| Event: | Skeleton |
| Games: | 2018 Winter |
| Venue: | Alpensia Sliding Centre |
| Dates: | 15–17 February |
| Num Events: | 2 (1 men, 1 women) |
| Competitors: | 50 |
| Nations: | 24 |
| Prev: | 2014 |
| Next: | 2022 |
Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea. The events were scheduled to take place between 15 and 17 February 2018. A total of two skeleton events were held, one each for men and women.
See main article: Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. A total of 50 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum 30 men and 20 women could qualify. The qualification was based on 3 successive iterations of the world rankings of 14 January 2018.[1]
The following was the competition schedule for the two skeleton events.[2]
All times are (UTC+9).
| Date | Time | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 February | 10:00 | Men's singles runs 1 and 2 | |
| 16 February | 09:30 | Men's singles runs 3 and 4 | |
| 20:20 | Women's singles runs 1 and 2 | ||
| 17 February | 20:20 | Women's singles runs 3 and 4 |
| Men's[3] | 3.20.55 | 3.22.18 | 3.22.20 | ||||
| Women's[4] | 3:27.28 | 3:27.73 | 3:27.90 |
A total of 50 athletes from 24 nations (including the IOC's designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) participated.[5] [6] Eight nations made their Winter Olympics debut in the sport: Belgium, China, Ghana, Jamaica, Netherlands, Israel, Nigeria and Ukraine.