Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics

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Freestyle skiing
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Freestyle skiing pictogram.svg
Freestyle skiing pictogram
Venue
Dates3–19 February
No. of events13 (6 men, 6 women, 1 mixed)
Competitors284 from 25 nations
  2018
2026 

Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics were held at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou and Big Air Shougang in Beijing, China. The events were held between 3 and 19 February 2022. A total of 13 freestyle skiing events were held. [1]

In July 2018, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially added three events to the Olympic program: big air for men and women, along with a mixed team aerials event. [2] [3] A total of 284 quota spots (142 per gender) were distributed to the sport, a decline of 4 from the 2018 Winter Olympics. [4] A total of 13 events were contested, six for men, six for women and one mixed. [5]

Qualification

A maximum of 284 quota spots are available to athletes at the games. A maximum of 30 athletes could be entered by a National Olympic Committee, with a maximum of 16 men or 16 women. If a NOC has qualified enough athletes to enter the mixed team event in aerials then they may extend their total to 32 athletes. Each event has a specific quota amount allocated to it. [6] The athlete quota per event is listed below.

EventMenWomenMinimum FIS points
Aerials252580.00
Big air/Slopestyle303050.00
Halfpipe252550.00
Moguls303080.00
Ski cross323280.00
284 quotas142142

Competition schedule

The following were the planned competition schedule for all thirteen events. [1]

Sessions that include the event finals are shown in bold.

All times are (UTC+8).

DateTimeEvent
3 February18:00 Women's moguls
19:45 Men's moguls
5 February19:30 Men's moguls
6 February19:30 Women's moguls
7 February9:30 Women's big air
13:30 Men's big air
8 February10:00 Women's big air
9 February11:00 Men's big air
10 February19:00 Mixed team aerials
14 February10:00 Women's ski slopestyle
15:00 Women's aerials
19:00 Women's aerials
15 February9:30 Women's ski slopestyle
12:30 Men's ski slopestyle
19:00 Men's aerials
16 February9:30 Men's ski slopestyle
19:00 Men's aerials
17 February9:30 Women's ski halfpipe
11:30 Women's ski cross
12:30 Men's ski halfpipe
15:10 Women's ski cross
18 February9:30 Women's ski halfpipe
11:45 Men's ski cross
15:55 Men's ski cross
19 February9:30 Men's ski halfpipe

Medal summary

China led all nations in the medal count with four gold medals, while the United States achieved the most medals overall, with eight.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (China)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China*4206
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2428
3Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2125
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2024
5Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1001
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1001
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1001
8Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0325
9Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 0101
Flag of France.svg  France 0101
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 0101
12Olympic flag.svg  ROC 0033
13Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 0011
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0011
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 0011
Totals (15 entries)13131440

Men's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Aerials
details
Qi Guangpu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
129.00 Oleksandr Abramenko
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
116.50 Ilya Burov
Olympic flag.svg  ROC
114.93
Big air
details
Birk Ruud
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
187.75 Colby Stevenson
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
183.00 Henrik Harlaut
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
181.00
Halfpipe
details
Nico Porteous
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
93.00 David Wise
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
90.75 Alex Ferreira
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
86.75
Slopestyle
details
Alex Hall
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
90.01 Nick Goepper
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
86.48 Jesper Tjäder
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
85.35
Moguls
details
Walter Wallberg
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
83.23 Mikaël Kingsbury
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
82.18 Ikuma Horishima
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
81.48
Ski cross
details
Ryan Regez
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Alex Fiva
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Sergey Ridzik
Olympic flag.svg  ROC

Women's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Aerials
details
Xu Mengtao
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
108.61 Hanna Huskova
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
107.95 Megan Nick
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
93.76
Big air
details
Eileen Gu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
188.25 Tess Ledeux
Flag of France.svg  France
187.50 Mathilde Gremaud
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
182.50
Halfpipe
details
Eileen Gu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
95.25 Cassie Sharpe
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
90.75 Rachael Karker
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
87.75
Slopestyle
details
Mathilde Gremaud
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
86.56 Eileen Gu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
86.23 Kelly Sildaru
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
82.06
Moguls
details
Jakara Anthony
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
83.09 Jaelin Kauf
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
80.28 Anastasia Smirnova
Olympic flag.svg  ROC
77.72
Ski cross [note]
details
Sandra Näslund
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Marielle Thompson
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Daniela Maier
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Fanny Smith
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland

Mixed

EventGoldSilverBronze
Team aerials
details
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Ashley Caldwell
Christopher Lillis
Justin Schoenefeld
338.34Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Xu Mengtao
Jia Zongyang
Qi Guangpu
324.22Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Marion Thénault
Miha Fontaine
Lewis Irving
290.98
Fanny Smith of Switzerland, the 2018 bronze medalist, initially crossed the line in third place and thought she had won the bronze medal. Daniela Maier of Germany finished fourth. However, following a 10-minute review by race judges, Smith was penalised for a clash with Maier, so at the awards ceremony on 17 February 2022 Maier was awarded the bronze. [7]

On 26 February 2022, after the end of the Olympic Games, following an appeal from Fanny Smith, the FIS Appeals Commission made the decision to overturn the FIS Jury decision. [8] As a result of winning the appeal, Smith was promoted to third place, while Maier officially finished in fourth place, which was reflected on the FIS website. [9]

FIS has no right to make a decision on the return and redistribution of medals, as this issue is in the exclusive competence of the IOC, therefore, in its decision, the FIS Appeals Commission did not mention any words about the medals and their redistribution, and the IOC has the last word in this issue. [10] On 13 December 2022, the Court of Arbitration for Sport decided both competitors will be awarded duplicate bronze medals and share joint third place. [11] At December 2022 the IOC has updated the data on its website. [12]

Participating nations

26 nations sent freestyle skiiers to compete in the events, including the IOC's designation of Russian Olympic Committee, were scheduled to participate. The numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses. [13]

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