Freestyle skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

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Freestyle Skiing
at the XVI Olympic Winter Games
Olympic rings without rims.svg
Venue Tignes
Dates12–13 February
Competitors71 from 18 nations
  1988
1994  

Freestyle skiing was an official sport discipline for the first time at the 1992 Winter Olympics , with medals awarded in the moguls event. The venue was Tignes about 85 km from host city Albertville. [1] [2]

Medal summary

Medal table

[1]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)1102
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)1012
3Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team  (EUN)0101
4Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)0011
Totals (4 entries)2226

The hosts from France led the medal table, with a gold and a silver medal, both in the men's moguls.

Men's Events

[1]

EventGoldSilverBronze
Moguls
details
Edgar Grospiron
Flag of France.svg  France
25.81 Olivier Allamand
Flag of France.svg  France
24.87 Nelson Carmichael
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
24.82

Women's Events

[1]

EventGoldSilverBronze
Moguls
details
Donna Weinbrecht
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
23.69 Yelizaveta Kozhevnikova
Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team
23.50 Stine Lise Hattestad
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
23.04

Participating NOCs

Eighteen nations participated in freestyle skiing at Albertville.

[1]

Demonstration events

Six years after the first World Championships in Tignes, while moguls were an official medal event, aerials and ballets were demonstration events; for the second time after Calgary. Aerials were dominated by the Canadians and in particular by the world champion Philippe LaRoche and by Nicolas Fontaine. Didier Méda from France, who placed second in Calgary, placed third. The women's event was won by Colette Brand from Switzerland.

For the ballet, a bit similar to figure skating but on snow, Lane Spina from the US, second in Calgary, took the third place behind Kristiansen who had put emphasis on his aerial performances. Both of them were defeated by Fabrice Becker from France who won points on composition and style for a well choreographed tango performance. Among the women, Conny Kissling won her 102nd victory, in front of Cathy Féchoz from Courchevel.

Men's Aerials

PlaceAthleteScore
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Philippe LaRoche  (CAN)237.47
2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Nicolas Fontaine  (CAN)228.88
3Flag of France.svg  Didier Méda  (FRA)219.44
4Flag of France.svg  Jean-Marc Bacquin  (FRA)206.71
5Flag of the United States.svg  Kris Feddersen  (USA)201.74
6Flag of Austria.svg  Hugo Bonatti  (AUT)198.15
7Flag of the United States.svg  Trace Worthington  (USA)192.16
8Flag of Austria.svg  Alexander Stoegner  (AUT)187.67

Men's Ballet

PlaceAthleteScore
1Flag of France.svg  Fabrice Becker  (FRA)28.15
2Flag of Norway.svg  Rune Kristiansen  (NOR)28.00
3Flag of the United States.svg  Lane Spina  (USA)27.40
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Richard Pierce  (CAN)27.30
5Flag of Switzerland.svg  Heini Baumgartner  (SUI)25.85
6Flag of Germany.svg  Armin Weiß  (GER)25.64
7Flag of Italy.svg  Roberto Franco  (ITA)25.50
8Flag of the United States.svg  Jeffrey Wintersteen  (USA)24.80

Women's Aerials

PlaceAthleteScore
1Flag of Switzerland.svg  Colette Brand  (SUI)157.51
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Marie Lindgren  (SWE)155.10
3Flag of Germany.svg  Elfie Simchen  (GER)153.94
4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jilly Curry  (GBR)151.13
5Olympic flag.svg  Lina Cheryazova  (EUN)150.00
6Flag of Norway.svg  Hilde Synnøve Lid  (NOR)144.65
7Flag of Australia.svg  Kirstie Marshall  (AUS)139.55
8Flag of Switzerland.svg  Maja Schmid  (SUI)129.47

Women's Ballet

PlaceAthleteScore
1Flag of Switzerland.svg  Conny Kissling  (SUI)25.30
2Flag of France.svg  Cathy Féchoz  (FRA)25.20
3Flag of the United States.svg  Sharon Petzold  (USA)24.10
4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Julia Snell  (GBR)22.85
5Flag of Sweden.svg  Annika Johansson  (SWE)22.80
6Flag of the United States.svg  Ellen Breen  (USA)22.30
7Flag of Switzerland.svg  Maja Schmid  (SUI)21.60
8Flag of Spain.svg  Raquel Gutierrez  (ESP)21.50

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Albertville 1992 Official Report" (PDF). Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville. LA84 Foundation. 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  2. "Freestyle Skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.