Skeleton at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's

Men's Skeleton
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
VenueSliding Center Sanki
Dates14–15 February
Competitors27 from 16 nations
Winning time3:44.29
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aleksandr Tretyakov  Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Martins Dukurs  Latvia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Matthew Antoine  United States

The men's skeleton event at the 2014 Winter Olympics took place at the Sliding Center Sanki on 14–15 February.[1]

The gold medal won in this event featured Chelyabinsk meteor fragments to commemorate the first anniversary of this meteor strike.[2]

Competition

In the first run, Aleksandr Tretyakov established the track record (55.95) and the start record (4.47).[3]

Results

TR – Track Record. Top finish in each run is in boldface.

On 22 November 2017, gold medalist Aleksandr Tretyakov was stripped of his gold medal.[4] On 27 November 2017, the results by Sergey Chudinov were annulled as well.[5] On 1 February 2018, their results were restored as a result of the decision of CAS[6]

RankBibAthleteCountryRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalBehind
1st place, gold medalist(s)5Aleksandr Tretyakov Russia55.95 TR56.0456.2856.023:44.29
2nd place, silver medalist(s)3Martins Dukurs Latvia56.1856.3756.2656.293:45.10+0.81
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2Matthew Antoine United States56.8956.9556.6956.733:47.26+2.97
44Tomass Dukurs Latvia57.0357.0656.7556.743:47.58+3.29
58Sergey Chudinov Russia56.9857.0456.8656.713:47.59+3.30
617Nikita Tregubov Russia57.4456.9656.5756.653:47.62+3.33
76John Fairbairn Canada57.3456.9256.9156.963:48.13+3.84
811Kristan Bromley Great Britain57.2457.0257.1756.743:48.17+3.88
97Alexander Kröckel Germany57.2157.3657.0356.693:48.29+4.00
1013Dominic Parsons Great Britain57.2357.1757.0056.963:48.36+4.07
111Frank Rommel Germany57.1956.9557.3357.003:48.47+4.18
1210Hiroatsu Takahashi Japan57.5357.1057.1356.983:48.74+4.45
1314Eric Neilson Canada57.4157.0157.2557.103:48.77+4.48
1416Matthias Guggenberger Austria57.7057.1257.2456.943:49.00+4.71
159John Daly United States56.9156.6756.9958.543:49.11+4.82
1618Yun Sungbin South Korea57.5457.0257.9057.113:49.57+5.28
1723John Farrow Australia57.8457.7357.7557.353:50.67+6.38
1820Maurizio Oioli Italy57.6957.2757.8557.873:50.68+6.39
1915Raphael Maier Austria57.8357.5157.9557.573:50.86+6.57
2026Ben Sandford New Zealand58.0057.7557.7957.673:51.21+6.92
2112Kyle Tress United States57.8558.1357.762:53.74
2219Yuki Sasahara Japan58.2258.0757.912:54.20
2322Alexandros Kefalas Greece58.2058.3358.222:54.75
2424Lee Hansin South Korea58.4158.1258.642:55.17
2527Dorin Dumitru Velicu Romania58.7258.4458.912:56.07
2625Ander Mirambell Spain58.5858.7258.802:56.10
2721Sean Greenwood Ireland57.9965.1158.223:01.32

References

  1. "Skeleton Schedule and Results". SOOC. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  2. Augustine, Bernie (25 July 2013). "Select gold medals at Sochi Olympics will include meteorite fragments to commemorate Russian meteor strike". New York Daily News.
  3. "Skeleton – Men's Heat 1". Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. Archived from the original on 14 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  4. "Decision issued by the IOC Disciplinary Commission" (PDF). olympic.org. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  5. "Russian doping: IOC bans five more Winter Olympic athletes". BBC Sport. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  6. "The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) delivers its decisions in the matter of 39 Russian athletes v/the IOC: 28 appeals upheld, 11 partially upheld" (PDF). Court of Arbitration for Sport. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
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