This is a complete list of skeletonists who won medals at the Winter Olympics . The skeleton competitions were held in the framework of the seven Olympic Winter Games: 1928, 1948, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018. At the same time, only men competed in 1928 and 1948. A total of 12 sets of awards were played (7 among men and 5 among women). Most of the awards on the account of Americans (9) and British (8).
No athlete managed to win gold in the skeleton twice at the Olympic Games (4 athletes won two medals each, while only Russian Alexander Tretyakov won the gold among these four). Among women, only Elizabeth Yarnold won two gold medals.
American John Heaton (1908-1976) won silver at the Olympics in 1928 (lost only to his brother Jennison ) and managed to repeat his success 20 years later at the 1948 Games. He also has a bronze medal in his bobsleigh at the 1932 Olympic Games.
Men
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
1928 St. Moritz see more | Jennison heaton USA | John heaton USA | David carnegie Great Britain |
1932-1936 | not included in the program of the Olympic Games | ||
1948 St. Moritz see more | Nino Bibbia Italy | John Heaton USA | John Crammond USA |
1952-1998 | not included in the program of the Olympic Games | ||
2002 Salt Lake City see more | Jim Shi USA | Martin röttl Austria | Gregor Shteli Switzerland |
2006 Turin see more | Duff Gibson Canada | Jeff payne Canada | Gregor Shteli Switzerland |
2010 Vancouver see more | John montgomery Canada | Martins Dukurs Latvia | Alexander Tretyakov Russia |
2014 Sochi see more | Alexander Tretyakov Russia | Martins Dukurs Latvia | Matthew Antoine USA |
2018 Pyeongchang see more | Yun Sung Bin South Korea | Nikita Tregubov OCP | Dominic Parsons Great Britain |
- Men's Medal Score
A place | A country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
one | USA | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
2 | Canada | 2 | one | 0 | 3 |
3 | Russia | one | 0 | one | 2 |
four | Italy | one | 0 | 0 | one |
South Korea | one | 0 | 0 | one | |
6 | Latvia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Austria | 0 | one | 0 | one |
OCP | 0 | one | 0 | one | |
9 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Total | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Women
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
2002 Salt Lake City see more | Tristan Gale USA | Lee Ann Parsley USA | Alex Cumber Great Britain |
2006 Turin see more | Maya Pedersen Switzerland | Shelley Rudman Great Britain | Mellis Hollingsworth-Richards Canada |
2010 Vancouver see more | Amy williams Great Britain | Kerstin Shymkovyak Germany | Anya Huber Germany |
2014 Sochi see more | Elizabeth Yarnold Great Britain | Noel Peikus-Pace USA | Elena Nikitina Russia |
2018 Pyeongchang see more | Elizabeth Yarnold Great Britain | Jacqueline Lelling Germany | Laura Dis Great Britain |
- Women's Medal Score
A place | A country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
one | Great Britain | 3 | one | 2 | 6 |
2 | USA | one | 2 | 0 | 3 |
3 | Switzerland | one | 0 | 0 | one |
four | Germany | 0 | 2 | one | 3 |
five | Canada | 0 | 0 | one | one |
Russia | 0 | 0 | one | one | |
Total | five | five | five | 15 |
See also
- Lists of winners of the Olympic Games by sports
Links
- Skeleton at the Olympics (eng.)