Freestyle skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Freestyle Skiing
at the XVII Olympic Winter Games
Venue Kanthaugen Freestyle Arena
Dates 15–24 February
Competitors  from 21 nations

The freestyle skiing competition of the 1994 Winter Olympics was held at Kanthaugen Freestyle Arena. There were four events, taking place between 15 and 24 February 1994.[1] The freestyle program was expanded at this Olympics, with aerials, previously a demonstration event, added as a full medal event.

Medal summary

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada (CAN)1113
2 Norway (NOR)1012
3 Switzerland (SUI)1001
 Uzbekistan (UZB)1001
5 Russia (RUS)0112
6 Sweden (SWE)0101
 United States (USA)0101
8 France (FRA)0011
Totals (8 nations)44412

Canada led the medal table with one medal of each type. Five countries, Canada, Russia, Switzerland, Sweden and Uzbekistan, won their first Olympic freestyle medals. The gold medal won by Lina Cheryazova in the women's aerials was the first Olympic medal for Uzbekistan, and as of 2010, the only one won by that country at the Winter Games.

Men's Events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's moguls
 Jean-Luc Brassard
 Canada		27.24 Sergey Shupletsov
 Russia		26.90 Edgar Grospiron
 France		26.64
Men's aerials
 Andreas Schönbächler
 Switzerland		234.67 Philippe Laroche
 Canada		228.63 Lloyd Langlois
 Canada		222.44

Women's Events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women's moguls
 Stine Lise Hattestad
 Norway		25.97 Liz McIntyre
 United States		25.89 Yelizaveta Kozhevnikova
 Russia		25.81
Women's aerials
 Lina Cheryazova
 Uzbekistan		166.84 Marie Lindgren
 Sweden		165.88 Hilde Synnøve Lid
 Norway		164.13

Participating NOCs

Twenty-one nations participated in freestyle skiing at Lillehammer. Austria, Belarus, China, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Russia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan made their debuts in the sport.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Lillehammer 1994 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1994. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 2, 2010. Retrieved February 8, 2013.


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