Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Skeleton
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Skeleton pictogram at the 2018 Winter Olympics
VenueAlpensia Sliding Centre
Dates15–17 February
No. of events2 (1 men, 1 women)
Competitors50 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.

Competition schedule

The following was the competition schedule for the two skeleton events.

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)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain1023
2 South Korea*1001
3 Germany0101
 Olympic Athletes from Russia0101
Totals (4 entries)2226

Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's
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
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. Eight nations made their Winter Olympics debut in the sport: Belgium, China, Ghana, Jamaica, Netherlands, Israel, Nigeria and Ukraine.


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