| Skeleton at the Winter Youth Olympics | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Governing body | IBSF |
| Events | 2 (boys: 1; girls: 1; mixed: 0) |
| Games | |
Skeleton was inducted at the Youth Olympic Games at the inaugural edition in 2012. [1]
A total of two events are held, one event each for boys and girls, matching their Winter Olympics counterpart.
| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Innsbruck | Sebastian Berneker  Germany | Stefan Richard Geisler  Austria | Corey Gillies  Canada |
| 2016 Lillehammer | Evgenii Rukosuev  Russia | Alexander Hestengen  Norway | Robin Schneider Germany |
| 2020 Lausanne | Lukas Nydegger Germany | Elvis Veinbergs  Latvia | Livio Summermatter  Switzerland |
| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Innsbruck | Jacqueline Lölling Germany | Carina Mair Austria | Carli Brockway Canada |
| 2016 Lillehammer | Ashleigh Fay Pittaway  Great Britain | Hannah Neise Germany | Agathe Bessard  France |
| 2020 Lausanne | Anastasiia Tsyganova Russia | Josefa Schellmoser Germany | Sissi Schrödl Germany |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Germany (GER) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Russia (RUS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 |  Austria (AUT) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 |  Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |  Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 |  France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
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