Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's moguls

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Men's moguls
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Freestyle skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Dates10 February 2014
Competitors29 from 11 nations
Winning score26.31
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Alexandre Bilodeau Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg Mikaël Kingsbury Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Bronze medal icon.svg Alexandr Smyshlyaev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
  2010
2018  

The men's moguls event in freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia took place on the 10 February at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park in Krasnaya Polyana, Sochi. [1]

The defending Olympic is Alexandre Bilodeau, while the defending world champion was Mikaël Kingsbury also of Canada. Bilodeau and Kingsbury took gold and silver, respectively. Alexandr Smyshlyaev of Russia won the bronze medal. Bilodeau became the first freestyle skiing gold medalist to defend his Olympic title, and first repeat gold medalist. [2] [3]

Qualification

An athlete must have placed in the top 30 in at a World Cup event after July 2012 or at the 2013 World Championships and a minimum of 80 FIS points. A total of 30 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of 4 athletes could be entered by a National Olympic Committee. [4]

Guilbaut Colas of France withdrew after suffering a knee injury, which reduced the field to 29 athletes. [5]

Results

Qualification

In the first qualifying round, the ten best athletes directly qualify for the final. Others compete in the second qualification round. [6]

Qualifying 1

QF — Qualified directly for the final
QS — Qualified for the semifinal
Bib — Bib number
DNS — Did not start
DNF — Did not finish
RankBibNameCountryTimeScoreTotalNotes
TurnsAirTime
11 Alexandre Bilodeau Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 25.0312.85.706.2024.70QF
22 Mikaël Kingsbury Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 25.7512.55.455.8623.81QF
35 Alexandr Smyshlyaev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 25.0712.54.846.1823.52QF
44 Sho Endo Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 25.1912.05.266.1223.38QF
57 Marc-Antoine Gagnon Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 25.4411.65.306.0022.90QF
612 Philippe Marquis Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 25.6511.25.325.9122.43QF
79 Dmitriy Reiherd Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 24.9311.64.026.2421.86QF
86 Bradley Wilson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 23.3910.93.816.9721.68QF
928 Brodie Summers Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 25.7310.84.895.8721.56QF
1010 Matt Graham Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 24.3610.24.826.5121.53QF
1130 Pavel Kolmakov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 25.7311.04.535.8721.40
1238 Aleksey Pavlenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24.8810.24.316.2720.78
1316 Nobuyuki Nishi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 24.9810.63.856.2220.67
1435 Giacomo Matiz Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 26.4810.74.405.5120.61
1525 Choi Jae-Woo Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 24.619.05.166.4020.56
1634 Ludvig Fjällström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 26.3310.24.605.5820.38
1732 Per Spett Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 25.059.05.056.1920.24
1837 Andrey Volkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 25.5810.23.905.9420.04
1911 Dale Begg-Smith Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 25.069.73.866.1819.74
2027 Jimi Salonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 24.538.94.316.4319.64
2136 Sam Hall Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 24.528.73.656.4418.79
2221 Anthony Benna Flag of France.svg  France 24.158.83.056.6118.46
2324 Jussi Penttala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 24.867.54.216.2817.99
2426 Sergey Volkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 27.643.62.204.9710.77
253 Patrick Deneen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 23.641.12.416.8510.36
2629 Arttu Kiramo Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 27.181.22.715.189.09
31 Dmitriy Barmashov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan DNF
19 Ville Miettunen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland DNF
33 Benjamin Cavet Flag of France.svg  France DNF

Qualifying 2

RankBibNameCountryTimeScoreTotalNotes
TurnsAirTime
13 Patrick Deneen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.7111.54.536.3522.38Q
225 Choi Jae-Woo Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 26.0810.95.305.7021.90Q
327 Jimi Salonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 25.2610.94.866.0921.85Q
430 Pavel Kolmakov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 25.7511.54.345.8621.70Q
537 Andrey Volkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 25.4310.64.586.0121.19Q
638 Aleksey Pavlenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 25.6111.04.045.9220.96Q
734 Ludvig Fjällström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 25.449.94.606.0020.50Q
816 Nobuyuki Nishi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 25.9611.03.655.7620.41Q
933 Benjamin Cavet Flag of France.svg  France 25.379.44.686.0420.12Q
1032 Per Spett Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 25.819.44.885.8320.11Q
1135 Giacomo Matiz Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 26.649.73.965.4419.10
1229 Arttu Kiramo Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 26.179.13.975.6618.73
1321 Anthony Benna Flag of France.svg  France 24.246.73.656.5716.92
1436 Sam Hall Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 27.543.43.095.0111.50
1511 Dale Begg-Smith Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 28.392.32.744.619.35
1631 Dmitriy Barmashov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 32.870.32.412.505.21
24 Jussi Penttala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland DNF
26 Sergey Volkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia DNF
19 Ville Miettunen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland DNS

Final

The finals were started at 19:00. [7]

Final 1

RankBibNameCountryTimeScoreTotalNotes
TurnsAirTime
15 Alexandr Smyshlyaev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 25.1412.75.526.1524.37Q
212 Philippe Marquis Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 24.5812.45.516.4124.32Q
32 Mikaël Kingsbury Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 26.3212.46.325.5924.31Q
47 Marc-Antoine Gagnon Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 25.7911.85.815.8423.45Q
59 Dmitriy Reiherd Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 25.2112.14.896.1123.10Q
633 Benjamin Cavet Flag of France.svg  France 25.8511.55.665.8122.97Q
710 Matt Graham Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 24.8511.44.816.2822.49Q
81 Alexandre Bilodeau Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 24.7811.05.176.3222.49Q
93 Patrick Deneen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.6711.64.306.3722.27Q
1025 Choi Jae-Woo Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 25.2710.65.436.0822.11Q
1130 Pavel Kolmakov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 25.3011.04.756.0721.82Q
1232 Per Spett Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 25.1710.94.786.1321.81Q
1328 Brodie Summers Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 25.7311.44.515.8721.78
1416 Nobuyuki Nishi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 24.7311.43.996.3421.73
154 Sho Endo Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 25.5310.65.175.9621.73
1638 Aleksey Pavlenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24.9010.84.606.2621.66
1737 Andrey Volkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 26.1711.44.585.6621.64
1827 Jimi Salonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 24.779.54.936.3220.75
1934 Ludvig Fjällström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 25.309.54.266.0719.83
206 Bradley Wilson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.831.52.116.299.90

Final 2

RankBibNameCountryTimeScoreTotalNotes
TurnsAirTime
12 Mikaël Kingsbury Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 26.3712.56.475.5724.54Q
27 Marc-Antoine Gagnon Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 25.6112.26.045.9224.16Q
31 Alexandre Bilodeau Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 25.9112.25.915.7823.89Q
45 Alexandr Smyshlyaev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 25.2212.65.146.1123.85Q
59 Dmitriy Reiherd Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 24.7112.24.936.3523.48Q
63 Patrick Deneen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.0011.74.946.6823.32Q
710 Matt Graham Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 25.0812.15.046.1723.31
833 Benjamin Cavet Flag of France.svg  France 26.3111.05.875.5922.46
912 Philippe Marquis Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 24.0710.15.506.6522.25
1030 Pavel Kolmakov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 25.7310.73.465.8720.03
1132 Per Spett Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 27.393.54.885.0913.47
25 Choi Jae-Woo Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea DNF

Final 3

RankBibNameCountryTimeScoreTotalNotes
TurnsAirTime
Gold medal icon.svg1 Alexandre Bilodeau Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 24.8113.16.916.3026.31
Silver medal icon.svg2 Mikaël Kingsbury Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 25.2512.06.626.0924.71
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Alexandr Smyshlyaev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24.9412.45.706.2424.34
47 Marc-Antoine Gagnon Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 25.5611.55.905.9523.35
59 Dmitriy Reiherd Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 24.2111.44.826.5822.80
63 Patrick Deneen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 23.8311.04.406.7622.16

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