View source for Skeleton at the 2002 Winter Olympics

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{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Skeleton
|games = 2002 Winter
|image = 
|image_size = 150px
|caption = 
|venue = [[Utah Olympic Park]]
|dates = February 20, 2002
|competitors = 39
|nations =  19
|prev = [[Skeleton at the 1948 Winter Olympics|1948]]
|next = [[Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006]]
}}
{{Skeleton at the 2002 Winter Olympics}}
[[File:Jimmy Shea.jpg|thumb|Skeleton gold medalist [[Jimmy Shea|Jimmy Shea Jr.]] at the 2002 Winter Olympics]]
'''[[Skeleton (sport)|Skeleton]]''' returned to the program of the [[Winter Olympic Games]] for the first time in 54 years at the [[2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Games]] in [[Salt Lake City|Salt Lake City, Utah]].  This was the first time Olympic competitions in skeleton were held during an Olympics outside of [[St. Moritz]]. Both men and women competed, with women competing for the first time in Olympic history. Medals were awarded after five runs down the course.  Both events were contested on February 20.

==Medal summary==
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}}
|-
|Men's<br>{{DetailsLink|Skeleton at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's}}
|{{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Jimmy Shea|Jim Shea Jr.]]|USA|2002 Winter}} 1:41.96
|{{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Martin Rettl]]|AUT|2002 Winter}} 1:42.01
|{{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Gregor Stähli]]|SUI|2002 Winter}} 1:42.15
|-
|Women's<br>{{DetailsLink|Skeleton at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's}}
|{{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Tristan Gale]]|USA|2002 Winter}}  1:45.11
|{{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Lea Ann Parsley]]|USA|2002 Winter}} 1:45.21
|{{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Alex Coomber]]|GBR|2002 Winter}} 1:45.37
|}

==Medal table==

{{Medals table
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 | gold_USA = 2 | silver_USA = 1 | bronze_USA = 0
 | gold_AUT = 0 | silver_AUT = 1 | bronze_AUT = 0
 | gold_GBR = 0 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 1
 | gold_SUI = 0 | silver_SUI = 0 | bronze_SUI = 1
}}

==Participating NOCs==
Nineteen nations competed in the skeleton events at Salt Lake City.
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*{{flagIOC|ARG|2002 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|AUT|2002 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|CAN|2002 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|CZE|2002 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|FRA|2002 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|GER|2002 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|GBR|2002 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|GRE|2002 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|IRL|2002 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|ITA|2002 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|JPN|2002 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|LAT|2002 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|MEX|2002 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|NZL|2002 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|NOR|2002 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|RUS|2002 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|KOR|2002 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|SUI|2002 Winter}}
*{{flagIOC|USA|2002 Winter}}
{{div col end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://digital.la84.org/digital/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/55198/download Official Results Book – Skeleton]

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