The men's moguls competition in freestyle skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 10 February (qualification 1) and 12 February (qualification 2 and final), at the Livigno Aerials & Moguls Park in Valtellina. Cooper Woods-Topalovic of Australia won gold, his first Olympic medal. Mikaël Kingsbury of Canada won silver and Ikuma Horishima of Japan bronze, both replicated their 2022 performance.
Background The 2022 champion, Walter Wallberg, qualified for the event, as did the silver medalist (and the 2018 champion) Mikaël Kingsbury and the bronze medalist Ikuma Horishima. There were four events in 2025–26 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup in moguls before the Olympics; Horishima won two of them and was leading the mogul standings. Two other events were won by Kingsbury and Matt Graham. Horishima was also the 2025 World champion.
Qualification
Results Qualifications Qualifying 1 In the first qualifying round, the ten best athletes directly qualified for the final. The bottom twenty athletes went on to compete in the second qualification round.
Rank Bib Order Name Country Time Score Total NotesTurns Air Time 1 1 13 Ikuma Horishima 22.63 50.4 17.48 17.54 85.42 QF 2 5 21 Julien Viel 23.45 48.3 14.82 16.44 79.56 QF 3 6 12 Mikaël Kingsbury 22.86 46.8 15.08 17.23 79.11 QF 4 18 8 Benjamin Cavet 22.39 49.1 11.46 17.87 78.43 QF 5 3 11 Nick Page 23.63 46.7 14.60 16.20 77.50 QF 6 7 17 Walter Wallberg 22.69 45.2 14.71 17.46 77.37 QF 7 12 5 Dylan Walczyk 23.21 47.8 12.11 16.76 76.67 QF 8 10 20 Thibaud Mouille 24.10 46.2 14.77 15.56 76.53 QF 9 22 27 Pavel Kolmakov 23.55 46.1 13.84 16.30 76.24 QF 10 2 15 Matt Graham 22.89 46.3 12.28 17.19 75.77 QF 11 4 18 Charlie Mickel 23.57 46.3 12.73 16.28 75.31 12 11 26 Landon Wendler 23.63 46.7 12.18 16.20 75.08 13 21 6 Takuya Shimakawa 24.06 45.8 13.40 15.62 74.82 14 17 4 Goshin Fujiki 23.65 43.1 14.41 16.17 73.68 15 19 24 Cooper Woods-Topalovic 23.48 45.8 11.47 16.40 73.67 16 23 1 Elliott Vallaincourt 23.59 43.4 13.83 16.25 73.48 17 20 23 Rasmus Stegfeldt 23.13 43.7 12.66 16.87 73.23 18 15 28 Olli Penttala 23.88 42.6 13.28 15.86 71.74 19 27 10 Rasmus Karjalainen 23.40 43.8 11.25 16.51 71.56 20 14 22 Akseli Ahvenainen 24.09 43.5 12.17 15.58 71.25 21 13 16 Severi Vierelä 23.05 41.0 13.10 16.98 71.08 22 16 7 Taketo Nishizawa 23.80 45.0 9.44 15.97 70.41 23 8 19 Jackson Harvey 23.55 42.5 10.46 16.30 69.26 24 24 29 Matyáš Kroupa 24.02 41.4 11.68 15.67 68.75 25 28 2 Arthur de Villaucourt 22.62 41.0 9.76 17.56 68.32 26 25 3 George Murphy 24.22 40.0 11.79 15.40 67.19 27 9 9 Jung Dae-yoon 22.73 37.3 10.80 17.41 65.51 28 29 30 Mateo Jeannesson 26.86 23.0 9.79 11.85 44.64 29 26 25 Paul Andréa Gay 24.60 14.5 6.00 14.89 35.39 30 30 14 Lee Yoon-seung DNF
Qualifying 2 In the second qualifying round, the ten best athletes qualified for the final based on that athletes best score from either the athlete's first or second qualifying run. The bottom ten athletes were eliminated. Rank Bib Order Name Country Qual 1 Time Score Total Best NotesTurns Air Time 1 19 15 Cooper Woods-Topalovic 73.67 23.28 47.1 16.69 16.67 80.46 80.46 QF 2 21 5 Takuya Shimakawa 74.82 23.31 46.8 14.84 16.63 78.27 78.27 QF 3 4 11 Charlie Mickel 75.31 22.78 45.5 14.98 17.34 77.82 77.82 QF 4 9 7 Jung Dae-yoon 65.51 22.53 42.8 16.88 17.68 77.36 77.36 QF 5 8 12 Jackson Harvey 69.26 23.17 46.1 14.43 16.82 77.35 77.35 QF 6 20 14 Rasmus Stegfeldt 73.23 22.30 43.8 15.12 17.99 76.91 76.91 QF 7 11 17 Landon Wendler 75.08 23.16 44.8 14.71 16.83 76.34 76.34 QF 8 23 1 Elliott Vallaincourt 73.48 23.59 44.5 15.50 16.25 76.25 76.25 QF 9 14 13 Akseli Ahvenainen 71.25 23.00 44.0 14.24 17.04 75.28 75.28 QF 10 15 18 Olli Penttala 71.74 23.19 42.5 15.99 16.79 75.28 75.28 QF 11 27 8 Rasmus Karjalainen 71.56 23.29 44.1 13.89 16.65 74.64 74.64 12 15 6 Taketo Nishizawa 70.41 23.77 44.4 13.54 16.01 73.95 73.95 13 17 4 Goshin Fujiki 73.68 23.29 32.9 15.89 16.65 65.44 73.68 14 13 10 Severi Vierelä 71.08 22.99 40.7 15.89 17.06 73.65 73.65 15 28 2 Arthur de Villaucourt 68.32 24.68 42.9 15.34 14.78 73.02 73.02 16 26 16 Paul Andréa Gay 35.39 24.45 41.1 14.35 15.09 70.54 70.54 17 30 9 Lee Yoon-seung DNF 23.30 41.0 11.71 16.64 69.35 69.35 18 24 19 Matyáš Kroupa 68.75 DNF 68.75 19 25 3 George Murphy 67.19 26.32 25.8 13.25 12.58 51.63 67.19 20 29 20 Mateo Jeannesson 44.64 23.67 28.7 11.62 16.14 56.46 56.46
Final Final 1 In the first final round, the eight best athletes qualified for the second final round. The bottom twelve athletes were eliminated.
Rank Bib Order Name Country Time Score Total NotesTurns Air Time 1 19 10 Cooper Woods-Topalovic 22.70 48.2 17.95 17.45 83.60 QF 2 6 18 Mikaël Kingsbury 23.24 48.0 17.84 16.72 82.56 QF 3 2 11 Matt Graham 22.59 48.0 15.96 17.60 81.56 QF 4 7 15 Walter Wallberg 22.14 46.6 16.55 18.20 81.35 QF 5 1 20 Ikuma Horishima 22.61 48.3 14.48 17.57 80.35 QF 6 3 16 Nick Page 22.77 46.2 16.53 17.35 80.08 QF 7 5 19 Julien Viel 22.98 46.9 16.05 17.07 80.02 QF 8 8 6 Jackson Harvey 22.90 48.4 14.34 17.18 79.92 QF 9 10 13 Thibaud Mouille 23.66 45.9 17.29 16.16 79.35 10 18 17 Benjamin Cavet 22.62 44.6 16.68 17.56 78.84 11 15 1 Olli Penttala 22.21 44.6 15.43 18.11 78.14 12 4 8 Charlie Mickel 22.75 46.5 14.15 17.38 78.03 13 12 14 Dylan Walczyk 22.65 46.1 14.00 17.52 77.62 14 23 3 Elliott Vallaincourt 22.24 43.5 15.28 18.07 76.85 15 21 9 Takuya Shimakawa 23.22 44.7 15.09 16.75 76.54 16 22 12 Pavel Kolmakov 23.26 44.0 15.01 16.69 75.70 17 11 4 Landon Wendler 22.52 40.7 11.81 17.69 70.20 18 20 5 Rasmus Stegfeldt 22.05 31.4 10.47 18.32 60.19 19 9 7 Jung Dae-yoon 28.87 7.9 17.23 9.15 34.28 20 14 2 Akseli Ahvenainen 26.01 2.8 11.69 12.99 27.48
Final 2 The second final round determined the medal winners amongst the final eight athletes. Australia's Cooper Woods-Topalovic and Canada's Mikaël Kingsbury finished in a tie for the gold medal, with the tiebreak scenario coming down to the competitor with the higher turn component score. Woods' finished 0.7 points higher than Kingsbury's, which gave Cooper Woods-Topalovic his first Olympic Gold medal.
Rank Bib Order Name Country Time Score Total NotesTurns Air Time 19 8 Cooper Woods-Topalovic 22.61 48.4 17.74 17.57 83.71 6 7 Mikaël Kingsbury 22.79 47.7 18.68 17.33 83.71 1 4 Ikuma Horishima 22.23 48.3 17.06 18.08 83.44 4 7 5 Walter Wallberg 22.18 46.3 17.95 18.15 82.40 5 2 6 Matt Graham 21.84 46.0 16.27 18.61 80.88 6 5 2 Julien Viel 22.42 44.9 17.05 17.83 79.78 7 3 3 Nick Page 22.30 41.8 15.21 17.99 75.00 8 8 1 Jackson Harvey 23.38 44.2 14.20 16.53 74.93
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