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

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]

Men's moguls
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
VenueRosa Khutor Extreme Park, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Dates10 February 2014
Competitors29 from 11 nations
Winning score26.31
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alexandre Bilodeau  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mikaël Kingsbury  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alexandr Smyshlyaev  Russia
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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 edit

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 edit

Qualification edit

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

Qualifying 1 edit

QF — Qualified directly for the final
QS — Qualified for the semifinal
Bib — Bib number
DNS — Did not start
DNF — Did not finish
Rank Bib Name Country Time Score Total Notes
Turns Air Time
1 1 Alexandre Bilodeau   Canada 25.03 12.8 5.70 6.20 24.70 QF
2 2 Mikaël Kingsbury   Canada 25.75 12.5 5.45 5.86 23.81 QF
3 5 Alexandr Smyshlyaev   Russia 25.07 12.5 4.84 6.18 23.52 QF
4 4 Sho Endo   Japan 25.19 12.0 5.26 6.12 23.38 QF
5 7 Marc-Antoine Gagnon   Canada 25.44 11.6 5.30 6.00 22.90 QF
6 12 Philippe Marquis   Canada 25.65 11.2 5.32 5.91 22.43 QF
7 9 Dmitriy Reiherd   Kazakhstan 24.93 11.6 4.02 6.24 21.86 QF
8 6 Bradley Wilson   United States 23.39 10.9 3.81 6.97 21.68 QF
9 28 Brodie Summers   Australia 25.73 10.8 4.89 5.87 21.56 QF
10 10 Matt Graham   Australia 24.36 10.2 4.82 6.51 21.53 QF
11 30 Pavel Kolmakov   Kazakhstan 25.73 11.0 4.53 5.87 21.40
12 38 Aleksey Pavlenko   Russia 24.88 10.2 4.31 6.27 20.78
13 16 Nobuyuki Nishi   Japan 24.98 10.6 3.85 6.22 20.67
14 35 Giacomo Matiz   Italy 26.48 10.7 4.40 5.51 20.61
15 25 Choi Jae-Woo   South Korea 24.61 9.0 5.16 6.40 20.56
16 34 Ludvig Fjällström   Sweden 26.33 10.2 4.60 5.58 20.38
17 32 Per Spett   Sweden 25.05 9.0 5.05 6.19 20.24
18 37 Andrey Volkov   Russia 25.58 10.2 3.90 5.94 20.04
19 11 Dale Begg-Smith   Australia 25.06 9.7 3.86 6.18 19.74
20 27 Jimi Salonen   Finland 24.53 8.9 4.31 6.43 19.64
21 36 Sam Hall   Australia 24.52 8.7 3.65 6.44 18.79
22 21 Anthony Benna   France 24.15 8.8 3.05 6.61 18.46
23 24 Jussi Penttala   Finland 24.86 7.5 4.21 6.28 17.99
24 26 Sergey Volkov   Russia 27.64 3.6 2.20 4.97 10.77
25 3 Patrick Deneen   United States 23.64 1.1 2.41 6.85 10.36
26 29 Arttu Kiramo   Finland 27.18 1.2 2.71 5.18 9.09
31 Dmitriy Barmashov   Kazakhstan DNF
19 Ville Miettunen   Finland DNF
33 Benjamin Cavet   France DNF

Qualifying 2 edit

Rank Bib Name Country Time Score Total Notes
Turns Air Time
1 3 Patrick Deneen   United States 24.71 11.5 4.53 6.35 22.38 Q
2 25 Choi Jae-Woo   South Korea 26.08 10.9 5.30 5.70 21.90 Q
3 27 Jimi Salonen   Finland 25.26 10.9 4.86 6.09 21.85 Q
4 30 Pavel Kolmakov   Kazakhstan 25.75 11.5 4.34 5.86 21.70 Q
5 37 Andrey Volkov   Russia 25.43 10.6 4.58 6.01 21.19 Q
6 38 Aleksey Pavlenko   Russia 25.61 11.0 4.04 5.92 20.96 Q
7 34 Ludvig Fjällström   Sweden 25.44 9.9 4.60 6.00 20.50 Q
8 16 Nobuyuki Nishi   Japan 25.96 11.0 3.65 5.76 20.41 Q
9 33 Benjamin Cavet   France 25.37 9.4 4.68 6.04 20.12 Q
10 32 Per Spett   Sweden 25.81 9.4 4.88 5.83 20.11 Q
11 35 Giacomo Matiz   Italy 26.64 9.7 3.96 5.44 19.10
12 29 Arttu Kiramo   Finland 26.17 9.1 3.97 5.66 18.73
13 21 Anthony Benna   France 24.24 6.7 3.65 6.57 16.92
14 36 Sam Hall   Australia 27.54 3.4 3.09 5.01 11.50
15 11 Dale Begg-Smith   Australia 28.39 2.3 2.74 4.61 9.35
16 31 Dmitriy Barmashov   Kazakhstan 32.87 0.3 2.41 2.50 5.21
24 Jussi Penttala   Finland DNF
26 Sergey Volkov   Russia DNF
19 Ville Miettunen   Finland DNS

Final edit

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

Final 1 edit

Rank Bib Name Country Time Score Total Notes
Turns Air Time
1 5 Alexandr Smyshlyaev   Russia 25.14 12.7 5.52 6.15 24.37 Q
2 12 Philippe Marquis   Canada 24.58 12.4 5.51 6.41 24.32 Q
3 2 Mikaël Kingsbury   Canada 26.32 12.4 6.32 5.59 24.31 Q
4 7 Marc-Antoine Gagnon   Canada 25.79 11.8 5.81 5.84 23.45 Q
5 9 Dmitriy Reiherd   Kazakhstan 25.21 12.1 4.89 6.11 23.10 Q
6 33 Benjamin Cavet   France 25.85 11.5 5.66 5.81 22.97 Q
7 10 Matt Graham   Australia 24.85 11.4 4.81 6.28 22.49 Q
8 1 Alexandre Bilodeau   Canada 24.78 11.0 5.17 6.32 22.49 Q
9 3 Patrick Deneen   United States 24.67 11.6 4.30 6.37 22.27 Q
10 25 Choi Jae-Woo   South Korea 25.27 10.6 5.43 6.08 22.11 Q
11 30 Pavel Kolmakov   Kazakhstan 25.30 11.0 4.75 6.07 21.82 Q
12 32 Per Spett   Sweden 25.17 10.9 4.78 6.13 21.81 Q
13 28 Brodie Summers   Australia 25.73 11.4 4.51 5.87 21.78
14 16 Nobuyuki Nishi   Japan 24.73 11.4 3.99 6.34 21.73
15 4 Sho Endo   Japan 25.53 10.6 5.17 5.96 21.73
16 38 Aleksey Pavlenko   Russia 24.90 10.8 4.60 6.26 21.66
17 37 Andrey Volkov   Russia 26.17 11.4 4.58 5.66 21.64
18 27 Jimi Salonen   Finland 24.77 9.5 4.93 6.32 20.75
19 34 Ludvig Fjällström   Sweden 25.30 9.5 4.26 6.07 19.83
20 6 Bradley Wilson   United States 24.83 1.5 2.11 6.29 9.90

Final 2 edit

Rank Bib Name Country Time Score Total Notes
Turns Air Time
1 2 Mikaël Kingsbury   Canada 26.37 12.5 6.47 5.57 24.54 Q
2 7 Marc-Antoine Gagnon   Canada 25.61 12.2 6.04 5.92 24.16 Q
3 1 Alexandre Bilodeau   Canada 25.91 12.2 5.91 5.78 23.89 Q
4 5 Alexandr Smyshlyaev   Russia 25.22 12.6 5.14 6.11 23.85 Q
5 9 Dmitriy Reiherd   Kazakhstan 24.71 12.2 4.93 6.35 23.48 Q
6 3 Patrick Deneen   United States 24.00 11.7 4.94 6.68 23.32 Q
7 10 Matt Graham   Australia 25.08 12.1 5.04 6.17 23.31
8 33 Benjamin Cavet   France 26.31 11.0 5.87 5.59 22.46
9 12 Philippe Marquis   Canada 24.07 10.1 5.50 6.65 22.25
10 30 Pavel Kolmakov   Kazakhstan 25.73 10.7 3.46 5.87 20.03
11 32 Per Spett   Sweden 27.39 3.5 4.88 5.09 13.47
25 Choi Jae-Woo   South Korea DNF

Final 3 edit

Rank Bib Name Country Time Score Total Notes
Turns Air Time
  1 Alexandre Bilodeau   Canada 24.81 13.1 6.91 6.30 26.31
  2 Mikaël Kingsbury   Canada 25.25 12.0 6.62 6.09 24.71
  5 Alexandr Smyshlyaev   Russia 24.94 12.4 5.70 6.24 24.34
4 7 Marc-Antoine Gagnon   Canada 25.56 11.5 5.90 5.95 23.35
5 9 Dmitriy Reiherd   Kazakhstan 24.21 11.4 4.82 6.58 22.80
6 3 Patrick Deneen   United States 23.83 11.0 4.40 6.76 22.16

References edit

  1. ^ "Freestyle Skiing Schedule and Results". SOOC. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  2. ^ Graves, Will (10 February 2014). "Canada's Alex Bilodeau takes gold in men's moguls, first two-time freestyle Olympic champion". The Republic. Columbus, Indiana. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22.
  3. ^ "Alex Bilodeau wins 2nd gold medal". ESPN. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014" (PDF). International Ski Federation. December 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Frenchman Colas out of moguls with injury". Reuters. 9 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  6. ^ Qualification Results
  7. ^ Final Results