Skeleton at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's

Men's Skeleton at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Sliding Center Sanki
Dates	14–15 February
Competitors	27 from 16 nations
Winning time	3:44.29
Medalists
Alexander Tretiakov   Russia   Martins Dukurs   Latvia   Matthew Antoine   United States

Skeleton at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Events
men  women

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

The gold medal won in this event featured Chelyabinsk meteor fragment to commemorate at first anniversary of this meteor strike.^[2]

Competition

In the first run, Alexander Tretiakov established the track record (55.95) and the start record (4.47).^[3]

Results

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

Rank	Bib	Athlete	Country	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Behind
	5	Alexander Tretiakov	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

1. "Skeleton Schedule and Results". SOOC. Retrieved January 12, 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 (NYDailyNews.com).
3. "Skeleton – Men's Heat 1". Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. Retrieved 14 February 2014.