Skeleton at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
Skeleton gold medalist Jimmy Shea Jr. at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Venue	Utah Olympic Park
Dates	February 20
Competitors	39 from 19 nations
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Skeleton at the 2002 Winter Olympics
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Skeleton returned to the program of the Winter Olympic Games for the first time in 54 years at the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. This was the first time Olympic competitions in skeleton were held during an Olympics outside of St. Moritz. Both men and women competed, with women competing for the first time in Olympic history. Medals were awarded after five runs down the course. Both events were contested on February 20.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's details	Jim Shea Jr.  United States 1:41.96	Martin Rettl  Austria 1:42.01	Gregor Stähli  Switzerland 1:42.15
Women's details	Tristan Gale  United States 1:45.11	Lea Ann Parsley  United States 1:45.21	Alex Coomber  Great Britain 1:45.37

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	2	1	0	3
2	Austria	0	1	0	1
3	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		2	2	2	6

Participating NOCs

Nineteen nations competed in the skeleton events at Salt Lake City.