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Aerials, Men

Date21 – 24 February 1994
StatusOlympic
LocationKanthaugen Freestyle Arena, Lillehammer
Participants24 from 14 countries
DetailsInrun Distance: 60 m
Inrun Gradient: 25°
Landing Distance: 37 m
Landing Gradient: 37°
Start Elevation: 418 m
Vertical Drop: 50 m

Twenty-four skiers competed with 12 advancing out of qualifying to the final. The favorites were the Americans and Canadians and they would place second thru seventh in the final, but the gold medal went to Sonny Schönbächler of Switzerland. Schönbächler had come out of retirement to compete in the first Olympic aerials medal competition, and he placed only 10th in the qualifying round, which was led by the Belarussian, Aleksey Parfenkov. But Parfenkov finished last on both jumps in the final, placing last of the finalists. Schönbächler’s first final jump was a back full-full-full (bFFF), and he placed first, narrowly leading two Canadians, Lloyd Langlois and Philippe LaRoche (the current World Cup leader). In the second round, Schönbächler again placed first, this time with a back full-double full-full (bFdFF), to secure the gold medal. LaRoche placed second in the second round and moved up to the silver medal. Langlois struggled, placing only 7th in the second jump, but hung on for the bronze medal. LaRoche had won the aerials event in 1992 at Albertville when it was a demonstration event, while Langlois had placed third.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCQualifyingFinal
1Sonny SchönbächlerSUI196.53 (10)234.67 (1)Gold
2Philippe LaRocheCAN222.65 (2)228.63 (2)Silver
3Lloyd LangloisCAN221.61 (3)222.44 (3)Bronze
4Andy CapicikCAN207.29 (6)219.07 (4)
5Trace WorthingtonUSA221.11 (4)218.19 (5)
6Nicolas FontaineCAN206.64 (7)210.81 (6)
7Eric BergoustUSA190.48 (12)210.48 (7)
8Mats JohanssonSWE192.57 (11)207.52 (8)
9Jean-Marc BacquinFRA203.58 (8)196.88 (9)
10Richard CobbingGBR208.54 (5)196.58 (10)
11Kris FeddersenUSA199.27 (9)195.26 (11)
12Aliaksei ParfenkouBLR228.49 (1)178.48 (12)
13Vasil VarabiouBLR188.92 (13)
14Christian RijavecAUT186.11 (14)
15Tor SkeieNOR172.77 (15)
16Serhiy ButUKR171.19 (16)
17Michiel de RuiterNED168.39 (17)
18Alexis BlancFRA162.22 (18)
19Sergey BrenerUZB159.93 (19)
20Hiroshi MachiiJPN153.53 (20)
21Alessandro ScottàITA149.34 (21)
22Herby KollySUI129.10 (22)
23Freddy RomanoITA115.21 (23)
24Sébastien FoucrasFRA55.68 (24)
DNSAleksandr MikhaylovRUS– (DNS)

Qualifying Round

Date21 February 1994 — 9:30
FormatTop 12 finishers advanced to final.
Judge #1 (Air & Form)Paul NicholasUSA
Judge #2 (Air & Form)Martine KohlyFRA
Judge #3 (Air & Form)Morten SkarpaasNOR
Judge #4 (Air & Form)Stephan MarklGER
Judge #5 (Air & Form)Miki MiyazakiJPN
Judge #6 (Landing)Boris KalčićSLO
Judge #7 (Landing)Hans-Ulrich MenradGER
PosNumberCompetitorNOCPointsJump #1Jump #2
19Aliaksei ParfenkouBLR228.49115.70 (2)112.79 (3)Q
214Philippe LaRocheCAN222.65105.00 (4)117.65 (1)Q
34Lloyd LangloisCAN221.61106.80 (3)114.81 (2)Q
410Trace WorthingtonUSA221.11117.03 (1)104.08 (8)Q
518Richard CobbingGBR208.54102.03 (7)106.51 (6)Q
63Andy CapicikCAN207.29104.28 (6)103.01 (9)Q
716Nicolas FontaineCAN206.6497.40 (11)109.24 (4)Q
86Jean-Marc BacquinFRA203.5896.99 (12)106.59 (5)Q
912Kris FeddersenUSA199.27104.50 (5)94.77 (12)Q
1011Sonny SchönbächlerSUI196.5399.94 (9)96.59 (=10)Q
1115Mats JohanssonSWE192.5786.26 (14)106.31 (7)Q
125Eric BergoustUSA190.4893.89 (13)96.59 (=10)Q
1319Vasil VarabiouBLR188.9298.61 (10)90.31 (14)
142Christian RijavecAUT186.11101.27 (8)84.84 (19)
1521Tor SkeieNOR172.7779.42 (18)93.35 (13)
1617Serhiy ButUKR171.1981.89 (15)89.30 (15)
178Michiel de RuiterNED168.3981.37 (16)87.02 (18)
181Alexis BlancFRA162.2274.11 (20)88.11 (16)
1924Sergey BrenerUZB159.9372.21 (21)87.72 (17)
2022Hiroshi MachiiJPN153.5379.62 (17)73.91 (20)
2123Alessandro ScottàITA149.3476.12 (19)73.22 (21)
2220Herby KollySUI129.1059.94 (23)69.16 (22)
2325Freddy RomanoITA115.2161.42 (22)53.79 (23)
2413Sébastien FoucrasFRA55.6855.68 (24)
DNS7Aleksandr MikhaylovRUS

Final Round

Date24 February 1994 — 12:00
Judge #1 (Air & Form)Paul NicholasUSA
Judge #2 (Air & Form)Martine KohlyFRA
Judge #3 (Air & Form)Morten SkarpaasNOR
Judge #4 (Air & Form)Stephan MarklGER
Judge #5 (Air & Form)Miki MiyazakiJPN
Judge #6 (Landing)Boris KalčićSLO
Judge #7 (Landing)Hans-Ulrich MenradGER
PosNumberCompetitorNOCPointsJump #1Jump #2
110Sonny SchönbächlerSUI234.67113.19 (1)121.48 (1)
22Philippe LaRocheCAN228.63110.58 (3)118.05 (2)
33Lloyd LangloisCAN222.44111.47 (2)110.97 (7)
46Andy CapicikCAN219.07106.71 (5)112.36 (=5)
54Trace WorthingtonUSA218.19102.57 (7)115.62 (3)
67Nicolas FontaineCAN210.8198.01 (10)112.80 (4)
712Eric BergoustUSA210.4898.12 (9)112.36 (=5)
811Mats JohanssonSWE207.52105.26 (6)102.26 (9)
98Jean-Marc BacquinFRA196.88108.33 (4)88.55 (11)
105Richard CobbingGBR196.58102.22 (8)94.36 (10)
119Kris FeddersenUSA195.2691.58 (11)103.68 (8)
121Aliaksei ParfenkouBLR178.4891.00 (12)87.48 (12)