Freestyle skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's moguls
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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.[1] 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.[2][3]
Valtellina
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| Venue | Livigno Aerials & Moguls Park, Valtellina | ||||||||||||
| Date | 10, 12 February 2026 | ||||||||||||
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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 | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turns | Air | Time | ||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 13 | Ikuma Horishima |  Japan | 22.63 | 50.4 | 17.48 | 17.54 | 85.42 | QF |
| 2 | 5 | 21 | Julien Viel |  Canada | 23.45 | 48.3 | 14.82 | 16.44 | 79.56 | QF |
| 3 | 6 | 12 | Mikaël Kingsbury | Canada | 22.86 | 46.8 | 15.08 | 17.23 | 79.11 | QF |
| 4 | 18 | 8 | Benjamin Cavet |  France | 22.39 | 49.1 | 11.46 | 17.87 | 78.43 | QF |
| 5 | 3 | 11 | Nick Page |  United States | 23.63 | 46.7 | 14.60 | 16.20 | 77.50 | QF |
| 6 | 7 | 17 | Walter Wallberg |  Sweden | 22.69 | 45.2 | 14.71 | 17.46 | 77.37 | QF |
| 7 | 12 | 5 | Dylan Walczyk | United States | 23.21 | 47.8 | 12.11 | 16.76 | 76.67 | QF |
| 8 | 10 | 20 | Thibaud Mouille | France | 24.10 | 46.2 | 14.77 | 15.56 | 76.53 | QF |
| 9 | 22 | 27 | Pavel Kolmakov |  Kazakhstan | 23.55 | 46.1 | 13.84 | 16.30 | 76.24 | QF |
| 10 | 2 | 15 | Matt Graham |  Australia | 22.89 | 46.3 | 12.28 | 17.19 | 75.77 | QF |
| 11 | 4 | 18 | Charlie Mickel | United States | 23.57 | 46.3 | 12.73 | 16.28 | 75.31 | |
| 12 | 11 | 26 | Landon Wendler | United States | 23.63 | 46.7 | 12.18 | 16.20 | 75.08 | |
| 13 | 21 | 6 | Takuya Shimakawa | Japan | 24.06 | 45.8 | 13.40 | 15.62 | 74.82 | |
| 14 | 17 | 4 | Goshin Fujiki | Japan | 23.65 | 43.1 | 14.41 | 16.17 | 73.68 | |
| 15 | 19 | 24 | Cooper Woods-Topalovic | Australia | 23.48 | 45.8 | 11.47 | 16.40 | 73.67 | |
| 16 | 23 | 1 | Elliott Vallaincourt | Canada | 23.59 | 43.4 | 13.83 | 16.25 | 73.48 | |
| 17 | 20 | 23 | Rasmus Stegfeldt | Sweden | 23.13 | 43.7 | 12.66 | 16.87 | 73.23 | |
| 18 | 15 | 28 | Olli Penttala |  Finland | 23.88 | 42.6 | 13.28 | 15.86 | 71.74 | |
| 19 | 27 | 10 | Rasmus Karjalainen | Finland | 23.40 | 43.8 | 11.25 | 16.51 | 71.56 | |
| 20 | 14 | 22 | Akseli Ahvenainen | Finland | 24.09 | 43.5 | 12.17 | 15.58 | 71.25 | |
| 21 | 13 | 16 | Severi Vierelä | Finland | 23.05 | 41.0 | 13.10 | 16.98 | 71.08 | |
| 22 | 16 | 7 | Taketo Nishizawa | Japan | 23.80 | 45.0 | 9.44 | 15.97 | 70.41 | |
| 23 | 8 | 19 | Jackson Harvey | Australia | 23.55 | 42.5 | 10.46 | 16.30 | 69.26 | |
| 24 | 24 | 29 | Matyáš Kroupa |  Czech Republic | 24.02 | 41.4 | 11.68 | 15.67 | 68.75 | |
| 25 | 28 | 2 | Arthur de Villaucourt | France | 22.62 | 41.0 | 9.76 | 17.56 | 68.32 | |
| 26 | 25 | 3 | George Murphy | Australia | 24.22 | 40.0 | 11.79 | 15.40 | 67.19 | |
| 27 | 9 | 9 | Jung Dae-yoon |  South Korea | 22.73 | 37.3 | 10.80 | 17.41 | 65.51 | |
| 28 | 29 | 30 | Mateo Jeannesson |  Great Britain | 26.86 | 23.0 | 9.79 | 11.85 | 44.64 | |
| 29 | 26 | 25 | Paul Andréa Gay | France | 24.60 | 14.5 | 6.00 | 14.89 | 35.39 | |
| 30 | 30 | 14 | Lee Yoon-seung | South Korea | 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 | Notes | ||
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| Turns | Air | Time | ||||||||||
| 1 | 19 | 15 | Cooper Woods-Topalovic | Australia | 73.67 | 23.28 | 47.1 | 16.69 | 16.67 | 80.46 | 80.46 | QF |
| 2 | 21 | 5 | Takuya Shimakawa | Japan | 74.82 | 23.31 | 46.8 | 14.84 | 16.63 | 78.27 | 78.27 | QF |
| 3 | 4 | 11 | Charlie Mickel | United States | 75.31 | 22.78 | 45.5 | 14.98 | 17.34 | 77.82 | 77.82 | QF |
| 4 | 9 | 7 | Jung Dae-yoon | South Korea | 65.51 | 22.53 | 42.8 | 16.88 | 17.68 | 77.36 | 77.36 | QF |
| 5 | 8 | 12 | Jackson Harvey | Australia | 69.26 | 23.17 | 46.1 | 14.43 | 16.82 | 77.35 | 77.35 | QF |
| 6 | 20 | 14 | Rasmus Stegfeldt | Sweden | 73.23 | 22.30 | 43.8 | 15.12 | 17.99 | 76.91 | 76.91 | QF |
| 7 | 11 | 17 | Landon Wendler | United States | 75.08 | 23.16 | 44.8 | 14.71 | 16.83 | 76.34 | 76.34 | QF |
| 8 | 23 | 1 | Elliott Vallaincourt | Canada | 73.48 | 23.59 | 44.5 | 15.50 | 16.25 | 76.25 | 76.25 | QF |
| 9 | 14 | 13 | Akseli Ahvenainen | Finland | 71.25 | 23.00 | 44.0 | 14.24 | 17.04 | 75.28 | 75.28 | QF |
| 10 | 15 | 18 | Olli Penttala | Finland | 71.74 | 23.19 | 42.5 | 15.99 | 16.79 | 75.28 | 75.28 | QF |
| 11 | 27 | 8 | Rasmus Karjalainen | Finland | 71.56 | 23.29 | 44.1 | 13.89 | 16.65 | 74.64 | 74.64 | |
| 12 | 15 | 6 | Taketo Nishizawa | Japan | 70.41 | 23.77 | 44.4 | 13.54 | 16.01 | 73.95 | 73.95 | |
| 13 | 17 | 4 | Goshin Fujiki | Japan | 73.68 | 23.29 | 32.9 | 15.89 | 16.65 | 65.44 | 73.68 | |
| 14 | 13 | 10 | Severi Vierelä | Finland | 71.08 | 22.99 | 40.7 | 15.89 | 17.06 | 73.65 | 73.65 | |
| 15 | 28 | 2 | Arthur de Villaucourt | France | 68.32 | 24.68 | 42.9 | 15.34 | 14.78 | 73.02 | 73.02 | |
| 16 | 26 | 16 | Paul Andréa Gay | France | 35.39 | 24.45 | 41.1 | 14.35 | 15.09 | 70.54 | 70.54 | |
| 17 | 30 | 9 | Lee Yoon-seung | South Korea | DNF | 23.30 | 41.0 | 11.71 | 16.64 | 69.35 | 69.35 | |
| 18 | 24 | 19 | Matyáš Kroupa | Czech Republic | 68.75 | DNF | 68.75 | |||||
| 19 | 25 | 3 | George Murphy | Australia | 67.19 | 26.32 | 25.8 | 13.25 | 12.58 | 51.63 | 67.19 | |
| 20 | 29 | 20 | Mateo Jeannesson | Great Britain | 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 | Notes | ||
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| Turns | Air | Time | ||||||||
| 1 | 19 | 10 | Cooper Woods-Topalovic | Australia | 22.70 | 48.2 | 17.95 | 17.45 | 83.60 | QF |
| 2 | 6 | 18 | Mikaël Kingsbury | Canada | 23.24 | 48.0 | 17.84 | 16.72 | 82.56 | QF |
| 3 | 2 | 11 | Matt Graham | Australia | 22.59 | 48.0 | 15.96 | 17.60 | 81.56 | QF |
| 4 | 7 | 15 | Walter Wallberg | Sweden | 22.14 | 46.6 | 16.55 | 18.20 | 81.35 | QF |
| 5 | 1 | 20 | Ikuma Horishima | Japan | 22.61 | 48.3 | 14.48 | 17.57 | 80.35 | QF |
| 6 | 3 | 16 | Nick Page | United States | 22.77 | 46.2 | 16.53 | 17.35 | 80.08 | QF |
| 7 | 5 | 19 | Julien Viel | Canada | 22.98 | 46.9 | 16.05 | 17.07 | 80.02 | QF |
| 8 | 8 | 6 | Jackson Harvey | Australia | 22.90 | 48.4 | 14.34 | 17.18 | 79.92 | QF |
| 9 | 10 | 13 | Thibaud Mouille | France | 23.66 | 45.9 | 17.29 | 16.16 | 79.35 | |
| 10 | 18 | 17 | Benjamin Cavet | France | 22.62 | 44.6 | 16.68 | 17.56 | 78.84 | |
| 11 | 15 | 1 | Olli Penttala | Finland | 22.21 | 44.6 | 15.43 | 18.11 | 78.14 | |
| 12 | 4 | 8 | Charlie Mickel | United States | 22.75 | 46.5 | 14.15 | 17.38 | 78.03 | |
| 13 | 12 | 14 | Dylan Walczyk | United States | 22.65 | 46.1 | 14.00 | 17.52 | 77.62 | |
| 14 | 23 | 3 | Elliott Vallaincourt | Canada | 22.24 | 43.5 | 15.28 | 18.07 | 76.85 | |
| 15 | 21 | 9 | Takuya Shimakawa | Japan | 23.22 | 44.7 | 15.09 | 16.75 | 76.54 | |
| 16 | 22 | 12 | Pavel Kolmakov | Kazakhstan | 23.26 | 44.0 | 15.01 | 16.69 | 75.70 | |
| 17 | 11 | 4 | Landon Wendler | United States | 22.52 | 40.7 | 11.81 | 17.69 | 70.20 | |
| 18 | 20 | 5 | Rasmus Stegfeldt | Sweden | 22.05 | 31.4 | 10.47 | 18.32 | 60.19 | |
| 19 | 9 | 7 | Jung Dae-yoon | South Korea | 28.87 | 7.9 | 17.23 | 9.15 | 34.28 | |
| 20 | 14 | 2 | Akseli Ahvenainen | Finland | 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.[4]
| Rank | Bib | Order | Name | Country | Time | Score | Total | Notes | ||
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| Turns | Air | Time | ||||||||
 | 19 | 8 | Cooper Woods-Topalovic | Australia | 22.61 | 48.4 | 17.74 | 17.57 | 83.71 | |
 | 6 | 7 | Mikaël Kingsbury | Canada | 22.79 | 47.7 | 18.68 | 17.33 | 83.71 | |
 | 1 | 4 | Ikuma Horishima | Japan | 22.23 | 48.3 | 17.06 | 18.08 | 83.44 | |
| 4 | 7 | 5 | Walter Wallberg | Sweden | 22.18 | 46.3 | 17.95 | 18.15 | 82.40 | |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | Matt Graham | Australia | 21.84 | 46.0 | 16.27 | 18.61 | 80.88 | |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Julien Viel | Canada | 22.42 | 44.9 | 17.05 | 17.83 | 79.78 | |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Nick Page | United States | 22.30 | 41.8 | 15.21 | 17.99 | 75.00 | |
| 8 | 8 | 1 | Jackson Harvey | Australia | 23.38 | 44.2 | 14.20 | 16.53 | 74.93 | |