The women's snowboard cross event in snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics

2006 Winter Olympics

The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...

 was held in Bardonecchia

Bardonecchia

Bardonecchia is an Italian town and comune located in the Province of Turin, in the Piedmont region, in the western part of Susa Valley....

, a village in the Province of Turin

Province of Turin

The Province of Turin is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Turin.It has an area of 6,830 km², and a total population of 2,277,686 . There are 315 comuni in the province – the most of any province in Italy...

, Italy

Italy

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. Competition took place on February 17, 2006.

Medalists

Qualification

All competitors raced two qualification runs, with only the best of the two times used in the final ranking. The top 16 of the 23 competitors advanced to the quarter-finals. Struck-through runs in the table below represent the discarded time for a competitor.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Run 1 (time)	Rank	Run 2 (time)	Rank	Best time
1	Maëlle Ricker Maelle Ricker Maëlle Danica Ricker is a Canadian snowboarder who currently resides in Squamish, British Columbia. She won the Gold Medal in the snowboard cross event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, becoming the first Canadian woman to win a gold medal on home soil at the Olympics.-Career:As a young...		1:28.99	1	1:27.85	1	1:27.85
2	Dominique Maltais Dominique Maltais Dominique Maltais is a Canadian snowboarder with her specialty in snowboard cross. Born in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Quebec. She is a firefighter in her professional career.-Snowboarding career:...		1:33.03	13	1:29.33	2	1:29.33
3	Lindsey Jacobellis Lindsey Jacobellis Lindsey Jacobellis is an American snowboarder from Stratton, Vermont.At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Jacobellis won the silver medal in Women's Snowboard Cross's Olympics debut...	align=left	| 1:30.89	6	1:29.51	3	1:29.51
4	Tanja Frieden Tanja Frieden Tanja Frieden is a Swiss snowboarder. She won a gold medal in the inaugural Snowboard Cross competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics....	align=left	| 1:30.76	5	1:29.77	4	1:29.77
5	Maria Danielsson	align=left	| 1:30.01	2	2:06.56	21	1:30.01
6	Isabel Clark Ribeiro Isabel Clark Ribeiro Isabel Clark Ribeiro is a snowboarder from Brazil. She competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics and competed for Brazil at the 2010 Winter Olympics in snowboard cross. Clark was Brazil's flag bearer during the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony.- References :...	align=left	| 1:30.12	3	1:31.49	10	1:30.12
7	Olivia Nobs Olivia Nobs Olivia Nobs is a Swiss snowboarder. Nobs captured the silver medal in snowboard cross at the FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2009 in South Korea....	align=left	| 1:32.02	8	1:30.44	5	1:30.44
8	Marie Laissus	align=left	| 1:30.46	4	1:30.99	8	1:30.46
9	Déborah Anthonioz Déborah Anthonioz Déborah Anthonioz is a French snowboarder and Olympic athlete who won a silver medal in women's snowboard cross at the 2010 Winter Olympics.- References :*...	align=left	| 1:31.22	7	1:30.89	6	1:30.89
10	Doresia Krings	align=left	| 1:45.53	21	1:30.90	7	1:30.90
11	Karine Ruby Karine Ruby Karine Ruby was a French snowboarder and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano...	align=left	| 1:42.51	20	1:31.03	9	1:31.03
12	Zoe Gillings Zoe Gillings Zoe Gillings is a British snowboarder.At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Gillings finished 15th in the first ever women's Snowboard Cross.At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Gillings finished 8th in the women's Snowboard Cross....	align=left	| 1:46.71	22	1:31.93	11	1:31.93
13	Katharina Himmler	align=left	| 1:32.15	9	1:33.89	17	1:32.15
14	Mellie Francon Mellie Francon Mellie Francon is a Swiss snowboarder.Francon is Swiss Champion 2005 in snowboard cross. On January 5, 2006, she won the World Cup competition at Bad Gastein.-External links:...	align=left	| 1:32.31	10	1:32.30	12	1:32.30
15	Yuka Fujimori	align=left	| 1:32.46	11	1:32.63	13	1:32.46
16	Doris Günther Doris Günther Doris Günther is a snowboarder from Austria. She competed for Austria at the 2010 Winter Olympics in parallel giant slalom, finishing ninth. Günther later captured a bronze medal at the 2011 FIS Snowboarding World Championships...	align=left	| 1:32.58	12	DNF		1:32.58
17	Erin Simmons Erin Simmons Erin Simmons is a Canadian snowboarder, specializing in the snowboard cross event.Simmons made her World Cup debut in December 2001 at Whistler, BC...	align=left	| 1:33.24	14	1:32.74	14	1:32.74
18	Carmen Ranigler	align=left	| DNF		1:32.91	15	1:32.91
19	Dominique Vallee Dominique Vallee Dominique Vallee is a Canadian snowboarder, specializing in the halfpipe and snowboard cross events....	align=left	|1:34.76	16	1:33.57	16	1:33.57
20	Juliane Bray Juliane Bray Juliane Bray is a New Zealand snowboarder. She first gained notice in 2001 when she won a World Cup boarder-cross race in Japan. She represented New Zealand at the 2006 Winter Olympics by competing in snowcross and halfpipe. She represented New Zealand at the 2010 Winter Olympics and was selected...	align=left	| 1:34.45	15	1:39.81	20	1:34.45
21	Emily Thomas Emily Thomas Emily Thomas is an Australian snowboarder, competing in the snowboard cross.She placed only 19th and 21st in her two qualifying runs and finished 21st out of 23 and did not make the final.-References:...	align=left	| 1:37.69	19	1:34.57	18	1:34.57
22	Aleksandra Zhekova Aleksandra Zhekova Aleksandra Zhekova is a snowboarder from Bulgaria. She competed for Bulgaria at the 2010 Winter Olympics in snowboard cross and parallel giant slalom. Zhekova was Bulgaria's flag bearer during the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony.- References :...	align=left	| 1:36.13	17	1:35.50	19	1:35.50
23	Julie Pomagalski	align=left	| 1:36.32	18	DSQ	23	1:36.32

Elimination Round

The top 16 qualifiers advanced to the quarterfinal round. From here, they participated in four-person elimination races, with the top two from each race advancing.

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Seed	Name	Rank
1		1
8		2
9		3
16		4

Quarterfinal 2

Seed	Name	Rank
4		1
5		2
13		3
12	align=left	| 4

Quarterfinal 3

Seed	Name	Rank
14		1
3		2
6		3
11		4

Quarterfinal 4

Seed	Name	Rank
2		1
15		2
7		3
10		4

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Seed	Name	Rank
1		1
4		2
5		3
8		4

Semifinal 2

Seed	Name	Rank
3		1
2		2
14		3
15		4

Finals

The four semifinalists who failed to advanced to the big final competed in the small final to determine 5th through 8th places. The four last place finishers in the quarterfinals contested a 13th-16th classification race, while the third-placed finishers raced for 9th through 13th.

In the large final, American Lindsey Jacobellis

Lindsey Jacobellis

Lindsey Jacobellis is an American snowboarder from Stratton, Vermont.At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Jacobellis won the silver medal in Women's Snowboard Cross's Olympics debut...

 had a clear lead heading on on to the final hill, but failed in an attempt of a twisting grab in the air, falling and allowing Tanja Frieden

Tanja Frieden

Tanja Frieden is a Swiss snowboarder. She won a gold medal in the inaugural Snowboard Cross competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics....

to sweep past her and claim the gold medal.

Large Final

Seed	Name	Rank
4
3
2
1		4

Small Final

Seed	Name	Rank
14		5
5		6
15		7
8		8

Classification 9-12

Seed	Name	Rank
6		9
9		10
7		11
13		12

Classification 13-16

Seed	Name	Rank
10		13
16		14
12		15
11		16