Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

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Freestyle skiing
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Freestyle skiing Olympics 2006.png
Venue Sauze d'Oulx
Dates11–23 February
Competitors119 from 22 nations
  2002
2010  

Four freestyle skiing events were held at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, at the venue in Sauze d'Oulx. There were both men's and women's competition in both aerials and moguls events. In moguls, the athletes ski down a slope littered with moguls, attempting to get down in as fast a time as possible while also attempting to get points for technique and their two aerial jumps during the course. The aerials events consisted of two jumps, which were judged by air, form and landing. [1] [2]

Medal summary

Medal table

[1]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)1102
2Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)1012
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)1001
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)1001
5Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus  (BLR)0101
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)0101
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)0101
8Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)0011
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)0011
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)0011
Totals (10 entries)44412

Men’s events

EventGoldSilverBronze
moguls
details
Dale Begg-Smith
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
26.77 Mikko Ronkainen
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
26.62 Toby Dawson
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
26.30
aerials
details
Han Xiaopeng
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
250.77 Dmitri Dashinski
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus
248.68 Vladimir Lebedev
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
246.76

[1]

Women’s events

EventGoldSilverBronze
moguls
details
Jennifer Heil
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
26.50 Kari Traa
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
25.65 Sandra Laoura
Flag of France.svg  France
25.37
aerials
details
Evelyne Leu
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
202.55 Li Nina
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
197.39 Alisa Camplin
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
191.39

Participating NOCs

Twenty-two nations contributed freestyle skiers to the events at Torino. [1]

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References

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