The women's skeleton competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics took place on February 16 at Cesana Pariol . 15 athletes from 12 different nations took part. The first run started at 5:30 p.m., the second run an hour later.
The Swiss Maya Pedersen-Bieri , who set the best time in both races and was the only one to run a run under a minute, secured the Olympic victory. In addition, set a new track record and achieved a new speed record of 123.1 km / h. Shelley Rudman from Great Britain won silver and Mellisa Hollingsworth from Canada won bronze .