Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's
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| Venue | Cesana Pariol | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 17 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 27 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
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The men's skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics took place on 17 February, at the Cesana Pariol.
Results
Canadians Duff Gibson and Jeffrey Pain won gold and silver despite Pain nearly losing control of his sled coming around the penultimate corner. Switzerland's Gregor Stähli finished third, beating out Canadian Paul Boehm by only two tenths of a second to prevent a Canadian sweep of the podium.[1] Gibson dedicated his medal to his father, Andy, who had died in December 2005 after an 11-year battle with cancer.[2]
A picture of Gibson in action during this event would be used as a pictogram for the skeleton events at the following Winter Olympics.
| Rank | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Diff. |
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Duff Gibson |  Canada |
0:57.80 | 0:58.08 | 1:55.88 | — |
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Jeff Pain | Canada |
0:57.98 | 0:58.16 | 1:56.14 | +0.26 |
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Gregor Stähli |  Switzerland |
0:58.39 | 0:58.41 | 1:56.80 | +0.92 |
| 4 | Paul Boehm | Canada |
0:58.61 | 0:58.45 | 1:57.06 | +1.18 |
| 5 | Kristan Bromley |  Great Britain |
0:58.35 | 0:58.75 | 1:57.10 | +1.22 |
| 6 | Eric Bernotas |  United States |
0:58.43 | 0:58.76 | 1:57.19 | +1.31 |
| 7 | Martins Dukurs |  Latvia |
0:58.79 | 0:58.60 | 1:57.39 | +1.51 |
| 8 | Adam Pengilly | Great Britain |
0:58.37 | 0:59.09 | 1:57.46 | +1.58 |
| 9 | Sebastian Haupt |  Germany |
0:58.48 | 0:59.10 | 1:57.58 | +1.70 |
| 10 | Ben Sandford |  New Zealand |
0:59.16 | 0:58.60 | 1:57.76 | +1.88 |
| 11 | Kazuhiro Koshi |  Japan |
0:58.65 | 0:59.40 | 1:58.05 | +2.17 |
| 12 | Maurizio Oioli |  Italy |
0:59.28 | 0:59.24 | 1:58.52 | +2.64 |
| 13 | Martin Rettl |  Austria |
0:59.23 | 0:59.53 | 1:58.76 | +2.88 |
| 14 | Phillippe Cavoret |  France |
0:59.79 | 0:59.08 | 1:58.87 | +2.99 |
| 15 | Aleksandr Tretyakov |  Russia |
0:59.71 | 0:59.32 | 1:59.03 | +3.15 |
| 16 | Markus Penz | Austria |
0:59.55 | 0:59.51 | 1:59.06 | +3.18 |
| 17 | Kevin Ellis | United States |
0:59.46 | 0:59.75 | 1:59.21 | +3.33 |
| 18 | Masaru Inada | Japan |
0:59.63 | 0:59.74 | 1:59.37 | +3.49 |
| 19 | Patrick Singleton |  Bermuda |
1:00.06 | 0:59.75 | 1:59.81 | +3.93 |
| 20 | David Connolly |  Ireland |
0:59.97 | 1:00.00 | 1:59.97 | +4.09 |
| 21 | Tyler Botha |  South Africa |
0:59.43 | 1:00.63 | 2:00.06 | +4.18 |
| 22 | Shaun Boyle |  Australia |
1:00.13 | 1:00.00 | 2:00.13 | +4.25 |
| 23 | Kang Kwang Bae |  South Korea |
1:00.41 | 0:59.88 | 2:00.29 | +4.41 |
| 24 | Frank Rommel | Germany |
0:59.94 | 1:00.41 | 2:00.35 | +4.47 |
| 25 | Chris Soule | United States |
1:00.33 | 1:00.90 | 2:01.23 | +5.35 |
| 26 | Nikola Nimac |  Croatia |
1:01.86 | 1:02.44 | 2:04.30 | +8.42 |
| 27 | Patrick Antaki |  Lebanon |
1:03.01 | 1:01.43 | 2:04.44 | +8.56 |
References
- ^ "Torino 2006 Official Report - Skeleton" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
- ^ Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2009). "Skeleton: Men". In The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: 2010 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 177.