Freestyle skiing has been contested at the Winter Olympic Games since the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville, France.
Summary GamesYear EventsBest Nation1 → 14 15 1988 6 (1)16 1992 2 (1)17 1994 4 (1)18 1998 4 (1)19 2002 4 (1)GamesYear EventsBest Nation20 2006 4 (1)21 2010 6 (2)22 2014 10 (3)23 2018 10 (4)24 2022 13 (2)25 2026 15 (2)
History
Freestyle skiing was a demonstration sport at the 1988 Winter Olympics, with moguls, aerials, and ballet events. Moguls became an official medal sport at the 1992 games, while aerials and ballet were still demonstration events. At the 1994 games, aerials also became an official medal event and the ski ballet competition was dropped. For the 2010 Winter Olympics, ski cross was added to the program while for the 2014 Winter Olympics half-pipe and slopestyle were added.
Alexandre Bilodeau became the first freestyle skiing gold medalist to defend his Olympic title, and first repeat gold medalist, winning the men's moguls at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, having previously won the same event at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
Events Men's • = official event, (d) = demonstration event Event 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 26 Years Moguls (d) • • • • • • • • • • 10 Aerials (d) (d) • • • • • • • • • 9 Ski cross • • • • • 5 Half-pipe • • • • 4 Slopestyle • • • • 4 Big air • • 2 Dual moguls • 1 Ballet (d) (d) – Total events 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 5 6 7
Women's • = official event, (d) = demonstration event Event 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 26 Years Moguls (d) • • • • • • • • • • 10 Aerials (d) (d) • • • • • • • • • 9 Ski cross • • • • • 5 Half-pipe • • • • 4 Slopestyle • • • • 4 Big air • • 2 Dual moguls • 1 Ballet (d) (d) – Total events 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 5 6 7
Mixed Event 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 26 Years Team Aerials • • 2 Total events 1 1
Medal table
Sources (after the 2022 Winter Olympics): Accurate as of 2026 Winter Olympics and Court of Arbitration for Sport decision of December 13, 2022 to award two bronze medals in the women's ski cross event at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Number of athletes by nation Nations – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 18 21 25 21 22 30 30 28 27 25 Athletes – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 71 97 110 104 119 172 276 272 277 281
See also Freestyle skiing List of Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing List of Olympic venues in freestyle skiing FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup Aerial skiing Mogul skiing Ski ballet Ski cross Half-pipe Slopestyle
References
External links
Ottawa Citizen: "Moguls glossary" – 2010 Winter Games CanWest News Service: "Ski Cross glossary" – 2010 Winter Games