Italy's Federico Pellegrino was first for his Italy.
Russia (ROK) had a fall on Alexander Bolshunov but made it to the final as a lucky loser after Alexander Terentev was fifth in goal among the five riders who were gathered.
William Poromaa, who has a yellow card and at a new one gets Sweden relegated to last place, was involved in two incidents at the same curve in a downhill on his first two distances.