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The skeleton competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at
Whistler Sliding Centre The Whistler Sliding Centre (french: link=no, Centre des sports de glisse de Whistler) is a Canadian bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track located in Whistler, British Columbia, that is north of Vancouver. The centre is part of the Whistler Bl ...
. The events were held between the 18 and 19 February 2010. This event was expanded to four runs over two days beginning at these Olympic Games.


Medal summary


Medal table


Events

Two skeleton events were held at Vancouver 2010:


Competition schedule

All times are
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( UTC-8).


Practice

Practice was scheduled to begin 15 February 2010 with the field being named the night before. 28 men and 22 women were scheduled to compete. Each skeleton racer was allowed six training runs. Canada's Mellissa Hollingsworth and
Jon Montgomery Jonathan Riley "Jon" Montgomery (born May 6, 1979, in Russell, Manitoba) is a Canadian skeleton racer and television host. He won the gold medal in the men's skeleton event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. Despite hosti ...
had the fastest first and second runs for the women's and men's practice time on the 15th respectively with the third and fourth runs taking place on the 16th. It also marked the first time that training had resumed on the entire length of the Sliding Centre since the death of
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luger
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three days earlier. Montgomery and Hollingsworth had the fastest times on the 16th with the last training runs taking place on 17th at 09:00 PST. On the 17th, both Hollingsworth and Montgomery had the fastest runs again.


Qualifying


Qualified nations


Men's qualification

The qualification was based on the 2009/2010 FIBT ranking list from January 17, 2010. A slider must be in the top 60 to be eligible for the Olympics. All current quota places are pending re-allocation of unwanted quotas and re-allocation quotas will go to unrepresented continents in priority. *Italy was allowed to compete following exclusion of the Netherlands in the quota reallocation on 26 January 2010.


Women's qualification

Only sliders in the top 50 of the FIBT ranking may qualify for the Olympics. Romania was allocated the last quota from The Netherlands on 26 January 2010.


Athlete/NOC quota

50 athletes are allowed to compete in accordance with the
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and the
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(FIBT). This includes 30 for the men's event and 20 for the women's event. (7 January 2010 FIBT article accessed 8 January 2010.)


Qualification system

Athletes from five continents recognized by the FIBT are eligible to compete:
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, Americas (
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and South),
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,
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, and
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. Each continent has a maximum of one two-man or one four-man team and one two-woman team allowed. If no driver can meet these standards, the continent will not be represented. The best result of each driver will be ranked by the FIBT, including
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and lesser known Cup. These races scored are the same ones as the World Cup event. These skeleton racers must rank among the top 50 for men and top 40 for women in the FIBT for the 2009–10 season by 17 January 2010, held at St. Moritz, Switzerland. Each country is limited to a maximum of three per gender. For men's skeleton, three countries can send three teams, seven countries can send two teams, and seven more countries can send one team. For women's skeleton, two countries can send three teams, four countries can send two teams, and six countries can send one team. For both events, the host country is included provided they meet the minimum requirements. The NOCs must declare their entries by 22 January 2010. Entering the World Cup event in St. Moritz, the top two countries to have three women's skeleton competitors were Canada and
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. (14 January 2010 article accessed 15 January 2010.) For men's skeleton, the top three countries to have three teams were
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, Canada, and the
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.


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