Freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiing has been contested at the Winter Olympic Games since the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville, France.
| Freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| Governing body | FIS |
| Events | 10 (men: 5; women: 5) |
| Games | |
| Note: demonstration or exhibition sport years indicated in italics | |
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
| Event | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moguls | (d) | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Aerials | (d) | (d) | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Ski cross | • | • | • | • | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Half-pipe | • | • | • | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Slopestyle | • | • | • | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Big air | • | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ballet | (d) | (d) | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total events | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
Medal table
Updated after the last freestyle event of the 2018 Winter Olympics.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Canada (CAN) | 12 | 9 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 |  United States (USA) | 9 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 3 |  Switzerland (SUI) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 |  Belarus (BLR) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 |  France (FRA) | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 |  Australia (AUS) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 |  Norway (NOR) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 |  China (CHN) | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
| 9 |  Finland (FIN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 |  Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Uzbekistan (UZB) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 |  Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 |  Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 |  Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Unified Team (EUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 | Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (22 nations) | 44 | 44 | 44 | 132 | |
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 | 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 | ||||||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | 30 | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Uzbekistan (UZB) | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nations | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | 21 | 25 | 21 | 22 | 30 | 30 | 28 | |
| Athletes | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 71 | 97 | 110 | 104 | 119 | 172 | 276 | 273 | |
| Year | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 14 | 18 |
See also
References
- http://sports.espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/news/story?id=6273652
- Will Graves (2014-02-10). "Canada's Alex Bilodeau takes gold in men's moguls, first two-time freestyle Olympic champion". Associated Press. The Republic (Columbus, Indiana). Archived from the original on 2014-02-22.
External links
Media related to Freestyle skiing at the Olympics at Wikimedia Commons
- Ottawa Citizen: "Moguls glossary" – 2010 Winter Games
- CanWest News Service: "Ski Cross glossary" – 2010 Winter Games
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