Freestyle skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's moguls

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Men's moguls
at the XVI Olympic Winter Games
Freestyle skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Tignes
Dates12–13 February 1992
Competitors47 from 17 nations
Winning Score25.81
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Edgar Grospiron Flag of France.svg  France
Silver medal icon.svg Olivier Allamand Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg Nelson Carmichael Flag of the United States.svg  United States
1994  

The men's moguls event in freestyle skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville took place from 12 to 13 February at Tignes. [1] [2]

Results

Qualification

The top 16 advanced to the final. [1]

RankNameCountryScoreNotes
1 Edgar Grospiron Flag of France.svg  France 25.23Q
2 Olivier Allamand Flag of France.svg  France 24.96Q
3 Jean-Luc Brassard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 23.93Q
4 Nelson Carmichael Flag of the United States.svg  United States 23.90Q
5 Youri Gilg Flag of France.svg  France 23.63Q
6 John Smart Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 23.48Q
7 Leif Persson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 23.42Q
8 Éric Berthon Flag of France.svg  France 23.41Q
9 Nick Cleaver Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 23.25Q
10 Björn Åberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 23.10Q
11 Jürg Biner Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 23.02Q
12 Jörgen Pääjärvi Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 22.98Q
13 Sergey Shupletsov Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 22.65Q
14 Chuck Martin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.59Q
15 Adrian Costa Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 22.39Q
16 Craig Rodman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.25Q
17 Thomas Lagler Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 22.02
18 Janne Lahtela Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 21.76
19 Klaus Weese Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 21.63
20 Tero Turunen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 21.40
21 Andrey Ivanov Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 21.24
22 Lane Barrett Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 21.13
23 Bob Aldighieri Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.61
24 Simone Mottini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 19.92
25 Hugh Hutchison Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 19.84
26 Neil Munro Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 19.82
27 Christian Marcoux Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 19.70
28 Aleksander Peternel Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 18.70
29 Petsch Moser Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 18.56
30 Ignacio Bustamante Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 18.18
31 Martí Herrero Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 18.13
32 Michael Liebreich Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 17.84
33 Aleksey Bannikov Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 17.12
34 Normunds Aplociņš Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 17.03
35 Marko Jemec Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 16.92
36 Mikhail Lyzhin Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 16.04
37 Walter Osta Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 15.81
38 Paolo Silvestri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 15.44
39 Bernard Brandt Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 14.82
40 Osamu Yamazaki Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 14.49
41 Petri Penttinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 13.71
42 Dans Jansons Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 12.93
43 Giorgio Zini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.47
44 Simon Baynes Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 7.86
45 José Rojas Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4.15
46 Luis González Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 4.15
47 Jorge Torruellas Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 4.00

Final

[1]

RankNameCountryScoreNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Edgar Grospiron Flag of France.svg  France 25.81
Silver medal icon.svg Olivier Allamand Flag of France.svg  France 24.87
Bronze medal icon.svg Nelson Carmichael Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.82
4 Éric Berthon Flag of France.svg  France 24.79
5 John Smart Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 24.15
6 Jörgen Pääjärvi Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 24.14
7 Jean-Luc Brassard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 23.71
8 Leif Persson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 22.99
9 Youri Gilg Flag of France.svg  France 22.85
10 Jürg Biner Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 22.69
11 Nick Cleaver Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 22.04
12 Sergey Shupletsov Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 21.60
13 Craig Rodman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 21.18
14 Adrian Costa Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 21.18
15 Chuck Martin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.77
16 Björn Åberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 20.29

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References

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