| Skeleton on 2010 Winter Olympics  | ||||
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| Men | Women | |||
| Qualification | ||||
← 2006 2014 → | ||||
Skeleton competitions at the 2010 Winter Olympics were held on February 18 and 19 . Two sets of awards were played.
Four of the six winners of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin took part in the competition, but they were all left without medals. Representatives of Germany, Latvia and Russia for the first time won Olympic medals in this sport.
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Medals
Overall classification
( Bold indicates the largest number of medals in its category; the host country is also highlighted)
| Total number of medals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A place | A country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| one | Great Britain | one | 0 | 0 | one |
| Canada | one | 0 | 0 | one | |
| 3 | Germany | 0 | one | one | 2 |
| four | Latvia | 0 | one | 0 | one |
| five | Russia | 0 | 0 | one | one |
Medalists
Olympic podium in the female skeleton (from left to right): Kerstin Shimkovyak, Amy Williams and Anya Huber
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | John Montgomery Canada | Martins Dukurs Latvia | Alexander Tretyakov Russia |
| Women | Amy williams Great Britain | Kerstin Shimkovyak Germany | Anya Huber Germany |
Sports venues
| Whistler Luge Center |
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| Sixth turn of the route |
| Capacity: 12,000 |
Competition Schedule
Time shown is for the Pacific Time Zone ( UTC-8 ).
| Day | date | Start | Ending | Type of competition | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7th | Thursday, 02/18/2010 | 16:00 | 9 p.m. | Women | Races 1-2 |
| Men | Races 1-2 | ||||
| 8th | Friday, 19-02-2010 | 15:45 | 20:30 | Women | Races 3-4 |
| Men | Races 3-4 |