Freestyle skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Freestyle skiing at the Olympics

Freestyle Skiing

at the XVII Olympic Winter Games

Venue| Kanthaugen Freestyle Arena
Dates| 15–24 February
Competitors| 97 from 21 nations

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Freestyle skiing at the
1994 Winter Olympics

Aerials| men| women
Moguls| men| women

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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.[2]

## Medal summary

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### Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Canada (CAN)| 1| 1| 1| 3
2|  Norway (NOR)| 1| 0| 1| 2
3|  Switzerland (SUI)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Uzbekistan (UZB)| 1| 0| 0| 1
5|  Russia (RUS)| 0| 1| 1| 2
6|  Sweden (SWE)| 0| 1| 0| 1
United States (USA)| 0| 1| 0| 1
8|  France (FRA)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (8 entries)| 4| 4| 4| 12

Canada led the medal table with one medal of each type. Five countries, Canada, 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 2023, the only one won by that country at the Winter Games.

### Men's Events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Moguls
details | Jean-Luc Brassard
Canada | 27.24  | Sergey Shupletsov
Russia | 26.90  | Edgar Grospiron
France | 26.64
Aerials
details | 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

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Moguls
details | Stine Lise Hattestad
Norway | 25.97  | Liz McIntyre
United States | 25.89  | Yelizaveta Kozhevnikova
Russia | 25.81
Aerials
details | Lina Cheryazova
Uzbekistan | 166.84  | Marie Lindgren
Sweden | 165.88  | Hilde Synnøve Lid
Norway | 164.13

## Participating NOCs

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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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* Australia (5)
* Austria (1)
* Belarus (4)
* Canada (11)
* China (2)
* Spain (2)
* Finland (3)
* France (8)
* Great Britain (3)
* Germany (5)
* Italy (6)
* Japan (3)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* Norway (4)
* Russia (6)
* Sweden (8)
* Switzerland (5)
* Ukraine (3)
* United States (12)
* Uzbekistan (3)

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e "Lillehammer 1994 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1994. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
2. ^ "Freestyle Skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

## External links

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* Freestyle Skiing History: Olympics 1988-2002 Archived 11 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine

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Events at the 1994 Winter Olympics (Lillehammer)

* Alpine skiing
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