2006 Winter Olympics / Skeleton - Men

sport	skeleton
discipline	skeleton
gender	Men
Attendees	27 athletes from 19 countries
Competition location	Cesana Pariol
Competition phase	February 17, 2006
Medalist  Duff Gibson ( CAN )  Jeff Pain ( CAN )  Gregor Stähli ( SUI )
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Skeleton competitions at the 2006 Olympics
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The men's skeleton competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in two runs on February 17, 2006.

The Olympic champion was the Canadian Duff Gibson , who at 39 years of age is the oldest winner of an individual sport at the Winter Olympics. He dedicated his gold medal to his late father Andy, who lost the battle against cancer in 2005 after eleven years. Gibson's compatriot Jeff Pain won the silver medal and Gregor Stähli from Switzerland won the bronze medal.

Results

rank	athlete	country	1st run (min)	2nd run (min)	Total (min)	Deficit (s)
1	Duff Gibson	Canada	0: 57.80	0: 58.08	1: 55.88	-
2	Jeff Pain	Canada	0: 57.98	0: 58.16	1: 56.14	+0.26
3	Gregor Stähli	Switzerland	0: 58.39	0: 58.41	1: 56.80	+0.92
4th	Paul Boehm	Canada	0: 58.61	0: 58.45	1: 57.06	+1.18
5	Kristan Bromley	Great Britain	0: 58.35	0: 58.75	1: 57.10	+1.22
6th	Eric Bernotas	United States	0: 58.43	0: 58.76	1: 57.19	+1.31
7th	Martin's course	Latvia	0: 58.79	0: 58.60	1: 57.39	+1.51
8th	Adam Pengilly	Great Britain	0: 58.37	0: 59.09	1: 57.46	+1.58
9	Sebastian Haupt	Germany	0: 58.48	0: 59.10	1: 57.58	+1.70
10	Ben Sandford	New Zealand	0: 59.16	0: 58.60	1: 57.76	+1.88
11	Kazuhiro Koshi	Japan	0: 58.65	0: 59.40	1: 58.05	+2.17
12	Maurizio Oioli	Italy	0: 59.28	0: 59.24	1: 58.52	+2.64
13	Martin Rettl	Austria	0: 59.23	0: 59.53	1: 58.76	+2.88
14th	Philippe Cavoret	France	0: 59.79	0: 59.08	1: 58.87	+2.99
15th	Alexander Tretyakov	Russia	0: 59.71	0: 59.32	1: 59.03	+3.15
16	Markus Penz	Austria	0: 59.55	0: 59.51	1: 59.06	+3.18
17th	Kevin Ellis	United States	0: 59.46	0: 59.75	1: 59.21	+3.33
18th	Masaru Inada	Japan	0: 59.63	0: 59.74	1: 59.37	+3.49
19th	Patrick Singleton	Bermuda	1: 00.06	0: 59.75	1: 59.81	+3.93
20th	David Connolly	Ireland	0: 59.97	1: 00.00	1: 59.97	+4.09
21st	Tyler Botha	South Africa	0: 59.43	1: 00.63	2: 00.06	+4.18
22nd	Shaun Boyle	Australia	1: 00.13	1: 00.00	2: 00.13	+4.25
23	Kang Kwang-bae	South Korea	1: 00.41	0: 59.88	2: 00.29	+4.41
24	Frank Rommel	Germany	0: 59.94	1: 00.41	2: 00.35	+4.47
25th	Chris Soule	United States	1: 00.33	1: 00.90	2: 01.23	+5.35
26th	Nicola Nimac	Croatia	1: 01.86	1: 02.44	2: 04.30	+8.42
27	Patrick Antaki	Lebanon	1: 03.01	1: 01.43	2: 04.44	+8.56

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