Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's

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]

Men's Skeleton
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueAlpensia Sliding Centre, Pyeongchang, South Korea
Dates15–16 February
Competitors30 from 20 nations
Medalists
Yun Sung-bin  South Korea
Nikita Tregubov  Olympic Athletes from Russia
Dominic Parsons  Great Britain

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
6Yun Sung-bin South Korea50.28 TR150.07 TR150.18150.02 TR13:20.55
10Nikita Tregubov Olympic Athletes from Russia50.59250.50450.53550.5623:22.18+1.63
16Dominic Parsons Great Britain50.85550.41350.33350.6133:22.20+1.65
49Martins Dukurs Latvia50.85550.38250.32250.7653:22.31+1.76
58Tomass Dukurs Latvia50.88750.58550.65650.6343:22.74+2.19
623Kim Ji-soo South Korea50.80450.86650.51450.8163:22.98+2.43
77Axel Jungk Germany50.77351.01950.83850.99103:23.60+3.05
811Christopher Grotheer Germany51.05951.061151.011050.9383:24.05+3.50
912Alexander Gassner Germany51.05951.081251.041150.9383:24.10+3.55
1021Jerry Rice Great Britain51.061151.151351.041150.99103:24.24+3.69
1113Matthew Antoine United States51.161250.98850.91951.34143:24.39+3.84
1226Vladyslav Heraskevych Ukraine51.261451.161551.211750.8573:24.47+3.92
1324Geng Wenqiang China51.511950.87751.181551.09123:24.65+4.10
1420Rhys Thornbury New Zealand50.90851.031050.65652.14203:24.72+4.17
1517Vladislav Marchenkov Olympic Athletes from Russia51.271551.492051.051351.37153:25.18+4.63
1618John Daly United States51.231351.151451.331851.65193:25.35+4.80
1719Kevin Boyer Canada51.461851.241651.141451.56173:25.40+4.85
1814Matthias Guggenberger Austria51.381651.291751.812551.25133:25.73+5.18
1927John Farrow Australia51.642151.311851.402051.53163:25.88+5.33
203Alexander Henning Hanssen Norway51.441751.512251.371951.57183:25.89+5.34
2115Dave Greszczyszyn Canada51.732351.311851.5721Did not advance2:34.61N/A
2225Hiroatsu Takahashi Japan52.002751.502151.19162:34.69
234Ander Mirambell Spain51.642152.062651.59222:35.29
242Dorin Dumitru Velicu Romania51.912551.512352.02272:35.40
2522Barrett Martineau Canada51.942651.762451.70232:35.44
2628Katsuyuki Miyajima Japan51.632052.152751.80242:35.58
2729Joseph Luke Cecchini Italy51.882451.802551.96262:35.64
2830Adam Edelman Israel52.482852.432852.35282:37.26
291Anthony Watson Jamaica53.132954.042953.35292:40.52
305Akwasi Frimpong Ghana53.973054.463053.69302:42.12

TR – Track Record

References

  1. "Venues". www.pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  2. "Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - Men's Skeleton - IBSF 14 January 2018" (PDF). www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  3. "Qualification Systems for XXIII Olympic Winter Games, PyeonChang 2018 Skeleton" (PDF). International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF). Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  4. Final results
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