Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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Freestyle skiing
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Freestyle Skiing (Aerials), Sochi 2014.png Freestyle Skiing (Halfpipe), Sochi 2014.png Freestyle Skiing (Moguls), Sochi 2014.png Freestyle Skiing (Ski Cross), Sochi 2014.png Freestyle Skiing (Slopestyle), Sochi 2014.png
Pictograms for Aerials, Halfpipe, Moguls, Ski Cross, and Slopestyle.
Venue Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Dates6–21 February 2014
Competitors277 from 30 nations
  2010
2018  

Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. The ten events took place between 6–21 February 2014. [1]

In April 2011 the International Olympic Committee approved the addition of the halfpipe event for both, men and women. [2] In July 2011, slopestyle was also added to the program, therefore a total of four new events were added to the freestyle skiing program. [3]

Competition schedule

Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort, the venue for freestyle skiing Rosa Khutor.jpg
Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort, the venue for freestyle skiing

The following is the competition schedule for all ten events. [4]

All times are (UTC+4).

DateTimeEvent
6 February18:00Women's moguls qualification
8 February18:00Women's moguls qualification 2
22:00Women's moguls final
10 February18:00Men's moguls qualification
22:00Men's moguls final
11 February10:00Women's slopestyle qualification
13:00Women's slopestyle final
13 February10:15Men's slopestyle qualification
13:30Men's slopestyle final
14 February17:45Women's aerials qualification
21:30Women's aerials final
17 February17:45Men's aerials qualification
21:30Men's aerials final
18 February17:45Men's halfpipe qualification
21:30Men's halfpipe final
20 February11:45Men's ski cross qualification
13:30Men's ski cross finals
18:30Women's halfpipe qualification
21:30Women's halfpipe final
21 February11:45Women's ski cross qualification
13:30Women's ski cross finals

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Russia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)4419
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)3227
3Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus  (BLR)2002
4Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)1225
5Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)0112
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)0112
7Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)0011
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)*0011
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)0011
Totals (9 entries)10101030

Men's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
aerials
details
Anton Kushnir
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
134.50 David Morris
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
110.41 Jia Zongyang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
95.06
halfpipe
details
David Wise
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
92.00 Mike Riddle
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
90.60 Kevin Rolland
Flag of France.svg  France
88.60
moguls
details
Alexandre Bilodeau
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
26.31 Mikaël Kingsbury
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
24.71 Alexandr Smyshlyaev
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
24.34
slopestyle
details
Joss Christensen
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
95.80 Gus Kenworthy
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
93.60 Nick Goepper
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
92.40
ski cross
details
Jean-Frédéric Chapuis
Flag of France.svg  France
Arnaud Bovolenta
Flag of France.svg  France
Jonathan Midol
Flag of France.svg  France

Women's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
aerials
details
Alla Tsuper
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
98.01 Xu Mengtao
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
83.50 Lydia Lassila
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
72.12
halfpipe
details
Maddie Bowman
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
89.00 Marie Martinod
Flag of France.svg  France
85.40 Ayana Onozuka
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
83.20
moguls
details
Justine Dufour-Lapointe
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
22.44 Chloé Dufour-Lapointe
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
21.66 Hannah Kearney
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
21.49
slopestyle
details
Dara Howell
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
94.20 Devin Logan
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
85.40 Kim Lamarre
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
85.00
ski cross
details
Marielle Thompson
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Kelsey Serwa
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Anna Holmlund
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden

Qualification

A maximum of 282 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of 26 athletes could be entered by a National Olympic Committee, with a maximum of 14 men or 14 women. The five different events had different quota amounts allocated to them. [5]

Participating nations

276 athletes from 30 nations participated, with number of athletes in parentheses. Four nations, Belgium, Brazil, The British Virgin Islands and Chile made their Olympic debuts in the sport. Paraguay made its first appearance at the Winter Olympics, with its only athlete competing in freestyle skiing. [6]

Controversy

Both Canada and Slovenia both appealed separately to the Court of Arbitration for Sport that the three French athletes in the Big Final of the men's ski cross final, had their pants illegally changed by their coach. They argued it gave the three an aerodynamic advantage over the rest of the field. Both countries first appealed to the International Ski Federation, but were rejected since they appealed hours after the end of the competition (when the deadline was 15 minutes after the close of the race). The appeal to the court was ultimately unsuccessful as well, because the Court agreed with the ski federation that the appeal was filed past the deadline. [7]

Notes

Alexandre Bilodeau became the first freestyle skiing gold medalist to defend his Olympic title, winning the men's moguls, following up his 2010 Olympics gold in men's moguls. [8] Justine Dufour-Lapointe became the youngest freestyle skiing Olympic champion ever in the women's mogul event. [9]

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