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{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Skeleton
|games = 2010 Winter
|image = Skeleton pictogram.svg
|image_size = 100px
|venue = [[Whistler Sliding Centre]]
|dates = 18–19 February 2010
|competitors = 48
|nations = 19
|prev = [[Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006]]
|next = [[Skeleton at the 2014 Winter Olympics|2014]]
}}
{{Skeleton at the 2010 Winter Olympics}}
The [[Skeleton (sport)|skeleton]] competition of the [[2010 Winter Olympics|Vancouver 2010 Olympics]] was held at [[Whistler Sliding Centre]]. The events were held between the 18 and 19 February 2010. This event was expanded to four runs over two days beginning at these Olympic Games.

== Medal summary ==
[[File:Martins Dukurs, Jon Montgomery, and Alexander Tretiakov.jpg|right|thumb|205px|From left to right: [[Martins Dukurs]] of [[Latvia at the 2010 Winter Olympics|Latvia]] (silver), [[Jon Montgomery]] of [[Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics|Canada]] (gold), and [[Aleksandr Tretyakov (skeleton racer)|Aleksandr Tretyakov]] of [[Russia at the 2010 Winter Olympics|Russia]] (bronze) with the medals they earned in [[Skeleton at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's|men's skeleton]].]]
[[File:Kerstin Szymkowiak Amy Williams and Anja Huber2.jpg|right|thumb|205px|From left to right: [[Kerstin Szymkowiak]] of [[Germany at the 2010 Winter Olympics|Germany]] (silver), [[Amy Williams]] of [[Great Britain at the 2010 Winter Olympics|Great Britain]] (gold) and [[Anja Huber]] of Germany (bronze) with the medals they earned in [[Skeleton at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's|women's skeleton]].]]

=== Medal table ===
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = flagIOCteam
 | event          = 2010 Winter
 | team           = 
 | gold_CAN = 1 | silver_CAN = 0 | bronze_CAN = 0
 | gold_GBR = 1 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 0
 | gold_GER = 0 | silver_GER = 1 | bronze_GER = 1
 | gold_LAT = 0 | silver_LAT = 1 | bronze_LAT = 0
 | gold_RUS = 0 | silver_RUS = 0 | bronze_RUS = 1
}}

==Events==
Two skeleton events were held at Vancouver 2010:

{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|Men's<br>{{DetailsLink|Skeleton at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Jon Montgomery]]|CAN|2010 Winter}}||3:29.73
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Martins Dukurs]]|LAT|2010 Winter}}||3:29.80
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Aleksandr Tretyakov (skeleton racer)|Aleksandr Tretyakov]]|RUS|2010 Winter}}||3:30.75
|-
|Women's<br>{{DetailsLink|Skeleton at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Amy Williams]]|GBR|2010 Winter}}||3:35.64
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Kerstin Szymkowiak]]|GER|2010 Winter}}||3:36.20
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Anja Huber]]|GER|2010 Winter}}||3:36.36
|}

==Competition schedule==
<small>All times are [[Pacific Time Zone|Pacific Standard Time]] ([[UTC-8]]).</small>

{| class=wikitable
! Day !! Date !! Start !! Finish !! Event !! Phase
|- 
|rowspan=2| Day 7 ||rowspan=2| Thursday, 2010-02-18 ||rowspan=2| 16:00 ||rowspan=2| 21:00 || Women || Runs 1-2
|-
|| Men || Runs 1-2
|-
|rowspan=2| Day 8 ||rowspan=2| Friday, 2010-02-19 ||rowspan=2| 15:45 ||rowspan=2| 20:30 || '''Women''' ||| '''Runs 3-4'''
|-
|| '''Men''' || '''Runs 3-4'''
|}

==Practice==
Practice was scheduled to begin 15 February 2010 with the field being named the night before. 28 men and 22 women were scheduled to compete. Each skeleton racer was allowed six training runs.<ref>{{FIBT link|url1 = http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=88&tx_ttnews|bracket1 = tt_news|url2 = =1271&tx_ttnews|bracket2 = backPid|url3 = =2&cHash=f25a48339f|title = Skeleton Training Set to Begin Monday.}} (14 February 2010 article accessed 14 February 2010.)</ref> Canada's [[Mellissa Hollingsworth]] and [[Jon Montgomery]] had the fastest first and second runs for the women's and men's practice time on the 15th respectively with the third and fourth runs taking place on the 16th.<ref>{{FIBT link|url1 = http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=88&tx_ttnews|bracket1 = tt_news|url2 = =1286&tx_ttnews|bracket2 = backPid|url3 = =2&cHash=d2ef9313d1|title = Hollingsworth, Montgomery Lead Skeleton Training.}} (15 February 2010 article accessed 16 February 2010.)</ref> It also marked the first time that training had resumed on the entire length of the Sliding Centre since the death of [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] [[luge]]r [[Nodar Kumaritashvili]] three days earlier.<ref>[https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vancouver/skeleton/news;_ylt=AhUp69BAoQ7K2Kc3r7jmlGAssrV_?slug=reu-skeletontrack_pix&prov=reuters&type=lgns "Full fury of Whistler unleashed again".] - Yahoo! Sports 15 February 2010 article written by Martyn Herman accessed 16 February 2010.</ref> Montgomery and Hollingsworth had the fastest times on the 16th with the last training runs taking place on 17th at 09:00 PST.<ref>{{FIBT link|url1 = http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=88&tx_ttnews|bracket1 = tt_news|url2 = =1296&tx_ttnews|bracket2 = backPid|url3 = =2&cHash=54fa8f2a96|title = Canadian Skeleton Team Tops Day Two Training.}} (16 February 2010 article accessed 17 February 2010.)</ref> On the 17th, both Hollingsworth and Montgomery had the fastest runs again.<ref>{{FIBT link|url1 = http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=88&tx_ttnews|bracket1 = tt_news|url2 = =1301&tx_ttnews|bracket2 = backPid|url3 = =2&cHash=0c828b8ab8|title = Hollingsworth, Montgomery Solidify Favorite Status in Skeleton.}} (18 February 2010 article accessed 18 February 2010.)</ref>

==Qualifying==
===Qualified nations===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! Nations 
! Men's
! Women's
! Total
|-
| align="left" | {{flagIOC|AUS|2010 Winter}} || 1 || 2 || 3
|-
| align="left" | {{flagIOC|AUT|2010 Winter}} || 1 || 0 || 1
|-
| align="left" | {{flagIOC|CAN|2010 Winter}} || 3 || 3 || 6
|-
| align="left" | {{flagIOC|FRA|2010 Winter}} || 1 || 0 || 1
|-
| align="left" | {{flagIOC|GER|2010 Winter}} || 3 || 3 || 6
|-
| align="left" | {{flagIOC|GBR|2010 Winter}} || 2 || 2 || 4
|-
| align="left" | {{flagIOC|IRL|2010 Winter}} || 1 || 0 || 1
|-
| align="left" | {{flagIOC|ITA|2010 Winter}} || 1 || 1 || 2
|-
| align="left" | {{flagIOC|JPN|2010 Winter}} || 2 || 1 || 3
|-
| align="left" | {{flagIOC|LAT|2010 Winter}} || 2 || 0 || 2
|-
| align="left" | {{flagIOC|NZL|2010 Winter}} || 2 || 1 || 3
|-
| align="left" | {{flagIOC|NOR|2010 Winter}} || 0 || 1 || 1
|-
| align="left" | {{flagIOC|ROU|2010 Winter}} || 0 || 1 || 1
|-
| align="left" | {{flagIOC|RUS|2010 Winter}} || 2 || 2 || 4
|-
| align="left" | {{flagIOC|SLO|2010 Winter}} || 1 || 0 || 1
|-
| align="left" | {{flagIOC|KOR|2010 Winter}} || 1 || 0 || 1
|-
| align="left" | {{flagIOC|ESP|2010 Winter}} || 1 || 0 || 1
|-
| align="left" | {{flagIOC|SUI|2010 Winter}} || 1 || 1 || 2
|-
| align="left" | {{flagIOC|USA|2010 Winter}} || 3 || 2 || 5
|-
!Total: 19 NOCs 
! 28
! 20
! 48 <ref>the official website</ref>
|}

===Men's qualification===
The qualification was based on the 2009/2010 FIBT ranking list from January 17, 2010. A slider must be in the top 60 to be eligible for the Olympics. All current quota places are pending re-allocation of unwanted quotas and re-allocation quotas will go to unrepresented continents in priority.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fibt.com/fileadmin/Newsletter_PDFs/Olympic%20Quotas_Final/Men%27s%20Skeleton%20Quotas.pdf|date=26 January 2010|title=FIBT men's skeleton quota allocation for the 2010 Winter Olympics|accessdate=27 January 2010}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable" 
|-
! Nation !! Sliders<br>qualified!! FIBT<br>rankings
|- 
| {{flagIOC|GER|2010 Winter}} || rowspan = 3 align = "center"| 3 || 2 + 3 + '''8'''
|-
| {{flagIOC|CAN|2010 Winter}} || 4 + 10 + '''12'''
|-
| {{flagIOC|USA|2010 Winter}} || 7 + 11 + '''15'''
|-
| {{flagIOC|LAT|2010 Winter}} || rowspan = 7 align = "center"| 2 || 1 + '''5'''
|-
| {{flagIOC|GBR|2010 Winter}} ||  6 + '''13'''
|-
| {{flagIOC|RUS|2010 Winter}} || 9 + '''21'''
|-
| {{flagIOC|SUI|2010 Winter}} || 22 + '''30'''
|-
| {{flagIOC|JPN|2010 Winter}} || 31 + '''35'''
|-
| {{flagIOC|AUT|2010 Winter}} || 18 + '''36'''
|-
| {{flagIOC|NZL|2010 Winter}} || 14 + '''44'''
|-
| {{flagIOC|FRA|2010 Winter}} || rowspan = 8 align = "center"| 1 || '''28'''
|-
| {{flagIOC|SLO|2010 Winter}} || '''32'''
|-
| {{flagIOC|AUS|2010 Winter}} || '''46'''
|-
| {{flagIOC|IRL|2010 Winter}} || '''48'''
|-
| {{flagIOC|KOR|2010 Winter}} || '''52'''
|- 
| {{flagIOC|ESP|2010 Winter}} || '''56'''
|- 
| {{flagIOC|ITA|2010 Winter}} || '''57'''
|}
*Italy was allowed to compete following exclusion of the Netherlands in the quota reallocation on 26 January 2010.

===Women's qualification===
Only sliders in the top 50 of the FIBT ranking may qualify for the Olympics.<ref name=FIBT>{{cite web|url=http://fibt.com/fileadmin/Newsletter_PDFs/Olympic%20Quotas_Final/Women%27s%20Skeleton%20Quotas.pdf|date=26 January 2010|title=FIBT women's skeleton quota allocation for the 2010 Winter Olympics|accessdate=27 January 2010}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable" 
|-
! Nation !! Sliders<br>qualified!! FIBT<br>rankings
|- 
| {{flagIOC|CAN|2010 Winter}} || rowspan = 2 align = "center"| 3 || 1 + 7 + '''9'''
|-
| {{flagIOC|GER|2010 Winter}} || 3 + 4 + '''11'''
|-
| {{flagIOC|GBR|2010 Winter}} || rowspan = 4 align = "center"| 2 || 2 + '''5'''
|-
| {{flagIOC|USA|2010 Winter}} || 6 + '''8'''
|-
| {{flagIOC|AUS|2010 Winter}} || 12 + '''13'''
|-
| {{flagIOC|RUS|2010 Winter}} || 14 + '''20'''
|-
| {{flagIOC|SUI|2010 Winter}} || rowspan = 6 align = "center"| 1 || '''10'''
|-
| {{flagIOC|NZL|2010 Winter}} || '''21'''
|-
| {{flagIOC|JPN|2010 Winter}} || '''25'''
|-
| {{flagIOC|NOR|2010 Winter}} || '''28'''
|-
| {{flagIOC|ITA|2010 Winter}} || '''31'''
|-
| {{flagIOC|ROU|2010 Winter}} || '''42'''
|}

Romania was allocated the last quota from The Netherlands on 26 January 2010.

===Athlete/NOC quota===
50 athletes are allowed to compete in accordance with the [[International Olympic Committee]] and the [[International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation]] (FIBT). This includes 30 for the men's event and 20 for the women's event.<ref name=fibt>{{FIBT link|url1 = http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=88&tx_ttnews|bracket1 = tt_news|url2 = =1006&tx_ttnews|bracket2 = backPid|url3 = =2&cHash=215e63f301|title = World Cup Action Resumes in Koeningsee.}} (7 January 2010 FIBT article accessed 8 January 2010.)</ref>

===Qualification system===
Athletes from five continents recognized by the FIBT are eligible to compete: [[Africa]], Americas ([[North America|North]] and [[South America|South]]), [[Asia]], [[Europe]], and [[Oceania]]. Each continent has a maximum of one two-man or one four-man team and one two-woman team allowed. If no driver can meet these standards, the continent will not be represented. The best result of each driver will be ranked by the FIBT, including [[2009–10 Skeleton World Cup|World Cup]] and lesser known Cup. These races scored are the same ones as the World Cup event. These skeleton racers must rank among the top 50 for men and top 40 for women in the FIBT for the 2009–10 season by 17 January 2010, held at [[St. Moritz]], [[Switzerland]]. Each country is limited to a maximum of three per gender. For men's skeleton, three countries can send three teams, seven countries can send two teams, and seven more countries can send one team. For women's skeleton, two countries can send three teams, four countries can send two teams, and six countries can send one team. For both events, the host country is included provided they meet the minimum requirements.<ref name=fibt /> The NOCs must declare their entries by 22 January 2010.<ref name=fibt /> Entering the World Cup event in St. Moritz, the top two countries to have three women's skeleton competitors were Canada and [[Great Britain]].<ref name=qual>{{FIBT link|url1 = http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=88&tx_ttnews|bracket1 = tt_news|url2 = =1081&tx_ttnews|bracket2 = backPid|url3 = =2&cHash=0cd6bf0f1d|title = Olympic Qualifying at Stake in St. Moritz.}} (14 January 2010 article accessed 15 January 2010.)</ref> For men's skeleton, the top three countries to have three teams were [[Germany]], Canada, and the [[United States]].<ref name=qual />{{update after|2011}}

==References==
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===Sources===
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090920092225/http://corporate.olympics.com.au/files/87/FIBT_Qualification_System_Vancouver2010__JANUARY08_eng.pdf Qualification System]
*[http://www.vancouver2010.com/dl/00/44/31/-/44312/prop=data/o1kl3j/44312.pdf Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule v12]

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