Skeleton
Facts
| Discipline of | Bobsleigh |
|---|---|
| Participants | 179 |
| NOCs | 37 |
| Competitions held | 12 (Venues) |
| Distinct events | 4 |
| IF | International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation |
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, with events for both men and women.
Lizzy Yarnold (GBR) won gold medals in 2014 and 2018, the only skeleton slider with two gold medals. Through 2018 Aleksandr Tretyakov, Martins Dukurs, Jack Heaton, and Gregor Stähli have all won two skeleton medals.
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 2020 IBSF has 78 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 |
| 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 |
| Germany |  GER |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Latvia |  LAT |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Austria |  AUT |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Russian Olympic Committee |  ROC |
0 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 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 |
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 | 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 | 7 | |
| Skeleton | Women | 5 | |
| Skeleton | Boys | 3 | |
| Skeleton | Girls | 3 |