Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's ski cross


The men's ski cross event in freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia took place on February 20, 2014.

Results

The event was started at 11:45.

Seeding

Q – Qualified for 1/8 finals; DNF – Did not finish; DNS – Did not start

Elimination Round

1/8 finals

The 32 seeds advanced to the 1/8 finals. From here, they participated in four-person elimination races, with the top two from each race advancing.
;Heat 1
RankBibNameCountryNotes
11Victor Öhling NorbergQ
217Egor KorotkovQ
316Sergey Mozhaev
432Michael SchmidDNS

;Heat 2
RankBibNameCountryNotes
19Jouni PellinenQ
28Armin NiedererQ
324Scott Kneller
425Thomas Borge LieDNF

;Heat 3
RankBibNameCountryNotes
112Andreas MattQ
221Jonas DevouassouxQ
328Patrick Koller
45Anton Grimus

;Heat 4
RankBibNameCountryNotes
14Q
229Jonathan MidolQ
313Daniel Bohnacker
420John TellerDNF

;Heat 5
RankBibNameCountryNotes
13Brady LemanQ
219Thomas FischerQ
314Christoph Wahrstötter
430Alex Fiva

;Heat 6
RankBibNameCountryNotes
127John EklundQ
211Arnaud BovolentaQ
322Michael Forslund
46David Duncan

;Heat 7
RankBibNameCountryNotes
17Filip FlisarQ
226Florian EiglerQ
310Tomáš Kraus
423Christian MithasselDNF

;Heat 8
RankBibNameCountryNotes
118Didrik Bastian JuellQ
231Andreas SchauerQ
32Christopher Del Bosco
415Thomas Zangerl

Quarterfinals

The top 2 from each heat of the 1/8 round advanced to the 1/4 round. From here, they participated in four-person elimination races, with the top two from each race advancing.
;Heat 1
RankBibNameCountryNotes
18Armin NiedererQ
217Egor KorotkovQ
31Victor Öhling Norberg
49Jouni Pellinen

;Heat 2
RankBibNameCountryNotes
14Jean-Frédéric ChapuisQ
229Jonathan MidolQ
321Jonas Devouassoux
412Andreas Matt

;Heat 3
RankBibNameCountryNotes
13Brady LemanQ
211Arnaud BovolentaQ
327John Eklund
419Thomas FischerDNF

;Heat 4
RankBibNameCountryNotes
17Filip FlisarQ
226Florian EiglerQ
331Andreas Schauer
418Didrik Bastian Juell

Semifinals

The top 2 from each heat of the 1/4 round advanced to the semifinals. From here, they participated in four-person elimination races, with the top two from each race advancing to the final and the third and fourth entering a classification race.
;Heat 1
RankBibNameCountryNotes
14Jean-Frédéric ChapuisQ
229Jonathan MidolQ
317Egor Korotkov
48Armin Niederer

;Heat 2
RankBibNameCountryNotes
13Brady LemanQ
211Arnaud BovolentaQ
326Florian Eigler
47Filip Flisar

Finals

;Small Final
RankBibNameCountryNotes
517Egor Korotkov
67Filip Flisar
78Armin Niederer
826Florian EiglerDNF

;Big Final
RankBibNameCountryNotes
4Jean-Frédéric Chapuis
11Arnaud Bovolenta
29Jonathan Midol
3Brady Leman

Controversy

Both Canada and Slovenia appealed separately to the Court of Arbitration for Sport that the three French athletes in the Big Final had their pants illegally changed by their coach. They argued it gave the three an aerodynamic advantage over the rest of the field. Both countries first appealed to the International Ski Federation, but were rejected since they appealed hours after the end of the competition. The appeal to the court was ultimately unsuccessful as well, because the Court agreed with the ski federation that the appeal was filed past the deadline.