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

Event:	Men's parallel giant slalom
Games:	2002 Winter
Venue:	Park City
Date:	14–15 February
Competitors:	32
Nations:	10
Gold:	Philipp Schoch
Goldnoc:	SUI
Silver:	Richard Richardsson
Silvernoc:	SWE
Bronze:	Chris Klug
Bronzenoc:	USA
Next:	2006

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]}

Qualification

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			15.88	1	19.81	3	35.69
2	7			16.60	5	19.68	1	36.28
3	5			16.47	3	19.95	6	36.42
4	6			16.85	13	19.73	2	36.58
5	2			16.84	12	19.87	4	36.71
6	26			16.08	2	20.78	19	36.86
7	4			16.61	7	20.29	9	36.90
8	12			16.60	5	20.34	11	36.94
9	16			16.64	8	20.33	10	36.97
10	9			16.50	4	20.52	13	37.02
11	1			17.24	20	19.93	5	37.17
12	3			17.06	16	20.16	7	37.22
13	17			16.72	9	20.59	16	37.31
14	11			17.10	17	20.23	8	37.33
15	29			16.72	9	20.62	17	37.34
16	14			16.83	11	20.66	18	37.49
17	22			16.94	14	20.59	16	37.53
18	15			16.98	15	20.66	18	37.64
19	32			17.15	19	20.55	14	37.70
20	21			17.37	23	20.47	12	37.84
21	8			17.28	21	20.78	19	38.06
22	31			17.10	17	21.12	23	38.22
23	28			17.43	24	20.98	22	38.41
24	23			17.64	26	20.97	21	38.61
25	20			17.49	25	21.14	24	38.63
26	30			17.30	22	21.39	26	38.69
27	27			18.02	28	20.83	20	38.85
28	24			18.30	29	20.58	15	38.88
29	13			17.72	27	21.37	25	39.09
	18			DNF	-	-	-	-
	25			DNF	-	-	-	-
	19			DSQ	-	-	-	-

Elimination round

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.^[4]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Snowboarding. Salt Lake City Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. February 2002. 6 February 2010.
2. Web site: Snowboarding at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Men's Parallel Giant Slalom . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132242/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2002/SNB/mens-parallel-giant-slalom.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 10 April 2020 . Sports Reference.
3. Web site: Men's Parallel Giant Slalom Qualifications . . 14 February 2002 . 23 February 2014 .
4. Web site: Men's Parallel Giant Slalom Results . . 15 February 2002 . 23 February 2014.