Water skiing at the 2017 World Games – Men's wakeboard explained

Venue:Old Odra River, Wrocław, Poland
Dates:25–27 July 2017
Competitors:18
Nations:16
Gold: Shota Tezuka
Silver: Yun Sang-hyun
Bronze: Guy Firer
Prev:2013

The men's wakeboard freestyle competition in water skiing at the 2017 World Games took place from 25 to 27 July 2017 at the Old Odra River in Wrocław, Poland.[1]

Competition format

A total of 18 athletes entered the competition. In quarterfinals two best athletes qualifies to the next round. Athletes who can't qualify through quarterfinals takes last chance qualifiers, from which the best athlete qualifies to semifinals. From semifinals three best athletes qualifies to the final.

Results

Quarterfinals

Heat 1
Rank Name CountryResult Notes
1Dan Powers United States46.56Q
2Guy Firer Israel45.00Q
3Robbie McMillin Canada35.67R
4Branco Bernardo Portugal34.67R
Heat 3
Rank Name CountryResult Notes
1David O'Caoimh Ireland57.22Q
2Yun Sang-hyun South Korea53.33Q
3Jamie Huser Switzerland36.78R
4Bryce Corrand France31.56R
5Roberts Linavskis Latvia31.44R
Heat 2
Rank Name CountryResult Notes
1Beto Perez Mexico45.22Q
2Lucas Langlois France41.56Q
3Mike Cotton Australia41.22R
4Mitch Daniel Australia38.11R
Heat 4
Rank Name CountryResult Notes
1Shota Tezuka Japan59.00Q
2Dan Nott Great Britain51.22Q
3Alejo De Palma Argentina39.22R
4Juan Martin Velez Colombia34.89R
5Jordan Darwin Spain29.11R

Last Chance Qualifiers

Heat 1
Rank Name CountryResult Notes
1Alejo De Palma Argentina42.78Q
2Robbie McMillin Canada40.89
3Mitch Daniel Australia36.67
4Bryce Corrand France35.22
5Roberts Linavskis Latvia30.67
Heat 2
Rank Name CountryResult Notes
1Juan Martin Velez Colombia48.22Q
2Jamie Huser Switzerland41.11
3Branco Bernardo Portugal37.89
4Mike Cotton Australia36.22
5Jordan Darwin Spain30.78

Semifinals

Heat 1
Rank Name CountryResult Notes
1Yun Sang-hyun South Korea75.78Q
2Juan Martin Velez Colombia55.44Q
3Beto Perez Mexico54.56Q
4Dan Powers United States53.56
5Dan Nott Great Britain45.67
Heat 2
Rank Name CountryResult Notes
1Shota Tezuka Japan83.33Q
2Guy Firer Israel71.67Q
3David O'Caoimh Ireland70.78Q
4Alejo De Palma Argentina42.78
5Lucas Langlois France10.44

Final

Rank Name CountryResult
Shota Tezuka Japan87.89
Yun Sang-hyun South Korea76.22
Guy Firer Israel70.89
4Beto Perez Mexico56.89
5Juan Martin Velez Colombia46.22
6David O'Caoimh Ireland19.22

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The World Games 2017, Wrocław (POL) info system IWGA. 2020-06-16. www.theworldgames.org.