Snowboarding at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's parallel giant slalom
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The men's parallel giant slalom competition in snowboarding at the 2026 Winter Olympics will be held on 8 February, at the Livigno Snow Park in Valtellina.[1] The event was won by the defending champion, Benjamin Karl of Austria. Kim Sang-kyum of South Korea won silver, and Tervel Zamfirov of Bulgaria won bronze. These were the first Olympic medals for Kim and Zamfirov, as well as the first Olympic medal in snowboarding for Bulgaria.[2][3]
| Men's parallel giant slalom at the XXV Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Livigno Snow Park, Valtellina | ||||||||||||
| Date | 8 February | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Background
The 2022 champion, Benjamin Karl, and the silver medalist, Tim Mastnak, qualified for the event. The bronze medalist, Vic Wild, retired from competitions. Roland Fischnaller was leading the 2025–26 FIS Snowboard World Cup standings in men's parallel giant slalom, and Maurizio Bormolini in parallel slalom. The 2025 World champion in parallel giant slalom was Roland Fischnaller.
Summary
Fischnaller, who won the qualification and 1/8 finals, made a mistake in his quarterfinal and did not finish the run. Teammate Aaron March, who was second in qualification, lost to Tim Mastnak in 1/8 finals. The semifinals set Tervel Zamfirov against Kim Sang-kyum and Mastnak against Karl. Karl and Kim won their semifinals. In the bronze final, Zamfirov and Mastnak finished almost simultaneously. A photo finish decided that the Bulgarian crossed the line just fractions earlier. In the final Karl beat Kim to defend his olympic title.
Qualification
Results
Qualification run
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Blue course | Red course | Total | Notes |
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| 1 | 27 | Roland Fischnaller |  Italy | 42.74 | 42.39 | 1:25.13 | Q |
| 2 | 18 | Aaron March | Italy | 42.74 | 43.34 | 1:26.08 | Q |
| 3 | 17 | Benjamin Karl |  Austria | 43.49 | 43.00 | 1:26.49 | Q |
| 4 | 34 | Arnaud Gaudet |  Canada | 42.93 | 43.64 | 1:26.57 | Q |
| 5 | 25 | Tervel Zamfirov |  Bulgaria | 43.66 | 42.92 | 1:26.58 | Q |
| 6 | 28 | Lee Sang-ho |  South Korea | 43.21 | 43.53 | 1:26.74 | Q |
| 7 | 32 | Dario Caviezel |  Switzerland | 43.10 | 43.75 | 1:26.85 | Q |
| 8 | 30 | Kim Sang-kyum | South Korea | 43.74 | 43.44 | 1:27.18 | Q |
| 9 | 35 | Žan Košir |  Slovenia | 44.32 | 43.01 | 1:27.33 | Q |
| 10 | 31 | Mirko Felicetti | Italy | 44.12 | 43.25 | 1:27.37 | Q |
| 11 | 29 | Andreas Prommegger | Austria | 43.36 | 44.04 | 1:27.40 | Q |
| 12 | 22 | Elias Huber |  Germany | 44.06 | 43.38 | 1:27.44 | Q |
| 13 | 23 | Radoslav Yankov | Bulgaria | 43.60 | 43.84 | 1:27.44 | Q |
| 14 | 21 | Maurizio Bormolini | Italy | 43.55 | 43.92 | 1:27.47 | Q |
| 15 | 24 | Tim Mastnak | Slovenia | 43.60 | 43.88 | 1:27.48 | Q |
| 16 | 41 | Rok Marguč | Slovenia | 43.87 | 43.69 | 1:27.56 | Q |
| 17 | 20 | Alexander Payer | Austria | 43.48 | 44.23 | 1:27.71 | |
| 18 | 19 | Stefan Baumeister | Germany | 43.63 | 44.13 | 1:27.76 | |
| 18 | 42 | Cho Wan-hee | South Korea | 43.72 | 44.04 | 1:27.76 | |
| 20 | 26 | Fabian Obmann | Austria | 44.35 | 43.62 | 1:27.97 | |
| 21 | 43 | Cody Winters |  United States | 43.53 | 44.46 | 1:27.99 | |
| 22 | 33 | Gian Casanova | Switzerland | 44.39 | 43.67 | 1:28.06 | |
| 23 | 44 | Michał Nowaczyk |  Poland | 44.58 | 43.50 | 1:28.08 | |
| 24 | 47 | Max Kühnhauser | Germany | 43.94 | 44.17 | 1:28.11 | |
| 25 | 36 | Yannik Angenend | Germany | 43.40 | 44.73 | 1:28.13 | |
| 26 | 39 | Ben Heldman | Canada | 44.13 | 44.03 | 1:28.16 | |
| 27 | 40 | Bi Ye |  China | 44.72 | 43.76 | 1:28.48 | |
| 28 | 38 | Oskar Kwiatkowski | Poland | 43.68 | 45.02 | 1:28.70 | |
| 29 | 48 | Ban Xuefu | China | 44.69 | 44.64 | 1:29.33 | |
| 30 | 45 | Krystof Minarik |  Czech Republic | 44.20 | 45.55 | 1:29.75 | |
| 31 | 46 | Alexander Krashniak | Bulgaria | 46.91 | 45.36 | 1:32.27 | |
| 37 | Masaki Shiba |  Japan | DSQ | DSQ |
Final
| 1/8 finals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
4 Gaudet (CAN) | ||||||||||||||
13 Yankov (BUL) | +0.11 | |||||||||||||
| 4 Gaudet (CAN) | +0.03 | |||||||||||||
5 Zamfirov (BUL) | ||||||||||||||
5 Zamfirov (BUL) | ||||||||||||||
12 Huber (GER) | +0.03 | |||||||||||||
5 Zamfirov (BUL) | +0.23 | |||||||||||||
8 Kim (KOR) | ||||||||||||||
8 Kim (KOR) | ||||||||||||||
9 Košir (SLO) | DNF | |||||||||||||
8 Kim (KOR) | ||||||||||||||
1 Fischnaller (ITA) | DNF | |||||||||||||
1 Fischnaller (ITA) | ||||||||||||||
16 Marguč (SLO) | +0.59 | |||||||||||||
8 Kim (KOR) | +0.19 | |||||||||||||
3 Karl (AUT) | ||||||||||||||
2 March (ITA) | +0.06 | |||||||||||||
15 Mastnak (SLO) | ||||||||||||||
15 Mastnak (SLO) | ||||||||||||||
10 Felicetti (ITA) | DNF | |||||||||||||
7 Caviezel (SUI) | +0.21 | |||||||||||||
| 10 Felicetti (ITA) | ||||||||||||||
15 Mastnak (SLO) | +0.24 | |||||||||||||
3 Karl (AUT) | Third place | |||||||||||||
6 Lee (KOR) | +0.17 | |||||||||||||
11 Prommegger (AUT) | ||||||||||||||
11 Prommegger (AUT) | +0.12 | 5 Zamfirov (BUL) | ||||||||||||
3 Karl (AUT) | 15 Mastnak (SLO) | +0.00 (Photo Finish) | ||||||||||||
3 Karl (AUT) | ||||||||||||||
14 Bormolini (ITA) | +0.03 | |||||||||||||