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Moguls, Men

Date15 – 16 February 1994
StatusOlympic
LocationKanthaugen Freestyle Arena, Lillehammer
Participants29 from 16 countries
DetailsGradient: 26°
Length: 223 m
Start Elevation: 466 m
Vertical Drop: 98 m
Width: 11 m

The best moguls skier in the world had been the defending gold medalist, Edgar Grospiron of France. But Grospiron had injured his knee in early 1992 and did not compete in the 1992-93 World Cup season, which was dominated by Canada’s Jean-Luc Brassard. However, when Grospiron returned in late 1993 he won four of the five World Cups prior to Lillehammer, setting up a battle between the two. Brassard and Grospiron went 1-2 in the qualifying, setting up the expected battle. Skiing next-to-last in the final, Grospiron posted by far the fastest run, but lost some form near the end of his run. The points he lost for that dropped him behind Russian Sergey Shupletsov, who led as Brassard took the course. Brassard skied conservatively and carefully, posting the third slowest time of the 16 finalists, but his turns were carved nicely, for which he received a perfect 15.0, with 5.0 from all but the French judge, which boosted him to the gold medal. Shupletsov won silver and Grospiron the bronze. A little over a year later, Shupletsov was killed in a motorcycle accident.

PosCompetitorNOCQualifyingFinal
1Jean-Luc BrassardCAN26.78 (1)27.24 (1)Gold
2Sergey ShupletsovRUS26.64 (3)26.90 (2)Silver
3Edgar GrospironFRA26.65 (2)26.64 (3)Bronze
4Olivier CotteFRA26.36 (4)25.79 (4)
5Jörgen PääjärviSWE24.90 (9)25.51 (5)
6Olivier AllamandFRA25.89 (5)25.28 (6)
7John SmartCAN25.47 (6)24.96 (7)
8Troy BensonUSA24.42 (13)24.86 (8)
9Janne LahtelaFIN24.60 (12)24.78 (9)
10Fredrik ThulinSWE24.67 (11)24.50 (10)
11Anders JonellSWE24.75 (10)24.50 (11)
12Leif PerssonSWE24.40 (14)24.05 (12)
13Sean SmithUSA24.31 (16)23.43 (13)
14Adrian CostaAUS25.46 (7)23.38 (14)
15Hans Engelsen EideNOR25.06 (8)23.32 (15)
16Nick CleaverAUS24.34 (15)23.02 (16)
17Jürg BinerSUI24.30 (17)
18Craig RodmanUSA23.98 (18)
19Trace WorthingtonUSA23.79 (19)
20Juha HolopainenFIN23.39 (20)
21Aleksey BannikovKAZ22.98 (21)
22Simone MottiniITA22.87 (22)
23Klaus WeeseGER22.67 (23)
24José RojasESP22.49 (24)
25Hugh HutchisonGBR22.27 (25)
26Paul CostaAUS22.20 (26)
27Gota MiuraJPN20.15 (27)
28Aliaksandr PenihinBLR19.41 (28)
29Walter OstaITA14.13 (29)

Qualifying Round

Date15 February 1994 — 12:30
FormatTop 16 finishers advanced to final.
Judge #1 (Turns)Hans-Ulrich MenradGER
Judge #2 (Turns)Martine KohlyFRA
Judge #3 (Turns)Morten SkarpaasNOR
Judge #4 (Turns)Miki MiyazakiJPN
Judge #5 (Turns)Boris KalčićSLO
Judge #6 (Air)Paul NicholasUSA
Judge #7 (Air)Stephan MarklGER
PosCompetitorNOCPointsTurns PointsAir PointsTime PointsTime
1Jean-Luc BrassardCAN26.7814.507.005.2825.48Q
2Edgar GrospironFRA26.6513.906.905.8523.72Q
3Sergey ShupletsovRUS26.6414.306.805.5424.66Q
4Olivier CotteFRA26.3614.006.655.7124.14Q
5Olivier AllamandFRA25.8913.806.705.3925.13Q
6John SmartCAN25.4713.606.855.0226.26Q
7Adrian CostaAUS25.4613.106.505.8623.69Q
8Hans Engelsen EideNOR25.0613.206.055.8123.84Q
9Jörgen PääjärviSWE24.9013.206.255.4524.95Q
10Anders JonellSWE24.7512.306.605.8523.73Q
11Fredrik ThulinSWE24.6712.706.605.3725.20Q
12Janne LahtelaFIN24.6012.906.505.2025.70Q
13Troy BensonUSA24.4212.506.405.5224.73Q
14Leif PerssonSWE24.4012.606.055.7524.04Q
15Nick CleaverAUS24.3412.606.155.5924.51Q
16Sean SmithUSA24.3112.806.255.2625.54Q
17Jürg BinerSUI24.3012.705.905.7024.19
18Craig RodmanUSA23.9812.506.105.3825.17
19Trace WorthingtonUSA23.7912.706.055.0426.19
20Juha HolopainenFIN23.3911.906.055.4424.99
21Aleksey BannikovKAZ22.9812.505.455.0326.23
22Simone MottiniITA22.8712.005.755.1225.95
23Klaus WeeseGER22.6711.906.054.7227.19
24José RojasESP22.4911.805.704.9926.36
25Hugh HutchisonGBR22.2711.705.704.8726.71
26Paul CostaAUS22.2011.804.555.8523.72
27Gota MiuraJPN20.1511.503.704.9526.49
28Aliaksandr PenihinBLR19.419.905.054.4627.98
29Walter OstaITA14.134.405.654.0829.12

Final Round

Date16 February 1994 — 12:30
Judge #1 (Turns)Hans-Ulrich MenradGER
Judge #2 (Turns)Martine KohlyFRA
Judge #3 (Turns)Morten SkarpaasNOR
Judge #4 (Turns)Miki MiyazakiJPN
Judge #5 (Turns)Boris KalčićSLO
Judge #6 (Air)Paul NicholasUSA
Judge #7 (Air)Stephan MarklGER
PosCompetitorNOCPointsTurns PointsAir PointsTime PointsTime
1Jean-Luc BrassardCAN27.2415.006.855.3924.53
2Sergey ShupletsovRUS26.9014.506.905.5024.21
3Edgar GrospironFRA26.6413.906.905.8423.19
4Olivier CotteFRA25.7913.906.305.5923.94
5Jörgen PääjärviSWE25.5113.306.605.6123.89
6Olivier AllamandFRA25.2813.506.305.4824.26
7John SmartCAN24.9613.106.755.1125.36
8Troy BensonUSA24.8612.706.655.5124.18
9Janne LahtelaFIN24.7812.806.505.4824.27
10Fredrik ThulinSWE24.5012.806.505.2025.11
11Anders JonellSWE24.5012.406.605.5024.21
12Leif PerssonSWE24.0512.206.355.5024.21
13Sean SmithUSA23.4311.406.405.6323.81
14Adrian CostaAUS23.3811.106.855.4324.43
15Hans Engelsen EideNOR23.3211.406.305.6223.86
16Nick CleaverAUS23.0211.106.305.6223.86