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Skeleton

Held for the first time since 1948 Winter Games, the event's name is derived from the prototype of today's sleds, which resembled human skeletons. Women's event made its Olympic debut in 2002. Similar to luge except athletes lie stomach-down and head-first. Two runs held on one day, and medals are awarded for lowest aggregate times.

Medal breakdown (2 events): Three medals—United States (2-1-0); One—Austria (0-1-0), Great Britain (0-0-1) and Switzerland (0-0-1).

Men

Singles

  Time
1Jim Shea, USA1:41.96
2Martin Rettl, AUT1:42.01
3Gregor Staehli, SWI1:42.15
Other top 10 USA: 5th, Lincoln Dewitt (1:42.83); 7th, Chris Soule (1:42.98).

Women

Singles

  Time
1Tristan Gale, USA1:45.11
2Lea Ann Parsley, USA1:45.21
3Alex Coomber, GBR1:45.37

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