Skeleton at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's explained

The men's skeleton event at the 2014 Winter Olympics took place at the Sliding Center Sanki on 14–15 February.^[1]

The gold medal won in this event featured Chelyabinsk meteor fragments to commemorate the first anniversary of this meteor strike.^[2]

Competition

In the first run, Aleksandr Tretyakov established the track record (55.95) and the start record (4.47).^[3]

Results

TR – Track Record. Top finish in each run is in boldface.

On 22 November 2017, gold medalist Aleksandr Tretyakov was stripped of his gold medal.^[4] On 27 November 2017, the results by Sergey Chudinov were annulled as well.^[5] On 1 February 2018, their results were restored as a result of the decision of CAS^[6]

Rank	Bib	Athlete	Country	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Behind
	5			55.95 TR	56.04	56.28	56.02	3:44.29
	3			56.18	56.37	56.26	56.29	3:45.10	+0.81
	2			56.89	56.95	56.69	56.73	3:47.26	+2.97
	4			57.03	57.06	56.75	56.74	3:47.58	+3.29
	8			56.98	57.04	56.86	56.71	3:47.59	+3.30
	17			57.44	56.96	56.57	56.65	3:47.62	+3.33
	6			57.34	56.92	56.91	56.96	3:48.13	+3.84
	11			57.24	57.02	57.17	56.74	3:48.17	+3.88
	7			57.21	57.36	57.03	56.69	3:48.29	+4.00
10	13			57.23	57.17	57.00	56.96	3:48.36	+4.07
11	1			57.19	56.95	57.33	57.00	3:48.47	+4.18
12	10			57.53	57.10	57.13	56.98	3:48.74	+4.45
13	14			57.41	57.01	57.25	57.10	3:48.77	+4.48
14	16			57.70	57.12	57.24	56.94	3:49.00	+4.71
15	9			56.91	56.67	56.99	58.54	3:49.11	+4.82
16	18			57.54	57.02	57.90	57.11	3:49.57	+5.28
17	23			57.84	57.73	57.75	57.35	3:50.67	+6.38
18	20			57.69	57.27	57.85	57.87	3:50.68	+6.39
19	15			57.83	57.51	57.95	57.57	3:50.86	+6.57
20	26			58.00	57.75	57.79	57.67	3:51.21	+6.92
21	12			57.85	58.13	57.76
22	19			58.22	58.07	57.91
23	22			58.20	58.33	58.22
24	24			58.41	58.12	58.64
25	27			58.72	58.44	58.91
26	25			58.58	58.72	58.80
27	21			57.99	65.11	58.22

Notes and References

1. Web site: Skeleton Schedule and Results. SOOC. 12 January 2014. 29 January 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140129055913/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/skeleton-schedule-and-results. dead.
2. News: Select gold medals at Sochi Olympics will include meteorite fragments to commemorate Russian meteor strike . Bernie . Augustine . New York Daily News. 25 July 2013 .
3. Web site: Skeleton – Men's Heat 1. Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. 14 February 2014. 14 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140214235437/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/skeleton-men-s-heat-1. dead.
4. Web site: Decision issued by the IOC Disciplinary Commission. olympic.org. 7 June 2023.
5. News: Russian doping: IOC bans five more Winter Olympic athletes. BBC Sport. 27 November 2017. 27 November 2017.
6. Web site: The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) delivers its decisions in the matter of 39 Russian athletes v/the IOC: 28 appeals upheld, 11 partially upheld. Court of Arbitration for Sport. 1 February 2018.