Men's moguls at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou | ||||||||||||
Date | 3, 5 February | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 30 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning score | 83.23 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics | |||
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Qualification | |||
Aerials | men | mixed | women |
Big air | men | women | |
Halfpipe | men | women | |
Moguls | men | women | |
Ski cross | men | women | |
Slopestyle | men | women | |
The men's moguls competition in freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics were held on 3 February (qualification) and 5 February (final), at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou. [1] Walter Wallberg of Sweden won the event. Mikaël Kingsbury of Canada became the silver medalist, and Ikuma Horishima from Japan took the bronze. For Wallberg and Horishima this is the first Olympic medal.
The defending champion was Mikaël Kingsbury. The 2018 silver medalist, Matt Graham and the bronze medalist, Daichi Hara, qualified for the Olympics as well. At the 2021–22 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup, Kingsbury led the ranking before the Olympics, closely followed by Ikuma Horishima. Kingsbury is also the 2021 world champion, with Benjamin Cavet and Pavel Kolmakov being the silver and third medalists, respectively.
A total of 30 moguls athletes qualified to compete at the games. For an athlete to compete they must have a minimum of 80.00 FIS points on the FIS Points List on January 17, 2022, and a top 30 finish in a World Cup event or at the FIS Freestyle Ski World Championships 2021. A country could enter a maximum of four athletes into the event. [2]
In the first qualifying round, the ten best athletes directly qualified for the final. The bottom twenty athletes go on to compete in the second qualification round. [3]
Rank | Bib | Order | Name | Country | Time | Score | Total | Notes | ||
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Turns | Air | Time | ||||||||
1 | 1 | 24 | Mikaël Kingsbury | Canada | 24.71 | 50.3 | 15.44 | 15.41 | 81.15 | QF |
2 | 3 | 5 | Walter Wallberg | Sweden | 24.16 | 49.6 | 13.38 | 16.14 | 79.12 | QF |
3 | 9 | 6 | Benjamin Cavet | France | 23.52 | 48.4 | 13.02 | 16.98 | 78.40 | QF |
4 | 11 | 15 | Jimi Salonen | Finland | 24.30 | 45.3 | 15.13 | 15.96 | 76.39 | QF |
5 | 15 | 3 | Cole McDonald | United States | 25.41 | 47.0 | 14.78 | 14.49 | 76.27 | QF |
6 | 4 | 19 | Kosuke Sugimoto | Japan | 25.00 | 48.0 | 13.23 | 15.03 | 76.26 | QF |
7 | 6 | 29 | Ludvig Fjällström | Sweden | 25.69 | 48.3 | 13.78 | 14.12 | 76.20 | QF |
8 | 7 | 10 | Daichi Hara | Japan | 25.23 | 47.3 | 14.08 | 14.73 | 76.11 | QF |
9 | 29 | 2 | Olli Penttala | Finland | 24.53 | 45.7 | 14.60 | 15.65 | 75.95 | QF |
10 | 16 | 21 | Dylan Walczyk | United States | 25.03 | 47.8 | 13.07 | 14.99 | 75.86 | QF |
11 | 8 | 9 | Brodie Summers | Australia | 24.46 | 45.7 | 14.22 | 15.74 | 75.66 | |
12 | 28 | 22 | Dmitriy Reiherd | Kazakhstan | 25.25 | 46.8 | 13.93 | 14.70 | 75.43 | |
13 | 20 | 25 | Nikita Novitckii | ROC | 25.03 | 45.6 | 14.12 | 14.99 | 74.71 | |
14 | 14 | 12 | Cooper Woods-Topalovic | Australia | 26.45 | 45.7 | 15.83 | 13.12 | 74.65 | |
15 | 23 | 8 | Marco Tadé | Switzerland | 25.03 | 46.3 | 13.19 | 14.99 | 74.48 | |
16 | 2 | 16 | Ikuma Horishima | Japan | 25.38 | 46.2 | 13.67 | 14.53 | 74.40 | |
17 | 5 | 1 | Pavel Kolmakov | Kazakhstan | 24.85 | 43.7 | 15.16 | 15.23 | 74.09 | |
18 | 19 | 11 | So Matsuda | Japan | 25.71 | 45.2 | 14.05 | 14.10 | 73.35 | |
19 | 21 | 14 | Felix Elofsson | Sweden | 25.18 | 44.4 | 14.04 | 14.80 | 73.24 | |
20 | 22 | 4 | James Matheson | Australia | 26.10 | 46.2 | 12.08 | 13.58 | 71.86 | |
21 | 10 | 28 | Nick Page | United States | 24.36 | 41.2 | 13.63 | 15.88 | 70.71 | |
22 | 13 | 17 | Sacha Theocharis | France | 24.96 | 43.0 | 12.41 | 15.09 | 70.50 | |
23 | 27 | 26 | Will Feneley | Great Britain | 26.69 | 45.1 | 12.33 | 12.80 | 70.23 | |
24 | 17 | 20 | Laurent Dumais | Canada | 24.52 | 41.2 | 12.89 | 15.67 | 69.76 | |
25 | 26 | 30 | Severi Vierelä | Finland | 26.92 | 44.1 | 13.06 | 12.50 | 69.66 | |
26 | 18 | 18 | Oskar Elofsson | Sweden | 25.94 | 43.9 | 11.57 | 13.79 | 69.26 | |
27 | 24 | 13 | Nikita Andreev | ROC | 24.15 | 40.1 | 11.14 | 16.15 | 67.39 | |
28 | 30 | 7 | Zhao Yang | China | 28.09 | 41.6 | 8.91 | 10.96 | 61.47 | |
12 | 23 | Bradley Wilson | United States | Did Not Finish | ||||||
25 | 27 | Matt Graham | Australia |
In the second qualifying round, the ten best athletes qualify for the final based on that athletes best score from either the athlete's first or second qualifying run. The bottom ten athletes are eliminated. [4]
Rank | Bib | Order | Name | Country | Qual 1 | Time | Score | Total | Best | Notes | ||
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Turns | Air | Time | ||||||||||
1 | 21 | 9 | Felix Elofsson | Sweden | 73.24 | 25.24 | 46.8 | 17.35 | 14.72 | 78.87 | 78.87 | QF |
2 | 8 | 5 | Brodie Summers | Australia | 75.66 | 24.71 | 47.9 | 14.62 | 15.41 | 77.93 | 77.93 | QF |
3 | 10 | 19 | Nick Page | United States | 70.71 | 25.30 | 45.7 | 17.02 | 14.64 | 77.36 | 77.36 | QF |
4 | 14 | 7 | Cooper Woods-Topalovic | Australia | 74.65 | 24.01 | 46.4 | 14.00 | 16.34 | 76.74 | 76.74 | QF |
5 | 2 | 10 | Ikuma Horishima | Japan | 74.40 | 25.75 | 47.6 | 14.04 | 14.55 | 76.19 | 76.19 | QF |
6 | 20 | 16 | Nikita Novitckii | ROC | 74.71 | 25.57 | 46.5 | 14.87 | 14.28 | 75.65 | 75.65 | QF |
7 | 28 | 14 | Dmitriy Reiherd | Kazakhstan | 75.43 | 25.24 | 45.7 | 14.48 | 14.72 | 74.90 | 75.43 | QF |
8 | 13 | 11 | Sacha Theocharis | France | 70.50 | 25.56 | 47.5 | 13.62 | 14.29 | 75.41 | 75.41 | QF |
9 | 24 | 8 | Nikita Andreev | ROC | 67.39 | 24.49 | 44.4 | 14.52 | 15.70 | 74.62 | 74.62 | QF |
10 | 23 | 4 | Marco Tadé | Switzerland | 74.48 | 25.23 | 44.1 | 11.62 | 14.73 | 70.45 | 74.48 | QF |
11 | 5 | 1 | Pavel Kolmakov | Kazakhstan | 74.09 | 25.18 | 42.1 | 12.64 | 14.80 | 69.54 | 74.09 | |
12 | 18 | 12 | Oskar Elofsson | Sweden | 69.26 | 24.85 | 45.1 | 13.19 | 15.23 | 73.52 | 73.52 | |
13 | 19 | 6 | So Matsuda | Japan | 73.35 | 26.11 | 43.6 | 11.87 | 13.57 | 69.04 | 73.35 | |
14 | 22 | 2 | James Matheson | Australia | 71.86 | 25.76 | 45.2 | 13.97 | 14.03 | 73.20 | 73.20 | |
15 | 12 | 15 | Bradley Wilson | United States | DNF | 25.29 | 45.5 | 12.79 | 14.65 | 72.94 | 72.94 | |
16 | 17 | 13 | Laurent Dumais | Canada | 69.76 | 25.32 | 43.4 | 13.38 | 14.61 | 71.39 | 71.39 | |
17 | 27 | 17 | Will Feneley | Great Britain | 70.23 | 26.45 | 42.4 | 12.02 | 13.12 | 67.54 | 70.23 | |
18 | 26 | 20 | Severi Vierelä | Finland | 69.66 | 25.58 | 42.5 | 12.39 | 14.27 | 69.16 | 69.66 | |
19 | 25 | 18 | Matt Graham | Australia | DNF | 23.97 | 37.8 | 10.94 | 16.39 | 65.13 | 65.13 | |
20 | 30 | 3 | Zhao Yang | China | 61.47 | 26.42 | 42.2 | 9.59 | 13.16 | 64.95 | 64.95 |
Rank | Bib | Order | Name | Country | Time | Score | Total | Notes | ||
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Turns | Air | Time | ||||||||
1 | 1 | 20 | Mikaël Kingsbury | Canada | 25.30 | 49.7 | 17.44 | 14.64 | 81.78 | QF |
2 | 4 | 15 | Kosuke Sugimoto | Japan | 24.41 | 47.7 | 15.50 | 15.81 | 79.01 | QF |
3 | 7 | 13 | Daichi Hara | Japan | 24.27 | 47.6 | 14.99 | 16.00 | 78.59 | QF |
4 | 3 | 19 | Walter Wallberg | Sweden | 23.63 | 47.0 | 14.21 | 16.84 | 78.05 | QF |
5 | 2 | 6 | Ikuma Horishima | Japan | 25.20 | 48.1 | 15.04 | 14.77 | 77.91 | QF |
6 | 9 | 18 | Benjamin Cavet | France | 24.26 | 47.9 | 13.89 | 16.01 | 77.80 | QF |
7 | 14 | 7 | Cooper Woods-Topalovic | Australia | 24.19 | 46.7 | 14.78 | 16.10 | 77.58 | QF |
8 | 24 | 2 | Nikita Andreev | ROC | 24.18 | 46.5 | 14.34 | 16.11 | 76.95 | QF |
9 | 28 | 4 | Dmitriy Reiherd | Kazakhstan | 24.78 | 46.0 | 15.58 | 15.32 | 76.90 | QF |
10 | 10 | 8 | Nick Page | United States | 25.98 | 46.3 | 16.76 | 13.74 | 76.80 | QF |
11 | 13 | 3 | Sacha Theocharis | France | 24.65 | 46.7 | 14.40 | 15.49 | 76.59 | QF |
12 | 8 | 9 | Brodie Summers | Australia | 24.40 | 45.8 | 14.53 | 15.82 | 76.15 | QF |
13 | 20 | 5 | Nikita Novitckii | ROC | 25.00 | 46.7 | 14.15 | 15.03 | 75.88 | |
14 | 15 | 16 | Cole McDonald | United States | 25.29 | 45.6 | 15.53 | 14.65 | 75.78 | |
15 | 6 | 14 | Ludvig Fjällström | Sweden | 24.85 | 46.0 | 14.14 | 15.23 | 75.37 | |
16 | 16 | 11 | Dylan Walczyk | United States | 25.13 | 45.0 | 15.27 | 14.86 | 75.13 | |
17 | 21 | 10 | Felix Elofsson | Sweden | 25.36 | 45.4 | 15.01 | 14.56 | 74.97 | |
18 | 23 | 1 | Marco Tadé | Switzerland | 24.48 | 45.5 | 13.49 | 15.72 | 74.71 | |
19 | 29 | 12 | Olli Penttala | Finland | 24.39 | 45.0 | 13.84 | 15.84 | 74.68 | |
11 | 17 | Jimi Salonen | Finland | Did Not Finish |
Rank | Bib | Order | Name | Country | Time | Score | Total | Notes | ||
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Turns | Air | Time | ||||||||
1 | 3 | 9 | Walter Wallberg | Sweden | 24.10 | 47.8 | 16.31 | 16.22 | 80.33 | QF |
2 | 1 | 12 | Mikaël Kingsbury | Canada | 25.50 | 48.5 | 16.72 | 14.37 | 79.59 | QF |
3 | 2 | 8 | Ikuma Horishima | Japan | 25.47 | 48.6 | 16.57 | 14.41 | 79.58 | QF |
4 | 9 | 7 | Benjamin Cavet | France | 24.48 | 47.0 | 16.10 | 15.72 | 78.82 | QF |
5 | 14 | 6 | Cooper Woods-Topalovic | Australia | 25.02 | 47.3 | 14.91 | 15.01 | 77.22 | QF |
6 | 10 | 3 | Nick Page | United States | 25.63 | 45.5 | 17.22 | 14.20 | 76.92 | QF |
7 | 7 | 10 | Daichi Hara | Japan | 24.40 | 46.8 | 14.20 | 15.82 | 76.82 | |
8 | 28 | 4 | Dmitriy Reiherd | Kazakhstan | 25.32 | 46.1 | 16.06 | 14.61 | 76.77 | |
9 | 4 | 11 | Kosuke Sugimoto | Japan | 25.13 | 46.6 | 14.27 | 14.86 | 75.73 | |
10 | 8 | 1 | Brodie Summers | Australia | 24.47 | 44.6 | 14.67 | 15.73 | 75.00 | |
11 | 13 | 2 | Sacha Theocharis | France | 24.70 | 43.4 | 14.57 | 15.43 | 73.40 | |
24 | 5 | Nikita Andreev | ROC | Did Not Finish |
Rank | Bib | Order | Name | Country | Time | Score | Total | ||
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Turns | Air | Time | |||||||
3 | 6 | Walter Wallberg | Sweden | 23.70 | 48.8 | 17.68 | 16.75 | 83.23 | |
1 | 5 | Mikaël Kingsbury | Canada | 25.02 | 49.6 | 17.57 | 15.01 | 82.18 | |
2 | 4 | Ikuma Horishima | Japan | 23.86 | 47.4 | 17.54 | 16.54 | 81.48 | |
4 | 9 | 3 | Benjamin Cavet | France | 24.60 | 47.4 | 16.48 | 15.56 | 79.44 |
5 | 10 | 1 | Nick Page | United States | 25.68 | 47.6 | 17.16 | 14.14 | 78.90 |
6 | 14 | 2 | Cooper Woods-Topalovic | Australia | 25.01 | 47.6 | 16.26 | 15.02 | 78.88 |
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