| Men's moguls at the XVII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Kanthaugen Freestyle Arena | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 15–16 February 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 29 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning Score | 27.24 | ||||||||||||
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| Freestyle skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics | ||
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| Moguls | men | women |
The men's moguls event in freestyle skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer took place from 15 to 16 February at Kanthaugen Freestyle Arena. [1] [2]
The top 16 advanced to the final. [1]
| Rank | Name | Country | Score | Notes |
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| 1 | Jean-Luc Brassard |  Canada | 26.78 | Q |
| 2 | Edgar Grospiron |  France | 26.65 | Q |
| 3 | Sergey Shupletsov |  Russia | 26.64 | Q |
| 4 | Olivier Cotte | France | 26.36 | Q |
| 5 | Olivier Allamand | France | 25.89 | Q |
| 6 | John Smart | Canada | 25.47 | Q |
| 7 | Adrian Costa |  Australia | 25.46 | Q |
| 8 | Hans Engelsen Eide |  Norway | 25.06 | Q |
| 9 | Jörgen Pääjärvi |  Sweden | 24.9 | Q |
| 10 | Anders Jonell | Sweden | 24.75 | Q |
| 11 | Fredrik Thulin | Sweden | 24.67 | Q |
| 12 | Janne Lahtela |  Finland | 24.6 | Q |
| 13 | Troy Benson |  United States | 24.42 | Q |
| 14 | Leif Persson | Sweden | 24.4 | Q |
| 15 | Nick Cleaver | Australia | 24.34 | Q |
| 16 | Sean Smith | United States | 24.31 | Q |
| 17 | Jürg Biner |  Switzerland | 24.3 | |
| 18 | Craig Rodman | United States | 23.98 | |
| 19 | Trace Worthington | United States | 23.79 | |
| 20 | Juha Holopainen | Finland | 23.39 | |
| 21 | Aleksey Bannikov |  Kazakhstan | 22.98 | |
| 22 | Simone Mottini |  Italy | 22.87 | |
| 23 | Klaus Weese |  Germany | 22.67 | |
| 24 | José Rojas |  Spain | 22.49 | |
| 25 | Hugh Hutchison |  Great Britain | 22.27 | |
| 26 | Paul Costa | Australia | 22.2 | |
| 27 | Gota Miura |  Japan | 20.15 | |
| 28 | Aleksandr Penigin |  Belarus | 19.41 | |
| 29 | Walter Osta | Italy | 14.13 |
| Rank | Name | Country | Score | Notes |
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 | Jean-Luc Brassard | Canada | 27.24 | |
 | Sergey Shupletsov | Russia | 26.90 | |
 | Edgar Grospiron | France | 26.64 | |
| 4 | Olivier Cotte | France | 25.79 | |
| 5 | Jörgen Pääjärvi | Sweden | 25.51 | |
| 6 | Olivier Allamand | France | 25.28 | |
| 7 | John Smart | Canada | 24.96 | |
| 8 | Troy Benson | United States | 24.86 | |
| 9 | Janne Lahtela | Finland | 24.78 | |
| 10 | Anders Jonell | Sweden | 24.50 | |
| 10 | Fredrik Thulin | Sweden | 24.50 | |
| 12 | Leif Persson | Sweden | 24.05 | |
| 13 | Sean Smith | United States | 23.43 | |
| 14 | Adrian Costa | Australia | 23.38 | |
| 15 | Hans Engelsen Eide | Norway | 23.32 | |
| 16 | Nick Cleaver | Australia | 23.02 |
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