Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics


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.

Competition schedule

The following was the competition schedule for the two skeleton events.
All times are.
DateTimeEvent
15 February10:00Men's singles runs 1 and 2
16 February09:30Men's singles runs 3 and 4
16 February20:20Women's singles runs 1 and 2
17 February20:20Women's singles runs 3 and 4

Medal summary

Medal table

Events

Participating nations

A total of 50 athletes from 24 nations participated. The number of athletes each National Olympic Committee entered are shown in parentheses. Eight nations made their Winter Olympics debut in the sport: Belgium, China, Ghana, Jamaica, Netherlands, Israel, Nigeria and Ukraine.
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