Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's moguls

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Men's moguls
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Olympic rings without rims.svg
Venue Sauze d'Oulx
Dates15 February
Competitors35 from 11 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Dale Begg-Smith Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg Mikko Ronkainen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Bronze medal icon.svg Toby Dawson Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  2002
2010  

The Men's Moguls event in freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy took place on 15 February at Sauze d'Oulx. [1]

Results

Qualification

The qualification round took place on the afternoon of 15 February, with 35 skiers competing. The top 20 advanced to the final. [2]

RankNameCountryScoreNotes
1 Dale Begg-Smith Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 25.40Q
2 Travis Cabral Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.88Q
3 Marc-Andre Moreau Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 24.69Q
4 Jeremy Bloom Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.51Q
5 Guilbaut Colas Flag of France.svg  France 24.33Q
6 Toby Dawson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.20Q
7 Travis Mayer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.04Q
8 Jesper Bjoernlund Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 23.97Q
9 Chris Wong Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 23.89Q
10 Janne Lahtela Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 23.77Q
11 Alexandre Bilodeau Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 23.75Q
12 Christoph Stark Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 23.65Q
13 Mikko Ronkainen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 23.38Q
14 Pierre Ochs Flag of France.svg  France 23.19Q
15 Osamu Ueno Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 23.03Q
16 Nick Fisher Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 22.89Q
17 Fredrik Fortkord Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 22.87 (3.0)Q [1]
18 Walter Bormolini Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 22.87 (2.0)Q [1]
19 Juuso Lahtela Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 22.31Q
20 Alexandr Smyshlyaev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 22.18Q
21 Simone Galli Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 21.98
22 Sami Mustonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 21.57
23 Per Spett Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 21.53
24 Michael Robertson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 21.52
25 Artyom Valinteyev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 21.51
26 Silvan Palazot Flag of France.svg  France 21.29
27 Ruslan Sharifullin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 21.24
28 Gerhard Blöchl Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 21.16
29 Jason Begg-Smith Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 20.22
30 Kai Ozaki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 19.7
31 Claudio Bosia Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 19.62
32 Yugo Tsukita Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 19.13
33 Dmitriy Reiherd Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 18.33
34 Mattia Pegorari Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 16.25
35 Vitali Glushchenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 12.75

^  1: Fortkord and Bormolini were separated by a tiebreaker, with Fortkord winning to place 17th.

Final

The final took place on the evening of 15 February, with Dale Begg-Smith, the top qualifier and final starter, just beating Mikko Ronkainen for the gold medal. [3]

RankAthleteScore
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Australia.svg  Dale Begg-Smith  (AUS)26.77
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Finland.svg  Mikko Ronkainen  (FIN)26.62
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg  Toby Dawson  (USA)26.30
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Marc-Andre Moreau  (CAN)25.62
5Flag of Sweden.svg  Jesper Bjoernlund  (SWE)25.21
6Flag of the United States.svg  Jeremy Bloom  (USA)25.17
7Flag of the United States.svg  Travis Mayer  (USA)24.91
8Flag of Finland.svg  Juuso Lahtela  (FIN)24.42
9Flag of the United States.svg  Travis Cabral  (USA)24.38
10Flag of France.svg  Guilbaut Colas  (FRA)23.60
11Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Alexandre Bilodeau  (CAN)23.42
12Flag of Australia.svg  Nick Fisher  (AUS)23.39
13Flag of Russia.svg  Alexandr Smyshlyaev  (RUS)23.22
14Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Chris Wong  (CAN)22.88
15Flag of Germany.svg  Christoph Stark  (GER)22.84
16Flag of Finland.svg  Janne Lahtela  (FIN)22.65
17Flag of France.svg  Pierre Ochs  (FRA)21.37
18Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Walter Bormolini  (ITA)21.36
19Flag of Sweden.svg  Fredrik Fortkord  (SWE)20.58
20Flag of Japan.svg  Osamu Ueno  (JPN)19.54

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References

  1. "Freestyle Skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics: Moguls, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  2. Qualification results
  3. Final results