Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics
| Skeleton at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games | |
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Alpensia Sliding Centre | |
| Dates | 15–17 February |
| No. of events | 2 (1 men, 1 women) |
| Competitors | 50 from 24 nations |
| Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics | ||
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| Qualification
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| men | women | |
Qualification
A total of 50 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum 30 men and 20 women could qualify. The qualification was based on 3 successive iterations of the world rankings of 14 January 2018.[1]
Competition schedule
The following was the competition schedule for the two skeleton events.[2]
All times are (
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 15 February | 10:00 | Men's singles runs 1 and 2 |
| 16 February | 09:30 | Men's singles runs 3 and 4 |
| 20:20 | Women's singles runs 1 and 2 | |
| 17 February | 20:20 | Women's singles runs 3 and 4 |
Medal summary
Medal table
* Host nation (South Korea)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 |  South Korea* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |  Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Olympic Athletes from Russia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's[3] |
Yun Sung-bin South Korea |
3.20.55 | Nikita Tregubov Olympic Athletes from Russia |
3.22.18 | 3.22.20 | |
| Women's[4] |
Lizzy Yarnold Great Britain |
3:27.28 | 3:27.73 | Laura Deas Great Britain |
3:27.90 | |
Participating nations
A total of 50 athletes from 24 nations (including the IOC's designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) participated.
Australia (2 athletes)
Austria (2)
Belgium (1)
Canada (6)
China (1)
Germany (6)
Ghana (1)
Great Britain (4)
Israel (1)
Italy (1)
Jamaica (1)
Japan (3)
Latvia (3)
Netherlands (1)
New Zealand (1)
Nigeria (1)
Norway (1)
Olympic Athletes from Russia (2)
Romania (2)
South Korea (3)
Spain (1)
Switzerland (1)
Ukraine (1)
United States (4)
References
- International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation. Archived from the original(PDF) on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- POCOG. Archived from the originalon 5 November 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ Men's results
- ^ Women's results
- ^ "XXIII Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 Skeleton - Participation" (PDF). www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 22 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
- ^ Number of Entries by NOC Archived 21 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine pyeongchang2018.com
External links
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