Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Skeleton at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games | |
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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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Qualification
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men | women | |
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 |
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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 |
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1 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals (4 nations) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Events[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Men's[3] |
Yun Sung-bin![]() |
3.20.55 | Nikita Tregubov![]() |
3.22.18 | Dominic Parsons![]() |
3.22.20 |
Women's[4] |
Lizzy Yarnold![]() |
3:27.28 | Jacqueline Lölling![]() |
3:27.73 | Laura Deas![]() |
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[]
- ^ "Qualification Systems for XXIII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018" (PDF). International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ "Schedule". POCOG. 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. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
- ^ Number of Entries by NOC pyeongchang2018.com
External links[]
- Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Skeleton at the Winter Olympics
- 2018 Winter Olympics events
- 2018 in skeleton
- Skeleton competitions in South Korea