Skeleton at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's explained

The women's skeleton event at the 2014 Winter Olympics took place at the Sliding Center Sanki on 13–14 February.^[1] In the first run, Lizzy Yarnold established a track record of 58.43 seconds and the start record of 4.95 seconds. The start record was improved to 4.89 seconds in the same run by Elena Nikitina.^[2] In the third run, Yarnold improved her track record to 57.91.^[3] Winning all four runs, Yarnold became the Olympic champion; Noelle Pikus-Pace of the United States won silver, and Nikitina became the bronze medalist. Each of them won their first Olympic medal. Yarnold's medal was the first gold medal for Great Britain at the 2014 Olympics.^[4]

Standing records

While the IOC does not consider skeleton times eligible for Olympic records, the FIBT does maintain records for both the start and a complete run at each track it competes.

Results

TR – Track Record (in italics for previous marks). Top finish in each run is in boldface. For the second and fourth runs, athletes start in reverse order about their current standings.

On 22 November 2017, bronze medalist Elena Nikitina was stripped of her medal and Olga Potylitsina and Maria Orlova were also disqualified.^[5] On 1 February 2018, their results were restored as a result of the successful appeal.^[6]

Rank	Bib	Athlete	Country	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total[7]	Behind
	2			58.43 TR	58.46	57.91 TR	58.09	3:52.89	—
	1			58.68 TR	58.65	58.25	58.28	3:53.86	+0.97
	12			58.48	58.96	58.33	58.53	3:54.30	+1.41
	15			58.83	58.75	58.41	58.35	3:54.34	+1.45
	13			59.00	58.75	58.13	58.52	3:54.40	+1.51
	10			58.97	59.02	58.30	58.43	3:54.72	+1.83
	16			59.14	59.17	58.27	58.15	3:54.73	+1.84
	5			59.17	59.13	58.63	58.31	3:55.24	+2.35
	4			59.47	59.39	58.61	58.56	3:56.03	+3.14
10	8			59.43	59.20	58.74	58.75	3:56.12	+3.23
11	9			59.52	59.46	58.69	58.54	3:56.21	+3.32
11	17			59.68	59.70	58.68	58.15	3:56.21	+3.32
13	6			59.25	59.42	58.89	58.67	3:56.23	+3.34
14	11			59.42	59.41	58.76	58.69	3:56.28	+3.39
14	19			59.73	59.31	58.73	58.51	3:56.28	+3.39
16	3			59.46	59.33	58.82	58.86	3:56.47	+3.58
17	14			60.16	59.25	58.74	58.49	3:56.64	+3.75
18	7			59.77	59.79	58.77	58.41	3:56.74	+3.85
19	18			59.94	59.82	59.24	58.76	3:57.76	+4.87
20	20			59.99	59.89	59.63	59.11	3:58.62	+5.73

Notes and References

1. Web site: Skeleton Schedule and Results . . 12 January 2014 . 29 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140129055913/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/skeleton-schedule-and-results . dead .
2. Web site: Skeleton – Women's Heat 1 . Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi . 13 February 2014 . 29 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140129071717/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/skeleton-women-s-heat-1-01 . dead .
3. Web site: Skeleton – Women's Heat 3 . Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi . 14 February 2014 . 29 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140129071745/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/skeleton-women-s-heat-3-03 . dead .
4. News: Lizzy Yarnold wins Sochi 2014 gold for Great Britain. Hope. Nick. 14 February 2014. BBC Sport. 14 February 2014.
5. Web site: IOC sanctions four Russian athletes as part of Oswald Commission findings. 14 July 2021. International Olympic Committee.
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.
7. Web site: Skeleton – Women's Heat 4 . Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi . 14 February 2014 . 16 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140216225147/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/skeleton-women-s-heat-4-04 . dead .