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[edit] Who attends the FIS Freestyle World Championships?
[edit] NATIONS PARTICIPATING IN THE FIS FREESTYLE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
1. ARG Argentina
2. AUS Australia
3. AUT Austria
4. BEL Belgium
5. BLR Belarus
6. CAN Canada
7. CHN China
8. CZE Czech Republic
9. DAN Denmark
10. FIN Finland
11. FRA France
12. GBR Great Britain
13. GER Germany
14. GRE Greece
15. HUN Hungary
16. ITA Italy
17. JPN Japan
18. KOR Korea
19. LAT Latvia
20. LIE Liechtenstein
21. KAZ Kazakhstan
22. MKD Macedonia
23. NED Netherlands
24. NOR Norway
25. NZE New Zealand
26. POR Portugal
27. POL Poland
28. RUS Russia
29. RSA South Africa
30. SLO Slovenia
31. SPA Spain
32. SUI Switzerland
33. SVK Slovakia
34. SWE Sweden
35. UZB Uzbekistan
36. UKR Ukraine
37. USA United States of America
38. YUG Yugoslavia
[edit] SUMMARY TABLE OF NATIONS THAT HAVE COMPETED FROM 1986 - 2007
38 Nations have attended at least once in the past Championships
AUSTRAL / ASIA: 3 Nations (Korea started to competition in 2005)
SCANDINAVIA: All of the nations in Scandinavia have competed
EUROPE: All of the Major Ski Nations have competed
NORTH AMERICA: Both Nations have competed
SOUTH AMERICA: 2 Nation has entered competitors
AFRICA: South Africa has participated
[edit] ANALYSIS
20 nations have won medals (1st, 2nd or 3rd place results) from 4 different Continents.
For Men’s medals, 18 nations have been on the podium. Canada is ranked first followed by France and the USA. These 3 nations account for 63% the medals.
For Ladies medals, 16 nations have been on the podium. USA is ranked first followed by Canada, Norway and France.
USA has the most medals with some 54, then followed by Canada with 51
North America has 41.8% of the medals
Europe has 24.3% of the medals
The top European Nation is France, and then followed by Switzerland.
France has 34 medals; Switzerland has 17 while Germany has 11.
Scandinavia accounts for some 34 medals or 13.5%.
Norway has the highest number of medals in Scandinavia with 13, and then followed by Sweden 12 and Finland with 6.
Russia and the ex Soviet block nations accounting some 11 medals.
The addition of Ski Cross and Halfpipe has started to change these figures since the strong nations in these events are, CZE, SUI, FRA, ITA, GER, AUT, SWE and FIN.
CHN is also seen as a dominant force in Aerials in winning two medals in Ruka and two gold medals in Madonna di Campiglio.
If Europe and Scandinavia were added together, they would have 111 medals, which would equal or slightly surpass that of North America. If you added in Eastern Europe, then the total could would be 130
Asia with Japan is at 4 (1 Silver 3 Bronze) and then China at 4 (3 gold, 1 Bronze) are recent nations that have started to win medals
Eastern Europe accounts for some 7.6% of the medals.
Australia has also seen some recent success, first in ladies Aerials now in Men’s moguls with of 9 medals (4 Gold, 2 Silver, and 3 Bronze).
USA has 20 gold medals, while Canada has 18 and France has 14 each.
USA has the highest number of silver medals with 17.
Canada has won more bronze medals (19) than any other nation
[edit] Also see
- What are the FIS Freestyle World Championship?
- Why Host the FIS Freestyle World Championships?
- When and Where have the FIS Freestyle World Championships been held?
- Where have they been held FIS Freestyle World Championships
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