The men's ski cross competition in freestyle skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 21 February at the Livigno Snow Park in Valtellina. Simone Deromedis of Italy won the event, his teammate Federico Tomasoni won the silver medal, and Alex Fiva of Switzerland won bronze. Deromedis and Tomasoni won their first Olympic medals.
Background The defending champion, Ryan Regez, qualified for the event, as did the 2022 silver medalist, Alex Fiva. The bronze medalist, Sergey Ridzik, has not competed internationally since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Reece Howden was leading the 2025–26 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup standings in ski cross before the Olympics. Regez was the 2025 World champion.
Qualification
Results Seeding run Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference 1 10 Reece Howden 1:06.13 — 2 27 Satoshi Furuno 1:07.12 +0.99 3 8 Ryan Regez 1:07.18 +1.05 4 13 Florian Wilmsmann 1:07.27 +1.14 5 6 Melvin Tchiknavorian 1:07.34 +1.21 6 11 Jared Schmidt 1:07.37 +1.24 7 9 Kevin Drury 1:07.53 +1.40 8 17 Dominik Zuech 1:07.54 +1.41 9 15 Simone Deromedis 1:07.55 +1.42 10 14 David Mobärg 1:07.56+1.43 11 12 Alex Fiva 1:07.56+1.43 12 21 Terence Tchiknavorian 1:07.74+1.61 13 22 Romain Detraz 1:07.78+1.65 14 23 Florian Fischer 1:07.89+1.76 15 7 Johannes Aujesky 1:07.89+1.76 16 2 Tobias Baur 1:07.89+1.76 17 25 Federico Tomasoni 1:08.01+1.88 18 29 Nicolas Lussnig 1:08.04+1.91 19 1 Ryō Sugai 1:08.13+2.00 20 20 Cornel Renn 1:08.14+2.01 21 16 Youri Duplessis Kergomard 1:08.18+2.05 22 18 Erik Mobärg 1:08.19+2.06 23 4 Evan Klufts 1:08.29+2.16 24 3 Adam Kappacher 1:08.31+2.18 25 19 Edoardo Zorzi 1:08.34+2.21 26 5 Tim Hronek 1:08.68+2.55 27 30 Daniel Paulus 1:08.84+2.71 28 24 Oliver Davies 1:09.33+3.20 29 26 Gavin Rowell 1:09.46+3.33 30 28 Christoph Danksagmüller 1:09.48+3.35 31 31 Ryuto Kobayashi 1:10.15+4.02
Elimination round
1/8 finals
Heat 1 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 1 Reece Howden Q 2 17 Federico Tomasoni Q 3 16 Tobias Baur
Heat 2 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 9 Simone Deromedis Q 2 8 Dominik Zuech Q 3 25 Edoardo Zorzi 4 24 Adam Kappacher
Heat 3 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 21 Youri Duplessis Kergomard Q 2 12 Terence Tchiknavorian Q 3 5 Melvin Tchiknavorian 4 28 Oliver Davies
Heat 4 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 4 Florian Wilmsmann Q 2 20 Cornel Renn Q 3 13 Romain Detraz 4 29 Gavin Rowell
Heat 5 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 3 Ryan Regez Q 2 14 Florian Fischer Q 3 19 Ryō Sugai 4 30 Christoph Danksagmüller
Heat 6 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 11 Alex Fiva Q 2 27 Daniel Paulus Q 3 22 Erik Mobärg DNF 4 6 Jared Schmidt RAL
Heat 7 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 26 Tim Hronek Q 2 7 Kevin Drury Q 3 10 David Mobärg DNF 4 23 Evan Klufts DNF
Heat 8 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 2 Satoshi Furuno Q 2 18 Nicolas Lussnig Q 3 15 Johannes Aujesky 4 31 Ryuto Kobayashi
Quarterfinals
Heat 1 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 9 Simone Deromedis Q 2 17 Federico Tomasoni Q 3 8 Dominik Zuech 4 1 Reece Howden
Heat 2 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 4 Florian Wilmsmann Q 2 12 Terence Tchiknavorian Q 3 20 Cornel Renn 4 21 Youri Duplessis Kergomard
Heat 3 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 11 Alex Fiva Q 2 3 Ryan Regez Q 3 14 Florian Fischer 4 27 Daniel Paulus
Heat 4 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 2 Satoshi Furuno Q 2 26 Tim Hronek Q 3 18 Nicolas Lussnig 4 7 Kevin Drury
Semifinals
Heat 1 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 9 Simone Deromedis BF 2 17 Federico Tomasoni BF 3 12 Terence Tchiknavorian SF 4 4 Florian Wilmsmann SF
Heat 2 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 11 Alex Fiva BF 2 2 Satoshi Furuno BF 3 26 Tim Hronek SF 4 3 Ryan Regez RAL
Finals Small final Rank Bib Name Country Notes 5 12 Terence Tchiknavorian 6 26 Tim Hronek 7 4 Florian Wilmsmann
Big final Rank Bib Name Country Notes 9 Simone Deromedis 17 Federico Tomasoni 11 Alex Fiva 4 2 Satoshi Furuno
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