The men's skeleton of Skeleton 2022 during the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 10-11 February 2022 in the Yanqing National Sliding Centre. With 25 athletes competing, the event was won by Christopher Grotheer from Germany, with Axel Jungk from Germany taking the silver medal and Yan Wengang from China taking bronze.
Format[]
The competition exists out of four runs over two consecutive days. The fastest 20 athletes after three runs are allowed to participate in the last (fourth) run. The competitor with the lowest aggregate time for all four runs is the winner.
Preview[]
Twenty-five athletes qualified for the event with Martins Dukurs as the leader of the World Cup standings after winning three out of the last four races, followed by the strong German athletes Axel Jungk and Christopher Grotheer. Alexander Tretiakov and Tomass Dukurs had also won races throughout the World Cup season and would be big contenders for the medals, while defending Olympic champion Yun Sung-bin returned to defend his title. Other medal contenders and potential outsiders also included Jung Seung-gi, Matt Weston, and Amedeo Bagnis.
Blake Enzie was the youngest competitor in the men's skeleton and was the only athlete to have been born in the 21st century, with Amedeo Bagnis, Samuel Maier, and Evgeniy Rukosuev being almost two years older than the Briton. Tomass Dukurs was the veteran of the field, having competed in Salt Lake City in 2002, with Martins Dukurs and Alexander Tretiakov starting their Olympic career in 2006. The brothers Dukurs also started on their fifth Olympic Games, with 2014 Olympic champion Tretiakov and Ander Mirambell competing in their fourth. Nathan Crumpton took on his second Olympic Games within six months, having competed in the 100 metres sprint in Tokyo in 2021. Fifteen out of twenty-five skeleton riders made their Olympic debuts. From former medalists, 2018 Olympic champion Yun Sung-bin attempted to defend his title, 2014 Olympic champion and 2010 bronze medalist Tretiakov returned after missing out on 2018 due to a doping ban, and 2010 and 2014 silver medalist Martins Dukurs hoped to take revenge for his fourth-place finish in 2018.
Summary[]
Run 1[]
| Run 1 Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Nat. | Name | Time | ||
| 1 |  |
Christopher Grotheer | 1:00.00 | ||
| 2 |  |
Alexander Tretiakov | 1:00.36 | ||
| 3 |  |
Yan Wengang | 1:00.43 | ||
| 4 | |
Evgeniy Rukosuev | 1:00.48 | ||
| 5 | |
Axel Jungk | 1:00.50 | ||
| 6 |  |
Martins Dukurs | 1:00.62 | ||
| 7 | |
Yin Zheng | 1:00.74 | ||
| 8 | |
Tomass Dukurs | 1:00.76 | ||
| 9 | |
Alexander Gassner | 1:00.87 | ||
| 10 |  |
Amedeo Bagnis | 1:01.05 | ||
| 11 |  |
Jung Seung-gi | 1:01.18 | ||
| 12 | |
Mattia Gaspari | 1:01.20 | ||
| 13 | |
Yun Sung-bin | 1:01.26 | ||
| 14 |  |
Matt Weston | 1:01.34 | ||
| 15 |  |
Samuel Maier | 1:01.36 | ||
| 16 | |
Alexander Schlintner | 1:01.56 | ||
| 16 | |
Marcus Wyatt | 1:01.56 | ||
| 18 |  |
Vladyslav Heraskevych | 1:01.63 | ||
| 19 |  |
Blake Enzie | 1:01.65 | ||
| 20 |  |
Andrew Blaser | 1:01.80 | ||
| 21 |  |
Basil Sieber | 1:01.95 | ||
| 22 |  |
Nathan Crumpton | 1:02.06 | ||
| 23 |  |
Ander Mirambell | 1:02.45 | ||
| 24 | |
Daniil Romanov | 1:02.47 | ||
| 25 |  |
Nicholas Timmings | 1:03.76 | ||
Run 2[]
| Run 2 Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Nat. | Name | Time | ||
| 1 | |
Christopher Grotheer | 1:00.33 | ||
| 2 | |
Axel Jungk | 1:00.53 | ||
| 3 | |
Martins Dukurs | 1:00.62 | ||
| 4 | |
Yan Wengang | 1:00.65 | ||
| 5 | |
Yin Zheng | 1:00.71 | ||
| 6 | |
Evgeniy Rukosuev | 1:00.72 | ||
| 7 | |
Tomass Dukurs | 1:00.79 | ||
| 8 | |
Alexander Tretiakov | 1:00.84 | ||
| 9 | |
Alexander Gassner | 1:00.86 | ||
| 10 | |
Jung Seung-gi | 1:01.04 | ||
| 11 | |
Samuel Maier | 1:01.13 | ||
| 12 | |
Matt Weston | 1:01.15 | ||
| 13 | |
Yun Sung-bin | 1:01.17 | ||
| 14 | |
Amedeo Bagnis | 1:01.19 | ||
| 15 | |
Mattia Gaspari | 1:01.31 | ||
| 16 | |
Vladyslav Heraskevych | 1:01.58 | ||
| 17 | |
Nathan Crumpton | 1:01.65 | ||
| 18 | |
Marcus Wyatt | 1:01.72 | ||
| 19 | |
Alexander Schlintner | 1:01.73 | ||
| 20 | |
Blake Enzie | 1:01.76 | ||
| 21 | |
Andrew Blaser | 1:02.08 | ||
| 22 | |
Basil Sieber | 1:02.16 | ||
| 23 | |
Daniil Romanov | 1:02.60 | ||
| 24 | |
Nicholas Timmings | 1:02.83 | ||
| 25 | |
Ander Mirambell | 1:03.36 | ||
Run 3[]
| Run 3 Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Nat. | Name | Time | ||
| 1 | |
Christopher Grotheer | 1:00.16 | ||
| 2 | |
Axel Jungk | 1:00.31 | ||
| 3 | |
Alexander Tretiakov | 1:00.37 | ||
| 4 | |
Yin Zheng | 1:00.40 | ||
| 5 | |
Martins Dukurs | 1:00.40 | ||
| 6 | |
Yan Wengang | 1:00.54 | ||
| 7 | |
Evgeniy Rukosuev | 1:00.56 | ||
| 8 | |
Alexander Gassner | 1:00.62 | ||
| 9 | |
Jung Seung-gi | 1:00.69 | ||
| 10 | |
Tomass Dukurs | 1:00.74 | ||
| 11 | |
Amedeo Bagnis | 1:00.83 | ||
| 12 | |
Yun Sung-bin | 1:01.03 | ||
| 13 | |
Samuel Maier | 1:01.05 | ||
| 14 | |
Matt Weston | 1:01.12 | ||
| 15 | |
Mattia Gaspari | 1:01.16 | ||
| 16 | |
Marcus Wyatt | 1:01.28 | ||
| 17 | |
Nathan Crumpton | 1:01.60 | ||
| 18 | |
Vladyslav Heraskevych | 1:01.62 | ||
| 19 | |
Alexander Schlintner | 1:01.66 | ||
| 20 | |
Nicholas Timmings | 1:01.78 | ||
| 21 | |
Blake Enzie | 1:01.93 | ||
| 22 | |
Andrew Blaser | 1:02.10 | ||
| 23 | |
Daniil Romanov | 1:02.20 | ||
| 24 | |
Ander Mirambell | 1:02.34 | ||
| 25 | |
Basil Sieber | 1:02.72 | ||
Run 4[]
| Run 4 Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Nat. | Name | Time | ||
| 1 | |
Yan Wengang | 1:00.15 | ||
| 2 | |
Yin Zheng | 1:00.28 | ||
| 3 | |
Axel Jungk | 1:00.33 | ||
| 4 | |
Alexander Tretiakov | 1:00.42 | ||
| 5 | |
Alexander Gassner | 1:00.48 | ||
| 6 | |
Christopher Grotheer | 1:00.52 | ||
| 7 | |
Yun Sung-bin | 1:00.63 | ||
| 8 | |
Evgeniy Rukosuev | 1:00.64 | ||
| 9 | |
Jung Seung-gi | 1:00.83 | ||
| 10 | |
Tomass Dukurs | 1:00.92 | ||
| 11 | |
Samuel Maier | 1:00.95 | ||
| 12 | |
Amedeo Bagnis | 1:01.01 | ||
| 13 | |
Martins Dukurs | 1:01.12 | ||
| 14 | |
Alexander Schlintner | 1:01.24 | ||
| 15 | |
Marcus Wyatt | 1:01.35 | ||
| 16 | |
Mattia Gaspari | 1:01.36 | ||
| 17 | |
Vladyslav Heraskevych | 1:01.45 | ||
| 18 | |
Nathan Crumpton | 1:01.49 | ||
| 19 | |
Blake Enzie | 1:01.54 | ||
| 20 | |
Matt Weston | 1:01.63 | ||
Results[]
Christopher Grotheer became the first German athlete to win a gold medal in skeleton after the nation had largely dominated the other sliding events bobsleigh and luge. Axel Jungk followed it up with a silver medal, with both countrymen having made their second appearance at the Olympic Games. Yan Wengang took a surprise bronze medal for the home country, winning the first-ever Olympic medal in a sliding event for the nation. Alexander Tretiakov marked his Olympic return with a fourth place, while home representative Yin Zheng and youngster Evgeniy Rukosuev occupied a second spot for their respective nations in the top 6.
| Result | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
Christopher Grotheer | Germany | 4:01.01 |
 |
Axel Jungk | Germany | 4:01.67 |
 |
Yan Wengang | China | 4:01.77 |
| 4 | Alexander Tretiakov | ROC | 4:01.99 |
| 5 | Yin Zheng | China | 4:02.13 |
| 6 | Evgeniy Rukosuev | ROC | 4:02.40 |
| 7 | Martins Dukurs | Latvia | 4:02.76 |
| 8 | Alexander Gassner | Germany | 4:02.83 |
| 9 | Tomass Dukurs | Latvia | 4:03.21 |
| 10 | Jung Seung-gi | South Korea | 4:03.74 |
| 11 | Amedeo Bagnis | Italy | 4:04.08 |
| 12 | Yun Sung-bin | South Korea | 4:04.09 |
| 13 | Samuel Maier | Austria | 4:04.49 |
| 14 | Mattia Gaspari | Italy | 4:05.03 |
| 15 | Matt Weston | Great Britain | 4:05.24 |
| 16 | Marcus Wyatt | Great Britain | 4:05.91 |
| 17 | Alexander Schlintner | Austria | 4:06.19 |
| 18 | Vladyslav Heraskevych | Ukraine | 4:06.28 |
| 19 | Nathan Crumpton | American Samoa | 4:06.80 |
| 20 | Blake Enzie | Canada | 4:06.88 |
| 21 | Andrew Blaser | United States | 3:05.98 |
| 22 | Basil Sieber | Switzerland | 3:06.83 |
| 23 | Daniil Romanov | ROC | 3:07.27 |
| 24 | Ander Mirambell | Spain | 3:08.15 |
| 25 | Nicholas Timmings | Australia | 3:08.37 |
| 2022 Winter Olympic Games | |
|---|---|
| Skeleton 2022 | |
| ← 2018 | 2026 |
| Men | Women |