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Skeleton at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's

The men's skeleton event at the 2014 Winter Olympics took place at the Sliding Center Sanki on 14–15 February.[1]

Men's Skeleton
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
VenueSliding Center Sanki
Dates14–15 February
Competitors27 from 16 nations
Winning time3:44.29
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aleksandr Tretyakov  Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Martins Dukurs  Latvia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Matthew Antoine  United States
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The gold medal won in this event featured Chelyabinsk meteor fragments to commemorate the first anniversary of this meteor strike.[2]

Competition edit

In the first run, Aleksandr Tretyakov established the track record (55.95) and the start record (4.47).[3]

Results edit

TR – Track Record. Top finish in each run is in boldface.

On 22 November 2017, gold medalist Aleksandr Tretyakov was stripped of his gold medal.[4] On 27 November 2017, the results by Sergey Chudinov were annulled as well.[5] On 1 February 2018, their results were restored as a result of the decision of CAS[6]

Rank Bib Athlete Country Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Behind
  5 Aleksandr Tretyakov   Russia 55.95 TR 56.04 56.28 56.02 3:44.29
  3 Martins Dukurs   Latvia 56.18 56.37 56.26 56.29 3:45.10 +0.81
  2 Matthew Antoine   United States 56.89 56.95 56.69 56.73 3:47.26 +2.97
4 4 Tomass Dukurs   Latvia 57.03 57.06 56.75 56.74 3:47.58 +3.29
5 8 Sergey Chudinov   Russia 56.98 57.04 56.86 56.71 3:47.59 +3.30
6 17 Nikita Tregubov   Russia 57.44 56.96 56.57 56.65 3:47.62 +3.33
7 6 John Fairbairn   Canada 57.34 56.92 56.91 56.96 3:48.13 +3.84
8 11 Kristan Bromley   Great Britain 57.24 57.02 57.17 56.74 3:48.17 +3.88
9 7 Alexander Kröckel   Germany 57.21 57.36 57.03 56.69 3:48.29 +4.00
10 13 Dominic Parsons   Great Britain 57.23 57.17 57.00 56.96 3:48.36 +4.07
11 1 Frank Rommel   Germany 57.19 56.95 57.33 57.00 3:48.47 +4.18
12 10 Hiroatsu Takahashi   Japan 57.53 57.10 57.13 56.98 3:48.74 +4.45
13 14 Eric Neilson   Canada 57.41 57.01 57.25 57.10 3:48.77 +4.48
14 16 Matthias Guggenberger   Austria 57.70 57.12 57.24 56.94 3:49.00 +4.71
15 9 John Daly   United States 56.91 56.67 56.99 58.54 3:49.11 +4.82
16 18 Yun Sungbin   South Korea 57.54 57.02 57.90 57.11 3:49.57 +5.28
17 23 John Farrow   Australia 57.84 57.73 57.75 57.35 3:50.67 +6.38
18 20 Maurizio Oioli   Italy 57.69 57.27 57.85 57.87 3:50.68 +6.39
19 15 Raphael Maier   Austria 57.83 57.51 57.95 57.57 3:50.86 +6.57
20 26 Ben Sandford   New Zealand 58.00 57.75 57.79 57.67 3:51.21 +6.92
21 12 Kyle Tress   United States 57.85 58.13 57.76 2:53.74
22 19 Yuki Sasahara   Japan 58.22 58.07 57.91 2:54.20
23 22 Alexandros Kefalas   Greece 58.20 58.33 58.22 2:54.75
24 24 Lee Hansin   South Korea 58.41 58.12 58.64 2:55.17
25 27 Dorin Dumitru Velicu   Romania 58.72 58.44 58.91 2:56.07
26 25 Ander Mirambell   Spain 58.58 58.72 58.80 2:56.10
27 21 Sean Greenwood   Ireland 57.99 65.11 58.22 3:01.32

References edit

  1. ^ "Skeleton Schedule and Results". SOOC. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  2. ^ Augustine, Bernie (25 July 2013). "Select gold medals at Sochi Olympics will include meteorite fragments to commemorate Russian meteor strike". New York Daily News.
  3. ^ "Skeleton – Men's Heat 1". Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. Archived from the original on 14 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Decision issued by the IOC Disciplinary Commission" (PDF). olympic.org. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Russian doping: IOC bans five more Winter Olympic athletes". BBC Sport. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  6. ^ "The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) delivers its decisions in the matter of 39 Russian athletes v/the IOC: 28 appeals upheld, 11 partially upheld" (PDF). Court of Arbitration for Sport. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
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