Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's moguls

The men's moguls competition in freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics were held on 3 February (qualification) and 5 February (final), at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou.[1] Walter Wallberg of Sweden won the event. Mikaël Kingsbury of Canada became the silver medalist, and Ikuma Horishima from Japan took the bronze. For Wallberg and Horishima this is the first Olympic medal.

Men's moguls
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueGenting Snow Park,
Zhangjiakou
Date3, 5 February
Competitors30 from 12 nations
Winning score83.23
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Walter Wallberg  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mikaël Kingsbury  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ikuma Horishima  Japan
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The defending champion was Mikaël Kingsbury. The 2018 silver medalist, Matt Graham and the bronze medalist, Daichi Hara, qualified for the Olympics as well. At the 2021–22 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup, Kingsbury led the ranking before the Olympics, closely followed by Ikuma Horishima. Kingsbury is also the 2021 world champion, with Benjamin Cavet and Pavel Kolmakov being the silver and third medalists, respectively.

Qualification edit

A total of 30 moguls athletes qualified to compete at the games. For an athlete to compete they must have a minimum of 80.00 FIS points on the FIS Points List on January 17, 2022, and a top 30 finish in a World Cup event or at the FIS Freestyle Ski World Championships 2021. A country could enter a maximum of four athletes into the event.[2]

Results edit

Qualifications edit

Qualifying 1 edit

In the first qualifying round, the ten best athletes directly qualified for the final. The bottom twenty athletes go on to compete in the second qualification round.[3]

Rank Bib Order Name Country Time Score Total Notes
Turns Air Time
1 1 24 Mikaël Kingsbury   Canada 24.71 50.3 15.44 15.41 81.15 QF
2 3 5 Walter Wallberg   Sweden 24.16 49.6 13.38 16.14 79.12 QF
3 9 6 Benjamin Cavet   France 23.52 48.4 13.02 16.98 78.40 QF
4 11 15 Jimi Salonen   Finland 24.30 45.3 15.13 15.96 76.39 QF
5 15 3 Cole McDonald   United States 25.41 47.0 14.78 14.49 76.27 QF
6 4 19 Kosuke Sugimoto   Japan 25.00 48.0 13.23 15.03 76.26 QF
7 6 29 Ludvig Fjällström   Sweden 25.69 48.3 13.78 14.12 76.20 QF
8 7 10 Daichi Hara   Japan 25.23 47.3 14.08 14.73 76.11 QF
9 29 2 Olli Penttala   Finland 24.53 45.7 14.60 15.65 75.95 QF
10 16 21 Dylan Walczyk   United States 25.03 47.8 13.07 14.99 75.86 QF
11 8 9 Brodie Summers   Australia 24.46 45.7 14.22 15.74 75.66
12 28 22 Dmitriy Reiherd   Kazakhstan 25.25 46.8 13.93 14.70 75.43
13 20 25 Nikita Novitckii   ROC 25.03 45.6 14.12 14.99 74.71
14 14 12 Cooper Woods-Topalovic   Australia 26.45 45.7 15.83 13.12 74.65
15 23 8 Marco Tadé   Switzerland 25.03 46.3 13.19 14.99 74.48
16 2 16 Ikuma Horishima   Japan 25.38 46.2 13.67 14.53 74.40
17 5 1 Pavel Kolmakov   Kazakhstan 24.85 43.7 15.16 15.23 74.09
18 19 11 So Matsuda   Japan 25.71 45.2 14.05 14.10 73.35
19 21 14 Felix Elofsson   Sweden 25.18 44.4 14.04 14.80 73.24
20 22 4 James Matheson   Australia 26.10 46.2 12.08 13.58 71.86
21 10 28 Nick Page   United States 24.36 41.2 13.63 15.88 70.71
22 13 17 Sacha Theocharis   France 24.96 43.0 12.41 15.09 70.50
23 27 26 Will Feneley   Great Britain 26.69 45.1 12.33 12.80 70.23
24 17 20 Laurent Dumais   Canada 24.52 41.2 12.89 15.67 69.76
25 26 30 Severi Vierelä   Finland 26.92 44.1 13.06 12.50 69.66
26 18 18 Oskar Elofsson   Sweden 25.94 43.9 11.57 13.79 69.26
27 24 13 Nikita Andreev   ROC 24.15 40.1 11.14 16.15 67.39
28 30 7 Zhao Yang   China 28.09 41.6 8.91 10.96 61.47
12 23 Bradley Wilson   United States Did Not Finish
25 27 Matt Graham   Australia

Qualifying 2 edit

In the second qualifying round, the ten best athletes qualify for the final based on that athletes best score from either the athlete's first or second qualifying run. The bottom ten athletes are eliminated.[4]

Rank Bib Order Name Country Qual 1 Time Score Total Best Notes
Turns Air Time
1 21 9 Felix Elofsson   Sweden 73.24 25.24 46.8 17.35 14.72 78.87 78.87 QF
2 8 5 Brodie Summers   Australia 75.66 24.71 47.9 14.62 15.41 77.93 77.93 QF
3 10 19 Nick Page   United States 70.71 25.30 45.7 17.02 14.64 77.36 77.36 QF
4 14 7 Cooper Woods-Topalovic   Australia 74.65 24.01 46.4 14.00 16.34 76.74 76.74 QF
5 2 10 Ikuma Horishima   Japan 74.40 25.75 47.6 14.04 14.55 76.19 76.19 QF
6 20 16 Nikita Novitckii   ROC 74.71 25.57 46.5 14.87 14.28 75.65 75.65 QF
7 28 14 Dmitriy Reiherd   Kazakhstan 75.43 25.24 45.7 14.48 14.72 74.90 75.43 QF
8 13 11 Sacha Theocharis   France 70.50 25.56 47.5 13.62 14.29 75.41 75.41 QF
9 24 8 Nikita Andreev   ROC 67.39 24.49 44.4 14.52 15.70 74.62 74.62 QF
10 23 4 Marco Tadé   Switzerland 74.48 25.23 44.1 11.62 14.73 70.45 74.48 QF
11 5 1 Pavel Kolmakov   Kazakhstan 74.09 25.18 42.1 12.64 14.80 69.54 74.09
12 18 12 Oskar Elofsson   Sweden 69.26 24.85 45.1 13.19 15.23 73.52 73.52
13 19 6 So Matsuda   Japan 73.35 26.11 43.6 11.87 13.57 69.04 73.35
14 22 2 James Matheson   Australia 71.86 25.76 45.2 13.97 14.03 73.20 73.20
15 12 15 Bradley Wilson   United States DNF 25.29 45.5 12.79 14.65 72.94 72.94
16 17 13 Laurent Dumais   Canada 69.76 25.32 43.4 13.38 14.61 71.39 71.39
17 27 17 Will Feneley   Great Britain 70.23 26.45 42.4 12.02 13.12 67.54 70.23
18 26 20 Severi Vierelä   Finland 69.66 25.58 42.5 12.39 14.27 69.16 69.66
19 25 18 Matt Graham   Australia DNF 23.97 37.8 10.94 16.39 65.13 65.13
20 30 3 Zhao Yang   China 61.47 26.42 42.2 9.59 13.16 64.95 64.95

Final edit

Final 1 edit

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Rank Bib Order Name Country Time Score Total Notes
Turns Air Time
1 1 20 Mikaël Kingsbury   Canada 25.30 49.7 17.44 14.64 81.78 QF
2 4 15 Kosuke Sugimoto   Japan 24.41 47.7 15.50 15.81 79.01 QF
3 7 13 Daichi Hara   Japan 24.27 47.6 14.99 16.00 78.59 QF
4 3 19 Walter Wallberg   Sweden 23.63 47.0 14.21 16.84 78.05 QF
5 2 6 Ikuma Horishima   Japan 25.20 48.1 15.04 14.77 77.91 QF
6 9 18 Benjamin Cavet   France 24.26 47.9 13.89 16.01 77.80 QF
7 14 7 Cooper Woods-Topalovic   Australia 24.19 46.7 14.78 16.10 77.58 QF
8 24 2 Nikita Andreev   ROC 24.18 46.5 14.34 16.11 76.95 QF
9 28 4 Dmitriy Reiherd   Kazakhstan 24.78 46.0 15.58 15.32 76.90 QF
10 10 8 Nick Page   United States 25.98 46.3 16.76 13.74 76.80 QF
11 13 3 Sacha Theocharis   France 24.65 46.7 14.40 15.49 76.59 QF
12 8 9 Brodie Summers   Australia 24.40 45.8 14.53 15.82 76.15 QF
13 20 5 Nikita Novitckii   ROC 25.00 46.7 14.15 15.03 75.88
14 15 16 Cole McDonald   United States 25.29 45.6 15.53 14.65 75.78
15 6 14 Ludvig Fjällström   Sweden 24.85 46.0 14.14 15.23 75.37
16 16 11 Dylan Walczyk   United States 25.13 45.0 15.27 14.86 75.13
17 21 10 Felix Elofsson   Sweden 25.36 45.4 15.01 14.56 74.97
18 23 1 Marco Tadé   Switzerland 24.48 45.5 13.49 15.72 74.71
19 29 12 Olli Penttala   Finland 24.39 45.0 13.84 15.84 74.68
11 17 Jimi Salonen   Finland Did Not Finish

Final 2 edit

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Rank Bib Order Name Country Time Score Total Notes
Turns Air Time
1 3 9 Walter Wallberg   Sweden 24.10 47.8 16.31 16.22 80.33 QF
2 1 12 Mikaël Kingsbury   Canada 25.50 48.5 16.72 14.37 79.59 QF
3 2 8 Ikuma Horishima   Japan 25.47 48.6 16.57 14.41 79.58 QF
4 9 7 Benjamin Cavet   France 24.48 47.0 16.10 15.72 78.82 QF
5 14 6 Cooper Woods-Topalovic   Australia 25.02 47.3 14.91 15.01 77.22 QF
6 10 3 Nick Page   United States 25.63 45.5 17.22 14.20 76.92 QF
7 7 10 Daichi Hara   Japan 24.40 46.8 14.20 15.82 76.82
8 28 4 Dmitriy Reiherd   Kazakhstan 25.32 46.1 16.06 14.61 76.77
9 4 11 Kosuke Sugimoto   Japan 25.13 46.6 14.27 14.86 75.73
10 8 1 Brodie Summers   Australia 24.47 44.6 14.67 15.73 75.00
11 13 2 Sacha Theocharis   France 24.70 43.4 14.57 15.43 73.40
24 5 Nikita Andreev   ROC Did Not Finish

Final 3 edit

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Rank Bib Order Name Country Time Score Total
Turns Air Time
  3 6 Walter Wallberg   Sweden 23.70 48.8 17.68 16.75 83.23
  1 5 Mikaël Kingsbury   Canada 25.02 49.6 17.57 15.01 82.18
  2 4 Ikuma Horishima   Japan 23.86 47.4 17.54 16.54 81.48
4 9 3 Benjamin Cavet   France 24.60 47.4 16.48 15.56 79.44
5 10 1 Nick Page   United States 25.68 47.6 17.16 14.14 78.90
6 14 2 Cooper Woods-Topalovic   Australia 25.01 47.6 16.26 15.02 78.88

References edit

  1. ^ Minji Seo (2021-06-16). "Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 9" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-12-24.
  2. ^ "Qualification System for XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 Freestyle Skiing" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  3. ^ Qualification 1 results
  4. ^ Qualification 2 results
  5. ^ Final 1 results
  6. ^ Final 2 results
  7. ^ Final 3 results
  8. ^ Final results