Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's

The women's skeleton event at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place on 16 and 17 February at the Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea.^[1]

Women's Skeleton at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Alpensia Sliding Centre
Dates	16–17 February
Competitors	20 from 14 nations
Winning time	3:27.28
Medalists
Lizzy Yarnold  Great Britain Jacqueline Lölling  Germany Laura Deas  Great Britain
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Summary

The defending champion, Lizzy Yarnold had struggled in the season leading to the Games, but set a new track record in the first run. Affected by the middle ear disorder which had impeded her season, she had a mediocre second run, but a strong slide brought her back to second, and only two hundredths of a second off gold after the third run. In the fourth run, she established a significant new track record, thereby becoming the first double Olympic champion (male or female) in the history of skeleton, and the first multiple woman medalist. Jacqueline Lölling was consistent throughout the event to come second, and Laura Deas came in third. For both of them, these were the first Olympic medals.^[2]

Janine Flock, leading after three runs despite never being better than third in any single run, and placed under pressure by Yarnold's hot final run, had a mediocre last run, which took her out of the podium entirely.

Simidele Adeagbo was the first athlete representing Nigeria at the Winter Olympics.

Qualification

Main article: Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

20 athletes qualified. Qualification is based on the combined rankings (across all four tours) as of 14 January 2018. The top two countries received three quotas each, the next four received two each and the last six were awarded to six countries. The Netherlands rejected one of its two quotas. Women had to be ranked in the top 45, after eliminating non-quota-earning competitors from countries that have earned their maximum quota. Nigeria was awarded the continental quota for Africa, while Australia received the Oceania quota. South Korea qualified as host nation.^[3]

Competitors must compete in five races on three tracks during the 2016/17 season or 2017/18 season.^[4]

Results

The first two runs were held on 16 February and the last two on 17 February 2018.^[5]

TR – Track Record (in italics for previous marks). Top finish in each run is in boldface. For the second and fourth runs, athletes start in reverse order in relation to their current standings.

Rank	Bib	Athlete	Country	Run 1	Rank 1	Run 2	Rank 2	Run 3	Rank 3	Run 4	Rank 4	Total	Behind
	14	Lizzy Yarnold	Great Britain	51.66 TR	1	52.30	9	51.86	2	51.46 TR	1	3:27.28	–
	7	Jacqueline Lölling	Germany	51.74 TR	2	52.12	4	52.04	7	51.83	3	3:27.73	+0.45
	10	Laura Deas	Great Britain	52.00	6	52.03	2	51.96	5	51.91	5	3:27.90	+0.62
4	9	Janine Flock	Austria	51.81	3	52.07	3	51.92	4	52.12	10	3:27.92	+0.64
5	6	Tina Hermann	Germany	51.98 TR	4	52.31	10	51.83	1	51.86	4	3:27.98	+0.70
6	8	Anna Fernstädt	Germany	51.99	5	52.17	5	51.88	3	52.00	6	3:28.04	+0.76
7	13	Lelde Priedulēna	Latvia	52.14	7	52.17	5	52.09	9	52.09	8	3:28.49	+1.21
8	17	Kimberley Bos	Netherlands	52.33	8	52.26	7	51.99	6	52.01	7	3:28.59	+1.31
9	4	Elisabeth Vathje	Canada	52.45 TR	12	52.01	1	52.37	14	51.82	2	3:28.65	+1.37
10	5	Jane Channell	Canada	52.42 TR	11	52.28	8	52.28	10	52.09	8	3:29.07	+1.79
11	16	Marina Gilardoni	Switzerland	52.34	10	52.35	12	52.28	10	52.46	13	3:29.43	+2.15
12	11	Mirela Rahneva	Canada	52.48	14	52.33	11	52.06	8	52.65	15	3:29.52	+2.24
13	12	Katie Uhlaender	United States	52.33	8	52.40	13	52.33	12	52.55	14	3:29.61	+2.33
14	15	Kim Meylemans	Belgium	52.56	16	52.54	14	52.34	13	52.26	11	3:29.70	+2.42
15	2	Jeong Sophia	South Korea	52.47 TR	13	52.67	15	52.47	15	52.28	12	3:29.89	+2.61
16	19	Jaclyn Narracott	Australia	52.53	15	52.76	16	52.62	17	52.82	17	3:30.73	+3.45
17	18	Kendall Wesenberg	United States	52.77	17	52.96	17	52.54	16	52.65	15	3:30.92	+3.64
18	1	Maria Marinela Mazilu	Romania	53.31	18	53.47	19	53.48	18	53.66	19	3:33.92	+6.64
19	3	Takako Oguchi	Japan	53.82	19	53.41	18	53.62	19	53.11	18	3:33.96	+6.68
20	20	Simidele Adeagbo	Nigeria	54.19	20	54.58	20	53.73	20	54.28	20	3:36.78	+9.50

TR – Track Record.

References

1. "Venues". pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
2. "Lizzy Yarnold takes skeleton gold to make Winter Olympics history for Britain". The Guardian. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
3. "Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - Women's Skeleton - IBSF 14 January 2018" (PDF). ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
4. "Qualification Systems for XXIII Olympic Winter Games, PyeonChang 2018 Skeleton" (PDF). International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
5. "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.