Freestyle skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics explained

Event:Freestyle skiing
Games:1988 Winter
Venue:Canada Olympic Park and Nakiska
Next:1992

Freestyle skiing was a demonstration sport at the 1988 Winter Olympics. The venues were Canada Olympic Park for aerials and ballet, and Nakiska for moguls. This was the first appearance of freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics.

Men's event

Moguls

PlaceAthleteScore
1 Håkan Hansson (SWE)39.56
2 Hans Engelsen Eide (NOR)39.37
3 Edgar Grospiron (FRA)37.71
4 Pat Henry (CAN)35.59
5 Steve Desovich (USA)35.15
6 Lasse Fahlén (SWE)34.64

Aerials

PlaceAthleteScore
1 Jean-Marc Rozon (CAN)410.93
2 Didier Méda (FRA)380.77
3 Lloyd Langlois (CAN)377.97
4 Kris Feddersen (USA)376.24
5 Jean-Marc Bacquin (FRA)348.75
6 Sonny Schönbächler (SUI)340.94

Ballet

PlaceAthleteScore
1 Hermann Reitberger (FRG)46.6
2 Lane Spina (USA)45.6
3 Rune Kristiansen (NOR)44.0
4 Richard Pierce (CAN)43.0

Women's event

Moguls

PlaceAthleteScore
1 Tatjana Mittermayer (FRG)36.16
2 Raphaëlle Monod (FRA)34.91
3 Conny Kissling (SUI)34.07
4 Stine Lise Hattestad (NOR)33.39
5 Leelee Morrisson (CAN)31.84
6 Melanie Palenik (USA)28.64

Aerials

PlaceAthleteScore
1 Melanie Palenik (USA)268.83
2 Sonja Reichart (FRG)267.03
3 Carin Hernskog (SWE)245.98

Ballet

PlaceAthleteScore
1 Christine Rossi (FRA)45.8
2 Jan Bucher (USA)44.0
3 Conny Kissling (SUI)43.2
4 Lucie Barma (CAN)40.8
5 Martien Nouwen (NED)36.39

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