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. 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. 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. 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.

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. 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.

Qualification

Results

Rank Bib Athlete Country Run 1 Rank 1 Run 2 Rank 2 Run 3 Rank 3 Run 4 Rank 4 Total Behind 1 Matt Weston 56.21 TR 1 55.88 TR 1 55.63 TR 1 55.61 TR 1 3:43:33 4 Axel Jungk 56.27 2 56.12 2 55.72 2 56.10 5 3:44:21 +0.88 10 Christopher Grotheer 56.39 4 56.16 3 55.92 =3 55.93 2 3:44:40 +1.07 4 7 Chen Wenhao 56.43 5 56.25 4 55.96 6 55.95 3 3:44:59 +1.26 5 8 Amedeo Bagnis 56.37 3 56.38 6 55.92 =3 56.07 4 3:44:74 +1.41 6 9 Felix Keisinger 56.44 6 56.53 8 55.93 5 56.24 =7 3:45:14 +1.81 7 2 Yin Zheng 56.56 8 56.66 11 56.08 7 56.25 9 3:45:55 +2.22 8 14 Lin Qinwei 56.89 =12 56.33 5 56.21 9 56.18 6 3:45:61 +2.28 9 3 Marcus Wyatt 56.52 7 56.69 12 56.32 10 56.24 =7 3:45:77 +2.44 10 6 Jung Seung-gi 56.57 9 56.65 10 56.19 8 56.49 11 3:45:90 +2.57 11 15 Rasmus Vestergaard Johansen 56.82 11 56.52 7 56.52 11 56.45 10 3:46:31 +2.98 12 13 Austin Florian 56.95 14 56.59 9 56.54 12 56.51 12 3:46:59 +3.26 13 12 Mattia Gaspari 56.73 10 56.72 13 56.79 13 56.55 14 3:46:79 +3.46 14 5 Samuel Maier 56.89 =12 57.23 19 56.55 14 56.53 13 3:47:20 +3.87 15 21 Vinzenz Buff 57.27 16 57.02 16 56.80 15 56.87 16 3:47:96 +4.63 16 17 Kim Ji-soo 57.15 15 57.00 15 57.03 16 56.93 17 3:48:11 +4.78 17 22 Florian Auer 57.53 19 56.91 14 57.06 18 56.86 15 3:48:36 +5.03 18 20 Emīls Indriksons 57.29 17 57.11 17 56.95 17 57.15 18 3:48:50 +5.17 19 16 Lucas Defayet 57.63 20 57.66 21 57.21 20 57.19 19 3:49:69 +6.36 20 23 Dan Barefoot 57.47 18 57.22 16 57.75 19 57.42 =21 3:49:86 +6.53 21 19 Nicholas Timmings 58.26 24 57.57 20 57.18 21 57.21 20 3:50:22 +6.89 22 24 Jared Firestone 58.15 23 57.74 22 57.83 22 57.63 23 3:51:35 +8.02 23 25 Hiroatsu Takahashi 58.06 21 58.46 24 57.69 24 57.42 =21 3:51:63 +8.30 24 18 Josip Brusic 58.14 22 58.40 23 57.54 23 58.24 24 3:52:32 +8.99 11 Vladyslav Heraskevych Official results

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