Skeleton at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's

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Women's Skeleton
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Venue Sliding Center Sanki
Dates13–14 February
Competitors20 from 12 nations
Winning time3:52.89
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Lizzy Yarnold Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg Noelle Pikus-Pace Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Elena Nikitina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
  2010
2018  

The women's skeleton event at the 2014 Winter Olympics took place at the Sliding Center Sanki on 13–14 February. [1] In the first run, Lizzy Yarnold established the track record of 58.43 seconds and the start record of 4.95 seconds. The start record was improved to 4.89 seconds in the same run by Elena Nikitina. [2] In the third run, Yarnold improved her own track record to 57.91. [3] Winning all four runs, Yarnold became the Olympic champion; Noelle Pikus-Pace of the United States won silver, and Nikitina became the bronze medalist. Each of them won their first Olympic medal. Yarnold's medal was the first gold medal for Great Britain at the 2014 Olympics. [4]

Standing records

While the IOC does not consider skeleton times eligible for Olympic records, the FIBT does maintain records for both the start and a complete run at each track it competes.[ citation needed ]

Results

TR – Track Record (in italics for previous marks). Top finish in each run is in boldface. For the second and fourth runs, athletes start in reverse order in relation to their current standings.

On 22 November 2017, bronze medalist Elena Nikitina was stripped of her medal and Olga Potylitsina and Maria Orlova were also disqualified. [5] On 1 February 2018, their results were restored as a result of the successful appeal. [6]

RankBibAthleteCountryRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total [7] Behind
Gold medal icon.svg2 Lizzy Yarnold Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 58.43TR58.4657.91 TR58.093:52.89
Silver medal icon.svg1 Noelle Pikus-Pace Flag of the United States.svg  United States 58.68 TR58.6558.2558.283:53.86+0.97
Bronze medal icon.svg12 Elena Nikitina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 58.4858.9658.3358.533:54.30+1.41
415 Katie Uhlaender Flag of the United States.svg  United States 58.8358.7558.4158.353:54.34+1.45
513 Olga Potylitsina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 59.0058.7558.1358.523:54.40+1.51
610 Maria Orlova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 58.9759.0258.3058.433:54.72+1.83
716 Sarah Reid Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 59.1459.1758.2758.153:54.73+1.84
85 Anja Huber Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 59.1759.1358.6358.313:55.24+2.35
94 Janine Flock Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 59.4759.3958.6158.563:56.03+3.14
108 Sophia Griebel Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 59.4359.2058.7458.753:56.12+3.23
119 Katharine Eustace Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 59.5259.4658.6958.543:56.21+3.32
1117 Mellisa Hollingsworth Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 59.6859.7058.6858.153:56.21+3.32
136 Marion Thees Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 59.2559.4258.8958.673:56.23+3.34
1411 Michelle Steele Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 59.4259.4158.7658.693:56.28+3.39
1419 Lelde Priedulēna Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 59.7359.3158.7358.513:56.28+3.39
163 Shelley Rudman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 59.4659.3358.8258.863:56.47+3.58
1714 Lucy Chaffer Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 60.1659.2558.7458.493:56.64+3.75
187 Marina Gilardoni Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 59.7759.7958.7758.413:56.74+3.85
1918 Nozomi Komuro Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 59.9459.8259.2458.763:57.76+4.87
2020 Maria Marinela Mazilu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 59.9959.8959.6359.113:58.62+5.73

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