Skeleton at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Skeleton

at the XIX Olympic Winter Games

Venue| Utah Olympic Park
Dates| February 20, 2002
Competitors| 39 from 19 nations

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Skeleton at the
2002 Winter Olympics

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Skeleton gold medalist Jimmy Shea Jr. at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Skeleton returned to the program of the Winter Olympic Games for the first time in 54 years at the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. This was the first time Olympic competitions in skeleton were held during an Olympics outside of St. Moritz. Both men and women competed, with women competing for the first time in Olympic history. Medals were awarded after five runs down the course. Both events were contested on February 20.

## Medal summary

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Men's
details | Jim Shea Jr.
United States 1:41.96  | Martin Rettl
Austria 1:42.01  | Gregor Stähli
Switzerland 1:42.15
Women's
details | Tristan Gale
United States 1:45.11  | Lea Ann Parsley
United States 1:45.21  | Alex Coomber
Great Britain 1:45.37

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  United States| 2| 1| 0| 3
2|  Austria| 0| 1| 0| 1
3|  Great Britain| 0| 0| 1| 1
Switzerland| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (4 entries)| 2| 2| 2| 6

## Participating NOCs

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Nineteen nations competed in the skeleton events at Salt Lake City.

* Argentina
* Austria
* Canada
* Czech Republic
* France
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Ireland
* Italy
* Japan
* Latvia
* Mexico
* New Zealand
* Norway
* Russia
* South Korea
* Switzerland
* United States

## References

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## External links

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* Official Results Book – Skeleton

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Events at the 2002 Winter Olympics (Salt Lake City)

* Alpine skiing
* Biathlon
* Bobsleigh
* Cross‑country skiing
* Curling
* Figure skating
* Freestyle skiing
* Ice hockey
* Luge
* Nordic combined
* Short-track speed skating
* Skeleton
* Ski jumping
* Snowboarding
* Speed skating

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Skeleton at the Winter Olympics

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* 1928
* 1932–1936
* 1948
* 1952–1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
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* 2018
* 2022

* List of medalists
* List of venues

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