Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's

The men's skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics took place on 17 February, at the Cesana Pariol.

Men's Skeleton
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for skeleton
VenueCesana Pariol
Dates17 February
Competitors27 from 19 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Duff Gibson  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jeff Pain  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gregor Stähli  Switzerland
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Results

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Canadians Duff Gibson and Jeffrey Pain won gold and silver despite Pain nearly losing control of his sled coming around the penultimate corner. Switzerland's Gregor Stähli finished third, beating out Canadian Paul Boehm by only two tenths of a second to prevent a Canadian sweep of the podium.[1] Gibson dedicated his medal to his father, Andy, who had died in December 2005 after an 11-year battle with cancer.[2]

A picture of Gibson in action during this event would be used as a pictogram for the skeleton events at the following Winter Olympics.

Rank Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Total Diff.
  Duff Gibson   Canada 0:57.80 0:58.08 1:55.88
  Jeff Pain   Canada 0:57.98 0:58.16 1:56.14 +0.26
  Gregor Stähli   Switzerland 0:58.39 0:58.41 1:56.80 +0.92
4 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
6 Eric Bernotas   United States 0:58.43 0:58.76 1:57.19 +1.31
7 Martins Dukurs   Latvia 0:58.79 0:58.60 1:57.39 +1.51
8 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
14 Phillippe Cavoret   France 0:59.79 0:59.08 1:58.87 +2.99
15 Aleksandr 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
17 Kevin Ellis   United States 0:59.46 0:59.75 1:59.21 +3.33
18 Masaru Inada   Japan 0:59.63 0:59.74 1:59.37 +3.49
19 Patrick Singleton   Bermuda 1:00.06 0:59.75 1:59.81 +3.93
20 David Connolly   Ireland 0:59.97 1:00.00 1:59.97 +4.09
21 Tyler Botha   South Africa 0:59.43 1:00.63 2:00.06 +4.18
22 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
25 Chris Soule   United States 1:00.33 1:00.90 2:01.23 +5.35
26 Nikola 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

References

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  1. ^ "Torino 2006 Official Report - Skeleton" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  2. ^ Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2009). "Skeleton: Men". In The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: 2010 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 177.