Olympic Winter Games 2006 / Snowboard

Snowboard at the 2006 Winter Olympics
information
venue	Bardonecchia
Competition venue	Melezet
Nations	24
Athletes	187 (108 , 79 )
date	12-23 February 2006
decisions	6th
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At the XX. During the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , six snowboarding competitions were held. The snowboard cross discipline has been added to the program .

The venue for all competitions was the Melezet winter sports station , three kilometers from Bardonecchia and 90 kilometers from Turin. Parallel giant slalom and snowboard cross took place on slope 23 , the halfpipe competitions on the Melezet Halfpipe slope . The capacity of the spectator systems in the finish area was 7,500.

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	United States	3	3	1	7th
2	Switzerland	3	1	-	4th
3	Germany	-	1	-	1
	Slovakia	-	1	-	1
5	Finland	-	-	1	1
	France	-	-	1	1
	Canada	-	-	1	1
	Norway	-	-	1	1
	Austria	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men competitor gold silver bronze Parallel RS Philipp Schoch Simon Schoch Siegfried Grabner halfpipe Shaun White Danny Kass Markku Koski Snowboard cross Seth Wescott Radoslav Židek Paul-Henri de Le Rue

Women competitor gold silver bronze Parallel RS Daniela Meuli Amelie Kober Rosey Fletcher halfpipe Hannah Teter Gretchen Bleiler Kjersti Buaas Snowboard cross Tanja Frieden Lindsey Jacobellis Dominique Maltais

Results men

Parallel giant slalom

space	country	athlete
1	SUI	Philipp Schoch
2	SUI	Simon Schoch
3	AUT	Siegfried Grabner
4th	FRA	Mathieu Bozzetto
5	SUI	Heinz Inniger
6th	SLO	Dejan Košir
7th	SLO	Rok Flander
8th	SUI	Gilles Jaquet
9	AUT	Andreas Prommegger
10	FRA	Nicolas Huet
14th	AUT	Harald Walder
17th	GER	Markus Ebner
19th	GER	Patrick Bussler
30th	AUT	Alexander Maier

Date: February 22, 2006, 10:00 a.m. (qualification), 2:15 p.m. (final)

Course: Slope 23
start: 1530 m, finish: 1367 m, difference in altitude 163 m, length: 600 m
Course setter Christian Rufer (SUI), 24 gates

31 participants, 30 of them in the ranking.

halfpipe

space	country	athlete	Points
1	United States	Shaun White	46.80
2	United States	Danny Kass	44.00
3	FIN	Markku Koski	41.50
4th	United States	Mason Aguirre	40.30
5	FIN	Antti Autti	39.10
6th	FRA	Gary Zebrowski	38.60
7th	SUI	Markus Keller	38.50
8th	GER	Christophe Schmidt	37.50
9	GER	Vincent Lüps	36.80
10	FIN	Risto Mattila	35.80
15th	GER	Jan Michaelis	36.30
19th	SUI	Gian Simmen	33.80
24	SUI	Frederik Kalbermatten	30.80
34	GER	Xaver Hoffmann	18.70
39	SUI	Therry Brunner	09.20

Date: February 12, 2006, 10:00 a.m. (qualification), 2:00 p.m. (final)

System: Melezet Halfpipe
Inclination: 16 °, length: 145 m, width: 18 m, inner wall height: 5.7 m

44 participants, all in the ranking.

Snowboard cross

space	country	athlete
1	United States	Seth Wescott
2	SVK	Radoslav Židek
3	FRA	Paul-Henri de Le Rue
4th	ESP	Jordi Font
5	CAN	Jasey-Jay Anderson
6th	United States	Jason Smith
7th	OUT	Damon Hayler
8th	AUT	Dieter Krassnig
9	CHE	Marco Huser
10	CAN	François Bonvin
15th	AUT	Hans-Jörg Unterrainer
19th	AUT	Lukas Grüner
25th	SUI	Ueli Kestenholz
27	GER	Michael Layer
30th	AUT	Mario Fuchs
32	GER	David Speiser
36	GER	Alexander Kupprion

Date: February 16, 2006, 10:00 a.m. (qualification), 3:00 p.m. (final)

Route: Slope 23, start: 1580 m, goal: 1367 m, difference in altitude: 213 m, elements: 38

36 participants, all in the rating.

Results women

Parallel giant slalom

space	country	sportswoman
1	SUI	Daniela Meuli
2	GER	Amelie Kober
3	United States	Rosey Fletcher
4th	AUT	Doris Günther
5	RUS	Ekaterina Tudezheva
6th	FRA	Julie Pomagalski
7th	SUI	Ursula Bruhin
8th	RUS	Svetlana Boldikova
9	JPN	Tomoka Takeuchi
10	AUT	Heidi Krings
11	AUT	Doresia Krings
28	AUT	Manuela Riegler

Date: February 23, 2006, 10:00 am (qualification), 2:00 pm (final)

Course: Slope 23
start: 1530 m, finish: 1367 m, difference in altitude 163 m, length: 600 m
Course setter Anders Wiggerud (SWE), 24 gates

31 participants, all in the ranking.

halfpipe

space	country	sportswoman	Points
1	United States	Hannah Teter	46.40
2	United States	Gretchen Bleiler	43.40
3	NOR	Kjersti Buaas	42.00
4th	United States	Kelly Clark	41.10
5	OUT	Torah Bright	41.00
6th	United States	Elena Hight	37.80
7th	SUI	Manuela Pesko	35.90
8th	FRA	Doriane Vidal	35.70
9	JPN	Shiho Nakashima	33.10
10	JPN	Sōko Yamaoka	32.70

Date: February 13, 2006, 10:00 a.m. (qualification), 2:00 p.m. (final)

System: Melezet Halfpipe
Inclination: 16 °, length: 145 m, width: 18 m, inner wall height: 5.7 m

34 participants, all in the rating.

Snowboard cross

space	country	sportswoman
1	SUI	Tanja Frieden
2	United States	Lindsey Jacobellis
3	CAN	Dominique Maltais
4th	CAN	Maëlle Ricker
5	SUI	Mellie Francon
6th	SWE	Maria Danielsson
7th	JPN	Yuka Fujimori
8th	FRA	Marie Laissus
9	BRA	Isabel Clark Ribeiro
10	FRA	Déborah Anthonioz
11	SUI	Olivia Nobs
12	GER	Katharina Himmler
13	AUT	Doresia Krings
14th	AUT	Doris Günther

Date: February 17, 2006, 10:00 a.m. (qualification), 2:40 p.m. (final)

Route: Slope 23, start: 1580 m, goal: 1367 m, difference in altitude: 213 m, elements: 38

23 participants, all in the ranking.

Web links

• Overview of all competitions in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Snowboard at the Olympic Winter Games 2006 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )