The women's competition in skeleton at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 13 February (runs 1 and 2) and 14 February (runs 3 and 4), at the Cortina Sliding Centre in Cortina d'Ampezzo.
Janine Flock won Austria's first gold medal for skeleton during this event. Susanne Kreher of Germany won silver, her first Olympic medal, and Jacqueline Pfeifer (also of Germany) won bronze.
Background The defending champion, Hannah Neise, qualified for the event, as did the bronze medalist, Kimberley Bos. The silver medalist, Jaclyn Narracott, retired from competitions. Kim Meylemans won the 2025–26 Skeleton World Cup. Bos was the 2025 World champion.
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 Janine Flock 57.22 1 57.26 2 57.26 1 57.28 1 3:49.02 8 Susanne Kreher 57.24 2 57.28 3 57.43 2 57.37 3 3:49.32-0.30 6 Jacqueline Pfeifer 57.43 4 57.18 TR 1 57.56 4 57.29 2 3:49.46-0.44 4 10 Hannah Neise 57.45 5 57.40 4 57.59 5 57.73 6 3:50.17-1.15 5 3 Tabitha Stoecker 57.40 3 57.61 7 57.75 6 57.72 5 3:50.48-1.46 6 4 Kim Meylemans 57.70 6 57.62 8 57.49 3 57.86 9 3:50.67-1.65 7 11 Freya Tarbit 57.76 8 57.40 4 57.87 9 57.77 7 3:50.80-1.78 8 13 Zhao Dan 57.70 6 57.47 6 57.83 7 58.2115 3:51.21-2.19 9 9 Amelia Coltman 57.86 10 57.73 9 58.13 1457.60 4 3:51.32-2.30 10 5 Anna Fernstädt 57.90 12 57.86 11 57.83 7 57.85 8 3:51.44-2.42 11 7 Nicole Rocha Silveira 57.93 13 57.85 10 58.11 1257.93 10 3:51.82-2.80 12 15 Kelly Curtis 57.81 9 57.88 12 58.30 1658.14 14 3:52.13-3.11 13 2 Kimberley Bos 57.88 11 57.98 14 58.12 13 58.26 18 3:52.24-3.22 14 14 Alessandra Fumagalli 58.02 14 57.93 13 58.22 15 58.11 13 3:52.28-3.26 15 16 Mystique Ro 58.25 17 58.11 16 57.91 10 58.21 15 3:52.48 -3.46 16 19 Valentina Margaglio 58.20 16 58.07 15 58.06 11 58.58 19 3:52.91 -3.89 17 21 Marta Andžāne 58.37 19 58.15 18 58.32 18 58.09 12 3:52.93 -3.91 18 20 Jane Channell 58.08 15 58.14 17 58.51 19 58.23 17 3:52.96-3.94 19 12 Hallie Clarke 58.51 21 58.22 19 58.31 17 57.98 11 3:53.02 -4.00 20 25 Nanna Johansen 58.27 18 58.37 20 58.97 22 58.63 213:54.24 -5.22 21 17 Liang Yuxin 58.38 20 58.77 23 58.79 21 58.59 20 3:54.53-5.51 22 18 Hong Su-jung 58.88 22 58.45 21 58.73 20 58.67 223:54.73 -5.91 23 23 Dārta Zunte 58.88 22 58.71 22 59.10 23 58.78 233:55.47 -6.45 24 24 Kellie Delka 59.40 24 59.17 24 59.52 24 59.22 25 3:57.31-8.29 25 22 Nicole Burger 59.63 25 59.43 25 25 58.98 24 3:58.10 -9.08
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