title: Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's
text: # Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's
  
  The men's skeleton event at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place on 15 and 16 February at the Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea.
  
  In the victory ceremony, the medals were presented by Ryu Seung-min, member of the International Olympic Committee, accompanied by Ivo Ferriani, International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation president and member of the International Olympic Committee.
  
  ## Qualification
  
  30 athletes qualified. Qualification is based on the combined rankings (across all four tours) as of 14 January 2018. The top three countries received three quotas each, the next six received two each and the last nine one each. Men had to be ranked in the top 60, after eliminating non-quota-earning competitors from countries that have earned their maximum quota. Ghana was awarded the continental quota for Africa. Competitors must compete in five races on three tracks during the 2016/17 season or 2017/18 season.
  
  ## Results
  
  The first two runs were held on 15 February and the last two on 16 February 2018.
  
  TR – Track Record (in italics for previous marks). Top finish in each run is in boldface.
  
  | Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Run 1 | Rank 1 | Run 2 | Rank 2 | Run 3 | Rank 3 | Run 4 | Rank 4 | Total | Behind |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 6 | Yun Sung-bin | South Korea | 50.28 TR | 1 | 50.07 TR | 1 | 50.18 | 1 | 50.02 TR | 1 | 3:20.55 | – |
  | | 10 | Nikita Tregubov | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 50.59 | 2 | 50.50 | 4 | 50.53 | 5 | 50.56 | 2 | 3:22.18 | +1.63 |
  | | 16 | Dominic Parsons | Great Britain | 50.85 | 5 | 50.41 | 3 | 50.33 | 3 | 50.61 | 3 | 3:22.20 | +1.65 |
  | 4 | 9 | Martins Dukurs | Latvia | 50.85 | 5 | 50.38 | 2 | 50.32 | 2 | 50.76 | 5 | 3:22.31 | +1.76 |
  | 5 | 8 | Tomass Dukurs | Latvia | 50.88 | 7 | 50.58 | 5 | 50.65 | 6 | 50.63 | 4 | 3:22.74 | +2.19 |
  | 6 | 23 | Kim Ji-soo | South Korea | 50.80 | 4 | 50.86 | 6 | 50.51 | 4 | 50.81 | 6 | 3:22.98 | +2.43 |
  | 7 | 7 | Axel Jungk | Germany | 50.77 | 3 | 51.01 | 9 | 50.83 | 8 | 50.99 | 10 | 3:23.60 | +3.05 |
  | 8 | 11 | Christopher Grotheer | Germany | 51.05 | 9 | 51.06 | 11 | 51.01 | 10 | 50.93 | 8 | 3:24.05 | +3.50 |
  | 9 | 12 | Alexander Gassner | Germany | 51.05 | 9 | 51.08 | 12 | 51.04 | 11 | 50.93 | 8 | 3:24.10 | +3.55 |
  | 10 | 21 | Jerry Rice | Great Britain | 51.06 | 11 | 51.15 | 13 | 51.04 | 11 | 50.99 | 10 | 3:24.24 | +3.69 |
  | 11 | 13 | Matthew Antoine | United States | 51.16 | 12 | 50.98 | 8 | 50.91 | 9 | 51.34 | 14 | 3:24.39 | +3.84 |
  | 12 | 26 | Vladyslav Heraskevych | Ukraine | 51.26 | 14 | 51.16 | 15 | 51.21 | 17 | 50.85 | 7 | 3:24.47 | +3.92 |
  | 13 | 24 | Geng Wenqiang | China | 51.51 | 19 | 50.87 | 7 | 51.18 | 15 | 51.09 | 12 | 3:24.65 | +4.10 |
  | 14 | 20 | Rhys Thornbury | New Zealand | 50.90 | 8 | 51.03 | 10 | 50.65 | 6 | 52.14 | 20 | 3:24.72 | +4.17 |
  | 15 | 17 | Vladislav Marchenkov | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 51.27 | 15 | 51.49 | 20 | 51.05 | 13 | 51.37 | 15 | 3:25.18 | +4.63 |
  | 16 | 18 | John Daly | United States | 51.23 | 13 | 51.15 | 14 | 51.33 | 18 | 51.65 | 19 | 3:25.35 | +4.80 |
  | 17 | 19 | Kevin Boyer | Canada | 51.46 | 18 | 51.24 | 16 | 51.14 | 14 | 51.56 | 17 | 3:25.40 | +4.85 |
  | 18 | 14 | Matthias Guggenberger | Austria | 51.38 | 16 | 51.29 | 17 | 51.81 | 25 | 51.25 | 13 | 3:25.73 | +5.18 |
  | 19 | 27 | John Farrow | Australia | 51.64 | 21 | 51.31 | 18 | 51.40 | 20 | 51.53 | 16 | 3:25.88 | +5.33 |
  | 20 | 3 | Alexander Henning Hanssen | Norway | 51.44 | 17 | 51.51 | 22 | 51.37 | 19 | 51.57 | 18 | 3:25.89 | +5.34 |
  | 21 | 15 | Dave Greszczyszyn | Canada | 51.73 | 23 | 51.31 | 18 | 51.57 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance | 2:34.61 | N/A |
  | 22 | 25 | Hiroatsu Takahashi | Japan | 52.00 | 27 | 51.50 | 21 | 51.19 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance | 2:34.69 | N/A |
  | 23 | 4 | Ander Mirambell | Spain | 51.64 | 21 | 52.06 | 26 | 51.59 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance | 2:35.29 | N/A |
  | 24 | 22 | Barrett Martineau | Canada | 51.94 | 26 | 51.76 | 24 | 51.70 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance | 2:35.40 | N/A |
  | 25 | 2 | Dorin Dumitru Velicu | Romania | 51.91 | 25 | 51.51 | 23 | 52.02 | 27 | did not advance | did not advance | 2:35.44 | N/A |
  | 26 | 28 | Katsuyuki Miyajima | Japan | 51.63 | 20 | 52.15 | 27 | 51.80 | 24 | did not advance | did not advance | 2:35.58 | N/A |
  | 27 | 29 | Joseph Luke Cecchini | Italy | 51.88 | 24 | 51.80 | 25 | 51.96 | 26 | did not advance | did not advance | 2:35.64 | N/A |
  | 28 | 30 | Adam Edelman | Israel | 52.48 | 28 | 52.43 | 28 | 52.35 | 28 | did not advance | did not advance | 2:37.26 | N/A |
  | 29 | 1 | Anthony Watson | Jamaica | 53.13 | 29 | 54.04 | 29 | 53.35 | 29 | did not advance | did not advance | 2:40.52 | N/A |
  | 30 | 5 | Akwasi Frimpong | Ghana | 53.97 | 30 | 54.46 | 30 | 53.69 | 30 | did not advance | did not advance | 2:42.12 | N/A |
  
  TR – Track Record
  
  