The Men's Moguls event in freestyle skiing

Freestyle skiing

Freestyle skiing is form of skiing which used to encompass two disciplines: aerials, and moguls. Except the two disciplines mentioned earlier Freestyle Skiing now consists of Skicross, Half Pipe and Slope Style...

at the 2002 Winter Olympics

2002 Winter Olympics

The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...

in Salt Lake City, United States

United States

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 took place on February 12 at Park City

Park City, Utah

Park City is a town in Summit and Wasatch counties in the U.S. state of Utah. It is considered to be part of the Wasatch Back. The city is southeast of downtown Salt Lake City and from Salt Lake City's east edge of Sugar House along Interstate 80. The population was 7,558 at the 2010 census...

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Qualification

The qualification round took place on the afternoon of February 12, with 30 skiers competing. The top 16 advanced to the final.

Rank	Name	Country	Score	Notes
1	Travis Mayer Travis Mayer Travis Mayer is an olympic-level Freestyle Skier. He won the silver medal in the moguls competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics and also competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics. Travis grew up skiing in Western New York at Holiday Valley and across the Northeast as a member of the Holiday Valley...		27.05	Q
2	Janne Lahtela Janne Lahtela Janne Lahtela is a Finnish former athlete, who established himself as one of the most dominant persons in the history of moguls skiing. He is currently the head coach of Japan's freestyle skiing team...		26.92	Q
3	Mikko Ronkainen Mikko Ronkainen Mikko Ronkainen is a freestyle skier from Finland. He is a two-time World Champion and won the moguls World Cup during the 2000-2001 season. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin Ronkainen won a silver medal.-References:...		26.25	Q
4	Jeremy Bloom Jeremy Bloom Jeremy Ryan Bloom is a three-time World Champion, two-time Olympian and eleven-time World Cup gold medalist in freestyle moguls skiing. In 2005, he won a record six straight World Cup events, the most in a single season in the sport's history....		25.98	Q
5	Richard Gay Richard Gay Richard Gay is a French freestyle skier and Olympic medalist. He received a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, in moguls.- External links :*...		25.86	Q
6	Ryan Johnson		25.60	Q
7	Stéphane Rochon		25.57	Q
8	Sami Mustonen Sami Mustonen Sami Mustonen is a Finnish freestyle skier and Olympic medalist. He received a bronze medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, in moguls.-References:...		25.42	Q
9	Yugo Tsukita		25.33	Q
10	Scott Bellavance		25.14	Q
11	Jonny Moseley Jonny Moseley Jonathan William Moseley, better known as Jonny Moseley , is the first Puerto Rican to become a member of the U.S. Ski Team.-Early years:...		25.13	Q
12	Johann Grégoire		24.97	Q
13	Cédric Regnier-Lafforgue		24.87	Q
14	Fredrik Fortkord		24.81	Q
15	Tapio Luusua Tapio Luusua Tapio Luusua is a Finnish freestyle skier. At the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2009 he received a silver medal in moguls and a bronze in dual moguls. He also competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics and is set to compete for Finland at the 2010 Winter Olympics.- References :...		24.56	Q
16	Laurent Niol		24.46	Q
17	Vitali Glushchenko		24.20
18	Adrian Costa Adrian Costa Adrian Costa is an Australian freestyle skier, who represented Australia in four Winter Olympics from 1992 to 2002.He competed in the men's moguls and placed 14th out of 47 in 1992. He came 14th out of 29 in 1994 and 21st of 30 in 1998. In his swansong in 2002, he came 18th out of 30.- References :...		24.13
19	Christian Stohr		24.03
20	Kenro Shimoyama		23.39
21	Jean-Luc Brassard Jean-Luc Brassard Jean-Luc Brassard is a French Canadian freestyle skier, winning the gold medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics in the sport's debut as a medal event. Brassard has been credited with popularizing the wearing of bright knee pads to show off absorption and leg position for mogul skiers to best show...		23.31
22	Patrik Sundberg		23.16
23	Trennon Paynter		22.53
24	Aleksey Bannikov		22.14
25	Simone Galli		21.01
26	Katsuya Nakamoto		20.56
27	Vladimir Tyumentsev		18.42
28	Evan Dybvig		9.96
29	Sam Temple		9.03
30	Teppei Noda		0.30

Final

The final took place on the evening of February 12, with Janne Lahtela

Janne Lahtela

Janne Lahtela is a Finnish former athlete, who established himself as one of the most dominant persons in the history of moguls skiing. He is currently the head coach of Japan's freestyle skiing team...

, the second-best qualifier, just beating top qualifier Travis Mayer

Travis Mayer

Travis Mayer is an olympic-level Freestyle Skier. He won the silver medal in the moguls competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics and also competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics. Travis grew up skiing in Western New York at Holiday Valley and across the Northeast as a member of the Holiday Valley...

for the gold medal.

Rank	Athlete	Score
		27.97
		27.59
		26.91
4		26.78
5		26.67
6		26.55
7		26.55
8		26.49
9		26.19
10		26.08
11		25.63
12		25.00
13		24.89
14		22.77
15		19.80
16		15.81