The women's moguls competition in freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 3 February (qualification) and 6 February (final), at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou. Jakara Anthony of Australia won the event, with Jaelin Kauf of the United States taking silver and Anastasia Smirnova, representing the Russian Olympic Committee, bronze. For all of them this was their first Olympic medal. Anthony's medal was the first Olympic medal for Australia in women's moguls.

The defending champion was Perrine Laffont. The silver medalist, who is also the 2014 Olympic champion, Justine Dufour-Lapointe, also qualified for the Olympics, as well as the bronze medalist, Yuliya Galysheva. At the 2021–22 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup, before the Olympics Anri Kawamura led the ranking, followed by Laffont and Jakara Anthony. Laffont is also the 2021 world champion, with Galysheva and Anastasia Smirnova being the silver and the bronze medalist, respectively.

In the final, Anthony won with the season's best of 83.09 points. Kauf showed the fastest run, but lost to Anthony in air and turns. Smirnova became third, ahead of Laffont, Kawamura, and Olivia Giaccio.

Qualification

A total of 30 moguls athletes qualified to compete at the games. For an athlete to compete they must have a minimum of 80.00 FIS points on the FIS Points List on January 17, 2022, and a top 30 finish in a World Cup event or at the FIS Freestyle Ski World Championships 2021. A country could enter a maximum of four athletes into the event.

Results Qualifications Qualifying 1 In the first qualifying round, the ten best athletes directly qualified for the final. The bottom twenty athletes go on to compete in the second qualification round.Qualification 1 results

Rank Bib Order Name Country Time Score Total NotesTurns Air Time 1 3 22 Jakara Anthony 27.96 50.0 17.26 16.49 83.75 QF 2 2 29 Perrine Laffont 27.81 48.4 16.05 16.66 81.11 QF 3 14 18 Jaelin Kauf 26.97 47.9 13.64 17.61 79.15 QF 4 4 8 Olivia Giaccio 29.56 48.0 15.42 14.69 78.11 QF 5 1 10 Anri Kawamura 28.33 49.8 10.49 16.07 76.36 QF 6 8 5 Junko Hoshino 28.53 46.9 12.63 15.85 75.38 QF 7 9 12 Hannah Soar 29.25 45.0 14.49 15.04 74.53 QF 8 17 1 Anastasia Smirnova 28.84 45.7 11.81 15.50 73.01 QF 9 10 7 Britteny Cox 29.86 44.4 13.51 14.35 72.26 QF 10 13 17 Justine Dufour-Lapointe 29.29 45.8 10.66 14.99 71.45 QF 11 12 11 Chloé Dufour-Lapointe 28.85 43.5 11.32 15.49 70.31 12 19 14 Makayla Gerken Schofield 29.13 42.9 12.11 15.17 70.18 13 18 20 Sophie Ash 30.39 45.0 10.61 13.75 69.36 14 16 13 Sofiane Gagnon 28.61 40.8 11.91 15.76 68.47 15 5 3 Kisara Sumiyoshi 30.25 44.6 9.63 13.91 68.14 16 20 24 Ayaulym Amrenova 29.97 42.3 10.29 14.23 66.82 17 27 15 Polina Chudinova 29.94 40.7 11.81 14.26 66.77 18 6 26 Hinako Tomitaka 30.01 41.5 9.40 14.18 65.08 19 24 21 Li Nan 31.76 40.2 10.91 12.21 63.32 20 21 2 Camille Cabrol 30.61 40.2 9.27 13.50 62.97 21 25 28 Sabrina Cass 32.13 40.7 9.71 11.79 62.20 22 29 23 Anastasiia Pervushina 32.57 39.7 8.97 11.30 59.97 23 28 16 Olessya Graur 33.29 33.6 13.09 10.49 57.18 24 26 19 Katharina Ramsauer 31.94 35.4 8.77 12.01 56.18 25 30 6 Viktoriia Lazarenko 32.57 8.0 10.35 11.30 29.65 15 30 Anastassiya Gorodko Did Not Finish 22 9 Taylah O'Neill 23 27 Leonie Gerken Schofield 7 4 Kai Owens Did Not Start 11 25 Yuliya Galysheva

Qualifying 2 In the second qualifying round, the ten best athletes qualify for the final based on that athletes best score from either the athlete's first or second qualifying run. The bottom ten athletes are eliminated.Qualification 2 resultsQualification results Rank Bib Order Name Country Qual 1 Time Score Total Best NotesTurns Air Time 1 16 7 Sofiane Gagnon 68.47 28.39 46.0 13.62 16.01 75.63 75.63 QF 2 5 2 Kisara Sumiyoshi 68.14 28.50 44.8 11.90 15.88 72.58 72.58 QF 3 18 12 Sophie Ash 69.36 30.12 45.3 12.84 14.06 72.20 72.20 QF 4 6 17 Hinako Tomitaka 65.08 29.57 45.2 12.05 14.68 71.93 71.93 QF 5 27 9 Polina Chudinova 66.77 29.10 43.1 12.62 15.21 70.93 70.93 QF 6 12 6 Chloé Dufour-Lapointe 70.31 28.77 44.8 10.07 15.58 70.45 70.45 QF 7 19 8 Makayla Gerken Schofield 70.18 29.31 43.4 9.59 14.97 67.96 70.18 QF 8 7 3 Kai Owens 29.67 41.0 14.36 14.56 69.92 69.92 QF 9 11 16 Yuliya Galysheva 30.47 42.4 13.15 13.66 69.21 69.21 QF 10 21 1 Camille Cabrol 62.97 30.75 42.1 12.31 13.35 67.76 67.76 QF 11 15 20 Anastassiya Gorodko 28.97 43.1 9.02 15.35 67.47 67.47 12 20 15 Ayaulym Amrenova 66.82 30.45 40.3 11.79 13.69 65.78 66.82 13 30 4 Viktoriia Lazarenko 29.65 31.71 39.4 14.10 12.27 65.77 65.77 14 29 14 Anastasiia Pervushina 59.97 32.03 39.8 12.27 11.90 63.97 63.97 15 24 13 Li Nan 63.32 46.17 0.3 10.37 0.00 10.67 63.32 16 25 19 Sabrina Cass 62.20 31.25 40.0 9.34 12.78 62.12 62.20 17 23 18 Leonie Gerken Schofield 31.50 40.2 9.36 12.50 62.06 62.06 18 28 10 Olessya Graur 57.18 32.05 22.0 4.60 11.88 38.48 57.18 19 26 11 Katharina Ramsauer 56.18 31.04 34.3 8.44 13.02 55.76 56.18 22 5 Taylah O'Neill Did Not Start

Final Final 1 In the first final round, the twelve best athletes qualified for the second final round. The bottom eight athletes are eliminated.Final 1 results

Rank Bib Order Name Country Time Score Total NotesTurns Air Time 1 3 20 Jakara Anthony 27.70 47.6 17.53 16.78 81.91 Q 2 1 16 Anri Kawamura 27.90 48.3 15.86 16.56 80.72 Q 3 2 19 Perrine Laffont 27.73 46.7 16.41 16.75 79.86 Q 4 14 18 Jaelin Kauf 27.00 47.1 14.65 17.57 79.32 Q 5 4 17 Olivia Giaccio 29.73 47.3 16.57 14.50 78.37 Q 6 7 3 Kai Owens 28.34 44.9 14.30 16.06 75.26 Q 7 11 2 Yuliya Galysheva 29.61 45.1 15.24 14.63 74.97 Q 8 16 10 Sofiane Gagnon 28.36 45.3 13.10 16.04 74.44 Q 9 19 4 Makayla Gerken Schofield 28.76 44.9 13.50 15.59 73.99 Q 10 17 13 Anastasia Smirnova 28.10 46.4 11.03 16.33 73.76 Q 11 9 14 Hannah Soar 29.70 44.8 14.37 14.53 73.70 Q 12 12 5 Chloé Dufour-Lapointe 28.93 45.1 13.10 15.40 73.60 Q 13 8 15 Junko Hoshino 28.73 44.4 13.17 15.62 73.19 14 10 12 Britteny Cox 30.04 46.0 12.89 14.15 73.04 15 5 9 Kisara Sumiyoshi 28.71 44.2 11.67 15.65 71.52 16 18 8 Sophie Ash 30.57 44.0 12.92 13.55 70.47 17 27 6 Polina Chudinova 29.03 42.7 12.37 15.29 70.36 18 21 1 Camille Cabrol 30.03 43.9 12.25 14.16 70.31 19 6 7 Hinako Tomitaka 29.87 44.8 10.85 14.34 69.99 13 11 Justine Dufour-Lapointe Did not finish

Final 2 In the second final round, the six best athletes qualified for the third final round. The bottoms six athletes are eliminated.Final 2 results

Rank Bib Order Name Country Time Score Total NotesTurns Air Time 1 3 12 Jakara Anthony 27.82 46.9 17.74 16.65 81.29 Q 2 14 9 Jaelin Kauf 26.49 46.6 15.37 18.15 80.12 Q 3 1 11 Anri Kawamura 28.37 47.7 15.11 16.03 78.84 Q 4 17 3 Anastasia Smirnova 27.95 46.9 15.24 16.50 78.64 Q 5 2 10 Perrine Laffont 27.93 45.7 15.40 16.52 77.62 Q 6 4 8 Olivia Giaccio 29.50 46.5 16.31 14.76 77.57 Q 7 9 2 Hannah Soar 28.95 45.1 14.68 15.38 75.16 8 19 4 Makayla Gerken Schofield 28.59 44.8 12.46 15.78 73.04 9 12 1 Chloé Dufour-Lapointe 28.65 44.8 12.45 15.71 72.96 10 7 7 Kai Owens 28.54 36.4 13.25 15.84 65.49 11 11 6 Yuliya Galysheva 29.83 32.3 3.06 14.38 49.74 16 5 Sofiane Gagnon Did not finish

Final 3 The third final round determined the medal winners amongst the final six athletes.Final 3 resultsFinal results

Rank Bib Order Name Country Time Score Total NotesTurns Air Time 3 6 Jakara Anthony 27.63 48.1 18.13 16.86 83.09 14 5 Jaelin Kauf 26.37 46.9 15.10 18.28 80.28 17 3 Anastasia Smirnova 27.59 45.9 14.91 16.91 77.72 4 2 2 Perrine Laffont 28.04 45.6 15.36 16.40 77.36 5 1 4 Anri Kawamura 28.00 46.3 14.37 16.45 77.12 6 4 1 Olivia Giaccio 29.60 45.9 15.07 14.64 75.61

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