Skeleton
Facts
| Discipline of | Bobsleigh |
|---|---|
| Participants | 208 |
| NOCs | 41 |
| Competitions held | 14 (Venues) |
| Distinct events | 4 |
Description
Skeleton is a sledding sport founded on the famed Cresta Run, at St. Moritz, Switzerland. In skeleton, the sliders lie prone on their sleds, face-down. As there was initially only one skeleton track in the world, the sport could only be held when the Olympic Winter Games were held in St. Moritz, in 1928 and 1948. After its second appearance, it was replaced with luge, but the sport made a comeback in 2002 at Salt Lake City, with events for both men and women.
Lizzy Yarnold (GBR) won gold medals in 2014 and 2018, and is still the only skeleton slider with two gold medals. Through 2022, Yarnold, Aleksandr Tretyakov, and Martins Dukurs are the only Olympians with two skeleton medals.
Great Britain and USA leads the gold medal count in this discipline with three. Britain also leads the overall medal count with nine
Skeleton is governed by the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF), which was founded as Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (FIBT) on 23 November 1923, in Paris, and renamed in 2015. As of 2022, IBSF has 74 members.
All-time medal table
Olympic Games
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States |  USA |
3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| Great Britain |  GBR |
3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| Germany |  GER |
2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Canada |  CAN |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Russian Federation |  RUS |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Switzerland |  SUI |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Italy |  ITA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republic of Korea |  KOR |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Latvia |  LAT |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Australia |  AUS |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Austria |  AUT |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| ROC |  ROC |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Netherlands |  NED |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| People's Republic of China |  CHN |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Youth Olympic Games
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | GER |
3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Russian Federation | RUS |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Great Britain | GBR |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Austria | AUT |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Latvia | LAT |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Norway |  NOR |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Canada | CAN |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| France |  FRA |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Switzerland | SUI |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Most successful competitors
Olympic Games
| Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lizzy Yarnold | GBR |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Aleksandr Tretyakov | ROC RUS |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nino Bibbia | ITA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jennison Heaton | USA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tristan Gale | USA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maya Pedersen | SUI |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim Shea, Jr. | USA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Duff Gibson | CAN |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Amy Williams | GBR |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jon Montgomery | CAN |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yun Seong-Bin | KOR |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Christopher Grotheer | GER |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hannah Neise | GER |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Youth Olympic Games
| Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacqueline Lölling | GER |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Anastasiya Tsyganova | RUS |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lukas Nydegger | GER |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sebastian Berneker | GER |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ashleigh Pittaway | GBR |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yevgeny Rukosuyev | ROC RUS |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Elvis Veinbergs | LAT |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Josefa Schellmoser | GER |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Stefan Geisler | AUT |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Carina Mair | AUT |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Hannah Neise | GER |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Alexander Hestengen | NOR |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Event types
| Name | Gender | Still contested? | Times held? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skeleton | Men | 8 | |
| Skeleton | Women | 6 | |
| Skeleton | Boys | 3 | |
| Skeleton | Girls | 3 |