Skeleton at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's

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

Men's Skeleton
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
VenueSliding Center Sanki
Dates14–15 February
Competitors27 from 16 nations
Winning time3:44.29
Medalists
Aleksandr Tretyakov  Russia
Martins Dukurs  Latvia
Matthew Antoine  United States

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
5Aleksandr Tretyakov Russia55.95 TR56.0456.2856.023:44.29
3Martins Dukurs Latvia56.1856.3756.2656.293:45.10+0.81
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

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