Freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics

Freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics
IOC Discipline Code	FRS
Governing body	FIS
Events	13 (men: 6; women: 6; mixed: 1)
Games
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 Note: demonstration or exhibition sport years indicated in italics
Medalists

Freestyle skiing has been contested at the Winter Olympic Games since the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville, France.

Summary

Games Year Events Best Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1988 6  West Germany

Games Year Events Best Nation 16 1992 2  France 17 1994 4  Canada 18 1998 4  United States 19 2002 4  Finland 20 2006 4  China 21 2010 6  Canada 22 2014 10  Canada 23 2018 10  Canada 24 2022 13  China

History

Freestyle skiing was a demonstration sport at the 1988 Winter Olympics, with moguls, aerials, and ballet events. Moguls became an official medal sport at the 1992 games, while aerials and ballet were still demonstration events. At the 1994 games, aerials also became an official medal event and the ski ballet competition was dropped. For the 2010 Winter Olympics, ski cross was added to the program while for the 2014 Winter Olympics half-pipe and slopestyle were added.^[1]

Alexandre Bilodeau became the first freestyle skiing gold medalist to defend his Olympic title, and first repeat gold medalist, winning the men's moguls at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, having previously won the same event at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.^[2]

Events

Men's

• = official event, (d) = demonstration event

Women's

• = official event, (d) = demonstration event

Mixed

Medal table

Sources (after the 2022 Winter Olympics):^[3]
Accurate as of 2022 Winter Olympics and Court of Arbitration for Sport decision of December 13, 2022 to award two bronze medals in the women's ski cross event at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Canada (CAN)	12	12	6	30
2	United States (USA)	11	13	9	33
3	Switzerland (SUI)	6	3	4	13
4	China (CHN)	5	8	4	17
5	Australia (AUS)	4	3	2	9
6	Norway (NOR)	4	2	4	10
7	Belarus (BLR)	4	2	2	8
8	France (FRA)	3	6	6	15
9	Sweden (SWE)	2	1	3	6
10	Finland (FIN)	1	2	1	4
11	Ukraine (UKR)	1	1	0	2
12	Japan (JPN)	1	0	4	5
13	New Zealand (NZL)	1	0	1	2
14	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	0	0	1
	Uzbekistan (UZB)	1	0	0	1
16	Russia (RUS)	0	1	3	4
17	Germany (GER)	0	1	1	2
18	Austria (AUT)	0	1	0	1
	Unified Team (EUN)	0	1	0	1
20	ROC	0	0	3	3
21	Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR)	0	0	2	2
22	Estonia (EST)	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 entries)		57	57	58	172

Number of athletes by nation

Nation	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	10	14	18	22	Years
Argentina (ARG)																1			1	1					3
Armenia (ARM)																		1							1
Australia (AUS)																2	5	5	7	9	11	21	16		8
Austria (AUT)																	1	2	1	1	9	11	12		7
Belarus (BLR)																	4	6	5	6	6	6	6		7
Belgium (BEL)																						1			1
Brazil (BRA)																						1			1
British Virgin Islands (IVB)																						1			1
Canada (CAN)																7	11	12	14	14	18	26	30		8
Chile (CHI)																						2	2		2
China (CHN)																	2	5	7	8	8	9	15		7
Czech Republic (CZE)																		1	2	3	7	6	1		6
Denmark (DEN)																		1	1		1		1		4
Finland (FIN)																4	3	4	4	4	4	9	3		8
France (FRA)																6	8	7	6	5	11	21	20		8
Germany (GER)																4	5	3		2	5	10	9		7
Great Britain (GBR)																5	3	3	3		3	6	11		7
Hungary (HUN)																							1		1
Ireland (IRL)																							1		1
Italy (ITA)																6	6	2	1	6	1	4	4		8
Jamaica (JAM)																					1				1
Japan (JPN)																1	3	7	8	9	10	10	11		8
Kazakhstan (KAZ)																	1	2	1	3	5	8	9		7
Latvia (LAT)																1									1
Mexico (MEX)																							1		1
Netherlands (NED)																	1								1
New Zealand (NZL)																		2			1	8	9		4
Norway (NOR)																2	4	2	3	2	6	11	8		8
Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR)																							22		1
Paraguay (PAR)																						1			1
Poland (POL)																					1	1	1		3
Portugal (POR)																		1							1
Puerto Rico (PUR)																2									1
Romania (ROU)																					1				1
Russia (RUS)																	6	9	12	13	12	26			6
Slovakia (SVK)																						2			1
Slovenia (SLO)																2		1	1	2	3	1	1		7
South Korea (KOR)																				1	1	5	9		4
Spain (ESP)																2	2			1	1	1			5
Sweden (SWE)																4	8	8	4	4	8	11	14		8
Switzerland (SUI)																5	6	4	6	4	14	24	22		8
Ukraine (UKR)																	3	7	3	7	6	7	3		7
Unified Team (EUN)																8									1
United States (USA)																8	12	14	14	14	18	26	29		8
Uzbekistan (UZB)																	3	1							2
Nations	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	18	21	25	21	22	30	30	28
Athletes	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	71	97	110	104	119	172	276	272
Year	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	10	14	18	22

See also

• Freestyle skiing
• List of Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing
• List of Olympic venues in freestyle skiing
• FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships
• FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup
• Aerial skiing
• Mogul skiing
• Ski ballet
• Ski cross
• Half-pipe
• Slopestyle

References

External links

• Ottawa Citizen: "Moguls glossary" Archived 2012-04-03 at the Wayback Machine – 2010 Winter Games
• CanWest News Service: "Ski Cross glossary" Archived 2017-02-17 at the Wayback Machine – 2010 Winter Games

This page was last edited on 11 May 2024, at 21:14