Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics
# Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. The ten events took place between 6–21 February 2014.

In April 2011 the International Olympic Committee approved the addition of the halfpipe event for both, men and women. In July 2011, slopestyle was also added to the program, therefore a total of four new events were added to the freestyle skiing program.

## Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for all ten events.

All times are (UTC+4).

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| 6 February | 18:00 | Women's moguls qualification |
| 8 February | 18:00 | Women's moguls qualification 2 |
| 8 February | 22:00 | Women's moguls final |
| 10 February | 18:00 | Men's moguls qualification |
| 10 February | 22:00 | Men's moguls final |
| 11 February | 10:00 | Women's slopestyle qualification |
| 11 February | 13:00 | Women's slopestyle final |
| 13 February | 10:15 | Men's slopestyle qualification |
| 13 February | 13:30 | Men's slopestyle final |
| 14 February | 17:45 | Women's aerials qualification |
| 14 February | 21:30 | Women's aerials final |
| 17 February | 17:45 | Men's aerials qualification |
| 17 February | 21:30 | Men's aerials final |
| 18 February | 17:45 | Men's halfpipe qualification |
| 18 February | 21:30 | Men's halfpipe final |
| 20 February | 11:45 | Men's ski cross qualification |
| 20 February | 13:30 | Men's ski cross finals |
| 20 February | 18:30 | Women's halfpipe qualification |
| 20 February | 21:30 | Women's halfpipe final |
| 21 February | 11:45 | Women's ski cross qualification |
| 21 February | 13:30 | Women's ski cross finals |

## Medal summary

### Medal table

* Host nation (Russia)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Canada (CAN) | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Belarus (BLR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Russia (RUS)* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| aerials details | Anton Kushnir Belarus | 134.50 | David Morris Australia | 110.41 | Jia Zongyang China | 95.06 |
| halfpipe details | David Wise United States | 92.00 | Mike Riddle Canada | 90.60 | Kevin Rolland France | 88.60 |
| moguls details | Alexandre Bilodeau Canada | 26.31 | Mikaël Kingsbury Canada | 24.71 | Alexandr Smyshlyaev Russia | 24.34 |
| slopestyle details | Joss Christensen United States | 95.80 | Gus Kenworthy United States | 93.60 | Nick Goepper United States | 92.40 |
| ski cross details | Jean-Frédéric Chapuis France | Jean-Frédéric Chapuis France | Arnaud Bovolenta France | Arnaud Bovolenta France | Jonathan Midol France | Jonathan Midol France |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| aerials details | Alla Tsuper Belarus | 98.01 | Xu Mengtao China | 83.50 | Lydia Lassila Australia | 72.12 |
| halfpipe details | Maddie Bowman United States | 89.00 | Marie Martinod France | 85.40 | Ayana Onozuka Japan | 83.20 |
| moguls details | Justine Dufour-Lapointe Canada | 22.44 | Chloé Dufour-Lapointe Canada | 21.66 | Hannah Kearney United States | 21.49 |
| slopestyle details | Dara Howell Canada | 94.20 | Devin Logan United States | 85.40 | Kim Lamarre Canada | 85.00 |
| ski cross details | Marielle Thompson Canada | Marielle Thompson Canada | Kelsey Serwa Canada | Kelsey Serwa Canada | Anna Holmlund Sweden | Anna Holmlund Sweden |

## Qualification

A maximum of 282 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of 26 athletes could be entered by a National Olympic Committee, with a maximum of 14 men or 14 women. The five different events had different quota amounts allocated to them.

## Participating nations

276 athletes from 30 nations participated, with number of athletes in parentheses. Four nations, Belgium, Brazil, The British Virgin Islands and Chile made their Olympic debuts in the sport. Paraguay made its first appearance at the Winter Olympics, with its only athlete competing in freestyle skiing.

* Australia (21)
* Austria (11)
* Belarus (6)
* Belgium (1)
* Brazil (1)
* British Virgin Islands (1)
* Canada (26)
* Chile (2)
* China (9)
* Czech Republic (6)
* Finland (9)
* France (21)
* Germany (10)
* Great Britain (6)
* Italy (4)
* Japan (10)
* Kazakhstan (8)
* New Zealand (8)
* Norway (11)
* Paraguay (1)
* Poland (1)
* Russia (26)
* Slovakia (2)
* Slovenia (1)
* South Korea (5)
* Spain (1)
* Sweden (11)
* Switzerland (24)
* Ukraine (7)
* United States (26)

## Controversy

Both Canada and Slovenia both appealed separately to the Court of Arbitration for Sport that the three French athletes in the Big Final of the men's ski cross final, had their pants illegally changed by their coach. They argued it gave the three an aerodynamic advantage over the rest of the field. Both countries first appealed to the International Ski Federation, but were rejected since they appealed hours after the end of the competition (when the deadline was 15 minutes after the close of the race). The appeal to the court was ultimately unsuccessful as well, because the Court agreed with the ski federation that the appeal was filed past the deadline.

