2010 Kış Olimpiyatları'nda skeleton

Skeleton yarışları 2010 Kış Olimpiyatları boyunca Whistler Sliding Centre'da düzenlenmiştir. Yarışlar 18-19 Şubat 2010 tarihleri arasında yapılmıştır.

Madalya kazananlar

Madalya tablosu

Yarışmalar 
2 kategoride skeleton yarışları düzenlenmiştir:

Yarışma takvimi 
Tüm saatler Pasifik Standart Zamanı (UTC-08.00)'na göredir.

Uygulama 
Antrenman için 15 Şubat 2010 tarihi başlangıç olarak belirlenmiş, 28 erkek ve 22 kadın sporcu yarışma için takvimlendirilmiştir. Her bir skeleton yarışçısı 6 antrenman koşusu yapmıştır. Canada's Mellissa Hollingsworth ve Jon Montgomery has 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 Gürcistan luger Nodar Kumaritashvili 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.

Kalifikasyon

Kalifiye olan ülkeler

Erkekler kalifikasyon 
The qualification was based on the 2009/2010 FIBT ranking list from January 17, 2010. Please note that a slider must be in the top 60 to be eligible for the Olympics, that all current quota places are pending re-allocation of unwanted quotas and that 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.

Kadınlar kalifikasyon 
Sadece FIBT oranlarına göre ilk 50 içerisindeki ülkeler Kış Olimpiyatları için kalifiye sayılmaktadır.

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 Uluslararası Olimpiyat Komitesi and the International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation (FIBT). This includes 30 for the men's event and 20 for the women's event.

Kalifikasyon sistemi 
Athletes from five continents recognized by the FIBT are eligible to compete: Africa, Americas (North ve South), Asya, Avrupa, and Oceania. Each continent has a maximum of one two-man or one 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 World Cup and lesser known Cup. These races scored are the same ones as the World Cup event. These skeleton racer must rank among the top 50 for men and top 40 for women in the FIBT for the 2009-10 seaon by 17 January 2010, held at St. Moritz, İsviçre. 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 Janaury 2010. Entering the World Cup event in St. Moritz, the top two countries to have three women's skeleton competitors were Canada and Büyük Britanya. For men's skeleton, the top three countries to have three teams were Almanya, Canada, and the Amerika Birleşik Devletleri.

Kaynakça 

 Kalifikasyon sistemi
 Vancouver 2010 Olimpik Kış Oyunları Yarışma Takvimi

Skeleton
Olimpiyatlarda skeleton