Freestyle skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Freestyle skiing at the Olympics

Freestyle Skiing

at the XVI Olympic Winter Games

Venue| Tignes
Dates| 12–13 February
Competitors| 71 from 18 nations

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Freestyle skiing at the
1992 Winter Olympics

Moguls| men| women

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Freestyle skiing was an official sport discipline for the first time at the 1992 Winter Olympics, with medals awarded in the moguls event. The venue was Tignes about 85 km from host city Albertville.[1][2]

## Medal summary

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### Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  France (FRA)| 1| 1| 0| 2
2|  United States (USA)| 1| 0| 1| 2
3|  Unified Team (EUN)| 0| 1| 0| 1
4|  Norway (NOR)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (4 entries)| 2| 2| 2| 6

The hosts from France led the medal table, with a gold and a silver medal, both in the men's moguls.

### Men's Events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Moguls
details | Edgar Grospiron
France | 25.81  | Olivier Allamand
France | 24.87  | Nelson Carmichael
United States | 24.82

### Women's Events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Moguls
details | Donna Weinbrecht
United States | 23.69  | Yelizaveta Kozhevnikova
Unified Team | 23.50  | Stine Lise Hattestad
Norway | 23.04

## Participating NOCs

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Eighteen nations participated in freestyle skiing at Albertville.

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* Argentina (1)
* Australia (2)
* Canada (7)
* Spain (2)
* Unified Team (8)
* Finland (4)
* France (6)
* Great Britain (5)
* Germany (4)
* Italy (6)
* Japan (1)
* Latvia (2)
* Norway (2)
* Puerto Rico (2)
* Slovenia (2)
* Sweden (4)
* Switzerland (5)
* United States (8)

## Demonstration events

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Six years after the first World Championships in Tignes, while moguls were an official medal event, aerials and ballets were demonstration events; for the second time after Calgary. Aerials were dominated by the Canadians and in particular by the world champion Philippe LaRoche and by Nicolas Fontaine. Didier Méda from France, who placed second in Calgary, placed third. The women's event was won by Colette Brand from Switzerland.

For the ballet, a bit similar to figure skating but on snow, Lane Spina from the US, second in Calgary, took the third place behind Kristiansen who had put emphasis on his aerial performances. Both of them were defeated by Fabrice Becker from France who won points on composition and style for a well choreographed tango performance. Among the women, Conny Kissling won her 102nd victory, in front of Cathy Féchoz from Courchevel.

### Men's Aerials

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Place  | Athlete  | Score

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1  |  Philippe LaRoche (CAN) | 237.47
2  |  Nicolas Fontaine (CAN) | 228.88
3  |  Didier Méda (FRA) | 219.44
4  |  Jean-Marc Bacquin (FRA) | 206.71
5  |  Kris Feddersen (USA) | 201.74
6  |  Hugo Bonatti (AUT) | 198.15
7  |  Trace Worthington (USA) | 192.16
8  |  Alexander Stoegner (AUT) | 187.67

### Men's Ballet

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Place  | Athlete  | Score

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1  |  Fabrice Becker (FRA) | 28.15
2  |  Rune Kristiansen (NOR) | 28.00
3  |  Lane Spina (USA) | 27.40
4  |  Richard Pierce (CAN) | 27.30
5  |  Heini Baumgartner (SUI) | 25.85
6  |  Armin Weiß (GER) | 25.64
7  |  Roberto Franco (ITA) | 25.50
8  |  Jeffrey Wintersteen (USA) | 24.80

### Women's Aerials

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Place  | Athlete  | Score

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1  |  Colette Brand (SUI) | 157.51
2  |  Marie Lindgren (SWE) | 155.10
3  |  Elfie Simchen (GER) | 153.94
4  |  Jilly Curry (GBR) | 151.13
5  |  Lina Cheryazova (EUN) | 150.00
6  |  Hilde Synnøve Lid (NOR) | 144.65
7  |  Kirstie Marshall (AUS) | 139.55
8  |  Maja Schmid (SUI) | 129.47

### Women's Ballet

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Place  | Athlete  | Score

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1  |  Conny Kissling (SUI) | 25.30
2  |  Cathy Féchoz (FRA) | 25.20
3  |  Sharon Petzold (USA) | 24.10
4  |  Julia Snell (GBR) | 22.85
5  |  Annika Johansson (SWE) | 22.80
6  |  Ellen Breen (USA) | 22.30
7  |  Maja Schmid (SUI) | 21.60
8  |  Raquel Gutierrez (ESP) | 21.50

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e "Albertville 1992 Official Report" (PDF). Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville. LA84 Foundation. 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
2. ^ "Freestyle Skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.

## External links

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Events at the 1992 Winter Olympics (Albertville)

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