The men's parallel giant slalom competition in snowboarding at the 2026 Winter Olympics will be held on 8 February, at the Livigno Snow Park in Valtellina. The event was won by the defending champion, Benjamin Karl of Austria. Kim Sang-kyum of South Korea won silver, and Tervel Zamfirov of Bulgaria won bronze. These were the first Olympic medals for Kim and Zamfirov, as well as the first Olympic medal in snowboarding for Bulgaria.
Background The 2022 champion, Benjamin Karl, and the silver medalist, Tim Mastnak, qualified for the event. The bronze medalist, Vic Wild, retired from competitions. Roland Fischnaller was leading the 2025–26 FIS Snowboard World Cup standings in men's parallel giant slalom, and Maurizio Bormolini in parallel slalom. The 2025 World champion in parallel giant slalom was Roland Fischnaller.
Summary Fischnaller, who won the qualification and 1/8 finals, made a mistake in his quarterfinal and did not finish the run. Teammate Aaron March, who was second in qualification, lost to Tim Mastnak in 1/8 finals. The semifinals set Tervel Zamfirov against Kim Sang-kyum and Mastnak against Karl. Karl and Kim won their semifinals. In the bronze final, Zamfirov and Mastnak finished almost simultaneously. A photo finish decided that the Bulgarian crossed the line just fractions earlier. In the final Karl beat Kim to defend his olympic title.
Qualification
Results Qualification run
Rank Bib Name Country Blue course Red course Total Notes 1 27 Roland Fischnaller 42.74 42.39 1:25.13 Q 2 18 Aaron March 42.74 43.34 1:26.08 Q 3 17 Benjamin Karl 43.49 43.00 1:26.49 Q 4 34 Arnaud Gaudet 42.93 43.64 1:26.57 Q 5 25 Tervel Zamfirov 43.66 42.92 1:26.58 Q 6 28 Lee Sang-ho 43.21 43.53 1:26.74 Q 7 32 Dario Caviezel 43.10 43.75 1:26.85 Q 8 30 Kim Sang-kyum 43.74 43.44 1:27.18 Q 9 35 Žan Košir 44.32 43.01 1:27.33 Q 10 31 Mirko Felicetti 44.12 43.25 1:27.37 Q 11 29 Andreas Prommegger 43.36 44.04 1:27.40 Q 12 22 Elias Huber 44.06 43.38 1:27.44 Q 13 23 Radoslav Yankov 43.60 43.84 1:27.44 Q 14 21 Maurizio Bormolini 43.55 43.92 1:27.47 Q 15 24 Tim Mastnak 43.60 43.88 1:27.48 Q 16 41 Rok Marguč 43.87 43.69 1:27.56 Q 17 20 Alexander Payer 43.48 44.23 1:27.71 18 19 Stefan Baumeister 43.63 44.13 1:27.76 18 42 Cho Wan-hee 43.72 44.04 1:27.76 20 26 Fabian Obmann 44.35 43.62 1:27.97 21 43 Cody Winters 43.53 44.46 1:27.99 22 33 Gian Casanova 44.39 43.67 1:28.06 23 44 Michał Nowaczyk 44.58 43.50 1:28.08 24 47 Max Kühnhauser 43.94 44.17 1:28.11 25 36 Yannik Angenend 43.40 44.73 1:28.13 26 39 Ben Heldman 44.13 44.03 1:28.16 27 40 Bi Ye 44.72 43.76 1:28.48 28 38 Oskar Kwiatkowski 43.68 45.02 1:28.70 29 48 Ban Xuefu 44.69 44.64 1:29.33 30 45 Krystof Minarik 44.20 45.55 1:29.75 31 46 Alexander Krashniak 46.91 45.36 1:32.27 37 Masaki Shiba DSQ DSQ
Final
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