| Skeleton at the XX Olympic Winter Games | |
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| Venue | Cesana Pariol |
| Dates | 16–17 February |
| Competitors | 42 from 21 nations |
| Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics | ||
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The skeleton competition at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games was held at Cesana Pariol in Cesana, Italy on February 16 (women's) and February 17 (men's).
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 |  Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| Men's | Duff Gibson  Canada | 1:55.88 | Jeff Pain Canada | 1:56.14 | Gregor Stähli  Switzerland | 1:56.80 |
| Women's | Maya Pedersen-Bieri Switzerland | 1:59.83 | Shelley Rudman  Great Britain | 2:01.06 | Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards Canada | 2:01.41 |
Twenty-one nations competed in the skeleton events at Torino.
Australia (2)
Austria (2)
Bermuda (1) Canada (5)
Croatia (1)
France (1)
Germany (4) Great Britain (3)
Ireland (1)
Italy (2)
Japan (3)
South Korea (1)
Latvia (1)
Lebanon (1)
Norway (1)
New Zealand (2)
Poland (1)
South Africa (1)
Russia (2) Switzerland (3)
United States (4)
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