Freestyle skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's moguls

Men's moguls
at the XXV Olympic Winter Games
VenueLivigno Aerials & Moguls Park,
Valtellina
Date10, 12 February 2026
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Cooper Woods-Topalovic  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mikaël Kingsbury  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ikuma Horishima  Japan

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.

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
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
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.[2]

Rank Bib Order Name Country Time Score Total Notes
Turns Air Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) 19 8 Cooper Woods-Topalovic  Australia 22.61 48.4 17.74 17.57 83.71
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 7 Mikaël Kingsbury  Canada 22.79 47.7 18.68 17.33 83.71
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

References

  1. ^ "2026 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version - Freestyle Skiing". Retrieved 3 February 2026.
  2. ^ "Australia's Cooper Woods upsets Mikael Kingsbury for men's moguls gold".