Skeleton at the 2010 Winter Olympics

The skeleton competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Sliding Centre.

[2] It also marked the first time that training had resumed on the entire length of the Sliding Centre since the death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili three days earlier.

[3] Montgomery and Hollingsworth had the fastest times on the 16th with the last training runs taking place on 17th at 09:00 PST.

[9] Athletes from five continents recognized by the FIBT are eligible to compete: Africa, Americas (North and South), Asia, Europe, and Oceania.

[9] Entering the World Cup event in St. Moritz, the top two countries to have three women's skeleton competitors were Canada and Great Britain.

[10] For men's skeleton, the top three countries to have three teams were Germany, Canada, and the United States.

From left to right: Martins Dukurs of Latvia (silver), Jon Montgomery of Canada (gold), and Aleksandr Tretyakov of Russia (bronze) with the medals they earned in men's skeleton .
From left to right: Kerstin Szymkowiak of Germany (silver), Amy Williams of Great Britain (gold) and Anja Huber of Germany (bronze) with the medals they earned in women's skeleton .