Snowboarding at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's snowboard cross
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The men's snowboard cross competition in snowboarding at the 2026 Winter Olympics will be held on 12 February, at the Livigno Snow Park in Valtellina.[1] Alessandro Hämmerle of Austria won the event and Éliot Grondin of Canada won the silver medal. They replicated their 2022 performance. Jakob Dusek of Austria won bronze, his first Olympic medal.[2][3]
Date12 February
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| Venue | Livigno Snow Park, Valtellina | ||||||||||||
| Date | 12 February | ||||||||||||
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Background
The defending champion, Alessandro Hämmerle, qualified for the event, as did the 2022 silver medalist Éliot Grondin and the bronze medalist Omar Visintin. Adam Lambert was leading the 2025–26 FIS Snowboard World Cup standings in snowboard cross. He was the 2025 World champion as well.
Qualification
Results
Seeding run
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best |
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| 1 | 15 | Aidan Chollet |  France | 1:06.37 | – | 1:06.37 |
| 2 | 7 | Éliot Grondin |  Canada | 1:06.75 | – | 1:06.75 |
| 3 | 2 | Leon Ulbricht |  Germany | 1:07.94 | – | 1:07.94 |
| 4 | 17 | Jonas Chollet | France | 1:08.04 | – | 1:08.04 |
| 5 | 6 | Loan Bozzolo | France | 1:08.22 | – | 1:08.22 |
| 6 | 14 | Lorenzo Sommariva |  Italy | 1:08.52 | – | 1:08.52 |
| 7 | 13 | Alessandro Hämmerle |  Austria | 1:08.56 | – | 1:08.56 |
| 8 | 21 | Glenn de Blois |  Netherlands | 1:08.68 | – | 1:08.68 |
| 9 | 10 | Jakob Dusek | Austria | 1:08.69 | – | 1:08.69 |
| 10 | 26 | Huw Nightingale |  Great Britain | 1:08.75 | – | 1:08.75 |
| 11 | 23 | Evan Bichon | Canada | 1:08.92 | – | 1:08.92 |
| 12 | 8 | Lucas Eguibar Bretón |  Spain | 1:08.97 | – | 1:08.97 |
| 13 | 9 | Nathan Pare |  United States | 1:09.07 | – | 1:09.07 |
| 14 | 5 | Martin Nörl | Germany | 1:09.09 | – | 1:09.09 |
| 15 | 18 | Kalle Koblet |  Switzerland | 1:09.40 | – | 1:09.40 |
| 16 | 30 | Niels Konradt | Germany | 1:09.43 | – | 1:09.43 |
| 17 | 27 | David Pickl | Austria | 1:09.46 | – | 1:09.46 |
| 18 | 3 | Lukas Pachner | Austria | 1:09.75 | – | 1:09.75 |
| 19 | 24 | Liam Moffatt | Canada | 1:09.76 | – | 1:09.76 |
| 20 | 19 | Omar Visintin | Italy | 1:09.87 | – | 1:09.87 |
| 21 | 12 | Adam Lambert |  Australia | 1:10.10 | 1:08.64 | 1:08.64 |
| 22 | 1 | Nick Baumgartner | United States | 1:10.36 | 1:08.79 | 1:08.79 |
| 23 | 11 | Jake Vedder | United States | 1:10.18 | 1:08.96 | 1:08.96 |
| 24 | 22 | Krystof Choura |  Czech Republic | 1:10.22 | 1:09.24 | 1:09.24 |
| 25 | 20 | Jarryd Hughes | Australia | 1:10.49 | 1:09.36 | 1:09.36 |
| 26 | 25 | Cody Winters | United States | 1:10.02 | 1:09.62 | 1:09.62 |
| 27 | 28 | Filippo Ferrari | Italy | 1:10.10 | 1:09.69 | 1:09.69 |
| 28 | 29 | Alvaro Romero Villanueva | Spain | DNF | 1:09.93 | 1:09.93 |
| 29 | 16 | Radek Houser | Czech Republic | 1:10.33 | 1:10.36 | |
| 30 | 32 | James Johnstone | Australia | 1:11.54 | 1:11.07 | 1:11.07 |
| 31 | 31 | Julius Reichle | Germany | DNF | 1:11.64 | 1:11.64 |
| 32 | 4 | Merlin Surget | France | 1:11.47 | 1:15.89 |
Elimination round
- Q — Qualified for the next round
- RAL — Ranked last
1/8 finals
Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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Finals
- Small final
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Notes |
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| 5 | 5 | Loan Bozzolo | France | |
| 6 | 4 | Jonas Chollet | France | |
| 7 | 22 | Nick Baumgartner | United States | |
| 8 | 6 | Lorenzo Sommariva | Italy |
- Big final
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Notes |
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 | 7 | Alessandro Hämmerle | Austria | |
 | 2 | Éliot Grondin | Canada | |
 | 9 | Jakob Dusek | Austria | |
| 4 | 1 | Aidan Chollet | France |