Freestyle skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's aerials
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The Men's Aerials event in freestyle skiing
at the 2002 Winter Olympics
in Salt Lake City, United States
took place on February 16 and February 19 at Park City
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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 16 and February 19 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 16, with 25 skiers competing. The top 12 advanced to the final.| Rank | Name | Country | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | Notes |
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| 1 | Alexei Grishin | 130.38 | 121.38 | 251.76 | Q | |
| 2 | Eric Bergoust Eric Bergoust Eric Bergoust is an American freestyle skier. In 1998 Bergoust participated at the 1998 Winter Olympics held in Nagano, Japan where he won a gold medal in coaching the tu-paj and mac bohonnon the freestyle ski jump .... |
127.71 | 116.59 | 244.30 | Q | |
| 3 | Joe Pack Joe Pack Joe Pack is an American freestyle skier and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, in aerials.Pack is a Latter-day Saint.-References:... |
124.82 | 118.44 | 243.28 | Q | |
| 4 | Steve Omischl Steve Omischl Steve Omischl is a Canadian freestyle skier.Omischl competes in aerials, and made his World Cup debut in December 1999, finishing with a silver medal at an event in Blackcomb... |
115.92 | 126.38 | 242.30 | Q | |
| 5 | Dmitri Rak | 115.83 | 125.04 | 240.87 | Q | |
| 6 | Andy Capicik | 118.65 | 121.04 | 239.69 | Q | |
| 7 | Jeret Peterson Jeret Peterson Jeret "Speedy" Peterson was an American World Cup aerial skier from Boise, Idaho, skiing out of Bogus Basin. A three-time Olympian, he won the silver medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Peterson was found dead in Lambs Canyon, Utah on July 25, 2011... |
119.91 | 117.48 | 237.39 | Q | |
| 8 | Aleš Valenta Aleš Valenta Aleš Valenta is a Czech freestyle skier who participates in aerials.On February 19, 2002, he won the Winter Olympics gold medal in the freestyle aerials competition where he succeeded to perform the first triple back flip with five twists in the world.-External links: Official Official on Ales... |
119.48 | 115.03 | 234.51 | Q | |
| 9 | Jeff Bean Jeff Bean Jeff Bean is a Canadian freestyle skier.Bean competes in aerials, and made his World Cup debut in January 1996, and made his first World Cup podium later that season, finishing third in Kirchberg... |
122.82 | 107.46 | 230.28 | Q | |
| 10 | Brian Currutt | 104.08 | 121.93 | 226.01 | Q | |
| 11 | Stanislav Kravchuk | 111.02 | 114.66 | 225.68 | Q | |
| 12 | Dmitri Dashinski | 98.56 | 121.38 | 219.94 | Q | |
| 13 | Christian Kaufmann | 111.78 | 103.12 | 214.90 | ||
| 14 | Vladimir Lebedev Vladimir Lebedev Vladimir Lebedev is a Russian freestyle skier who competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Lebedev won bronze in the men's aerials event.-References:... |
101.46 | 112.38 | 213.84 | ||
| 15 | Dmitry Arkhipov | 91.89 | 120.81 | 212.70 | ||
| 16 | Nicolas Fontaine Nicolas Fontaine Nicolas Fontaine is a Canadian freestyle skier. He was born in Magog, Quebec. He competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, where he placed sixth in aerials. He also competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano and at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.-References:... |
89.89 | 122.59 | 212.48 | ||
| 17 | Miha Gale | 96.81 | 96.39 | 193.20 | ||
| 18 | Qiu Sen | 93.75 | 93.67 | 187.42 | ||
| 19 | Ou Xiaotao | 88.55 | 86.46 | 175.01 | ||
| 20 | Taku Nakanishi | 79.89 | 83.00 | 162.89 | ||
| 21 | Martin Walti | 81.59 | 78.97 | 160.56 | ||
| 22 | Enver Ablaev | 102.87 | 53.97 | 156.84 | ||
| 23 | Alexander Mikhailov | 70.98 | 75.65 | 146.63 | ||
| 24 | Han Xiaopeng Han Xiaopeng Han Xiaopeng is a freestyle skier who competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, and won gold in the men's aerials event. In this discipline he also won the World Championships in 2007. Despite these great achievements, he has yet to win a World Cup competition... |
73.71 | 71.20 | 144.91 | ||
| 25 | Clyde Getty Clyde Getty Clyde Getty is an Argentine freestyle skier.-Early life:Getty was born in the United States to Argentinian parents.-Career:Getty competed in the Torino Olympics Men's freestyle skiing and was the oldest competitor at the event.... |
60.32 | 56.70 | 117.02 |
Final
The final took place on February 19.| Rank | Athlete | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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127.04 | 129.98 | 257.02 | |
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129.49 | 122.15 | 251.64 | |
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129.71 | 121.48 | 251.19 | |
| 4 | 128.60 | 122.37 | 250.97 | |
| 5 | 125.49 | 120.81 | 246.30 | |
| 6 | 123.93 | 121.26 | 245.19 | |
| 7 | 127.04 | 117.25 | 244.29 | |
| 8 | 117.18 | 126.60 | 243.78 | |
| 9 | 112.56 | 125.49 | 238.05 | |
| 10 | 98.41 | 127.93 | 226.34 | |
| 11 | 100.34 | 121.70 | 222.04 | |
| 12 | 130.38 | 88.11 | 218.49 |