Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's moguls

Men's moguls
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
VenueRosa Khutor Extreme Park, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Dates10 February 2014
Competitors29 from 11 nations
Winning score26.31
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alexandre Bilodeau  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mikaël Kingsbury  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alexandr Smyshlyaev  Russia
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The men's moguls event in freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia took place on the 10 February at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park in Krasnaya Polyana, Sochi.[1]

The defending Olympic is Alexandre Bilodeau, while the defending world champion was Mikaël Kingsbury also of Canada. Bilodeau and Kingsbury took gold and silver, respectively. Alexandr Smyshlyaev of Russia won the bronze medal. Bilodeau became the first freestyle skiing gold medalist to defend his Olympic title, and first repeat gold medalist.[2][3]

Qualification

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An athlete must have placed in the top 30 in at a World Cup event after July 2012 or at the 2013 World Championships and a minimum of 80 FIS points. A total of 30 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of 4 athletes could be entered by a National Olympic Committee.[4]

Guilbaut Colas of France withdrew after suffering a knee injury, which reduced the field to 29 athletes.[5]

Results

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Qualification

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In the first qualifying round, the ten best athletes directly qualify for the final. Others compete in the second qualification round.[6]

Qualifying 1

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QF — Qualified directly for the final
QS — Qualified for the semifinal
Bib — Bib number
DNS — Did not start
DNF — Did not finish
Rank Bib Name Country Time Score Total Notes
Turns Air Time
1 1 Alexandre Bilodeau  Canada 25.03 12.8 5.70 6.20 24.70 QF
2 2 Mikaël Kingsbury  Canada 25.75 12.5 5.45 5.86 23.81 QF
3 5 Alexandr Smyshlyaev  Russia 25.07 12.5 4.84 6.18 23.52 QF
4 4 Sho Endo  Japan 25.19 12.0 5.26 6.12 23.38 QF
5 7 Marc-Antoine Gagnon  Canada 25.44 11.6 5.30 6.00 22.90 QF
6 12 Philippe Marquis  Canada 25.65 11.2 5.32 5.91 22.43 QF
7 9 Dmitriy Reiherd  Kazakhstan 24.93 11.6 4.02 6.24 21.86 QF
8 6 Bradley Wilson  United States 23.39 10.9 3.81 6.97 21.68 QF
9 28 Brodie Summers  Australia 25.73 10.8 4.89 5.87 21.56 QF
10 10 Matt Graham  Australia 24.36 10.2 4.82 6.51 21.53 QF
11 30 Pavel Kolmakov  Kazakhstan 25.73 11.0 4.53 5.87 21.40
12 38 Aleksey Pavlenko  Russia 24.88 10.2 4.31 6.27 20.78
13 16 Nobuyuki Nishi  Japan 24.98 10.6 3.85 6.22 20.67
14 35 Giacomo Matiz  Italy 26.48 10.7 4.40 5.51 20.61
15 25 Choi Jae-Woo  South Korea 24.61 9.0 5.16 6.40 20.56
16 34 Ludvig Fjällström  Sweden 26.33 10.2 4.60 5.58 20.38
17 32 Per Spett  Sweden 25.05 9.0 5.05 6.19 20.24
18 37 Andrey Volkov  Russia 25.58 10.2 3.90 5.94 20.04
19 11 Dale Begg-Smith  Australia 25.06 9.7 3.86 6.18 19.74
20 27 Jimi Salonen  Finland 24.53 8.9 4.31 6.43 19.64
21 36 Sam Hall  Australia 24.52 8.7 3.65 6.44 18.79
22 21 Anthony Benna  France 24.15 8.8 3.05 6.61 18.46
23 24 Jussi Penttala  Finland 24.86 7.5 4.21 6.28 17.99
24 26 Sergey Volkov  Russia 27.64 3.6 2.20 4.97 10.77
25 3 Patrick Deneen  United States 23.64 1.1 2.41 6.85 10.36
26 29 Arttu Kiramo  Finland 27.18 1.2 2.71 5.18 9.09
31 Dmitriy Barmashov  Kazakhstan DNF
19 Ville Miettunen  Finland DNF
33 Benjamin Cavet  France DNF

Qualifying 2

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Rank Bib Name Country Time Score Total Notes
Turns Air Time
1 3 Patrick Deneen  United States 24.71 11.5 4.53 6.35 22.38 Q
2 25 Choi Jae-Woo  South Korea 26.08 10.9 5.30 5.70 21.90 Q
3 27 Jimi Salonen  Finland 25.26 10.9 4.86 6.09 21.85 Q
4 30 Pavel Kolmakov  Kazakhstan 25.75 11.5 4.34 5.86 21.70 Q
5 37 Andrey Volkov  Russia 25.43 10.6 4.58 6.01 21.19 Q
6 38 Aleksey Pavlenko  Russia 25.61 11.0 4.04 5.92 20.96 Q
7 34 Ludvig Fjällström  Sweden 25.44 9.9 4.60 6.00 20.50 Q
8 16 Nobuyuki Nishi  Japan 25.96 11.0 3.65 5.76 20.41 Q
9 33 Benjamin Cavet  France 25.37 9.4 4.68 6.04 20.12 Q
10 32 Per Spett  Sweden 25.81 9.4 4.88 5.83 20.11 Q
11 35 Giacomo Matiz  Italy 26.64 9.7 3.96 5.44 19.10
12 29 Arttu Kiramo  Finland 26.17 9.1 3.97 5.66 18.73
13 21 Anthony Benna  France 24.24 6.7 3.65 6.57 16.92
14 36 Sam Hall  Australia 27.54 3.4 3.09 5.01 11.50
15 11 Dale Begg-Smith  Australia 28.39 2.3 2.74 4.61 9.35
16 31 Dmitriy Barmashov  Kazakhstan 32.87 0.3 2.41 2.50 5.21
24 Jussi Penttala  Finland DNF
26 Sergey Volkov  Russia DNF
19 Ville Miettunen  Finland DNS

Final

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The finals were started at 19:00.[7]

Final 1

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Rank Bib Name Country Time Score Total Notes
Turns Air Time
1 5 Alexandr Smyshlyaev  Russia 25.14 12.7 5.52 6.15 24.37 Q
2 12 Philippe Marquis  Canada 24.58 12.4 5.51 6.41 24.32 Q
3 2 Mikaël Kingsbury  Canada 26.32 12.4 6.32 5.59 24.31 Q
4 7 Marc-Antoine Gagnon  Canada 25.79 11.8 5.81 5.84 23.45 Q
5 9 Dmitriy Reiherd  Kazakhstan 25.21 12.1 4.89 6.11 23.10 Q
6 33 Benjamin Cavet  France 25.85 11.5 5.66 5.81 22.97 Q
7 10 Matt Graham  Australia 24.85 11.4 4.81 6.28 22.49 Q
8 1 Alexandre Bilodeau  Canada 24.78 11.0 5.17 6.32 22.49 Q
9 3 Patrick Deneen  United States 24.67 11.6 4.30 6.37 22.27 Q
10 25 Choi Jae-Woo  South Korea 25.27 10.6 5.43 6.08 22.11 Q
11 30 Pavel Kolmakov  Kazakhstan 25.30 11.0 4.75 6.07 21.82 Q
12 32 Per Spett  Sweden 25.17 10.9 4.78 6.13 21.81 Q
13 28 Brodie Summers  Australia 25.73 11.4 4.51 5.87 21.78
14 16 Nobuyuki Nishi  Japan 24.73 11.4 3.99 6.34 21.73
15 4 Sho Endo  Japan 25.53 10.6 5.17 5.96 21.73
16 38 Aleksey Pavlenko  Russia 24.90 10.8 4.60 6.26 21.66
17 37 Andrey Volkov  Russia 26.17 11.4 4.58 5.66 21.64
18 27 Jimi Salonen  Finland 24.77 9.5 4.93 6.32 20.75
19 34 Ludvig Fjällström  Sweden 25.30 9.5 4.26 6.07 19.83
20 6 Bradley Wilson  United States 24.83 1.5 2.11 6.29 9.90

Final 2

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Rank Bib Name Country Time Score Total Notes
Turns Air Time
1 2 Mikaël Kingsbury  Canada 26.37 12.5 6.47 5.57 24.54 Q
2 7 Marc-Antoine Gagnon  Canada 25.61 12.2 6.04 5.92 24.16 Q
3 1 Alexandre Bilodeau  Canada 25.91 12.2 5.91 5.78 23.89 Q
4 5 Alexandr Smyshlyaev  Russia 25.22 12.6 5.14 6.11 23.85 Q
5 9 Dmitriy Reiherd  Kazakhstan 24.71 12.2 4.93 6.35 23.48 Q
6 3 Patrick Deneen  United States 24.00 11.7 4.94 6.68 23.32 Q
7 10 Matt Graham  Australia 25.08 12.1 5.04 6.17 23.31
8 33 Benjamin Cavet  France 26.31 11.0 5.87 5.59 22.46
9 12 Philippe Marquis  Canada 24.07 10.1 5.50 6.65 22.25
10 30 Pavel Kolmakov  Kazakhstan 25.73 10.7 3.46 5.87 20.03
11 32 Per Spett  Sweden 27.39 3.5 4.88 5.09 13.47
25 Choi Jae-Woo  South Korea DNF

Final 3

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Rank Bib Name Country Time Score Total Notes
Turns Air Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 Alexandre Bilodeau  Canada 24.81 13.1 6.91 6.30 26.31
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 Mikaël Kingsbury  Canada 25.25 12.0 6.62 6.09 24.71
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Alexandr Smyshlyaev  Russia 24.94 12.4 5.70 6.24 24.34
4 7 Marc-Antoine Gagnon  Canada 25.56 11.5 5.90 5.95 23.35
5 9 Dmitriy Reiherd  Kazakhstan 24.21 11.4 4.82 6.58 22.80
6 3 Patrick Deneen  United States 23.83 11.0 4.40 6.76 22.16

References

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  1. ^ "Freestyle Skiing Schedule and Results". SOOC. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Alex Bilodeau wins 2nd gold medal". ESPN. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014" (PDF). International Ski Federation. December 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Frenchman Colas out of moguls with injury". Reuters. 9 February 2014. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  6. ^ Qualification Results
  7. ^ Final Results