Freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics

Freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics
IOC CodeFRS
Governing bodyFIS
Events15 (men: 7; women: 7; mixed: 1)
Winter Olympics
  • 1924
  • 1928
  • 1932
  • 1936
  • 1948
  • 1952
  • 1956
  • 1960
  • 1964
  • 1968
  • 1972
  • 1976
Note: demonstration or exhibition sport years indicated in italics

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

Summary

Games Year Events Best Nation
1 → 14
15 1988 6  West Germany (1)
16 1992 2  France (1)
17 1994 4  Canada (1)
18 1998 4  United States (1)
19 2002 4  Finland (1)
Games Year Events Best Nation
20 2006 4  China (1)
21 2010 6  Canada (2)
22 2014 10  Canada (3)
23 2018 10  Canada (4)
24 2022 13  China (2)
25 2026 15  United States (2)

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 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 26 Years
Moguls (d) • • • • • • • • • • 10
Aerials (d) (d) • • • • • • • • • 9
Ski cross • • • • • 5
Half-pipe • • • • 4
Slopestyle • • • • 4
Big air • • 2
Dual moguls • 1
Ballet (d) (d) –
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 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 26 Years
Moguls (d) • • • • • • • • • • 10
Aerials (d) (d) • • • • • • • • • 9
Ski cross • • • • • 5
Half-pipe • • • • 4
Slopestyle • • • • 4
Big air • • 2
Dual moguls • 1
Ballet (d) (d) –
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 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 26 Years
Team Aerials • • 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 2026 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.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States14171041
2 Canada1413936
3 China812727
4 Switzerland86519
5 Australia64313
6 Norway62412
7 Belarus4228
8 France36716
9 Sweden2147
10 Finland1214
11 Japan1157
12 Germany1113
 Italy1113
14 Ukraine1102
15 New Zealand1023
16 Czech Republic1001
 Uzbekistan1001
18 Russia0134
19 Austria0112
 Estonia0112
21 Unified Team0101
22 ROC (ROC)0033
23 Great Britain0022
 Olympic Athletes from Russia0022
25 Kazakhstan0011
Totals (25 entries)737374220

Number of athletes by nation

Nation 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 26 Years
 Argentina                               1 1 1 3
 Armenia                               1 1
 Australia                               2 5 5 7 9 11 21 16 8
 Austria                               1 2 1 1 9 11 12 7
 Belarus                               4 6 5 6 6 6 6 7
 Belgium                               1 1
 Brazil                               1 1
 British Virgin Islands                               1 1
 Canada                               7 11 12 14 14 18 26 30 8
 Chile                               2 2 2
 China                               2 5 7 8 8 9 15 7
 Czech Republic                               1 2 3 7 6 1 6
 Denmark                               1 1 1 1 4
 Finland                               4 3 4 4 4 4 9 3 8
 France                               6 8 7 6 5 11 21 20 8
 Germany                               4 5 3 2 5 10 9 7
 Great Britain                               5 3 3 3 3 6 11 7
 Hungary                               1 1
 Ireland                               1 1
 Italy                               6 6 2 1 6 1 4 4 8
 Jamaica                               1 1
 Japan                               1 3 7 8 9 10 10 11 8
 Kazakhstan                               1 2 1 3 5 8 9 7
 Latvia                               1 1
 Mexico                               1 1
 Netherlands                               1 1
 New Zealand                               2 1 8 9 4
 Norway                               2 4 2 3 2 6 11 8 8
 Olympic Athletes from Russia                               22 1
 Paraguay                               1 1
 Poland                               1 1 1 3
 Portugal                               1 1
 Puerto Rico                               2 1
 Romania                               1 1
 Russia                               6 9 12 13 12 26 6
 Slovakia                               2 1
 Slovenia                               2 1 1 2 3 1 1 7
 South Korea                               1 1 5 9 4
 Spain                               2 2 1 1 1 5
 Sweden                               4 8 8 4 4 8 11 14 8
 Switzerland                               5 6 4 6 4 14 24 22 8
 Ukraine                               3 7 3 7 6 7 3 7
 Unified Team                               8 1
 United States                               8 12 14 14 14 18 26 29 8
 Uzbekistan                               3 1 2
Nations – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 18 21 25 21 22 30 30 28
Athletes – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 71 97 110 104 119 172 276 272
Year 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 26

See also

References

  1. ^ "IOC approves ski Halfpipe for 2014 Winter Olympics; postpones decision on Ski and Snowboard Slopestyle".
  2. ^ Will Graves (2014-02-10). "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. ^ "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-02-20.

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