2002 Winter Olympics / Skeleton - Women

sport	skeleton
discipline	skeleton
gender	Women
Attendees	13 athletes from 10 countries
Competition location	Utah Olympic Park
Competition phase	February 20, 2002
Medalists  Tristan Gale ( USA )  Lea Ann Parsley ( USA )  Alexandra Coomber ( GBR )
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Skeleton competitions at the 2002 Olympics
Women	Men

For the first time in Olympic history, a women's skeleton competition was held at the 2002 Winter Olympics . The race was held on the track at Utah Olympic Park on February 20 . 13 athletes from 10 different nations started. The first run started at 09:50 a.m., the second run at 11:05 a.m.

Tristan Gale from the United States became the first Olympic champion in skeleton . After the first run, in which she set the fastest time, she was only a hundredth of a second ahead of her compatriot Lea Ann Parsley , who won silver. Gale also set the fastest time in the second run. The bronze medal was won by Alexandra Coomber from Great Britain.

Results

rank	Athlete	country	1st run (s)	2nd run (s)	Total (min)	Deficit (s)
1	Tristan Gale	United States	52.26	52.85	1: 45.11	-
2	Lea Ann Parsley	United States	52.27	52.94	1: 45.21	+0.10
3	Alexandra Coomber	Great Britain	52.48	52.89	1: 45.37	+0.26
4th	Diana Sartor	Germany	52.55	52.98	1: 45.53	+0.42
5	Maya Pedersen-Bieri	Switzerland	52.92	52.63	1: 45.55	+0.44
6th	Lindsay Alcock	Canada	52.62	53.07	1: 45.69	+0.58
7th	Ekaterina Mironova	Russia	52.97	52.98	1: 45.95	+0.84
	Steffi Hanzlik	Germany	52.82	53.13	1: 45.95	+0.84
9	Dany Locati	Italy	53.19	53.46	1: 46.65	+1.54
10	Michelle Kelly	Canada	53.76	53.56	1: 47.32	+2.21
11	Liz couch	New Zealand	53.62	54.18	1: 47.80	+2.69
12	Eiko Nakayama	Japan	54.00	54.72	1: 47.72	+3.61
13	Cindy Ninos	Greece	54.54	54.74	1: 49.28	+4.17

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