Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's ski cross explained

Event:	Women's ski cross
Games:	2018 Winter
Venue:	Bogwang Phoenix Park, Pyeongchang, South Korea
Dates:	22 February (seeding) 23 February (elimination round)
Competitors:	23
Nations:	13
Gold:	Kelsey Serwa
Goldnoc:	CAN
Silver:	Brittany Phelan
Silvernoc:	CAN
Bronze:	Fanny Smith
Bronzenoc:	SUI
Prev:	2014
Next:	2022

The Women's ski cross event in freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place on 22 and 23 February 2018 at the Bogwang Phoenix Park, Pyeongchang, South Korea.^[1] ^[2]

Qualification

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. The top 32 athletes in the Olympic quota allocation list qualified, with a maximum of four athletes per National Olympic Committee (NOC) allowed. All athletes qualifying must also have placed in the top 30 of a FIS World Cup event or the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 during the qualification period (1 July 2016 to 21 January 2018) and also have a minimum of 80 FIS points to compete. If the host country, South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics did not qualify, their chosen athlete would displace the last qualified athlete, granted all qualification criterion was met.^[3]

The seeding round was held on 22 February at 10:00.^[4]

Rank	Bib	Time	Difference
1	13	1:13.11
2	15	1:13.33	+0.22
3	9	1:13.56	+0.45
4	1	1:13.58	+0.47
5	12	1:13.90	+0.79
6	3	1:14.11	+1.00
7	7	1:14.30	+1.19
8	5	1:14.71	+1.60
9	6	1:14.97	+1.86
10	16	1:15.13	+2.02
11	10	1:15.48	+2.37
12	14	1:15.60	+2.49
13	18	1:15.61	+2.50
14	11	1:15.72	+2.61
15	4	1:15.83	+2.72
16	19	1:15.97	+2.86
17	2	1:16.15	+3.04
18	24	1:16.70	+3.59
19	20	1:16.80	+3.69
20	8	1:17.56	+4.45
21	17	1:17.81	+4.70
22	23	1:18.25	+5.14
23	22	2:30.03
24	21

A knockout stage was held to determine the winner.^[5] ^[6]

Rank	Bib	Notes
1	4	BF
2	5	BF
3	9	SF
4	17	SF