| Skeleton at the I Winter Youth Olympic Games | |
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| Venue | Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck Igls |
| Dates | 21 January |
| Competitors | 28 from 15 nations |
| Skeleton at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics | ||
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| boys | girls | |
Skeleton at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics was held at the Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck in Igls, Innsbruck, Austria on 16 January. The competition had a boys' and a girls' event.
Each nation can send a maximum of 4 athletes (2 boys and 2 girls). The FIBT ranking will be used to allocate places to NOC's. Participation, for each of the men's and women's competitions, is limited to a total of 15 athletes, including the host nation. The NOC quotas are based on the updated FIBT ranking. Qualification is achieved by the results of athletes, who gain a qualification place for their NOC. Male and female athletes of non represented continents may also participate, with 1 male and 1 female athlete, provided that the maximum quota of 15 men and 15 women is not yet filled [1]
* Host nation (Austria)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Germany (GER) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 |  Austria (AUT)* | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 |  Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| Boys' | Sebastian Berneker Germany | 1:52.73 | Stefan Geisler Austria | 1:54.70 | Corey Gillies Canada | 1:55.82 |
| Girls' | Jacqueline Lölling Germany | 57.43 | Carina Mair Austria | 58.40 | Carli Brockway Canada | 58.48 |
Each nation could send a maximum of 4 athletes (2 boys and 2 girls). The FIBT ranking were used to allocate places to NOC's. Participation, for each of the men's and women's competitions, was limited to a total of 15 athletes, including the host nation. The NOC quotas were based on the updated FIBT ranking which was released by FIBT at a later time. Qualification was achieved by the results of athletes, who gained a qualification place for their NOC. [2]
The FIBT did not release a final list of qualified teams, this is just a list of teams in alphabetical order according to qualification system.
| Event | Vacancies | Qualified |
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| Europe/Africa | 7 | Germany  Italy  Latvia  Romania  Russia  Spain  Switzerland |
| Americas | Canada  Mexico  United States | |
| Asia/Oceania | 3 |  Japan Japan  South Korea |
| Host | 1 | Austria |
| TOTAL | 14 |
The FIBT did not release a final list of qualified teams, this is just a list of teams in alphabetical order according to qualification system.
| Event | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Europe/Africa | 9 | Germany Germany Italy  Netherlands Romania Romania Russia Russia  Slovenia |
| Americas | Canada United States United States | |
| Asia/Oceania | Japan | |
| Host | 1 | Austria |
| TOTAL | 14 |
| NOC | Boys' | Girls' | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Canada | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Germany | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Italy | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Japan | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1 | |
| Mexico | 1 | 1 | |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1 | |
| Romania | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Russia | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1 | |
| Spain | 1 | 1 | |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1 | |
| South Korea | 1 | 1 | |
| United States | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Total athletes | 14 | 14 | 28 |
| Total NOCs | 13 | 10 | 15 |
