Skeleton at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Each nation can send a maximum of 4 athletes (2 boys and 2 girls). The FIBT ranking will be used to allocate places to NOC's. Participation, for each of the men's and women's competitions, is limited to a total of 15 athletes, including the host nation. The NOC quotas are based on the updated FIBT ranking. Qualification is achieved by the results of athletes, who gain a qualification place for their NOC. Male and female athletes of non represented continents may also participate, with 1 male and 1 female athlete, provided that the maximum quota of 15 men and 15 women is not yet filled[1]

Each nation could send a maximum of 4 athletes (2 boys and 2 girls). The FIBT ranking were used to allocate places to NOC's. Participation, for each of the men's and women's competitions, was limited to a total of 15 athletes, including the host nation. The NOC quotas were based on the updated FIBT ranking which was released by FIBT at a later time. Qualification was achieved by the results of athletes, who gained a qualification place for their NOC.[2]

Boys'

The FIBT did not release a final list of qualified teams, this is just a list of teams in alphabetical order according to qualification system.

Event	Vacancies	Qualified
Europe/Africa	7	Germany  Italy  Latvia  Romania  Russia  Spain  Switzerland
Americas	4 3	Canada  Mexico  United States
Asia/Oceania	3	Japan  Japan  South Korea
Host	1	Austria
TOTAL	14

Girls'

The FIBT did not release a final list of qualified teams, this is just a list of teams in alphabetical order according to qualification system.

Event	Vacancies	Qualified
Europe/Africa	9	Germany  Germany  Italy  Netherlands  Romania  Romania  Russia  Russia  Slovenia
Americas	4 3	Canada  United States  United States
Asia/Oceania	3 1	Japan
Host	1	Austria
TOTAL	14

Qualification summary

NOC	Boys'	Girls'	Total
Austria	1	1	2
Canada	1	1	2
Germany	1	2	3
Italy	1	1	2
Japan	2	1	3
Latvia	1		1
Mexico	1		1
Netherlands		1	1
Romania	1	2	3
Russia	1	2	3
Slovenia		1	1
Spain	1		1
Switzerland	1		1
South Korea	1		1
United States	1	2	3
Total athletes	14	14	28
Total NOCs	13	10	15