Skeleton_at_the_2012_Winter_Youth_Olympics
| Skeleton at the I Winter Youth Olympic Games | |
|---|---|
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| Venue | Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck Igls |
| Dates | 21 January |
| Competitors | 28 from 15 nations |
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.
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[1]
Medal table
* Host nation (Austria)
Events
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.[2]
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.
| Event | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Europe/Africa | 7 |  Germany Italy Latvia Romania Russia Spain Switzerland |
| Americas |  Canada Mexico United States | |
| Asia/Oceania | 3 |  Japan Japan South Korea |
| Host | 1 |  Austria |
| 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.
| Event | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Europe/Africa | 9 | Germany Germany Italy Netherlands Romania Romania Russia Russia Slovenia |
| Americas | Canada United States United States | |
| Asia/Oceania | Japan | |
| Host | 1 | Austria |
| TOTAL | 14 |
Qualification summary
| NOC | Boys' | Girls' | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Canada | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Germany | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Italy | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Japan | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1 | |
| Mexico | 1 | 1 | |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1 | |
| Romania | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Russia | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1 | |
| Spain | 1 | 1 | |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1 | |
| South Korea | 1 | 1 | |
| United States | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Total athletes | 14 | 14 | 28 |
| Total NOCs | 13 | 10 | 15 |
- "Olympic Documents - Athletes, Olympic Games, IOC and More" (PDF). 11 November 2021.