Skeleton at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's
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The men's competition in skeleton at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 12 February (runs 1 and 2) and 13 February (runs 3 and 4), at the Cortina Sliding Centre in Cortina d'Ampezzo.[1] Matt Weston of Great Britain won the event, setting a new track record in every run. This was his first Olympic medal. Axel Jungk of Germany won the silver medal, replicating his 2022 performance. His teammate Christopher Grotheer, the defending champion, won bronze.[2][3] Weston became the third British athlete to win an Olympic title in skeleton after Lizzy Yarnold and Amy Williams and the first male British skeleton athlete to do so.[4] Weston also became the first male British athlete in any winter sport to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual Olympic competition since figure skater Robin Cousins did so in 1980.[5]
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| Venue | Cortina Sliding Centre Cortina d'Ampezzo | ||||||||||||
| Date | 12, 13 February 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 24 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 3:43:33 | ||||||||||||
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Background
The defending champion, Christopher Grotheer, qualified for the event, as did the silver medalist, Axel Jungk. The bronze medalist, Yan Wengang, did not qualify.[6] Matt Weston won the 2025–26 Skeleton World Cup, having won all six events that season. He was also the 2025 World champion.
Ukrainian racer Vladyslav Heraskevych was disqualified before his first run for wearing a helmet depicting Ukrainian athletes killed during Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The International Olympic Committee prohibits any personal messages at the Olympics.[7][8]
Qualification
Results
| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Run 1 | Rank 1 | Run 2 | Rank 2 | Run 3 | Rank 3 | Run 4 | Rank 4 | Total | Behind |
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 | 1 | Matt Weston |  Great Britain | 56.21 TR | 1 | 55.88 TR | 1 | 55.63 TR | 1 | 55.61 TR | 1 | 3:43:33 | – |
 | 4 | Axel Jungk |  Germany | 56.27 | 2 | 56.12 | 2 | 55.72 | 2 | 56.10 | 5 | 3:44:21 | +0.88 |
 | 10 | Christopher Grotheer | Germany | 56.39 | 4 | 56.16 | 3 | 55.92 | =3 | 55.93 | 2 | 3:44:40 | +1.07 |
| 4 | 7 | Chen Wenhao |  China | 56.43 | 5 | 56.25 | 4 | 55.96 | 6 | 55.95 | 3 | 3:44:59 | +1.26 |
| 5 | 8 | Amedeo Bagnis |  Italy | 56.37 | 3 | 56.38 | 6 | 55.92 | =3 | 56.07 | 4 | 3:44:74 | +1.41 |
| 6 | 9 | Felix Keisinger | Germany | 56.44 | 6 | 56.53 | 8 | 55.93 | 5 | 56.24 | =7 | 3:45:14 | +1.81 |
| 7 | 2 | Yin Zheng | China | 56.56 | 8 | 56.66 | 11 | 56.08 | 7 | 56.25 | 9 | 3:45:55 | +2.22 |
| 8 | 14 | Lin Qinwei | China | 56.89 | =12 | 56.33 | 5 | 56.21 | 9 | 56.18 | 6 | 3:45:61 | +2.28 |
| 9 | 3 | Marcus Wyatt | Great Britain | 56.52 | 7 | 56.69 | 12 | 56.32 | 10 | 56.24 | =7 | 3:45:77 | +2.44 |
| 10 | 6 | Jung Seung-gi |  South Korea | 56.57 | 9 | 56.65 | 10 | 56.19 | 8 | 56.49 | 11 | 3:45:90 | +2.57 |
| 11 | 15 | Rasmus Vestergaard Johansen |  Denmark | 56.82 | 11 | 56.52 | 7 | 56.52 | 11 | 56.45 | 10 | 3:46:31 | +2.98 |
| 12 | 13 | Austin Florian |  United States | 56.95 | 14 | 56.59 | 9 | 56.54 | 12 | 56.51 | 12 | 3:46:59 | +3.26 |
| 13 | 12 | Mattia Gaspari | Italy | 56.73 | 10 | 56.72 | 13 | 56.79 | 13 | 56.55 | 14 | 3:46:79 | +3.46 |
| 14 | 5 | Samuel Maier |  Austria | 56.89 | =12 | 57.23 | 19 | 56.55 | 14 | 56.53 | 13 | 3:47:20 | +3.87 |
| 15 | 21 | Vinzenz Buff |  Switzerland | 57.27 | 16 | 57.02 | 16 | 56.80 | 15 | 56.87 | 16 | 3:47:96 | +4.63 |
| 16 | 17 | Kim Ji-soo | South Korea | 57.15 | 15 | 57.00 | 15 | 57.03 | 16 | 56.93 | 17 | 3:48:11 | +4.78 |
| 17 | 22 | Florian Auer | Austria | 57.53 | 19 | 56.91 | 14 | 57.06 | 18 | 56.86 | 15 | 3:48:36 | +5.03 |
| 18 | 20 | Emīls Indriksons |  Latvia | 57.29 | 17 | 57.11 | 17 | 56.95 | 17 | 57.15 | 18 | 3:48:50 | +5.17 |
| 19 | 16 | Lucas Defayet |  France | 57.63 | 20 | 57.66 | 21 | 57.21 | 20 | 57.19 | 19 | 3:49:69 | +6.36 |
| 20 | 23 | Dan Barefoot | United States | 57.47 | 18 | 57.22 | 16 | 57.75 | 19 | 57.42 | =21 | 3:49:86 | +6.53 |
| 21 | 19 | Nicholas Timmings |  Australia | 58.26 | 24 | 57.57 | 20 | 57.18 | 21 | 57.21 | 20 | 3:50:22 | +6.89 |
| 22 | 24 | Jared Firestone |  Israel | 58.15 | 23 | 57.74 | 22 | 57.83 | 22 | 57.63 | 23 | 3:51:35 | +8.02 |
| 23 | 25 | Hiroatsu Takahashi |  Japan | 58.06 | 21 | 58.46 | 24 | 57.69 | 24 | 57.42 | =21 | 3:51:63 | +8.30 |
| 24 | 18 | Josip Brusic |  Canada | 58.14 | 22 | 58.40 | 23 | 57.54 | 23 | 58.24 | 24 | 3:52:32 | +8.99 |
| DSQ | 11 | Vladyslav Heraskevych |  Ukraine | ||||||||||
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