Skeleton at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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Skeleton
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Skeleton pictogram.svg
Venue Sliding Center Sanki, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Dates 13–15 February 2014
Competitors 47 from 17 nations
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← 2010
Skeleton at the
2014 Winter Olympics
Skeleton pictogram.svg
Events
men  women

Skeleton at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the Sliding Center Sanki near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. The events were held between 13 and 15 February 2014. A total of two skeleton events were held.[1]

Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for all events.[2]

All times are (UTC+4).

Date Time Event
13 February 11:30 Women's singles runs 1 and 2
14 February 16:30 Men's singles runs 1 and 2
Women's singles runs 3 and 4
15 February 18:45 Men's singles runs 3 and 4

Medal summary

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Russia (RUS) 1 0 1 2
2  Great Britain (GBR) 1 0 0 1
3  United States (USA) 0 1 1 2
4  Latvia (LAT) 0 1 0 1
Total 2 2 2 6

Medalist

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's
details
Alexander Tretiakov
 Russia
3:44.29 Martins Dukurs
 Latvia
3:45.10 Matthew Antoine
 United States
3:47.26
Women's
details
Lizzy Yarnold
 Great Britain
3:52.89 Noelle Pikus-Pace
 United States
3:53.86 Elena Nikitina
 Russia
3:54.30

Qualification

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A total of 50 quota spots were availabled to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum 30 men and 20 women might qualify. The qualification was based on the world rankings of 19 January 2014.[3]

Participating nations

47 athletes from 17 nations participated, with number of athletes in parentheses.

References

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