Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's

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Men's Skeleton
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue Alpensia Sliding Centre, Pyeongchang, South Korea
Dates15–16 February
Competitors30 from 20 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Yun Sung-bin Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Silver medal icon.svg Nikita Tregubov Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia
Bronze medal icon.svg Dominic Parsons Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
  2014
2022  

The men's skeleton event at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place on 15 and 16 February at the Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea. [1]

In the victory ceremony, the medals were presented by Ryu Seung-min, member of the International Olympic Committee, accompanied by Ivo Ferriani, International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation president and member of the International Olympic Committee.

Qualification

30 athletes qualified. Qualification is based on the combined rankings (across all four tours) as of 14 January 2018. The top three countries received three quotas each, the next six received two each and the last nine one each. Men had to be ranked in the top 60, after eliminating non-quota-earning competitors from countries that have earned their maximum quota. Ghana was awarded the continental quota for Africa. [2] Competitors must compete in five races on three tracks during the 2016/17 season or 2017/18 season. [3]

Results

The first two runs were held on 15 February and the last two on 16 February 2018. [4]

TR – Track Record (in italics for previous marks). Top finish in each run is in boldface.

RankBibAthleteCountryRun 1Rank 1Run 2Rank 2Run 3Rank 3Run 4Rank 4TotalBehind
Gold medal icon.svg6 Yun Sung-bin Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 50.28TR150.07TR150.18150.02 TR13:20.55
Silver medal icon.svg10 Nikita Tregubov Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia 50.59250.50450.53550.5623:22.18+1.63
Bronze medal icon.svg16 Dominic Parsons Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 50.85550.41350.33350.6133:22.20+1.65
49 Martins Dukurs Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 50.85550.38250.32250.7653:22.31+1.76
58 Tomass Dukurs Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 50.88750.58550.65650.6343:22.74+2.19
623 Kim Ji-soo Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 50.80450.86650.51450.8163:22.98+2.43
77 Axel Jungk Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 50.77351.01950.83850.99103:23.60+3.05
811 Christopher Grotheer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 51.05951.061151.011050.9383:24.05+3.50
912 Alexander Gassner Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 51.05951.081251.041150.9383:24.10+3.55
1021 Jerry Rice Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 51.061151.151351.041150.99103:24.24+3.69
1113 Matthew Antoine Flag of the United States.svg  United States 51.161250.98850.91951.34143:24.39+3.84
1226 Vladyslav Heraskevych Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 51.261451.161551.211750.8573:24.47+3.92
1324 Geng Wenqiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 51.511950.87751.181551.09123:24.65+4.10
1420 Rhys Thornbury Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 50.90851.031050.65652.14203:24.72+4.17
1517 Vladislav Marchenkov Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia 51.271551.492051.051351.37153:25.18+4.63
1618 John Daly Flag of the United States.svg  United States 51.231351.151451.331851.65193:25.35+4.80
1719 Kevin Boyer Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 51.461851.241651.141451.56173:25.40+4.85
1814 Matthias Guggenberger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 51.381651.291751.812551.25133:25.73+5.18
1927 John Farrow Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 51.642151.311851.402051.53163:25.88+5.33
203 Alexander Henning Hanssen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 51.441751.512251.371951.57183:25.89+5.34
2115 Dave Greszczyszyn Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 51.732351.311851.5721did not advance2:34.61N/A
2225 Hiroatsu Takahashi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 52.002751.502151.19162:34.69
234 Ander Mirambell Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 51.642152.062651.59222:35.29
2422 Barrett Martineau Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 51.942651.762451.70232:35.40
252 Dorin Dumitru Velicu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 51.912551.512352.02272:35.44
2628 Katsuyuki Miyajima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 51.632052.152751.80242:35.58
2729 Joseph Luke Cecchini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 51.882451.802551.96262:35.64
2830 Adam Edelman Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 52.482852.432852.35282:37.26
291 Anthony Watson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 53.132954.042953.35292:40.52
305 Akwasi Frimpong Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 53.973054.463053.69302:42.12

TR – Track Record

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  4. Final results