title: Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics
text: # Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics
  
  The freestyle skiing competition of the 1998 Winter Olympics was held at Iizuna Kogen Ski Area. There were four events, taking place between 8 and 18 February 1998.
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  ### Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | United States (USA) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
  | 2 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 3 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 4 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 4 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 4 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 7 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 7 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 7 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
  
  ### Men's Events
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | moguls details | Jonny Moseley United States | 26.93 | Janne Lahtela Finland | 26.00 | Sami Mustonen Finland | 25.76 |
  | aerials details | Eric Bergoust United States | 255.64 | Sébastien Foucras France | 248.79 | Dmitry Dashchinsky Belarus | 240.79 |
  
  ### Women's Events
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | moguls details | Tae Satoya Japan | 25.06 | Tatjana Mittermayer Germany | 24.62 | Kari Traa Norway | 24.09 |
  | aerials details | Nikki Stone United States | 193.00 | Xu Nannan China | 186.97 | Colette Brand Switzerland | 171.83 |
  
  ## Participating NOCs
  
  Twenty-five nations participated in freestyle skiing at Nagano. Armenia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, New Zealand and Portugal made their debuts in the sport.
  
  * Armenia (1)
  * Australia (5)
  * Austria (2)
  * Belarus (6)
  * Canada (12)
  * China (5)
  * Czech Republic (1)
  * Denmark (1)
  * Finland (4)
  * France (7)
  * Great Britain (3)
  * Germany (3)
  * Italy (2)
  * Japan (7)
  * Kazakhstan (2)
  * Norway (2)
  * New Zealand (2)
  * Portugal (1)
  * Russia (9)
  * Slovenia (1)
  * Sweden (8)
  * Switzerland (4)
  * Ukraine (7)
  * United States (14)
  * Uzbekistan (1)
  