Freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics explained

Freestyle skiing has been contested at the Winter Olympic Games since the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville, France.

Summary

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History

Freestyle skiing was a demonstration sport at the 1988 Winter Olympics, with moguls, aerials, and ballet events. Moguls became an official medal sport at the 1992 games, while aerials and ballet were still demonstration events. At the 1994 games, aerials also became an official medal event and the ski ballet competition was dropped. For the 2010 Winter Olympics, ski cross was added to the program while for the 2014 Winter Olympics half-pipe and slopestyle were added.^[1]

Alexandre Bilodeau became the first freestyle skiing gold medalist to defend his Olympic title, and first repeat gold medalist, winning the men's moguls at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, having previously won the same event at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.^[2]

Events

Men's

• = official event, (d) = demonstration event

Event	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84												Years
																•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10
																	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	9
																					•	•	•	•	•	5
																						•	•	•	•	4
																						•	•	•	•	4
																								•	•	2
																									•	1
																										–
Total events															3	3	2	2	2	2	3	5	5	6	7

Women's

• = official event, (d) = demonstration event

Event	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84												Years
																•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10
																	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	9
																					•	•	•	•	•	5
																						•	•	•	•	4
																						•	•	•	•	4
																								•	•	2
																									•	1
																										–
Total events															3	3	2	2	2	2	3	5	5	6	7

Mixed

Event	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84												Years
																								•	•	2
Total events																								1	1

Medal table

See also: List of Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing. Sources (after the 2022 Winter Olympics):^[3]
Accurate as of 2022 Winter Olympics and Court of Arbitration for Sport decision of December 13, 2022 to award two bronze medals in the women's ski cross event at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Number of athletes by nation

Nations	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	18	21	25	21	22	30	30	28
Athletes	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	71	97	110	104	119	172	276	272

See also

• Freestyle skiing
• List of Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing
• List of Olympic venues in freestyle skiing
• FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships
• FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup
• Aerial skiing
• Mogul skiing
• Ski ballet
• Ski cross
• Half-pipe
• Slopestyle

External links

• Ottawa Citizen: "Moguls glossary" – 2010 Winter Games
• CanWest News Service: "Ski Cross glossary" – 2010 Winter Games

Notes and References

1. Web site: IOC approves ski Halfpipe for 2014 Winter Olympics; postpones decision on Ski and Snowboard Slopestyle.
2. News: Canada's Alex Bilodeau takes gold in men's moguls, first two-time freestyle Olympic champion . 2014-02-10 . The Republic (Columbus, Indiana) . Associated Press . Will Graves . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222153741/http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/92eea089385b408c807bd32d83fe5596/OLY-FRE-Mens-Moguls . 2014-02-22 .
3. Web site: Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries . olympanalyt.com . 2022-02-20.