Skeleton at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Skeleton
|games = 2012 Winter Youth
|image = Skeleton 2012 YOG.jpg
|image_size = 150px
|venue = Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck
Igls
|dates = 21 January
|competitors = 28
|nations = 15
|next = 2016
}}
{{Skeleton at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics}}
Skeleton at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics was held at the Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck in Igls, Innsbruck, Austria on 16 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{{Cite web|url=http://www.olympic.org/Documents/YOG_Newsletter/YOG%20Newsletter%204_Eng.pdf|title=Olympic Documents - Athletes, Olympic Games, IOC and More|date=11 November 2021}}
Medal summary
=Medal table=
{{Medals table
| caption =
| host = AUT
| flag_template = flagIOCteam
| event = 2012 Winter Youth
| team =
| gold_GER = 2 | silver_GER = 0 | bronze_GER = 0
| gold_AUT = 0 | silver_AUT = 2 | bronze_AUT = 0 | host_AUT=yes
| gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 0 | bronze_CAN = 2
}}
=Events=
| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}} | |||
| Boys' {{DetailsLink|Skeleton at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics – Boys'}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Sebastian Berneker|GER|2012 Winter Youth}} | 1:52.73
| {{flagIOCmedalist|Stefan Geisler|AUT|2012 Winter Youth}} | 1:54.70
| {{flagIOCmedalist|Corey Gillies|CAN|2012 Winter Youth}} | 1:55.82 |
| Girls' {{DetailsLink|Skeleton at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics – Girls'}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Jacqueline Lölling|GER|2012 Winter Youth}} | 57.43
| {{flagIOCmedalist|Carina Mair|AUT|2012 Winter Youth}} | 58.40
| {{flagIOCmedalist|Carli Brockway|CAN|2012 Winter Youth}} | 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.[http://www.olympic.org/Documents/YOG_Newsletter/YOG%20Newsletter%204_Eng.pdf 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.
| class="wikitable" width=600 | ||
| Event
!Vacancies !Qualified | ||
|---|---|---|
| Europe/Africa
|align=center|7 |{{flagIOC|GER|2012 Winter Youth}} | ||
| Americas
|align=center| |{{flagIOC|CAN|2012 Winter Youth}} | ||
| Asia/Oceania
|align=center|3 |{{flagIOC|JPN|2012 Winter Youth}} | ||
| Host
|align=center|1 |{{flagIOC|AUT|2012 Winter Youth}} | ||
| 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.
| class="wikitable" width=600 | ||
| Event
!Vacancies !Qualified | ||
|---|---|---|
| Europe/Africa
|align=center|9 |{{flagIOC|GER|2012 Winter Youth}} | ||
| Americas
|align=center| |{{flagIOC|CAN|2012 Winter Youth}} | ||
| Asia/Oceania
|align=center| |{{flagIOC|JPN|2012 Winter Youth}} | ||
| Host
|align=center|1 |{{flagIOC|AUT|2012 Winter Youth}} | ||
| TOTAL | 14 |
=Qualification summary=
| class="wikitable collapsible sortable" style="width:800px; text-align:center; font-size:90%;" | |||
| style="text-align:center; width:120px;"|NOC | width=80| Boys' | width=80|Girls' | width=100|Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| align=left|{{flagIOC|AUT|2012 Winter Youth}} | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| align=left|{{flagIOC|CAN|2012 Winter Youth}} | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| align=left|{{flagIOC|GER|2012 Winter Youth}} | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| align=left|{{flagIOC|ITA|2012 Winter Youth}} | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| align=left|{{flagIOC|JPN|2012 Winter Youth}} | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| align=left|{{flagIOC|LAT|2012 Winter Youth}} | 1 | 1 | |
| align=left|{{flagIOC|MEX|2012 Winter Youth}} | 1 | 1 | |
| align=left|{{flagIOC|NED|2012 Winter Youth}} | 1 | 1 | |
| align=left|{{flagIOC|ROU|2012 Winter Youth}} | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| align=left|{{flagIOC|RUS|2012 Winter Youth}} | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| align=left|{{flagIOC|SLO|2012 Winter Youth}} | 1 | 1 | |
| align=left|{{flagIOC|ESP|2012 Winter Youth}} | 1 | 1 | |
| align=left|{{flagIOC|SUI|2012 Winter Youth}} | 1 | 1 | |
| align=left|{{flagIOC|KOR|2012 Winter Youth}} | 1 | 1 | |
| align=left|{{flagIOC|USA|2012 Winter Youth}} | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| class="sortbottom"
! Total athletes !! 14 !! 14!! 28 | |||
| class="sortbottom"
! Total NOCs !! 13 !! 10!! 15 |
References
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{{Winter Youth Olympics Skeleton}}
{{EventsAt2012WinterYouthOlympics}}