Freestyle skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Freestyle Skiing at the XVII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Kanthaugen Freestyle Arena
Dates	15–24 February
Competitors	97 from 21 nations
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The freestyle skiing competition of the 1994 Winter Olympics was held at Kanthaugen Freestyle Arena. There were four events, taking place between 15 and 24 February 1994. ^[1] The freestyle program was expanded at this Olympics, with aerials, previously a demonstration event, added as a full medal event. ^[2]

Medal summary

Medal table

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Canada	1	1	1	3
2	Norway	1	0	1	2
3	Switzerland	1	0	0	1
	Uzbekistan	1	0	0	1
5	Russia	0	1	1	2
6	Sweden	0	1	0	1
	United States	0	1	0	1
8	France	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		4	4	4	12

Canada led the medal table with one medal of each type. Five countries, Canada, Switzerland, Sweden and Uzbekistan, won their first Olympic freestyle medals. The gold medal won by Lina Cheryazova in the women's aerials was the first Olympic medal for Uzbekistan, and as of 2023, the only one won by that country at the Winter Games.

Men's Events

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Moguls details	Jean-Luc Brassard   Canada	27.24	Sergey Shupletsov   Russia	26.90	Edgar Grospiron   France	26.64
Aerials details	Andreas Schönbächler   Switzerland	234.67	Philippe Laroche   Canada	228.63	Lloyd Langlois   Canada	222.44

Women's Events

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Moguls details	Stine Lise Hattestad   Norway	25.97	Liz McIntyre   United States	25.89	Yelizaveta Kozhevnikova   Russia	25.81
Aerials details	Lina Cheryazova   Uzbekistan	166.84	Marie Lindgren   Sweden	165.88	Hilde Synnøve Lid   Norway	164.13

Participating NOCs

Twenty-one nations participated in freestyle skiing at Lillehammer. Austria, Belarus, China, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Russia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan made their debuts in the sport.

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•   Australia  (5)
•   Austria  (1)
•   Belarus  (4)
•   Canada  (11)
•   China  (2)
•   Spain  (2)
•   Finland  (3)
•   France  (8)
•   Great Britain  (3)
•   Germany  (5)
•   Italy  (6)
•   Japan  (3)
•   Kazakhstan  (1)
•   Netherlands  (1)
•   Norway  (4)
•   Russia  (6)
•   Sweden  (8)
•   Switzerland  (5)
•   Ukraine  (3)
•   United States  (12)
•   Uzbekistan  (3)

References

1. "Lillehammer 1994 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1994. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
2. "Freestyle Skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

External links

• Freestyle Skiing History: Olympics 1988-2002 Archived 11 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine