Q 2 19 Tristan Takats Q 3 3 Ryo Sugai 4 30 Robert Winkler
Heat 6 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 11 François Place Q 2 6 Jared Schmidt Q 3 27 Romain Detraz 4 22 Satoshi Furuno
Heat 7 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 7 Ryan Regez Q 2 10 Johannes Rohrweck Q 3 26 Tobias Müller 4 23 Viktor Andersson
Heat 8 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 2 Igor Omelin Q 2 15 Kevin Drury Q 3 18 Florian Wilmsmann 4 31 Oliver Davies
Quarterfinals
Heat 1 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 1 Alex Fiva Q 2 8 Simone Deromedis Q 3 9 Bastien Midol 4 17 Daniel Bohnacker
Heat 2 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 29 Sergey Ridzik Q 2 4 Brady Leman Q 3 5 Reece Howden 4 21 Joos Berry
Heat 3 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 14 Erik Mobärg Q 2 11 François Place Q 3 6 Jared Schmidt 4 19 Tristan Takats
Heat 4 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 7 Ryan Regez Q 2 10 Johannes Rohrweck Q 3 15 Kevin Drury 4 2 Igor Omelin
Semifinals
Heat 1 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 1 Alex Fiva BF 2 29 Sergey Ridzik BF 3 8 Simone Deromedis SF 4 4 Brady Leman SF
Heat 2 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 14 Erik Mobärg BF 2 7 Ryan Regez BF 3 10 Johannes Rohrweck SF 4 11 François Place SF
Finals Small final Rank Bib Name Country Notes 5 8 Simone Deromedis 6 4 Brady Leman 7 10 Johannes Rohrweck 8 11 François Place
Big final Rank Bib Name Country Notes 7 Ryan Regez 1 Alex Fiva 29 Sergey Ridzik 4 14 Erik Mobärg
References