Skeleton at the Winter Olympics
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| Governing body | FIBT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Events | 2 (men: 1; women: 1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Skeleton was part of the Winter Olympic Games program when the games were held in St. Moritz in 1928 and again in 1948, but was then removed from the program. The sport discipline was reintroduced at the 2002 Winter Olympics, with both men's and women's events.
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[edit] Events
| Event | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | Years |
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| Men's skeleton | • | • | • | • | • | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Women's skeleton | • | • | • | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total events | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
[edit] Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  United States (USA) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 |  Canada (CAN) |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 |  Great Britain (GBR) |
1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 |  Switzerland (SUI) |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 |  Italy (ITA) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |  Germany (GER) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 |  Austria (AUT) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Latvia (LAT) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 |  Russia (RUS) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Updated after Winter Olympics 2010.
[edit] Nations
Numbers indicate the number of skeleton racers each nation sent to that Olympics.
| Nation | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | Years |
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 Argentina (ARG) |
– | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
 Australia (AUS) |
– | – | – | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Austria (AUT) |
2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
 Bermuda (BER) |
– | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada (CAN) |
– | – | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
 Croatia (CRO) |
– | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
 Czech Republic (CZE) |
– | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
 France (FRA) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany (GER) |
– | – | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Great Britain (GBR) |
1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
 Greece (GRE) |
– | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
 Ireland (IRL) |
– | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy (ITA) |
2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
 Japan (JPN) |
– | – | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Latvia (LAT) |
– | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
 Lebanon (LIB) |
– | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
 Mexico (MEX) |
– | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
 New Zealand (NZL) |
– | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
 Norway (NOR) |
– | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
 Poland (POL) |
– | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
 Romania (ROU) |
– | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia (RUS) |
– | – | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
 Slovenia (SLO) |
– | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
 South Africa (RSA) |
– | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
 South Korea (KOR) |
– | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
 Spain (ESP) |
– | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland (SUI) |
2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| United States (USA) |
2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nations | 6 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
| Skeleton racers | 10 | 15 | 39 | 42 | 48 | |||||||||||||||||
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