Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's parallel giant slalom

Women's parallel giant slalom at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Bardonecchia
Date	February 23, 2006
Competitors	30 from 16 nations
Medalists
Daniela Meuli   Switzerland   Amelie Kober   Germany   Rosey Fletcher   United States

Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Halfpipe		men		women
Parallel giant slalom		men		women
Snowboard cross		men		women

The women's parallel giant slalom event in snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Bardonecchia, a village in the Province of Turin, Italy. The competition took place on February 23, 2006.

Medalists

Gold	Daniela Meuli  Switzerland
Silver	Amelie Kober  Germany
Bronze	Rosey Fletcher  United States

Qualification

The qualification runs started at 11 a.m.(UTC+1)

The athletes were allowed two runs, one on the blue course and one on the red course. The two times were added, and the top 16 snowboarders moved on to the 1/8 finals.^[1]

Rank	Bib	Name	Nationality	Blue course (time)	Rank	Red course (time)	Rank	Total time
1	19	Ekaterina Tudigescheva	Russia	40.18	4	40.67	5	1:20.85
2	8	Rosey Fletcher	United States	39.30	1	41.58	19	1:20.88
3	1	Julie Pomagalski	France	41.02	15	40.00	2	1:21.02
4	2	Svetlana Boldikova	Russia	40.05	2	41.27	13	1:21.32
5	4	Amelie Kober	Germany	40.31	5	41.02	11	1:21.33
6	14	Daniela Meuli	Switzerland	40.56	6	40.80	8	1:21.36
7	16	Ursula Bruhin	Switzerland	40.74	9	40.73	6	1:21.47
8	11	Doris Günther	Austria	40.96	13	40.53	3	1:21.49
9	26	Tomoka Takeuchi	Japan	40.76	10	40.91	10	1:21.67
10	7	Heidi Krings	Austria	42.29	23	39.50	1	1:21.79
11	5	Doresia Krings	Austria	40.63	8	41.39	15	1:22.02
12	25	Nicolien Sauerbreij	Netherlands	41.41	19	40.76	7	1:22.17
13	23	Isabella Dal Balcon	Italy	40.17	3	42.38	24	1:22.55
14	3	Isabelle Blanc	France	41.24	17	41.43	16	1:22.67
15	6	Marion Posch	Italy	41.43	20	41.46	17	1:22.89
16	15	Aprilia Hagglof	Sweden	41.34	18	41.77	20	1:23.11
17	10	Jagna Marczulajtis	Poland	40.60	7	42.52	25	1:23.12
18	21	Eri Yanetani	Japan	40.91	11	42.30	23	1:23.21
19	27	Corinna Boccacini	Italy	42.06	22	41.34	13	1:23.40
20	9	Alexa Loo	Canada	42.94	26	40.57	4	1:23.51
21	28	Olga Golovanova	Russia	41.74	21	41.85	21	1:23.59
22	12	Michelle Gorgone	United States	43.59	28	40.84	9	1:24.43
23	17	Petra Elsterova	Czech Republic	40.98	14	43.83	27	1:24.81
24	29	Niina Sarias	Finland	42.73	24	42.23	22	1:24.96
25	30	Aleksandra Zhekova	Bulgaria	43.49	27	41.52	18	1:25.01
26	20	Carmen Ranigler	Italy	41.03	16	44.20	28	1:25.23
27	22	Blanka Isielonis	Poland	42.86	25	43.01	26	1:25.87
28	13	Manuela Riegler	Austria	50.47	29	41.25	12	1:31.72
29	24	Johanna Shaw	Australia	53.76	30	45.10	29	1:38.86
30	18	Sara Fischer	Sweden	40.91	11	DNF	-	-

Elimination round

The elimination rounds started at 2 p.m.(UTC+1)^[2]

Medal round

1/8 finals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

1

Tudigescheva (RUS)

16

Hagglof (SWE)

+1.13

1

Tudigescheva (RUS)

+0.66

8

Günther (AUT)

8

Günther (AUT)

9

Takeuchi (JPN)

+0.24

8

Günther (AUT)

+3.76

5

Kober (GER)

5

Kober (GER)

12

Sauerbreij (NED)

+0.03

5

Kober (GER)

4

Boldikova (RUS)

4

Boldikova (RUS)

+0.07

13

Dal Balcon (ITA)

+18.13

5

Kober (GER)

+15.97

3

Pomagalski (FRA)

6

Meuli (SUI)

14

Blanc (FRA)

+1.77

3

Pomagalski (FRA)

+1.43

6

Meuli (SUI)

6

Meuli (SUI)

11

D. Krings (AUT)

+1.00

6

Meuli (SUI)

7

Bruhin (SUI)

2

Fletcher (USA)

+3.70

10

H. Krings (AUT)

+2.06

7

Bruhin (SUI)

+0.15

Third place

2

Fletcher (USA)

2

Fletcher (USA)

8

Günther (AUT)

+0.69

15

Posch (ITA)

+0.96

2

Fletcher (USA)

Classification 5–8

The four quarterfinal losers entered the consolation bracket, where they raced for positions five through eight.

	Placement 5–8
	1	Tudigescheva (RUS)
	4	Boldikova (RUS)	+3.69			Placement 5–6
						1	Tudigescheva (RUS)
	Placement 5–8				3	Pomagalski (FRA)	+1.04
	3	Pomagalski (FRA)
	10	Bruhin (SUI)	+4.76			Placement 7–8
						4	Boldikova (RUS)	+1.74
						10	Bruhin (SUI)

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