2006 Winter Olympics / Skeleton

Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics
information
venue	Cesana Torinese
Competition venue	Cesana Pariol
Nations	21st
Athletes	42 (27 , 15 )
date	16.-17. February 2006
decisions	2
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At the XX. During the 2006 Winter Olympics, there were two skeleton competitions. The venue was the Cesana Pariol railway near the village of Cesana Torinese , 97 kilometers west of Turin . It was 1435 meters long, had 19 curves and overcame a difference in altitude of 114 meters; top speeds of up to 130 km / h were achieved. The spectator capacity along the route was 7,000 (including 3,624 seats).

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Canada	1	1	1	3
2	Switzerland	1	-	1	2
3	Great Britain	-	1	-	1

Medalist

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Men	Duff Gibson	Jeff Pain	Gregor Stähli
Women	Maya Pedersen-Bieri	Shelley Rudman	Mellisa Hollingsworth

Results

(all runtimes in seconds, total times in minutes)

Men

→ Main article : 2006 Winter Olympics / Skeleton - Men

space	country	athlete	1st run	2nd run	total
1	CAN	Duff Gibson	57.80	58.08	1: 55.88
2	CAN	Jeff Pain	57.98	58.16	1: 56.14
3	SUI	Gregor Stähli	58.39	58.41	1: 56.80
4th	CAN	Paul Boehm	58.61	58.45	1: 57.06
5	GBR	Kristan Bromley	58.35	58.75	1: 57.10
6th	United States	Eric Bernotas	58.43	58.76	1: 57.19
7th	LAT	Martin's course	58.79	58.60	1: 57.39
8th	GBR	Adam Pengilly	58.37	59.09	1: 57.46
9	GER	Sebastian Haupt	58.48	59.10	1: 57.58
10	NZL	Ben Sandford	59.16	58.60	1: 57.76
11	JPN	Kazuhiro Koshi	59.28	59.24	1: 58.52
12	ITA	Maurizio Oioli	59.28	59.24	1: 58.52
13	AUT	Martin Rettl	59.23	59.53	1: 58.76
14th	FRA	Philippe Cavoret	59.79	59.08	1: 58.87
15th	RUS	Alexander Tretyakov	59.71	59.32	1: 59.03
16	AUT	Markus Penz	59.55	59.51	1: 59.06
17th	United States	Kevin Ellis	59.46	59.75	1: 59.21
18th	JPN	Masaru Inada	59.63	59.74	1: 59.37
19th	BER	Patrick Singleton	60.06	59.75	1: 59.81
20th	IRL	David Connolly	59.97	60.00	1: 59.97
21st	RSA	Tyler Botha	59.43	60.63	2: 00.06
22nd	OUT	Shaun Boyle	60.13	60.00	2: 00.13
23	COR	Kang Kwang-bae	60.41	59.88	2: 00.29
24	GER	Frank Rommel	59.94	60.41	2: 00.35
25th	United States	Chris Soule	60.33	60.90	2: 01.23
26th	CRO	Nicola Nimac	61.86	62.44	2: 04.30
27	LIB	Patrick Antaki	63.01	61.43	2: 04.44

Date: February 17, 2006, 5:30 p.m. (1st run), 7:00 p.m. (2nd run)

27 participants from 19 countries, all in the ranking.

At 39 years of age, the Canadian Duff Gibson was the oldest winner of an individual sport at the Winter Olympics. He set the fastest time in both rounds.

Women

→ Main article : 2006 Winter Olympics / Skeleton - Women

space	country	sportswoman	1st run	2nd run	total
1	SUI	Maya Pedersen-Bieri	59.64	60.19	1: 59.83
2	GBR	Shelley Rudman	60.57	60.49	2: 01.06
3	CAN	Mellisa Hollingsworth	60.39	61.02	2: 01.41
4th	GER	Diana Sartor	60.29	61.40	2: 01.69
5	ITA	Costanza Zanoletti	60.99	61.18	2: 02.17
6th	United States	Katie Uhlaender	60.87	61.43	2: 02.30
7th	SUI	Tanja Morel	60.85	61.65	2: 02.50
8th	GER	Anja Huber	61.12	61.44	2: 02.56
9	NOR	Desirée Bjerke	60.92	61.70	2: 02.62
10	CAN	Lindsay Alcock	61.26	61.59	2: 02.85
11	RUS	Svetlana Trunova	61.23	61.83	2: 03.06
12	NZL	Louise Corcoran	61.06	62.03	2: 03.09
13	OUT	Michelle Steele	61.26	62.21	2: 03.47
14th	JPN	Eiko Nakayama	61.82	62.10	2: 03.92
15th	POLE	Monika Wołowiec	62.31	62.99	2: 05.30

Date: February 16, 2006, 5:30 p.m. (1st run), 6:30 p.m. (2nd run)

15 participants from 12 countries, all in the ranking.

The Swiss Maya Pedersen-Bieri won the gold medal with ease. She set the best time in both races, was the only one to run a run under a minute, set a new track record and set a new speed record of 123.1 km / h.

Web links

• Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official results (PDF; 2.5 MB)