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
IOC CodeFRS
Governing bodyFIS
Events13 (men: 6; women: 6; mixed: 1)
Winter Olympics
  • 1924
  • 1928
  • 1932
  • 1936
  • 1948
  • 1952
  • 1956
  • 1960
  • 1964
  • 1968
  • 1972
  • 1976
Note: demonstration or exhibition sport years indicated in italics

Summary

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Games Year Events Best Nation
114
15 1988 6   West Germany (1)
16 1992 2   France (1)
17 1994 4   Canada (1)
18 1998 4   United States (1)
19 2002 4   Finland (1)
Games Year Events Best Nation
20 2006 4   China (1)
21 2010 6   Canada (2)
22 2014 10   Canada (3)
23 2018 10   Canada (4)
24 2022 13   China (2)
25 2026 15

History

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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

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Men's

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= 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 26 Years
Moguls (d) 10
Aerials (d) (d) 9
Ski cross 5
Half-pipe 4
Slopestyle 4
Big air 2
Dual moguls 1
Ballet (d) (d)
Total events 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 5 6 7

Women's

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= 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 26 Years
Moguls (d) 10
Aerials (d) (d) 9
Ski cross 5
Half-pipe 4
Slopestyle 4
Big air 2
Dual moguls 1
Ballet (d) (d)
Total events 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 5 6 7

Mixed

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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 26 Years
Team Aerials 2
Total events 1 1

Medal table

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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.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Canada (CAN)1212630
2  United States (USA)1113933
3  Switzerland (SUI)63413
4  China (CHN)58417
5  Australia (AUS)4329
6  Norway (NOR)42410
7  Belarus (BLR)4228
8  France (FRA)36615
9  Sweden (SWE)2136
10  Finland (FIN)1214
11  Ukraine (UKR)1102
12  Japan (JPN)1045
13  New Zealand (NZL)1012
14  Czech Republic (CZE)1001
  Uzbekistan (UZB)1001
16  Russia (RUS)0134
17  Germany (GER)0112
18  Austria (AUT)0101
  Unified Team (EUN)0101
20  ROC (ROC)0033
21  Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR)0022
22  Estonia (EST)0011
  Great Britain (GBR)0011
  Kazakhstan (KAZ)0011
Totals (24 entries)575758172

Number of athletes by nation

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "IOC approves ski Halfpipe for 2014 Winter Olympics; postpones decision on Ski and Snowboard Slopestyle".
  2. ^ Will Graves (2014-02-10). "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.
  3. ^ "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
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