Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's

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

Results[edit]

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.
1 Duff Gibson  Canada 0:57.80 0:58.08 1:55.88 —
2 Jeff Pain  Canada 0:57.98 0:58.16 1:56.14 +0.26
3 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[edit]

  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.
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