# Skeleton at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Skeleton at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics was held at the Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck in Igls, Innsbruck, Austria on 16 January. The competition had a boys' and a girls' event.

## Qualification System

Each nation can send a maximum of 4 athletes (2 boys and 2 girls). The FIBT ranking will be used to allocate places to NOC's. Participation, for each of the men's and women's competitions, is limited to a total of 15 athletes, including the host nation. The NOC quotas are based on the updated FIBT ranking. Qualification is achieved by the results of athletes, who gain a qualification place for their NOC. Male and female athletes of non represented continents may also participate, with 1 male and 1 female athlete, provided that the maximum quota of 15 men and 15 women is not yet filled

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Austria)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Austria (AUT)* | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Boys' details | Sebastian Berneker Germany | 1:52.73 | Stefan Geisler Austria | 1:54.70 | Corey Gillies Canada | 1:55.82 |
| Girls' details | Jacqueline Lölling Germany | 57.43 | Carina Mair Austria | 58.40 | Carli Brockway Canada | 58.48 |

## Qualification system

Each nation could send a maximum of 4 athletes (2 boys and 2 girls). The FIBT ranking were used to allocate places to NOC's. Participation, for each of the men's and women's competitions, was limited to a total of 15 athletes, including the host nation. The NOC quotas were based on the updated FIBT ranking which was released by FIBT at a later time. Qualification was achieved by the results of athletes, who gained a qualification place for their NOC.

### Boys'

The FIBT did not release a final list of qualified teams, this is just a list of teams in alphabetical order according to qualification system.
| Event | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Europe/Africa | 7 | Germany Italy Latvia Romania Russia Spain Switzerland |
| Americas | 4 3 | Canada Mexico United States |
| Asia/Oceania | 3 | Japan Japan South Korea |
| Host | 1 | Austria |
| TOTAL | 14 | |

### Girls'

The FIBT did not release a final list of qualified teams, this is just a list of teams in alphabetical order according to qualification system.
| Event | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Europe/Africa | 9 | Germany Germany Italy Netherlands Romania Romania Russia Russia Slovenia |
| Americas | 4 3 | Canada United States United States |
| Asia/Oceania | 3 1 | Japan |
| Host | 1 | Austria |
| TOTAL | 14 | |

### Qualification summary

| NOC | Boys' | Girls' | Total |
| Austria | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Canada | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Germany | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Italy | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Japan | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Latvia | 1 | | 1 |
| Mexico | 1 | | 1 |
| Netherlands | | 1 | 1 |
| Romania | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Russia | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Slovenia | | 1 | 1 |
| Spain | 1 | | 1 |
| Switzerland | 1 | | 1 |
| South Korea | 1 | | 1 |
| United States | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Total athletes | 14 | 14 | 28 |
| Total NOCs | 13 | 10 | 15 |