Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics

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Skeleton

at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Skeleton, Pyeongchang 2018.svg
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 PyeongchangSouth 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[edit]

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 the world rankings of 14 January 2018.[1]

Competition schedule[edit]

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[edit]

Medal table[edit]

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Great Britain (GBR) 1 0 2 3
2  South Korea (KOR) 1 0 0 1
3  Germany (GER) 0 1 0 1
 Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) 0 1 0 1
Total 2 2 2 6

Events[edit]

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[edit]

A total of 50 athletes from 24 nations (including the IOC’s designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) participated. The number of athletes each National Olympic Committee (NOC) entered are shown in parentheses.[5][6] Seven nations made their Winter Olympics debut in the sport: Belgium, China, Ghana, Jamaica, Netherlands, Nigeria and Ukraine.

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