Skeleton at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics was held at the Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck in Igls, Innsbruck, Austria on 21 January. The competition had a boys' and a girls' event.
Qualification System Each nation can send a maximum of 4 athletes (2 boys and 2 girls). The FIBT ranking will be used to allocate places to NOC's. Participation, for each of the men's and women's competitions, is limited to a total of 15 athletes, including the host nation. The NOC quotas are based on the updated FIBT ranking. Qualification is achieved by the results of athletes, who gain a qualification place for their NOC. Male and female athletes of non represented continents may also participate, with 1 male and 1 female athlete, provided that the maximum quota of 15 men and 15 women is not yet filled
Medal summary Medal table
Events Boys' 1:52.73 1:54.70 1:55.82Girls' 57.43 58.40 58.48
Qualification system Each nation could send a maximum of 4 athletes (2 boys and 2 girls). The FIBT ranking were used to allocate places to NOC's. Participation, for each of the men's and women's competitions, was limited to a total of 15 athletes, including the host nation. The NOC quotas were based on the updated FIBT ranking which was released by FIBT at a later time. Qualification was achieved by the results of athletes, who gained a qualification place for their NOC.YOG Newsletter
Boys' The FIBT did not release a final list of qualified teams, this is just a list of teams in alphabetical order according to qualification system. EventVacanciesQualifiedEurope/Africa7Americas4 3Asia/Oceania3Host1 TOTAL 14
Girls' The FIBT did not release a final list of qualified teams, this is just a list of teams in alphabetical order according to qualification system. EventVacanciesQualifiedEurope/Africa9Americas4 3Asia/Oceania3 1Host1 TOTAL 14
Qualification summary NOC Boys' Girls' Total 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 1 2 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 Total athletes 14 14 28 Total NOCs 13 10 15
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