Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's moguls

Men's moguls
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
VenueSauze d'Oulx
Dates15 February
Competitors35 from 11 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dale Begg-Smith  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mikko Ronkainen  Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Toby Dawson  United States
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The Men's Moguls event in freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy took place on 15 February at Sauze d'Oulx.[1]

Results

Qualification

The qualification round took place on the afternoon of 15 February, with 35 skiers competing. The top 20 advanced to the final.[2]

Rank Name Country Score Notes
1 Dale Begg-Smith  Australia 25.40 Q
2 Travis Cabral  United States 24.88 Q
3 Marc-Andre Moreau  Canada 24.69 Q
4 Jeremy Bloom  United States 24.51 Q
5 Guilbaut Colas  France 24.33 Q
6 Toby Dawson  United States 24.20 Q
7 Travis Mayer  United States 24.04 Q
8 Jesper Bjoernlund  Sweden 23.97 Q
9 Chris Wong  Canada 23.89 Q
10 Janne Lahtela  Finland 23.77 Q
11 Alexandre Bilodeau  Canada 23.75 Q
12 Christoph Stark  Germany 23.65 Q
13 Mikko Ronkainen  Finland 23.38 Q
14 Pierre Ochs  France 23.19 Q
15 Osamu Ueno  Japan 23.03 Q
16 Nick Fisher  Australia 22.89 Q
17 Fredrik Fortkord  Sweden 22.87 (3.0) Q [1]
18 Walter Bormolini  Italy 22.87 (2.0) Q[1]
19 Juuso Lahtela  Finland 22.31 Q
20 Alexandr Smyshlyaev  Russia 22.18 Q
21 Simone Galli  Italy 21.98
22 Sami Mustonen  Finland 21.57
23 Per Spett  Sweden 21.53
24 Michael Robertson  Australia 21.52
25 Artyom Valinteyev  Russia 21.51
26 Silvan Palazot  France 21.29
27 Ruslan Sharifullin  Russia 21.24
28 Gerhard Blöchl  Germany 21.16
29 Jason Begg-Smith  Australia 20.22
30 Kai Ozaki  Japan 19.7
31 Claudio Bosia  Italy 19.62
32 Yugo Tsukita  Japan 19.13
33 Dmitriy Reiherd  Kazakhstan 18.33
34 Mattia Pegorari  Italy 16.25
35 Vitali Glushchenko  Russia 12.75

^ 1: Fortkord and Bormolini were separated by a tiebreaker, with Fortkord winning to place 17th.

Final

The final took place on the evening of 15 February, with Dale Begg-Smith, the top qualifier and final starter, just beating Mikko Ronkainen for the gold medal.[3]

Rank Athlete Score
 Dale Begg-Smith (AUS) 26.77
 Mikko Ronkainen (FIN) 26.62
 Toby Dawson (USA) 26.30
4  Marc-Andre Moreau (CAN) 25.62
5  Jesper Bjoernlund (SWE) 25.21
6  Jeremy Bloom (USA) 25.17
7  Travis Mayer (USA) 24.91
8  Juuso Lahtela (FIN) 24.42
9  Travis Cabral (USA) 24.38
10  Guilbaut Colas (FRA) 23.60
11  Alexandre Bilodeau (CAN) 23.42
12  Nick Fisher (AUS) 23.39
13  Alexandr Smyshlyaev (RUS) 23.22
14  Chris Wong (CAN) 22.88
15  Christoph Stark (GER) 22.84
16  Janne Lahtela (FIN) 22.65
17  Pierre Ochs (FRA) 21.37
18  Walter Bormolini (ITA) 21.36
19  Fredrik Fortkord (SWE) 20.58
20  Osamu Ueno (JPN) 19.54

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