Short track speed skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Short track speed skating
at the I Winter Youth Olympic Games
Venue
Innsbruck,  Austria
Dates January 20 – 22
Competitors 32
«First 2016»

Short track speed skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics will be held at the Tyrolean Ice Arena in Innsbruck, Austria from 20 January to 22 January. The difference in the Youth Olympic program for short track speed skating compared to the Winter Olympics, is that there will be no 1500 metre event and no relay for each gender, instead a mixed NOC relay will take place.

Contents

Medal summary

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
Total

Boys' events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres
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1000 metres
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Girls' events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres
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1000 metres
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Mixed

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Mixed team relay
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Qualification System

Each nation can send a maximum of 4 athletes (2 boys and 2 girls). The top three athletes in the overall standings for both genders (3 different NOC's) at the 2011 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships are permitted to send 2 athletes per gender. The host nation is guarnteed one spot in each event. Finally the remaining spots will be distributed in the order of finish at the World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships up until the maximum quota is reached, with a limit of one athlete per NOC.[1]

Qualification summary

NOC Boys' Girls' Total
Australia 1 1
Austria 1 1 2
China 2 2 4
Czech Republic 1 1
France 1 1
Great Britain 2 2
Hungary 1 1 2
Italy 1 2 3
Japan 1 1 2
Kazakhstan 1 1
South Korea 2 2 4
Netherlands 1 1 2
Russia 1 1 2
Chinese Taipei 1 1 2
Ukraine 1 1
United States 1 1 2
Total athletes 16 16 32
Total NOCs 15 14 17

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