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Moguls, Men

Date	8 – 11 February 1998
Status	Olympic
Location	Iizuna Kogen Resort, Iizuna
Participants	33 from 13 countries
Details	Gradient: 26.5° Length: 250 m Start Elevation: 1270 m Vertical Drop: 105 m Width: ?

The defending champion, Jean-Luc Brassard (CAN) had won two of the five World Cup events in the 1997-98 season, and was considered a co-favorite with Jonny Moseley (USA), who had won the other three. Moseley led the qualifying, with the surprising Finn cousins, Janne Lahtela and Sami Mustonen, in second and third, respectively. Neither of the Finns had ever medaled at a World Cup event. Brassard placed seventh in the qualifying. In the final, Lahtela and Mustonen again surprised, placing 1-2 until Moseley made his run. But Moseley won the gold medal comfortably. He had the fastest run of the final and the highest point score, using his signature “helicopter cross,” a 360° twist with crossed skis. Lahtela would return in 2002 to win the gold medal. He competed at every Olympic moguls competition thru 2006. Moseley would also return in 2002 and placed fourth at Salt Lake. Brassard placed fourth in Nagano, hurt by his air points score.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	–	Jonny Moseley	USA	26.53 (1)	26.93 (1)	Gold
2	–	Janne Lahtela	FIN	25.43 (2)	26.00 (2)	Silver
3	–	Sami Mustonen	FIN	25.16 (3)	25.76 (3)	Bronze
4	–	Jean-Luc Brassard	CAN	24.73 (7)	25.52 (4)
5	–	Lauri Lassila	FIN	24.53 (9)	25.43 (5)
6	–	Jesper Rönnbäck	SWE	24.16 (14)	25.32 (6)
7	–	Ryan Johnson	CAN	25.12 (5)	25.25 (7)
8	–	Stéphane Rochon	CAN	24.62 (8)	25.01 (8)
9	–	Kurre Lansburgh	SWE	25.14 (4)	24.71 (9)
10	–	Alex Wilson	USA	24.32 (10)	24.68 (10)
11	–	Julien Regnier-Lafforgue	FRA	24.20 (12)	24.64 (11)
12	–	Fabrice Ougier	FRA	24.26 (11)	24.22 (12)
13	–	Gota Miura	JPN	24.14 (15)	23.06 (13)
14	–	Patrik Sundberg	SWE	24.19 (13)	23.00 (14)
15	–	Daigo Hara	JPN	24.04 (16)	12.13 (15)
16	–	Thony Hemery	FRA	25.06 (6)	– (DNF)
17	–	Dominick Gauthier	CAN	23.90 (17)	–
18	–	Yugo Tsukita	JPN	23.81 (18)	–
19	–	Armen Rafayelyan	ARM	23.49 (19)	–
20	–	Olivier Cotte	FRA	23.46 (20)	–
21	–	Adrian Costa	AUS	23.45 (21)	–
22	–	Roger Hållander	SWE	23.35 (22)	–
23	–	Jim Moran	USA	22.90 (23)	–
24	–	Yevgeny Sennikov	RUS	22.76 (24)	–
25	–	Richard Ussher	NZL	20.75 (25)	–
26	–	Aleksey Bannikov	KAZ	20.18 (26)	–
27	–	Andrey Ivanov	RUS	18.73 (27)	–
28	–	Tim Dudgeon	GBR	16.32 (28)	–
29	–	Aleh Kulieshou	BLR	11.13 (29)	–
30	–	Takehiro Sakamoto	JPN	8.68 (30)	–
31	–	Evan Dybvig	USA	4.55 (31)	–
DNF	–	Vitaly Glushchenko	RUS	– (DNF)	–
DNF	–	Sam Temple	GBR	– (DNF)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	8 – 11 February 1998 — 11:00
Format	Top 16 finishers advanced to final.
Judge #1 (Turns)	Harry Ganja	CAN
Judge #2 (Turns)	Martine Kohly	FRA
Judge #3 (Turns)	Miki Miyazaki	JPN
Judge #4 (Turns)	Morten Skarpaas	NOR
Judge #5 (Turns)	Philip Richard	SUI
Judge #6 (Air)	Reinhard Krampfl	GER
Judge #7 (Air)	Hans Kasnik	AUT
Attendance	4,997

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Turns Points	Air Points	Time Points	Time	Judge 1 (Turns) Score	Judge 2 (Turns) Score	Judge 3 (Turns) Score	Judge 4 (Turns) Score	Judge 5 (Turns) Score	Judge 6 (Air) Score	Judge 7 (Air) Score
1	7	Jonny Moseley	USA	26.53	13.2	7.20	6.13	25.78	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.3	4.2	7.35	7.05	Q
2	13	Janne Lahtela	FIN	25.43	13.3	6.52	5.61	27.58	4.4	4.6	4.4	4.5	4.3	6.60	6.45	Q
3	16	Sami Mustonen	FIN	25.16	13.0	6.52	5.64	27.47	4.2	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.4	6.75	6.30	Q
4	29	Kurre Lansburgh	SWE	25.14	13.2	6.55	5.39	28.31	4.3	4.6	4.3	4.4	4.5	6.48	6.63	Q
5	19	Ryan Johnson	CAN	25.12	12.6	7.03	5.49	27.98	4.2	4.0	4.3	4.1	4.4	7.18	6.88	Q
6	21	Thony Hemery	FRA	25.06	13.5	5.55	6.01	26.18	4.5	4.8	4.3	4.6	4.4	5.70	5.40	Q
7	27	Jean-Luc Brassard	CAN	24.73	13.1	5.97	5.66	27.40	4.4	4.2	4.3	4.4	4.5	6.06	5.88	Q
8	2	Stéphane Rochon	CAN	24.62	13.1	6.07	5.45	28.11	4.3	4.2	4.3	4.5	4.5	5.85	6.30	Q
9	26	Lauri Lassila	FIN	24.53	13.2	6.15	5.18	29.03	4.4	4.3	4.5	4.2	4.6	6.45	5.85	Q
10	17	Alex Wilson	USA	24.32	12.2	6.67	5.45	28.10	4.4	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	6.75	6.60	Q
11	18	Fabrice Ougier	FRA	24.26	12.4	6.30	5.56	27.72	4.2	4.2	4.0	3.9	4.2	6.30	6.30	Q
12	8	Julien Regnier-Lafforgue	FRA	24.20	13.0	5.77	5.43	28.20	4.1	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.5	5.70	5.85	Q
13	32	Patrik Sundberg	SWE	24.19	12.2	6.30	5.69	27.30	4.0	3.8	4.1	4.1	4.1	6.30	6.30	Q
14	12	Jesper Rönnbäck	SWE	24.16	12.4	6.22	5.54	27.81	4.0	4.2	3.8	4.2	4.2	6.30	6.15	Q
15	25	Gota Miura	JPN	24.14	12.9	6.04	5.20	28.97	4.1	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.2	5.91	6.18	Q
16	11	Daigo Hara	JPN	24.04	12.6	6.37	5.07	29.42	4.5	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.4	6.38	6.36	Q
17	15	Dominick Gauthier	CAN	23.90	13.1	5.37	5.43	28.19	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.2	5.59	5.16
18	14	Yugo Tsukita	JPN	23.81	12.1	5.62	6.09	25.90	4.0	4.0	4.2	4.1	3.7	5.55	5.70
19	10	Armen Rafayelyan	ARM	23.49	12.2	5.17	6.12	25.81	3.8	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	5.40	4.95
20	6	Olivier Cotte	FRA	23.46	12.1	6.07	5.29	28.66	4.1	4.2	3.9	3.7	4.1	6.00	6.15
21	5	Adrian Costa	AUS	23.45	11.1	6.37	5.98	26.29	3.7	4.0	3.8	3.6	3.5	6.45	6.30
22	23	Roger Hållander	SWE	23.35	11.6	5.92	5.83	26.80	3.8	4.1	3.9	3.8	3.9	6.00	5.85
23	1	Jim Moran	USA	22.90	11.5	5.93	5.47	28.05	3.8	3.8	4.0	3.9	3.8	6.00	5.87
24	3	Yevgeny Sennikov	RUS	22.76	11.3	6.00	5.46	28.08	4.0	3.6	3.8	3.4	3.9	5.55	6.45
25	28	Richard Ussher	NZL	20.75	11.1	5.32	4.33	31.96	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.9	5.40	5.25
26	33	Aleksey Bannikov	KAZ	20.18	9.9	5.10	5.18	29.06	2.8	3.5	3.6	3.0	3.4	4.80	5.40
27	22	Andrey Ivanov	RUS	18.73	7.2	5.85	5.68	27.34	2.4	2.8	2.9	1.9	2.0	5.85	5.85
28	4	Tim Dudgeon	GBR	16.32	8.3	3.88	4.14	32.64	2.6	2.4	2.8	2.9	3.2	3.69	4.07
29	20	Aleh Kulieshou	BLR	11.13	3.0	4.50	3.63	34.37	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.4	0.6	4.44	4.56
30	30	Takehiro Sakamoto	JPN	8.68	2.0	4.12	2.56	38.07	1.1	0.3	0.7	0.2	1.0	4.05	4.20
31	24	Evan Dybvig	USA	4.55	1.7	2.85	0.00	0.00	0.1	1.1	1.0	0.1	0.6	3.15	2.55
DNF	9	Vitaly Glushchenko	RUS	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DNF	31	Sam Temple	GBR	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Final Round

Date	8 – 11 February 1998 — 12:00
Judge #1 (Turns)	Harry Ganja	CAN
Judge #2 (Turns)	Martine Kohly	FRA
Judge #3 (Turns)	Miki Miyazaki	JPN
Judge #4 (Turns)	Morten Skarpaas	NOR
Judge #5 (Turns)	Philip Richard	SUI
Judge #6 (Air)	Reinhard Krampfl	GER
Judge #7 (Air)	Hans Kasnik	AUT
Attendance	7,346

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Turns Points	Air Points	Time Points	Time	Judge 1 (Turns) Score	Judge 2 (Turns) Score	Judge 3 (Turns) Score	Judge 4 (Turns) Score	Judge 5 (Turns) Score	Judge 6 (Air) Score	Judge 7 (Air) Score
1	16	Jonny Moseley	USA	26.93	14.5	7.12	5.31	25.10	4.9	4.7	4.9	5.0	4.7	7.05	7.20
2	15	Janne Lahtela	FIN	26.00	14.3	6.45	5.25	25.30	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.9	4.9	6.45	6.45
3	14	Sami Mustonen	FIN	25.76	14.4	6.60	4.76	26.77	4.8	4.9	4.8	4.7	4.8	6.75	6.45
4	10	Jean-Luc Brassard	CAN	25.52	14.4	5.85	5.27	25.22	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.8	4.8	6.15	5.55
5	8	Lauri Lassila	FIN	25.43	13.8	6.67	4.96	26.17	4.4	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	6.60	6.75
6	3	Jesper Rönnbäck	SWE	25.32	13.7	6.37	5.25	25.28	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.6	4.3	6.30	6.45
7	12	Ryan Johnson	CAN	25.25	13.8	6.88	4.57	27.35	4.7	4.3	4.7	4.6	4.5	7.03	6.73
8	9	Stéphane Rochon	CAN	25.01	13.4	6.15	5.46	24.64	4.5	4.4	4.5	4.4	4.6	6.30	6.00
9	13	Kurre Lansburgh	SWE	24.71	13.5	6.27	4.94	26.23	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.7	4.4	6.21	6.33
10	7	Alex Wilson	USA	24.68	13.4	6.37	4.91	26.31	4.5	4.3	4.7	4.4	4.5	6.45	6.30
11	5	Julien Regnier-Lafforgue	FRA	24.64	13.6	6.00	5.04	25.93	4.3	4.7	4.5	4.4	4.7	6.00	6.00
12	6	Fabrice Ougier	FRA	24.22	13.4	5.77	5.05	25.88	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.6	5.85	5.70
13	2	Gota Miura	JPN	23.06	13.3	5.44	4.32	28.11	4.6	4.3	4.6	4.1	4.4	5.52	5.37
14	4	Patrik Sundberg	SWE	23.00	12.1	5.77	5.13	25.66	4.2	3.9	4.1	3.9	4.1	5.40	6.15
15	1	Daigo Hara	JPN	12.13	6.0	2.86	3.27	31.27	2.0	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.80	2.93
DNF	11	Thony Hemery	FRA	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–