Skeleton at the Winter Olympics

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Skeleton at the Winter Olympics
Skeleton pictogram.svg
Governing bodyIBSF
Events2 (men: 1; women: 1)
Games
  • 1956
  • 1960
  • 1964
  • 1968
  • 1972
  • 1976
  • 1980
  • 1984
  • 1988
  • 1992
  • 1994
  • 1998

Skeleton is a winter sport featured in the Winter Olympics where the competitor rides head-first and prone (lying face down) on a flat sled. It is normally run on an ice track that allows the sled to gain speed by gravity. It was first contested at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz and again in 1948 Winter Olympics, after which it was discontinued as an Olympic sport. Skeleton was reintroduced at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, with both men's and women's events, and has been held in each Winter Olympic competition since. Skeleton is so-named as the first metal sleds introduced in 1892 were said to resemble a human skeleton.

The sport is similar to, but not to be confused with, luge, another form of sled racing where the competitor rides on the back and feet-first. Often using the same courses, the racing physics are not identical.

Great Britain is the only nation to have won a medal every time skeleton has featured at the Olympic Games, and has won at least one medal in each of the five contests of Women's skeleton since its introduction with five different athletes.

Summary[]

Games Year Events Best Nation
2 1928 1  United States
5 1948 1  Italy
19 2002 2  United States
20 2006 2  Canada
21 2010 2  Canada
 Great Britain
22 2014 2  Russia
23 2018 2  Great Britain
24 2022 2  Germany

Events[]

Event 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 Years
Men's skeleton • • • • • • • • 7
Women's skeleton • • • • • • 5
Total events 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2

Medal table[]

Main article: List of Olympic medalists in skeleton

Sources (after the 2022 Winter Olympics):[1]
Accurate as of 2022 Winter Olympics.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)3418
2 Great Britain (GBR)3159
3 Germany (GER)2316
4 Canada (CAN)2114
5 Russia (RUS)1023
 Switzerland (SUI)1023
7 Italy (ITA)1001
 South Korea (KOR)1001
9 Latvia (LAT)0202
10 Australia (AUS)0101
 Austria (AUT)0101
 Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR)0101
13 China (CHN)0011
 Netherlands (NED)0011
Totals (14 nations)14141442

Nations[]

Numbers indicate the number of skeleton racers each nation sent to that Olympics.

Nation 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 Years
 Argentina (ARG) 1 1
 Australia (AUS) 2 3 3 2 4
 Austria (AUT) 2 1 2 2 1 3 2 7
 Belgium (BEL) 1 1
 Bermuda (BER) 1 1
 Canada (CAN) 5 5 6 4 6 5
 China (CHN) 1 1
 Croatia (CRO) 1 1
 Czech Republic (CZE) 1 1
 France (FRA) 1 1 1 1 1 5
 Germany (GER) 4 4 6 5 6 5
 Ghana (GHA) 1 1
 Great Britain (GBR) 1 4 2 3 4 4 4 7
 Greece (GRE) 2 1 2
 Ireland (IRL) 1 1 1 1 4
 Israel (ISR) 1 1
 Italy (ITA) 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 7
 Jamaica (JAM) 1 1
 Japan (JPN) 3 3 3 3 3 5
 Latvia (LAT) 1 1 2 3 3 5
 Lebanon (LIB) 1 1
 Mexico (MEX) 1 1
 Netherlands (NED) 1 1
 New Zealand (NZL) 1 2 3 2 1 5
 Nigeria (NGR) 1 1
 Norway (NOR) 1 1 1 1 4
 Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) 2 1
 Poland (POL) 1 1
 Romania (ROU) 1 2 2 3
 Russia (RUS) 2 2 4 6 4
 Slovenia (SLO) 1 1
 South Africa (RSA) 1 1
 South Korea (KOR) 1 1 2 3 4
 Spain (ESP) 1 1 1 3
 Switzerland (SUI) 2 4 3 3 2 1 1 7
 Ukraine (UKR) 1 1
 United States (USA) 2 4 5 4 5 5 4 7
Nations 6 6 19 21 19 17 24
Skeleton racers 10 15 39 42 48 47 50

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-02-20.

External links[]

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