Cross-country skiing at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Cross country skiing
at the I Winter Youth Olympic Games
Venue Seefeld Arena
Seefeld,  Austria
Dates January 14 – 16
Competitors 90 from 42 nations
«First 2016»

Cross-Country Skiing at the 2012 Youth Winter Olympics will take place at the Cross-Country World Cup Course at the Seefeld Arena in Seefeld, Austria between the 14th and 16th of January. Five events will be contested (2 per gender) and a mixed relay with biathlon athletes.[1]

Contents

Medal summary

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
Total

Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Boys' 10 kilometre classical
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Boys' sprint
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Girls' 5 kilometre classical
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Girls' sprint
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Cross-Country-Biathlon Mixed relay
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Qualification System

Each nation can send a maximum of 4 athletes (2 boys and 2 girls). The top 7 teams at the 2011 Junior Alpine World Ski Championships, plus the hosts Austria will be allowed to send the maximum of 4 athletes. The remaining spots will be awarded to nations who score points in the Marc Holder Trophy at the said championships. Any remaining quota spots will be distributed to nations not already qualified, with a maximum of one boy or girl from one nation.[2] The quotas were released on May 13, 2011 and are subject to change.[3]

Qualification summary

NOC Boys' Girls' Total
Argentina 1 1
Armenia 1 1 2
Australia 1 1 2
Austria 2 2 4
Belarus 1 1 2
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 1
Bulgaria 1 1 2
Canada 1 1 2
China 1 1
Croatia 1 1 2
Czech Republic 1 1 2
Denmark 1 1 2
Estonia 1 1 2
Finland 2 2 4
France 2 2 4
Germany 2 2 4
Great Britain 1 1 2
Greece 1 1
Hungary 1 1
Iceland 1 1
Iran 1 1
Italy 1 1 2
Japan 2 2 4
Kazakhstan 1 1 2
Kyrgyzstan 1 1
Latvia 1 1 2
Liechtenstein 1 1
Lithuania 1 1 2
Macedonia 1 1
Mongolia 1 1
Norway 2 2 4
Poland 1 1 2
Romania 1 1 2
Russia 2 2 4
Slovakia 1 1 2
Slovenia 2 2 4
South Korea 1 1 2
Spain 1 1 2
Sweden 1 1 2
Switzerland 1 1 2
Turkey 1 1
Ukraine 1 1 2
United States 1 1 2
Total athletes 50 40 90
Total NOCs 42 32 42

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