Australia at The 2006 Winter Olympics - Snowboarding

Snowboarding

Nine snowboarders represented Australia across each of the three disciplines, but only one, Torah Bright qualified for a medal final. Bright was touted as a medal threat, and though she failed to qualify in the first round, she finished 1st in the second to make the final. She struggled in her first run of the final, ending up 10th, but improved to 5th after the second run.

Halfpipe
Athlete Event Qualifying Run 1 Qualifying Run 2 Final
Points Rank Points Rank Run 1 Run 2 Rank
Mitchell Allan Men's halfpipe 28.8 8 23.7 25 Did not advance 31
Torah Bright Women's halfpipe 32.0 10 43.1 1 Q (17.0) 41.0 5
Andrew Burton Men's halfpipe 15.2 34 21.8 26 Did not advance 32
Holly Crawford Women's halfpipe 19.0 22 29.9 18 Did not advance 18
Ben Mates Men's halfpipe 4.9 43 5.0 36 Did not advance 42

Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A bracketed score indicates the run in the final that wasn't counted.

Parallel GS
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Emanuel Oppliger Men's parallel giant slalom 1:12.11 15 Q Schoch (SUI) (2)
L +1.37 (+0.89 +0:48)
Did not advance
Johanna Shaw Women's parallel giant slalom 1:38.86 29 Did not advance

Key: '+ Time' represents a deficit; the brackets indicate the results of each run.

Snowboard Cross
Athlete Event Qualifying 1/8 Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Position Position Position Position Rank
Damon Hayler Men's snowboard cross 1:21.51 12 Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 3
Small Final
7
Emily Thomas Women's snowboard cross 1:34.57 21 Did not advance

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