| Women's moguls at the XVI Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Tignes | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 12–13 February 1992 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 24 from 11 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning Score | 23.69 | ||||||||||||
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| Freestyle skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics | ||
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| Moguls | men | women |
The women's moguls event in freestyle skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville took place from 12 to 13 February at Tignes. [1] [2]
The top 8 advanced to the final. [1]
| Rank | Name | Country | Score | Notes |
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| 1 | Raphaëlle Monod |  France | 24.09 | Q |
| 2 | Donna Weinbrecht |  United States | 23.48 | Q |
| 3 | Stine Lise Hattestad |  Norway | 23.11 | Q |
| 4 | Liz McIntyre | United States | 22.60 | Q |
| 5 | Yelizaveta Kozhevnikova |  Unified Team | 22.22 | Q |
| 6 | Tatjana Mittermayer |  Germany | 21.90 | Q |
| 7 | Silvia Marciandi |  Italy | 21.72 | Q |
| 8 | Birgit Keppler-Stein | Germany | 21.32 | Q |
| 9 | Yvonne Seifert | Germany | 20.17 | |
| 10 | Yelena Korolyova | Unified Team | 20.01 | |
| 11 | Petra Moroder | Italy | 18.69 | |
| 12 | Olga Lychkina | Unified Team | 18.04 | |
| 13 | Conny Kissling |  Switzerland | 17.46 | |
| 14 | Kari Traa | Norway | 17.30 | |
| 15 | Jilly Curry |  Great Britain | 16.86 | |
| 16 | Bronwen Thomas |  Canada | 16.73 | |
| 17 | LeeLee Morrison-Henry | Canada | 16.46 | |
| 18 | Anna Kindy | Canada | 14.75 | |
| 19 | Minna Karhu |  Finland | 14.75 | |
| 20 | Helena Waller |  Sweden | 14.56 | |
| 21 | Ann Battelle | United States | 14.51 | |
| 22 | Maggie Connor | United States | 13.95 | |
| 23 | Larisa Udodova | Unified Team | 11.17 | |
| 24 | Candice Gilg | France | 8.74 |
| Rank | Name | Country | Score | Notes |
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 | Donna Weinbrecht | United States | 23.69 | |
 | Yelizaveta Kozhevnikova | Unified Team | 23.50 | |
 | Stine Lise Hattestad | Norway | 23.04 | |
| 4 | Tatjana Mittermayer | Germany | 22.33 | |
| 5 | Birgit Keppler-Stein | Germany | 21.44 | |
| 6 | Liz McIntyre | United States | 21.24 | |
| 7 | Silvia Marciandi | Italy | 19.66 | |
| 8 | Raphaëlle Monod | France | 15.57 |
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