The men's skeleton

Skeleton (sport)

Skeleton is a fast winter sliding sport in which an individual person rides a small sled down a frozen track while lying face down, during which athletes experience forces up to 5g. It originated in St. Moritz, Switzerland as a spin-off from the popular British sport of Cresta Sledding...

at the 2006 Winter Olympics

2006 Winter Olympics

The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...

took place on 17 February, at the Cesana Pariol

Cesana Pariol

Cesana Pariol was the venue for bobsled, luge and skeleton during the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The track, built for the games, is located in Cesana...

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Results

Canadians

Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Canada competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, with a team of 196 athletes and 220 support staff.As host of the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics, Canada was pressured to do well at the 2006 Games...

 Duff Gibson

Duff Gibson

Duff Gibson is a Canadian skeleton racer who competed from 1999 to 2006. He was born in Vaughan, Ontario. His father was born on December 13, 1937. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, He won the gold medal in the men's skeleton, narrowly beating out his teammate Jeff Pain...

 and Jeffrey Pain won gold and silver despite Pain nearly losing control of his sled coming around the penultimate corner. Switzerland

Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Switzerland competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. This was the confederation's largest Winter Olympics team ever, because two ice hockey teams qualified .-Medalists:- Alpine skiing:...

's Gregor Stähli

Gregor Stähli

Gregor Stähli is a Swiss skeleton racer who has competed since 1989. He won two bronze Winter Olympic medals in the men's skeleton, earning them in 2002 and 2006....

 finished third, beating out Canadian Paul Boehm

Paul Boehm

Paul Boehm is a Canadian skeleton racer who has competed since 1998. He finished fourth in the men's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin....

 by only two tenths of a second to prevent a Canadian sweep of the podium. Gibson dedicated his medal to his father, Andy, who had died in December 2005 after an 11-year battle with cancer

Cancer

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A picture of Gibson in action during this event would be used as a pictogram

Pictogram

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 for the skeleton

Skeleton at the 2010 Winter Olympics

The skeleton competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Sliding Centre. The events were held between the 18 and 19 February 2010...

 events at the following Winter Olympics

2010 Winter Olympics

The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...

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Rank	|Run 1	|Total	Duff Gibson Duff Gibson Duff Gibson is a Canadian skeleton racer who competed from 1999 to 2006. He was born in Vaughan, Ontario. His father was born on December 13, 1937. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, He won the gold medal in the men's skeleton, narrowly beating out his teammate Jeff Pain...		0:57.80	0:58.08	1:55.88	—
	Jeff Pain Jeff Pain Jeff Pain is an American-born, Canadian skeleton racer who has competed since 1995. He is regarded as one of the most successful male competitors in the history of the Canadian skeleton program...		0:57.98	0:58.16	1:56.14	+0.26
	Gregor Stähli Gregor Stähli Gregor Stähli is a Swiss skeleton racer who has competed since 1989. He won two bronze Winter Olympic medals in the men's skeleton, earning them in 2002 and 2006....		0:58.39	0:58.41	1:56.80	+0.92
4	Paul Boehm Paul Boehm Paul Boehm is a Canadian skeleton racer who has competed since 1998. He finished fourth in the men's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin....		0:58.61	0:58.45	1:57.06	+1.18
5	Kristan Bromley Kristan Bromley Kristan Bromley is a British skeleton racer who has competed since 1996. He won the gold medal in the men's event at the 2008 FIBT World Championships in Altenberg, Germany...		0:58.35	0:58.75	1:57.10	+1.22
6	Eric Bernotas Eric Bernotas Eric Bernotas is an American skeleton racer who has competed since 2002. He won three medals at the FIBT World Championships with two silvers and a bronze ....		0:58.43	0:58.76	1:57.19	+1.31
7	Martins Dukurs Martins Dukurs Martins Dukurs is a Latvian skeleton racer who has competed since 1998. He finished seventh in the men's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and second at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver...		0:58.79	0:58.60	1:57.39	+1.51
8	Adam Pengilly Adam Pengilly Adam Pengilly is a British skeleton racer who has competed since 2004. He won a silver medal in men's skeleton event at the FIBT World Championships 2009 in Lake Placid....		0:58.37	0:59.09	1:57.46	+1.58
9	Sebastian Haupt Sebastian Haupt Sebastian Haupt is a German skeleton racer who has competed since 2001. He won the gold medal in the mixed bobsleigh-skeleton team event at the 2008 FIBT World Championships in Altenberg, Germany.Haupt also finished ninth in the men's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in...		0:58.48	0:59.10	1:57.58	+1.70
10	Ben Sandford Ben Sandford Ben Sandford is a New Zealand skeleton racer who has competed since 2002. He finished tenth in the men's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin....		0:59.16	0:58.60	1:57.76	+1.88
11	Kazuhiro Koshi Kazuhiro Koshi is a Japanese skeleton racer who has competed since 1991.Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of eighth in the men's skeleton event at Salt Lake City in 2002...		0:58.65	0:59.40	1:58.05	+2.17
12	Maurizio Oioli Maurizio Oioli Maurizio Oioli is an Italian skeleton racer who competed since 2002. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, he finished 12th in the men's skeleton event....		0:59.28	0:59.24	1:58.52	+2.64
13	Martin Rettl Martin Rettl Martin Rettl is an Austrian skeleton racer who competed from 1989 to 2006. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won a silver medal in the men's skeleton event at Salt Lake City in 2002....		0:59.23	0:59.53	1:58.76	+2.88
14	Phillippe Cavoret		0:59.79	0:59.08	1:58.87	+2.99
15	Alexander Tretiakov Alexander Tretiakov Alexander Vladimirovich Tretiakov is a Russian skeleton racer who has competed since 2004. He won a bronze medal in the men's skeleton event at the FIBT World Championships 2009 in Lake Placid....		0:59.71	0:59.32	1:59.03	+3.15
16	Markus Penz Markus Penz Markus Penz is an Austrian skeleton racer who has competed since 2002. He finished 16th in the men's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin....		0:59.55	0:59.51	1:59.06	+3.18
17	Kevin Ellis		0:59.46	0:59.75	1:59.21	+3.33
18	Masaru Inada Masaru Inada is a Japanese skeleton racer who has competed since 1997. He finished 18th in the men's skeleton event at both the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics. Inada's best finish at the FIBT World Championships was 11th in Nagano in 2003.He is a graduate of Sendai University....		0:59.63	0:59.74	1:59.37	+3.49
19	Patrick Singleton Patrick Singleton Patrick Singleton , is a Bermudian luger who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s before going into skeleton since 2002. In 1998, Singleton finished 27th in the men's singles event while he finished 37th in the same event four years later.He finished 19th in the men's skeleton event at the...		1:00.06	0:59.75	1:59.81	+3.93
20	David Connolly David Connolly (skeleton racer) David Connolly is an Irish skeleton racer who competed from 2002 to 2006. He finished 20th in the men's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.-References:****...		0:59.97	1:00.00	1:59.97	+4.09
21	Tyler Botha Tyler Botha Tyler Botha is a South African skeleton racer who competed from 2003 to 2006. He finished 21st in the men's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin....		0:59.43	1:00.63	2:00.06	+4.18
22	Shaun Boyle Shaun Boyle Shaun Boyle is an Australian skeleton racer who competed from 2001 to 2006. He finished 22nd in the men's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin....		1:00.13	1:00.00	2:00.13	+4.25
23	Kang Kwang Bae		1:00.41	0:59.88	2:00.29	+4.41
24	Frank Rommel Frank Rommel Frank Rommel is a German skeleton racer who has competed since 2002. He won two medals at the FIBT World Championships with a gold in the mixed team and a bronze in the men's skeleton event 2008....		0:59.94	1:00.41	2:00.35	+4.47
25	Chris Soule Chris Soule Chris Soule is an American skeleton racer who competed from 1993 to 2006. He won two medals in the men's skeleton event at the FIBT World Championships with a silver in 2003 and a bronze in 1997. Soule also won the overall men's 2002-3 Skeleton World Cup title with multiple World Cup victories...		1:00.33	1:00.90	2:01.23	+5.35
26	Nikolai Nimac		1:01.86	1:02.44	2:04.30	+8.42
27	Patrick Antaki Patrick Antaki Patrick Antaki is a Lebansese Olympic athlete. He is also American-naturalized skeleton racer who competed for Lebanon from 2002 to 2006...		1:03.01	1:01.43	2:04.44	+8.56