European Skeleton Championship 2012

The 18th European Skeleton Championship will be held on January 6th and 7th, 2012 in Altenberg . It will be held parallel to the fourth race of the 2011/12 World Cup and the 2012 European Bobsleigh Championship. When the European Championship is held during a World Cup, the World Cup rules apply to the race. For men could Martins Dukurs retract his third consecutive title in the women won Anja Huber their total fourth European title.

The numbers in brackets indicate the placements of the World Cup race, which was also ranked and in which non-Europeans also took part.

Women

space	athlete	country	time
1	Anja Huber (1)	Germany	59.87
2	Katharina Heinz (2)	Germany	59.97 +0.10
3	Shelley Rudman (3)	United Kingdom	59.99 +0.12
4th	Marion Thees (4)	Germany	1: 00.12 +0.25
5	Joska Le Conté (11)	Netherlands	1: 01.39 +1.52
6th	Marija Orlowa (13)	Russia	1: 01.66 +1.79
7th	Olga Potylitsyna (16)	Russia	1: 01.83 +1.96
8th	Olga Nikandrowa (17)	Russia	1: 01.87 +2.00
9	Marina Gilardoni (19)	Switzerland	1: 02.24 +2.37
10	Amy Williams (20)	United Kingdom	1: 02.26 +2.39
11	Janine Flock (21)	Austria	1: 02.31 +2.44
12	Lelde Priedulēna (22)	Latvia	1: 02.54 +2.67
13	Barbara Hosch (23)	Switzerland	1: 02.70 +2.83
14th	Michaela Gläßer (24)	Czech Republic	1: 02.82 +2.95
15th	Maria Mazilu (25)	Romania	1: 04.01 +4.14
16	Delia Andreea Ivas (26)	Romania	1: 05.42 +5.55

Date: January 7th, 2012
There were 26 athletes at the start, 16 of them competed for the European Championship.

Heavy snowfalls led to the subsequent cancellation of the first run, as the athletes had very unequal conditions. The decision was finally made in just one final run.

Men

space	athlete	country	Terms	time
1	Martin's Dukurs (1)	Latvia	57.18 (1) 56.97 (1)	1: 54.15
2	Tomass Dukurs (2)	Latvia	57.95 (2) 57.27 (2)	1: 55.22 +1.07
3	Alexander Kröckel (3)	Germany	58.07 (3) 57.75 (4)	1: 55.82 +1.67
4th	Frank Rommel (4)	Germany	58.16 (4) 57.91 (6)	1: 56.07 +1.92
5	Alexander Gassner (5)	Germany	58.28 (5) 57.81 (5)	1: 56.09 +1.94
6th	Alexander Tretyakov (6)	Russia	58.87 (12) 57.70 (3)	1: 56.57 +2.42
7th	Sergei Tschudinow (7)	Russia	58.56 (7) 58.18 (8)	1: 56.74 +2.59
8th	Adam Pengilly (8)	United Kingdom	58.31 (6) 58.46 (11)	1: 56.77 +2.62
9	Matthias Guggenberger (9)	Austria	58.60 (8) 58.33 (10)	1: 56.93 +2.78
10	Raphael Maier (11)	Austria	58.74 (9) 58.26 (9)	1: 57.00 +2.85
11	Kristan Bromley (14)	United Kingdom	58.92 (14) 58.54 (13)	1: 57.46 +3.31
12	Anže Šetina (16)	Slovenia	59.19 (16) 58.85 (18)	1: 58.04 +3.89
13	Maurizio Oioli (18)	Italy	59.72 (18) 58.93 (19)	1: 58.65 +4.50
14th	Ander Mirambell (19)	Spain	59.97 (19) 58.69 (17)	1: 58.66 +4.51
15th	Lukas Kummer (20)	Switzerland	1: 00.01 (20) 59.53 (20)	1: 59.54 +5.39
16	Michael Höfer (23)	Switzerland	1: 00.57 (23)
17th	Silviu Alexandru Mesarosi (25)	Romania	1: 00.72 (25)
18th	Giovanni Mulassano (26)	Italy	1: 00.77 (26)
19th	Alexandros Kefalas	Greece	1: 01.52

Date: January 6th, 2012
There were 27 athletes at the start of the World Cup, 19 of whom competed for the European Championship.

Web links

• Results men (PDF file, 133 kB)
• Results women (PDF file, 129 kB)

Remarks

1. ↑ Kefalas did not take part in the race as part of the World Cup, but only as part of the European Championships.