Skeleton at the 2002 Winter Olympics
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Michael Bednarek
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Corrected [[:Willi Schneider (skeleton racer)]].
'''[[Skeleton (sport)|Skeleton]]''' returned to the program of the [[Winter Olympic Games]] for the first time in 54 years at the '''[[2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Games]]''' in [[Salt Lake City, Utah|Salt Lake City]]. Both men and women competed, with medals awarded after two runs down the course. Both events were contested on [[February 20]].
==Medal summary==
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}}
|-
|Men's skeleton
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Jimmy Shea|Jim Shea]]|USA|2002 Winter}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Martin Rettl]]|AUT|2002 Winter}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Gregor Stähli]]|SUI|2002 Winter}}
|-
|Women's skeleton
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Tristan Gale]]|USA|2002 Winter}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Lea Ann Parsley]]|USA|2002 Winter}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Alex Coomber]]|GBR|2002 Winter}}
|}
==Results==
===Men===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Rank !!style="width:16em"|Name !!style="width:5em"|Run 1 !!style="width:5em"|Run 2 !!style="width:5em"|Total !!style="width:5em"|Diff.
|-
| [[Image:gold medal icon.svg|1]] ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Jimmy Shea|Jim Shea]]|USA|2002 Winter}} || 50.89 || 51.07 || 1:41.96 || —
|-
| [[Image:silver medal icon.svg|2]] ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Martin Rettl]]|AUT|2002 Winter}} || 51.02 || 50.99 || 1:42.01 || +0.05
|-
| [[Image:bronze medal icon.svg|3]] ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Gregor Stähli]]|SUI|2002 Winter}} || 51.16 || 50.99 || 1:42.15 || +0.19
|-
| 4 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Clifton Wrottesley]]|IRL|2002 Winter}} || 51.07 || 51.50 || 1:42.57 || +0.61
|-
| 5 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Lincoln Dewitt]]|USA|2002 Winter}} || 51.63 || 51.20 || 1:42.83 || +0.87
|-
| 6 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Jeff Pain]]|CAN|2002 Winter}} || 51.51 || 51.41 || 1:42.92 || +0.96
|-
| 7 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Chris Soule]]|USA|2002 Winter}} || 51.89 || 51.09 || 1:42.98 || +1.02
|-
| 8 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Kazuhiro Koshi]]|JPN|2002 Winter}} || 51.50 || 51.52 || 1:43.02 || +1.06
|-
| 9 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Willi Schneider (skeleton racer)|Wilfried Schneider]]|GER|2002 Winter}} || 51.67 || 51.47 || 1:43.14 || +1.18
|-
| 10 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Duff Gibson]]|CAN|2002 Winter}} || 51.40 || 51.76 || 1:43.16 || +1.20
|-
| 11 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Frank Kleber]]|GER|2002 Winter}} || 51.58 || 51.76 || 1:43.34 || +1.38
|-
| 12 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Christian Auer]]|AUT|2002 Winter}} || 51.81 || 51.56 || 1:43.37 || +1.41
|-
| 13 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Kristan Bromley]]|GBR|2002 Winter}} || 52.17 || 51.26 || 1:43.43 || +1.47
|-
| 14 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Snorre Pedersen]]|NOR|2002 Winter}} || 52.07 || 51.70 || 1:43.77 || +1.81
|-
| 15 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Pascal Richard (skeleton racer)|Pascal Richard]]|CAN|2002 Winter}} || 51.98 || 51.86 || 1:43.84 || +1.88
|-
| 16 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Felix Poletti]]|SUI|2002 Winter}} || 51.76 || 52.11 || 1:43.87 || +1.91
|-
| 17 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Philippe Cavoret]]|FRA|2002 Winter}} || 51.92 || 51.96 || 1:43.88 || +1.92
|-
| 18 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Masaru Inada]]|JPN|2002 Winter}} || 52.05 || 51.93 || 1:43.98 || +2.02
|-
| 19 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Christian Steger]]|ITA|2002 Winter}} || 52.25 || 52.15 || 1:44.40 || +2.44
|-
| 20 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Kang Kwang-Bae]]|KOR|2002 Winter}} || 52.11 || 52.40 || 1:44.51 || +2.55
|-
| 21 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Tomass Dukurs]]|LAT|2002 Winter}} || 52.29 || 52.38 || 1:44.67 || +2.71
|-
| 22 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Constantin Aladashvili]]|RUS|2002 Winter}} || 52.92 || 52.67 || 1:45.59 || +3.63
|-
| 23 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Michael Voudouris]]|GRE|2002 Winter}} || 54.11 || 54.33 || 1:48.44 || +6.48
|-
| 24 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Josef Chuchla]]|CZE|2002 Winter}} || 54.02 || 54.64 || 1:48.66 || +6.70
|-
| 25 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Luis Carrasco (skeleton)|Luis Carrasco]]|MEX|2002 Winter}} || 54.32 || 54.66 || 1:48.98 || +7.02
|-
| 26 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[German Glessner]]|ARG|2002 Winter}} || 55.40 || 57.25 || 1:52.65 || +10.69
|}
===Women===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Rank !!style="width:16em"|Name !!style="width:5em"|Run 1 !!style="width:5em"|Run 2 !!style="width:5em"|Total !!style="width:5em"|Diff.
|-
| [[Image:gold medal icon.svg|1]] ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Tristan Gale]]|USA|2002 Winter}} || 52.26 || 52.85 || 1:45.11 || —
|-
| [[Image:silver medal icon.svg|2]] ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Lea Ann Parsley]]|USA|2002 Winter}} || 52.27 || 52.94 || 1:45.21 || +0.10
|-
| [[Image:bronze medal icon.svg|3]] ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Alex Coomber]]|GBR|2002 Winter}} || 52.48 || 52.89 || 1:45.37 || +0.26
|-
| 4 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Diana Sartor]]|GER|2002 Winter}} || 52.55 || 52.98 || 1:45.53 || +0.42
|-
| 5 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Maya Pedersen-Bieri|Maya Pederson]]|SUI|2002 Winter}} || 52.92 || 52.63 || 1:45.55 || +0.44
|-
| 6 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Lindsay Alcock]]|CAN|2002 Winter}} || 52.62 || 53.07 || 1:45.69 || +0.58
|-
|rowspan=2| 7 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Ekaterina Mironova]]|RUS|2002 Winter}} || 52.97 || 52.98 || 1:45.95 || +0.84
|-
|align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Steffi Hanzlik]]|GER|2002 Winter}} || 52.82 || 53.13 || 1:45.95 || +0.84
|-
| 9 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Dany Locati]]|ITA|2002 Winter}} || 53.19 || 53.46 || 1:46.65 || +1.54
|-
| 10 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Michelle Kelly]]|CAN|2002 Winter}} || 53.76 || 53.56 || 1:47.32 || +2.21
|-
| 11 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Liz Couch]]|NZL|2002 Winter}} || 53.62 || 54.18 || 1:47.80 || +2.69
|-
| 12 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Eiko Nakayama]]|JPN|2002 Winter}} || 54.00 || 54.72 || 1:48.72 || +3.61
|-
| 13 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Cindy Ninos]]|GRE|2002 Winter}} || 54.54 || 54.74 || 1:49.28 || +4.17
|}
==Medal table==
{| {{RankedMedalTable}}
|-
| 1 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|USA|2002 Winter}} || 2 || 1 || 0 || 3
|-
| 2 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|AUT|2002 Winter}} || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
|-
|rowspan=2| 3 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|GBR|2002 Winter}} || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
|-
|align=left| {{flagIOCteam|SUI|2002 Winter}} || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
|}
==References==
*[http://www.todor66.com/olim/2002w/Skeleton_Men.html 2002 men's skeleton results]
*[http://www.todor66.com/olim/2002w/Skeleton_Women.html 2002 women's skeleton results]
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