Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics

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

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
16 February	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
3	Olympic Athletes from Russia	0	1	0	1
Totals (4 nations)		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.