Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics

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Skeleton
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Skeleton, PyeongChang 2018.svg
Skeleton pictogram at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Venue Alpensia 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. [1]

Competition schedule

The following was the competition schedule for the two skeleton events. [2]

All times are (UTC+9).

DateTimeEvent
15 February10:00 Men's singles runs 1 and 2
16 February09:30 Men's singles runs 3 and 4
20:20 Women's singles runs 1 and 2
17 February20:20 Women's singles runs 3 and 4

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (South Korea)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1023
2Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea*1001
3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0101
Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia 0101
Totals (4 entries)2226

Events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's [3]
details
Yun Sung-bin
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
3.20.55 Nikita Tregubov
Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia
3.22.18 Dominic Parsons
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
3.22.20
Women's [4]
details
Lizzy Yarnold
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
3:27.28 Jacqueline Lölling
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
3:27.73 Laura Deas
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  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. [5] [6] Eight nations made their Winter Olympics debut in the sport: Belgium, China, Ghana, Jamaica, Netherlands, Israel, Nigeria and Ukraine.

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References

  1. "Qualification Systems for XXIII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018" (PDF). International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation . Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  2. "Schedule". POCOG . Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  3. Men's results
  4. Women's results
  5. "XXIII Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 Skeleton - Participation" (PDF). www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 22 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  6. Number of Entries by NOC pyeongchang2018.com