Skeleton at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's


The women's skeleton event at the 2014 Winter Olympics took place at the Sliding Center Sanki on 13–14 February. In the first run, Lizzy Yarnold established the track record of 58.43 seconds and the start record of 4.95 seconds. The start record was improved to 4.89 seconds in the same run by Elena Nikitina. In the third run, Yarnold improved her own track record to 57.91. Winning all four runs, Yarnold became the Olympic champion; Noelle Pikus-Pace of the United States won silver, and Nikitina became the bronze medalist. Each of them won their first Olympic medal. Yarnold's medal was the first gold medal for Great Britain at the 2014 Olympics.

Standing records

While the IOC does not consider skeleton times eligible for Olympic records, the FIBT does maintain records for both the start and a complete run at each track it competes.

Results

TR – Track Record. Top finish in each run is in boldface. For the second and fourth runs, athletes start in reverse order in relation to their current standings.
On 22 November 2017, bronze medalist Elena Nikitina was stripped of her medal and Olga Potylitsina and Maria Orlova were also disqualified. On 1 February 2018, their results were restored as a result of the successful appeal.
RankBibAthleteCountryRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalBehind
2Lizzy Yarnold58.43 TR58.4657.91 TR58.093:52.89—
1Noelle Pikus-Pace58.68 TR58.6558.2558.283:53.86+0.97
12Elena Nikitina58.4858.9658.3358.533:54.30+1.41
15Katie Uhlaender58.8358.7558.4158.353:54.34+1.45
13Olga Potylitsina59.0058.7558.1358.523:54.40+1.51
10Maria Orlova58.9759.0258.3058.433:54.72+1.83
16Sarah Reid59.1459.1758.2758.153:54.73+1.84
5Anja Huber59.1759.1358.6358.313:55.24+2.35
4Janine Flock59.4759.3958.6158.563:56.03+3.14
108Sophia Griebel59.4359.2058.7458.753:56.12+3.23
119Katharine Eustace59.5259.4658.6958.543:56.21+3.32
1117Mellisa Hollingsworth59.6859.7058.6858.153:56.21+3.32
136Marion Thees59.2559.4258.8958.673:56.23+3.34
1411Michelle Steele59.4259.4158.7658.693:56.28+3.39
1419Lelde Priedulēna59.7359.3158.7358.513:56.28+3.39
163Shelley Rudman59.4659.3358.8258.863:56.47+3.58
1714Lucy Chaffer60.1659.2558.7458.493:56.64+3.75
187Marina Gilardoni59.7759.7958.7758.413:56.74+3.85
1918Nozomi Komuro59.9459.8259.2458.763:57.76+4.87
202059.9959.8959.6359.113:58.62+5.73