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Skeleton is one of the Olympic sport disciplines contested at the Winter Olympic Games. [1] It was introduced at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz – the birthplace of skeleton [2] – in the form of a men's event contested over four runs. [3] Dropped from the 1932 and 1936 Winter Olympics program, skeleton returned in 1948, when St ...
In October 1999, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) added the discipline to the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics sports program, with both men's and women's events, and has been held in each Winter Olympic competition since. [1] In June 2022, the IOC added a third event, the mixed team, to the sports program at the 2026 Winter Olympics. [2] [3]
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Skeleton at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held at the Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track in Yanqing District, China. The events took place between 10 and 12 February 2022. A total of two skeleton events were held, one each for men and women. [1] A total of 50 quotas (25 per gender) were distributed to the sport, the same as the 2018 Winter ...
The World Ranking list as of January 16, 2022 will be used to distribute the quotas. Athletes will be ranked by their best seven results. At total of two countries in each gender will qualify the maximum of three athletes, while six countries will qualify two athletes and seven countries will qualify one quota.
The qualification was based on the 2009/2010 FIBT ranking list from January 17, 2010. A slider must be in the top 60 to be eligible for the Olympics. All current quota places are pending re-allocation of unwanted quotas and re-allocation quotas will go to unrepresented continents in priority. [7]
Pages in category "Olympic gold medalists for the United States in skeleton" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:American skeleton racers. It includes American skeleton racers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.