Freestyle skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

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Freestyle skiing was an official sport discipline for the first time at the 1992 Winter Olympics, with medals awarded in the moguls event. Aerials was still a demonstration event at these games. The venue was Tignes, about 85 km from host city Albertville.

Six years after the first World Championships in Tignes, while moguls were an official medal event, aerials and ballets were demonstration events; for the second time after Calgary. Aerials were dominated by the Canadians and in particular by the world champion Philippe LaRoche and by Nicolas Fontaine. Didier Méda from France, second in Calgary, will jump with joy when learning about his third place. The women event is won by Colette Brand from Switzerland.

For the ballet, a bit similar to figure skating but on snow, Lane Spina from the US, second in Calgary, took the third place behind Kristiansen who had put emphasis on his aerial performances. Both of them were defeated by Fabrice Becker from France who won points on composition and style for a well choreographed tango performance. Among the women, Conny Kissling won her 102th victory, in front of Cathy Féchoz from Courchevel.

Contents 1 Medals 2 Men's events 2.1 Moguls 2.2 Aerials (demonstration event) 2.3 Ballet (demonstration event) 3 Women's events 3.1 Moguls 3.2 Aerials (demonstration event) 3.3 Ballet (demonstration event) 4 External links

[edit] Medals

Pos.	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	1	1	0	2
2	United States	1	0	1	2
3	Unified Team	0	1	0	1
3	Norway	0	0	1	1

[edit] Men's events

[edit] Moguls

February 13, 1992

Medal	Athlete	Score
Gold	Edgar Grospiron (FRA)	25.81
Silver	Olivier Allamand (FRA)	24.87
Bronze	Nelson Carmichael (USA)	24.82
4	Eric Berthon (FRA)	24.78
5	John Smart (CAN)	24.14
6	Jörgen Pääjärvi (SWE)	24.14
7	Jean-Luc Brassard (CAN)	23.71
8	Leif Persson (SWE)	22.99

[edit] Aerials (demonstration event)

Place	Athlete	Score
1	Philippe LaRoche (CAN)	237.47
2	Nicolas Fontaine (CAN)	228.88
3	Didier Méda (FRA)	219.44
4	Jean-Marc Bacquin (FRA)	206.71
5	Kris Feddersen (USA)	201.74
6	Hugo Bonatti (AUT)	198.15
7	Trace Worthington (USA)	192.16
8	Alexander Stoegner (AUT)	187.67

[edit] Ballet (demonstration event)

Place	Athlete	Score
1	Fabrice Becker (FRA)	28.15
2	Rune Kristiansen (NOR)	28.00
3	Lane Spina (USA)	27.40
4	Richard Pierce (CAN)	27.30
5	Heini Baumgartner (SUI)	25.85
6	Armin Weiß (GER)	25.64
7	Roberto Franco (ITA)	25.50
8	Jeffrey Wintersteen (USA)	24.80

[edit] Women's events

[edit] Moguls

February 13, 1992

Medal	Athlete	Score
Gold	Donna Weinbrecht (USA)	23.69
Silver	Yelizaveta Kozhevnikova (EUN)	23.50
Bronze	Stine Lise Hattestad (NOR)	23.04
4	Tatjana Mittermayer (GER)	22.33
5	Birgit Stein-Keppler (GER)	21.44
6	Liz McIntyre (USA)	21.24
7	Silvia Marciandi (ITA)	19.66
8	Raphaëlle Monod (FRA)	15.57

[edit] Aerials (demonstration event)

Place	Athlete	Score
1	Colette Brand (SUI)	157.51
2	Marie Lindgren (SWE)	155.10
3	Elfie Simchen (GER)	153.94
4	Jilly Curry (GBR)	151.13
5	Lina Cheryazova (EUN)	150.00
6	Hilde Synnøve Lid (NOR)	144.65
7	Kirstie Marshall (AUS)	139.55
8	Maja Schmid (SUI)	129.47

[edit] Ballet (demonstration event)

Place	Athlete	Score
1	Conny Kissling (SUI)	25.30
2	Cathy Féchoz (FRA)	25.20
3	Sharon Petzold (USA)	24.10
4	Julia Snell (GBR)	22.85
5	Annika Johansson (SWE)	22.80
6	Ellen Breen (USA)	22.30
7	Maja Schmid (SUI)	21.60
8	Raquel Gutierrez (ESP)	21.50

[edit] External links

• Freestyle Skiing History: Olympics 1988-2002

Freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics
1988 (demonstration) • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 See also: List of Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing

Events at the 1992 Winter Olympics (Albertville)
Alpine skiing • Biathlon • Bobsleigh • Cross‑country skiing • Curling (demonstration) • Figure skating • Freestyle skiing • Ice hockey • Luge • Nordic combined • Short track speed skating • Ski jumping • Speed skating • Speed skiing (demonstration)