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. ^[2] 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. ^{[3] [4]}

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	Great Britain	56.21 TR	1	55.88 TR	1
	4	Axel Jungk	Germany	56.27	2	56.12	2
	10	Christopher Grotheer	Germany	56.39	4	56.16	3
	7	Chen Wenhao	China	56.43	5	56.25	4
	8	Amedeo Bagnis	Italy	56.37	3	56.38	6
	9	Felix Keisinger	Germany	56.44	6	56.53	8
	3	Marcus Wyatt	Great Britain	56.52	7	56.69	12
	2	Yin Zheng	China	56.56	8	56.66	11
	6	Jung Seung-gi	South Korea	56.57	9	56.65	10
	14	Lin Qinwei	China	56.89	12	56.33	5
	15	Rasmus Vestergaard Johansen	Denmark	56.82	11	56.52	7
	12	Mattia Gaspari	Italy	56.73	10	56.72	13
	13	Austin Florian	United States	56.95	14	56.59	9
	5	Samuel Maier	Austria	56.89	12	57.23	19
	17	Kim Ji-soo	South Korea	57.15	15	57.00	15
	21	Vinzenz Buff	Switzerland	57.27	16	57.02	16
	20	Emīls Indriksons	Latvia	57.29	17	57.11	17
	22	Florian Auer	Austria	57.53	19	56.91	14
	23	Dan Barefoot	United States	57.47	18	57.22	16
	16	Lucas Defayet	France	57.63	20	57.66	21
	19	Nick Timmings	Australia	58.26	24	57.57	20
	24	Jared Firestone	Israel	58.15	23	57.74	22
	25	Hiroatsu Takahashi	Japan	58.06	21	58.46	24
	18	Josip Brusic	Canada	58.14	22	58.40	23
DSQ	11	Vladyslav Heraskevych	Ukraine

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