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Moguls, Men

Date10 February 2014
StatusOlympic
LocationEkstrim-Park Rosa Khutor, Krasnaya Polyana
Participants29 from 11 countries
DetailsCourse Width: 19 m
Gate Width: 10 m
Gradient: 28°
Length: 247 m
Start Elevation: ?
Vertical Drop: ?

The defending champion was Canadian Alexandre Bilodeau who had won the dual moguls World Championship in 2009, 2011, and 2013, and was runner-up in the moguls in 2011 and 2013. He was favored again in Sochi but no freestyler skiier had ever defended an Olympic gold medal. His biggest competition was expected to come from his teammate, Mikael Kingsbury, who was the 2013 World Champion in moguls, had been the bronze medalist at the 2011 Worlds, and was the silver medalist behind Bilodeau in dual moguls in 2011 and 2013.

In the final round Bilodeau struggled on his first run and was fortunate to qualify for the second run. The leader was Russian Aleksandr Smyshlyayev. Canadians were 2-3-4 on the first run, with Kingsbury third, but Bilodeau finished only eighth. On the second run of the finals Canada was 1-2-3 this time, led by Kingsbury, followed by Marc-Antoine Gagnon, and then Bilodeau and Smyshlyayev. The final medal run consisted of the top six competitors from the second run, with Kazakh Dmitry Reykherd and American Patrick Deneen filling out the field. The medal run was an easy victory for Bilodeau, who led silver medalist Kingsbury by 1.6 points, with Smyshlyayev getting bronze, and Gagnon just missing the podium. With his victory Bilodeau became the first freestyler to win back-to-back Olympic gold medals.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCQualifying Round 1Qualifying Round 2Final Round 1Final Round 2Final Round 3
11Alex BilodeauCAN24.70 (1)22.49 (8)23.89 (3)26.31 (1)Gold
22Mikaël KingsburyCAN23.81 (2)24.31 (3)24.54 (1)24.71 (2)Silver
35Aleksandr SmyshlyayevRUS23.52 (3)24.37 (1)23.85 (4)24.34 (3)Bronze
47Marc-Antoine GagnonCAN22.90 (5)23.45 (4)24.16 (2)23.35 (4)
59Dmitry ReykherdKAZ21.86 (7)23.10 (5)23.48 (5)22.80 (5)
63Patrick DeneenUSA10.36 (25)22.38 (1)22.27 (9)23.32 (6)22.16 (6)
710Matt GrahamAUS21.53 (10)22.49 (7)23.31 (7)
833Ben CavetFRA– (DNF)20.12 (9)22.97 (6)22.46 (8)
912Philippe MarquisCAN22.43 (6)24.32 (2)22.25 (9)
1030Pasha KolmakovKAZ21.40 (11)21.70 (4)21.82 (11)20.03 (10)
1132Per SpettSWE20.24 (17)20.11 (10)21.81 (12)13.47 (11)
1225Choi Jae-UKOR20.56 (15)21.90 (2)22.11 (10)– (DNF)
1328Brodie SummersAUS21.56 (9)21.78 (13)
1416Nobuyuki NishiJPN20.67 (13)20.41 (8)21.73 (14)
154Sho EndoJPN23.38 (4)21.73 (15)
1638Aleksey PavlenkoRUS20.78 (12)20.96 (6)21.66 (16)
1737Andrey VolkovRUS20.04 (18)21.19 (5)21.64 (17)
1827Jimi SalonenFIN19.64 (20)21.85 (3)20.75 (18)
1934Ludvig FjällströmSWE20.38 (16)20.50 (7)19.83 (19)
206Brad WilsonUSA21.68 (8)9.90 (20)
2135Giacomo MatizITA20.61 (14)19.10 (11)
2229Arttu KiramoFIN9.09 (26)18.73 (12)
2321Anthony BennaFRA18.46 (22)16.92 (13)
2436Sam HallAUS18.79 (21)11.50 (14)
2511Dale Begg-SmithAUS19.74 (19)9.65 (15)
2631Dmitry BarmashovKAZ– (DNF)5.21 (16)
2724Jussi PenttalaFIN17.99 (23)– (DNF)
2826Sergey VolkovRUS10.77 (24)– (DNF)
DNF19Ville MiettunenFIN– (DNF)– (DNS)

Qualifying Round 1

Date10 February 2014 — 18:00
FormatTop 10 finishers advanced to final 1.
Judge #1 (Turns)William McNiceUSA
Judge #2 (Turns)Olivier GrangeFRA
Judge #3 (Turns)Oksana KushchenkoRUS
Judge #4 (Turns)Zoe JaboorAUS
Judge #5 (Turns)Hanka KalužíkováCZE
Judge #6 (Air)Petri AnttilaFIN
Judge #7 (Air)Helene HouseCAN
PosNumberCompetitorNOCPointsTurns PointsAir PointsTime PointsTime
122Alex BilodeauCAN24.7012.85.706.2025.03Q
218Mikaël KingsburyCAN23.8112.55.455.8625.75Q
35Aleksandr SmyshlyayevRUS23.5212.54.846.1825.07Q
49Sho EndoJPN23.3812.05.266.1225.19Q
529Marc-Antoine GagnonCAN22.9011.65.306.0025.44Q
619Philippe MarquisCAN22.4311.25.325.9125.65Q
76Dmitry ReykherdKAZ21.8611.64.026.2424.93Q
811Brad WilsonUSA21.6810.93.816.9723.39Q
921Brodie SummersAUS21.5610.84.895.8725.73Q
1015Matt GrahamAUS21.5310.24.826.5124.36Q
1124Pasha KolmakovKAZ21.4011.04.535.8725.73
1226Aleksey PavlenkoRUS20.7810.24.316.2724.88
1310Nobuyuki NishiJPN20.6710.63.856.2224.98
141Giacomo MatizITA20.6110.74.405.5126.48
1523Choi Jae-UKOR20.569.05.166.4024.61
167Ludvig FjällströmSWE20.3810.24.605.5826.33
1716Per SpettSWE20.249.05.056.1925.05
184Andrey VolkovRUS20.0410.23.905.9425.58
1920Dale Begg-SmithAUS19.749.73.866.1825.06
2012Jimi SalonenFIN19.648.94.316.4324.53
2117Sam HallAUS18.798.73.656.4424.52
222Anthony BennaFRA18.468.83.056.6124.15
2325Jussi PenttalaFIN17.997.54.216.2824.86
2428Sergey VolkovRUS10.773.62.204.9727.64
258Patrick DeneenUSA10.361.12.416.8523.64
263Arttu KiramoFIN9.091.22.715.1827.18
DNF27Dmitry BarmashovKAZ
DNF13Ville MiettunenFIN
DNF14Ben CavetFRA

Qualifying Round 2

Date10 February 2014 — 18:50
FormatTop 10 finishers advanced to final 1.
Judge #1 (Turns)William McNiceUSA
Judge #2 (Turns)Olivier GrangeFRA
Judge #3 (Turns)Oksana KushchenkoRUS
Judge #4 (Turns)Zoe JaboorAUS
Judge #5 (Turns)Hanka KalužíkováCZE
Judge #6 (Air)Petri AnttilaFIN
Judge #7 (Air)Helene HouseCAN
PosNumberCompetitorNOCPointsTurns PointsAir PointsTime PointsTime
16Patrick DeneenUSA22.3811.54.536.3524.71Q
214Choi Jae-UKOR21.9010.95.305.7026.08Q
38Jimi SalonenFIN21.8510.94.866.0925.26Q
415Pasha KolmakovKAZ21.7011.54.345.8625.75Q
54Andrey VolkovRUS21.1910.64.586.0125.43Q
617Aleksey PavlenkoRUS20.9611.04.045.9225.61Q
75Ludvig FjällströmSWE20.509.94.606.0025.44Q
87Nobuyuki NishiJPN20.4111.03.655.7625.96Q
910Ben CavetFRA20.129.44.686.0425.37Q
1011Per SpettSWE20.119.44.885.8325.81Q
111Giacomo MatizITA19.109.73.965.4426.64
123Arttu KiramoFIN18.739.13.975.6626.17
132Anthony BennaFRA16.926.73.656.5724.24
1412Sam HallAUS11.503.43.095.0127.54
1513Dale Begg-SmithAUS9.652.32.744.6128.39
1618Dmitry BarmashovKAZ5.210.32.412.5032.87
DNF16Jussi PenttalaFIN
DNF19Sergey VolkovRUS
DNS9Ville MiettunenFIN

Final Round 1

Date10 February 2014 — 22:00
FormatTop 12 finishers advanced to final 2.
Judge #1 (Turns)William McNiceUSA
Judge #2 (Turns)Olivier GrangeFRA
Judge #3 (Turns)Oksana KushchenkoRUS
Judge #4 (Turns)Zoe JaboorAUS
Judge #5 (Turns)Hanka KalužíkováCZE
Judge #6 (Air)Petri AnttilaFIN
Judge #7 (Air)Helene HouseCAN
PosNumberCompetitorNOCPointsTurns PointsAir PointsTime PointsTime
118Aleksandr SmyshlyayevRUS24.3712.75.526.1525.14Q
215Philippe MarquisCAN24.3212.45.516.4124.58Q
319Mikaël KingsburyCAN24.3112.46.325.5926.32Q
416Marc-Antoine GagnonCAN23.4511.85.815.8425.79Q
514Dmitry ReykherdKAZ23.1012.14.896.1125.21Q
62Ben CavetFRA22.9711.55.665.8125.85Q
711Matt GrahamAUS22.4911.44.816.2824.85Q
820Alex BilodeauCAN22.4911.05.176.3224.78Q
910Patrick DeneenUSA22.2711.64.306.3724.67Q
109Choi Jae-UKOR22.1110.65.436.0825.27Q
117Pasha KolmakovKAZ21.8211.04.756.0725.30Q
121Per SpettSWE21.8110.94.786.1325.17Q
1312Brodie SummersAUS21.7811.44.515.8725.73
143Nobuyuki NishiJPN21.7311.43.996.3424.73
1517Sho EndoJPN21.7310.65.175.9625.53
165Aleksey PavlenkoRUS21.6610.84.606.2624.90
176Andrey VolkovRUS21.6411.44.585.6626.17
188Jimi SalonenFIN20.759.54.936.3224.77
194Ludvig FjällströmSWE19.839.54.266.0725.30
2013Brad WilsonUSA9.901.52.116.2924.83

Final Round 2

Date10 February 2014 — 22:35
FormatTop 6 finishers advanced to final 3.
Judge #1 (Turns)William McNiceUSA
Judge #2 (Turns)Olivier GrangeFRA
Judge #3 (Turns)Oksana KushchenkoRUS
Judge #4 (Turns)Zoe JaboorAUS
Judge #5 (Turns)Hanka KalužíkováCZE
Judge #6 (Air)Petri AnttilaFIN
Judge #7 (Air)Helene HouseCAN
PosNumberCompetitorNOCPointsTurns PointsAir PointsTime PointsTime
110Mikaël KingsburyCAN24.5412.56.475.5726.37Q
29Marc-Antoine GagnonCAN24.1612.26.045.9225.61Q
35Alex BilodeauCAN23.8912.25.915.7825.91Q
412Aleksandr SmyshlyayevRUS23.8512.65.146.1125.22Q
58Dmitry ReykherdKAZ23.4812.24.936.3524.71Q
64Patrick DeneenUSA23.3211.74.946.6824.00Q
76Matt GrahamAUS23.3112.15.046.1725.08
87Ben CavetFRA22.4611.05.875.5926.31
911Philippe MarquisCAN22.2510.15.506.6524.07
102Pasha KolmakovKAZ20.0310.73.465.8725.73
111Per SpettSWE13.473.54.885.0927.39
DNF3Choi Jae-UKOR

Final Round 3

Date10 February 2014 — 23:10
Judge #1 (Turns)William McNiceUSA
Judge #2 (Turns)Olivier GrangeFRA
Judge #3 (Turns)Oksana KushchenkoRUS
Judge #4 (Turns)Zoe JaboorAUS
Judge #5 (Turns)Hanka KalužíkováCZE
Judge #6 (Air)Petri AnttilaFIN
Judge #7 (Air)Helene HouseCAN
PosNumberCompetitorNOCPointsTurns PointsAir PointsTime PointsTime
14Alex BilodeauCAN26.3113.16.916.3024.81
26Mikaël KingsburyCAN24.7112.06.626.0925.25
33Aleksandr SmyshlyayevRUS24.3412.45.706.2424.94
45Marc-Antoine GagnonCAN23.3511.55.905.9525.56
52Dmitry ReykherdKAZ22.8011.44.826.5824.21
61Patrick DeneenUSA22.1611.04.406.7623.83