Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiing at the XXII Olympic Winter Games | |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Pictograms for Aerials, Halfpipe, Moguls, Ski Cross, and Slopestyle. | |
Venue | Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia |
Dates | 6–21 February 2014 |
Competitors | 277 from 30 nations |
Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics | ||
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Qualification
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Aerials | men | women |
Halfpipe | men | women |
Moguls | men | women |
Ski cross | men | women |
Slopestyle | men | women |
Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. The ten events took place between 6–21 February 2014.[1]
In April 2011 the International Olympic Committee approved the addition of the halfpipe event for both, men and women.[2] In July 2011, slopestyle was also added to the program, therefore a total of four new events were added to the freestyle skiing program.[3]
Competition schedule
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The following is the competition schedule for all ten events.[4]
All times are (UTC+4).
Date | Time | Event |
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6 February | 18:00 | Women's moguls qualification |
8 February | 18:00 | Women's moguls qualification 2 |
22:00 | Women's moguls final | |
10 February | 18:00 | Men's moguls qualification |
22:00 | Men's moguls final | |
11 February | 10:00 | Women's slopestyle qualification |
13:00 | Women's slopestyle final | |
13 February | 10:15 | Men's slopestyle qualification |
13:30 | Men's slopestyle final | |
14 February | 17:45 | Women's aerials qualification |
21:30 | Women's aerials final | |
17 February | 17:45 | Men's aerials qualification |
21:30 | Men's aerials final | |
18 February | 17:45 | Men's halfpipe qualification |
21:30 | Men's halfpipe final | |
20 February | 11:45 | Men's ski cross qualification |
13:30 | Men's ski cross finals | |
18:30 | Women's halfpipe qualification | |
21:30 | Women's halfpipe final | |
21 February | 11:45 | Women's ski cross qualification |
13:30 | Women's ski cross finals |
Medal summary
Medal table
* Host nation (Russia)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (9 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Men's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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aerials |
Anton Kushnir![]() |
134.50 | David Morris![]() |
110.41 | Jia Zongyang![]() |
95.06 |
halfpipe |
David Wise![]() |
92.00 | Mike Riddle![]() |
90.60 | Kevin Rolland![]() |
88.60 |
moguls |
Alexandre Bilodeau![]() |
26.31 | Mikaël Kingsbury![]() |
24.71 | Alexandr Smyshlyaev![]() |
24.34 |
slopestyle |
Joss Christensen![]() |
95.80 | Gus Kenworthy![]() |
93.60 | Nick Goepper![]() |
92.40 |
ski cross |
Jean-Frédéric Chapuis![]() |
Arnaud Bovolenta![]() |
Jonathan Midol![]() |
Women's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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aerials |
Alla Tsuper![]() |
98.01 | Xu Mengtao![]() |
83.50 | Lydia Lassila![]() |
72.12 |
halfpipe |
Maddie Bowman![]() |
89.00 | Marie Martinod![]() |
85.40 | Ayana Onozuka![]() |
83.20 |
moguls |
Justine Dufour-Lapointe![]() |
22.44 | Chloé Dufour-Lapointe![]() |
21.66 | Hannah Kearney![]() |
21.49 |
slopestyle |
Dara Howell![]() |
94.20 | Devin Logan![]() |
85.40 | Kim Lamarre![]() |
85.00 |
ski cross |
Marielle Thompson![]() |
Kelsey Serwa![]() |
Anna Holmlund![]() |
Qualification
A maximum of 282 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of 26 athletes could be entered by a National Olympic Committee, with a maximum of 14 men or 14 women. The five different events had different quota amounts allocated to them.[5]
Participating nations
276 athletes from 30 nations participated, with number of athletes in parentheses. Four nations,
Australia (21)
Austria (11)
Belarus (6)
Belgium (1)
Brazil (1)
British Virgin Islands (1)
Canada (26)
Chile (2)
China (9)
Czech Republic (6)
Finland (9)
France (21)
Germany (10)
Great Britain (6)
Italy (4)
Japan (10)
Kazakhstan (8)
New Zealand (8)
Norway (11)
Paraguay (1)
Poland (1)
Russia (26)
Slovakia (2)
Slovenia (1)
South Korea (5)
Spain (1)
Sweden (11)
Switzerland (24)
Ukraine (7)
United States (26)
Controversy
Both
Notes
Alexandre Bilodeau became the first freestyle skiing gold medalist to defend his Olympic title, winning the men's moguls, following up his 2010 Olympics gold in men's moguls.[8] Justine Dufour-Lapointe became the youngest freestyle skiing Olympic champion ever in the women's mogul event.[9]
References
- SOOC. Archived from the originalon 17 September 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ^ Dwyer, Olivia (6 April 2011). "Ski halfpipe approved for 2014 Olympics". ESPN. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- ^ Dwyer, Olivia (4 July 2011). "Slopestyle approved for 2014 Olympics". ESPN. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- SOOC. Archived from the originalon 29 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
- International Ski Federation. December 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ^ Vincent, Gordon (6 December 2013). "Winchester's Marino is first Winter Olympian from Paraguay". Middlesex East. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- ^ "Canada's skicross appeal over altered pants dismissed". Associated Press. Sochi, Russia: Toronto Star. 23 February 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ^ Graves, Will (10 February 2014). "Canada's Alex Bilodeau takes gold in men's moguls, first two-time freestyle Olympic champion". The Republic. Columbus, Indiana. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22.
- ^ The Canadian Press (8 February 2014). "Dufour-Lapointe sisters win gold and silver in Olympic moguls". CTV News. Archived from the original on 2014-02-09. Retrieved 2014-02-17.