Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's moguls explained

Event:Men's moguls
Games:2022 Winter
Venue:Genting Snow Park,
Zhangjiakou
Date:3, 5 February
Competitors:30
Nations:12
Win Value:83.23
Win Label:Winning score
Gold:Walter Wallberg
Goldnoc:SWE
Silver:Mikaël Kingsbury
Silvernoc:CAN
Bronze:Ikuma Horishima
Bronzenoc:JPN
Prev:2018
Next:2026

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.

Qualification

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. 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]

Results

Qualifications

Qualifying 1

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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1 1 24 24.71 50.3 15.44 15.41 81.15 QF
2 3 5 24.16 49.6 13.38 16.14 79.12 QF
3 9 6 23.52 48.4 13.02 16.98 78.40 QF
4 11 15 24.30 45.3 15.13 15.96 76.39 QF
5 15 3 25.41 47.0 14.78 14.49 76.27 QF
6 4 19 25.00 48.0 13.23 15.03 76.26 QF
7 6 29 25.69 48.3 13.78 14.12 76.20 QF
8 7 10 25.23 47.3 14.08 14.73 76.11 QF
9 29 2 24.53 45.7 14.60 15.65 75.95 QF
10 16 21 25.03 47.8 13.07 14.99 75.86 QF
11 8 9 24.46 45.7 14.22 15.74 75.66
12 28 22 25.25 46.8 13.93 14.70 75.43
13 20 25 25.03 45.6 14.12 14.99 74.71
14 14 12 26.45 45.7 15.83 13.12 74.65
15 23 8 25.03 46.3 13.19 14.99 74.48
16 2 16 25.38 46.2 13.67 14.53 74.40
17 5 1 24.85 43.7 15.16 15.23 74.09
18 19 11 25.71 45.2 14.05 14.10 73.35
19 21 14 25.18 44.4 14.04 14.80 73.24
20 22 4 26.10 46.2 12.08 13.58 71.86
21 10 28 24.36 41.2 13.63 15.88 70.71
22 13 17 24.96 43.0 12.41 15.09 70.50
23 27 26 26.69 45.1 12.33 12.80 70.23
24 17 20 24.52 41.2 12.89 15.67 69.76
25 26 30 26.92 44.1 13.06 12.50 69.66
26 18 18 25.94 43.9 11.57 13.79 69.26
27 24 13 24.15 40.1 11.14 16.15 67.39
28 30 7 28.09 41.6 8.91 10.96 61.47
12 23 Did Not Finish
25 27

Qualifying 2

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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1 21 9 73.24 25.24 46.8 17.35 14.72 78.87 78.87 QF
2 8 5 75.66 24.71 47.9 14.62 15.41 77.93 77.93 QF
3 10 19 70.71 25.30 45.7 17.02 14.64 77.36 77.36 QF
4 14 7 74.65 24.01 46.4 14.00 16.34 76.74 76.74 QF
5 2 10 74.40 25.75 47.6 14.04 14.55 76.19 76.19 QF
6 20 16 74.71 25.57 46.5 14.87 14.28 75.65 75.65 QF
7 28 14 75.43 25.24 45.7 14.48 14.72 74.90 75.43 QF
8 13 11 70.50 25.56 47.5 13.62 14.29 75.41 75.41 QF
9 24 8 67.39 24.49 44.4 14.52 15.70 74.62 74.62 QF
10 23 4 74.48 25.23 44.1 11.62 14.73 70.45 74.48 QF
11 5 1 74.09 25.18 42.1 12.64 14.80 69.54 74.09
12 18 12 69.26 24.85 45.1 13.19 15.23 73.52 73.52
13 19 6 73.35 26.11 43.6 11.87 13.57 69.04 73.35
14 22 2 71.86 25.76 45.2 13.97 14.03 73.20 73.20
15 12 15 25.29 45.5 12.79 14.65 72.94 72.94
16 17 13 69.76 25.32 43.4 13.38 14.61 71.39 71.39
17 27 17 70.23 26.45 42.4 12.02 13.12 67.54 70.23
18 26 20 69.66 25.58 42.5 12.39 14.27 69.16 69.66
19 25 18 23.97 37.8 10.94 16.39 65.13 65.13
20 30 3 61.47 26.42 42.2 9.59 13.16 64.95 64.95

Final

Final 1

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Rank BibOrder Name Country Time Score Total Notes
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1 1 20 25.30 49.7 17.44 14.64 81.78 QF
2 4 15 24.41 47.7 15.50 15.81 79.01 QF
3 7 13 24.27 47.6 14.99 16.00 78.59 QF
4 3 19 23.63 47.0 14.21 16.84 78.05 QF
5 2 6 25.20 48.1 15.04 14.77 77.91 QF
6 9 18 24.26 47.9 13.89 16.01 77.80 QF
7 14 7 24.19 46.7 14.78 16.10 77.58 QF
8 24 2 24.18 46.5 14.34 16.11 76.95 QF
9 28 4 24.78 46.0 15.58 15.32 76.90 QF
10 10 8 25.98 46.3 16.76 13.74 76.80 QF
11 13 3 24.65 46.7 14.40 15.49 76.59 QF
12 8 9 24.40 45.8 14.53 15.82 76.15 QF
13 20 5 25.00 46.7 14.15 15.03 75.88
14 15 16 25.29 45.6 15.53 14.65 75.78
15 6 14 24.85 46.0 14.14 15.23 75.37
16 16 11 25.13 45.0 15.27 14.86 75.13
17 21 10 25.36 45.4 15.01 14.56 74.97
18 23 1 24.48 45.5 13.49 15.72 74.71
19 29 12 24.39 45.0 13.84 15.84 74.68
11 17 Did Not Finish

Final 2

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Rank Bib Order Name Country Time Score Total Notes
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1 3 9 24.10 47.8 16.31 16.22 80.33 QF
2 1 12 25.50 48.5 16.72 14.37 79.59 QF
3 2 8 25.47 48.6 16.57 14.41 79.58 QF
4 9 7 24.48 47.0 16.10 15.72 78.82 QF
5 14 6 25.02 47.3 14.91 15.01 77.22 QF
6 10 3 25.63 45.5 17.22 14.20 76.92 QF
7 7 10 24.40 46.8 14.20 15.82 76.82
8 28 4 25.32 46.1 16.06 14.61 76.77
9 4 11 25.13 46.6 14.27 14.86 75.73
10 8 1 24.47 44.6 14.67 15.73 75.00
11 13 2 24.70 43.4 14.57 15.43 73.40
24 5 Did Not Finish

Final 3

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Rank BibOrder Name Country Time Score Total
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3 6 23.70 48.8 17.68 16.75 83.23
1 5 25.02 49.6 17.57 15.01 82.18
2 4 23.86 47.4 17.54 16.54 81.48
4 9 3 24.60 47.4 16.48 15.56 79.44
5 10 1 25.68 47.6 17.16 14.14 78.90
6 14 2 25.01 47.6 16.26 15.02 78.88

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 9 . Minji Seo. 2021-06-16. 2021-12-24.
  2. Web site: Qualification System for XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 Freestyle Skiing. International Ski Federation (FIS). 29 January 2022.
  3. https://medias2.fis-ski.com/pdf/2022/FS/8071/2022FS8071RLQ1.pdf Qualification 1 results
  4. https://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2022/FS/8075/2022FS8075RLQ2.pdf Qualification 2 results
  5. https://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2022/FS/8075/2022FS8075RLF1.pdf Final 1 results
  6. https://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2022/FS/8075/2022FS8075RLF2.pdf Final 2 results
  7. https://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2022/FS/8075/2022FS8075RLF3.pdf Final 3 results
  8. https://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2022/FS/8075/2022FS8075RLF.pdf Final results