Speed skating at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Speed skating at the II Winter Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Hamar Olympic Hall
Dates	February 13 – 19
Competitors	56

Speed skating at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
500 m		boys'		girls'
1500 m		boys'		girls'
Mass start		boys'		girls'
Mixed			Mixed

Speed skating at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics will be held at the Hamar Olympic Hall in Hamar, Norway between February 13 to 19 2016.

Medal summary

Medal table

      Host nation (Norway)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea (KOR)	3	0	1	4
2	China (CHN)	1	2	1	4
3	Japan (JPN)	0	2	0	2
4	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
4	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
Total		4	4	4	12

Boys' events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Li Yanzhe China (CHN)	71.95	Kazuki Sakakibara Japan (JPN)	73.97	Chung Jae Woong South Korea (KOR)	74.13
1500 metres	Min Seok Kim South Korea (KOR)	1:51.35	Daichi Horikawa Japan (JPN)	1:52.96	Daan Baks Netherlands (NED)	1:53.29
Mass start

Girls' events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Kim Min Sun South Korea (KOR)	78.66	Han Mei China (CHN)	79.44	Li Huawei China (CHN)	79.75
1500 metres	Ji Woo Park South Korea (KOR)	2:03.53	Han Mei China (CHN)	2:04.48	Noemi Bonazza Italy (ITA)	2:05.49
Mass start

Mixed event

Qualification system

Each country could send a maximum of four athletes (two per gender) to the speed skating events of the Winter Youth Olympics. The ISU Junior World Cup competition during the season was used to qualify in the respective distances. The host country (Norway) was given at least one spot.^[1]

Quota Allocation

The current quota allocation as of December 1, 2015:^[2]

NOC	Boys'	Girls'	Total
Austria	1	2	3
Belarus	2	2	4
China	2	2	4
Czech Republic		1	1
Estonia	2		2
Finland	2		2
Germany	2	2	4
Italy	2	2	4
Japan	2	2	4
Kazakhstan	2	2	4
Netherlands	2	2	4
Mongolia		1	1
Norway	2	1	3
Poland	2	2	4
Romania		1	1
Russia	2	2	4
South Korea	2	2	4
Sweden		1	1
Switzerland		1	2
United States	1		1
Total athletes	28	28	56
Total NOCs	15	17	20

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