Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Skeleton at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Skeleton pictogram at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Venue	Alpensia Sliding Centre
Dates	15–17 February 2018
No. of events	2 (1 men, 1 women)
Competitors	50 from 24 nations

Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea. The events were scheduled to take place between 15 and 17 February 2018. A total of two skeleton events were held, one each for men and women.

Qualification

Main article: Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics – 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 (UTC+9).

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] details	Yun Sung-bin  South Korea	3.20.55	Nikita Tregubov  Olympic Athletes from Russia	3.22.18	Dominic Parsons  Great Britain	3.22.20
Women's[4] details	Lizzy Yarnold  Great Britain	3:27.28	Jacqueline Lölling  Germany	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.^[5][6] Eight nations made their Winter Olympics debut in the sport: Belgium, China, Ghana, Jamaica, Netherlands, Israel, Nigeria and Ukraine.

•  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

1. "Qualification Systems for XXIII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018" (PDF). International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
2. "Schedule". POCOG. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
3. "Men's results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
4. "Women's results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
5. "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.
6. Number of Entries by NOC Archived 21 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine pyeongchang2018.com

External links

• Official Results Book – Skeleton