Skeleton is a 'relatively' new sport although it has appeared in the Olympics every so often.
It made a showing in the 1928 program but didn't appear in the 1932 and 1936 programs. It returned in 1948 but, as happened before, didn't stay on the program in the future. With the event's increasing popularity and inclusion in the Bobsleigh World Cup and World Championship programs the past few years, Men's and Women's Skeleton were added to the 2002 Winter Olympic program in Salt Lake City.

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<tr><td class="titlemedium" width="100%" colspan="10"><center><font color="blue">1928 - St. Moritz, Switzerland</font></center></td></tr>
<tr><td class="row1" width="100%" align="center" colspan="10"><b><u>Men's</u></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="row1" width="15%" align="left" colspan="2"><img border=0 src="http://209.85.12.231/2170/46/emo/winner_first_h4h.gif"> Gold</td><td class="row1" width="85%" align="left" colspan="8">Jennison Heaton (USA) - 3:01.8 (1:00.2 + 1:00.2 + 1:01.4)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="row1" width="15%" align="left" colspan="2"><img border=0 src="http://209.85.12.231/2170/46/emo/winner_second_h4h.gif"> Silver</td><td class="row1" width="85%" align="left" colspan="8">John R. Heaton (USA) - 3:02.8 (1:01.4 + 1:00.4 + 1:01.0)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="row1" width="15%" align="left" colspan="2"><img border=0 src="http://209.85.12.231/2170/46/emo/winner_third_h4h.gif"> Bronze</td><td class="row1" width="85%" align="left" colspan="8">David Northesk (Earl of) (Great Britain) - 3:05.1 (1:02.7 + 1:01.0 + 1:01.4)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="titlemedium" width="100%" colspan="10"><center><font color="blue">1948 - St. Moritz, Switzerland</font></center></td></tr>
<tr><td class="row1" width="100%" align="center" colspan="10"><b><u>Men's</u></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="row1" width="15%" align="left" colspan="2"><img border=0 src="http://209.85.12.231/2170/46/emo/winner_first_h4h.gif"> Gold</td><td class="row1" width="85%" align="left" colspan="8">Nino Biddia (Italy) - 5:23.2<br>Runs: 48.0 (4) | 47.6 (2) | 47.6 (1) | 59.5 (1) | 1:00.2 (1) | 1:00.3 (1)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="row1" width="15%" align="left" colspan="2"><img border=0 src="http://209.85.12.231/2170/46/emo/winner_second_h4h.gif"> Silver</td><td class="row1" width="85%" align="left" colspan="8">John Heaton (USA) - 5:24.6<br>Runs: 48.1 (5) | 47.4 (1) | 47.7 (2) | 1:00.0 (2) | 1:00.2 (1) | 1:01.2 (5)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="row1" width="15%" align="left" colspan="2"><img border=0 src="http://209.85.12.231/2170/46/emo/winner_third_h4h.gif"> Bronze</td><td class="row1" width="85%" align="left" colspan="8">John Crammond (Great Britain) - 5:25.1<br>Runs: 47.4 (1) | 47.7 (3) | 47.9 (3) | 1:00.9 (5) | 1:00.9 (3) | 1:00.3 (1)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="titlemedium" width="100%" colspan="10"><center><font color="blue">2002 – Salt Lake City, USA</font></center></td></tr>
<tr><td class="row1" width="100%" align="center" colspan="10"><b><u>Men's</u></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="row1" width="15%" align="left" colspan="2"><img border=0 src="http://209.85.12.231/2170/46/emo/winner_first_h4h.gif"> Gold</td><td class="row1" width="85%" align="left" colspan="8">Jim Shea (USA) - 1:41.96 - Runs: 50.89 (1) | 51.07 (3)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="row1" width="15%" align="left" colspan="2"><img border=0 src="http://209.85.12.231/2170/46/emo/winner_second_h4h.gif"> Silver</td><td class="row1" width="85%" align="left" colspan="8">Martin Rettl (Austria) - 1:42.01 - Runs: 45.34 (2) | 50.99 (=1)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="row1" width="15%" align="left" colspan="2"><img border=0 src="http://209.85.12.231/2170/46/emo/winner_third_h4h.gif"> Bronze</td><td class="row1" width="85%" align="left" colspan="8">Gregor Staehli (Switzerland) - 1:42.15 - Runs: 45.38 (3) | 45.16 (=1)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="row1" width="100%" align="center" colspan="10"><b><u>Women's</u></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="row1" width="15%" align="left" colspan="2"><img border=0 src="http://209.85.12.231/2170/46/emo/winner_first_h4h.gif"> Gold</td><td class="row1" width="85%" align="left" colspan="8">Tristan Gale (USA) - 1:45.11 - Runs: 52.26 (1) | 52.85 (2)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="row1" width="15%" align="left" colspan="2"><img border=0 src="http://209.85.12.231/2170/46/emo/winner_second_h4h.gif"> Silver</td><td class="row1" width="85%" align="left" colspan="8">Lea Ann Parsley (USA) - 1:45.21 - Runs: 52.27 (2) | 52.94 (4)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="row1" width="15%" align="left" colspan="2"><img border=0 src="http://209.85.12.231/2170/46/emo/winner_third_h4h.gif"> Bronze</td><td class="row1" width="85%" align="left" colspan="8">Alex Coomber (Great Britain) - 1:45.37 - Runs: 52.48 (3) | 52.89 (3)</td></tr>
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