Speed skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Speed skating
at the I Winter Youth Olympic Games
Venue Eisschnellaufbahn
Innsbruck
Dates January 14 – 20
Competitors 56
Speed skating at the
2012 Winter Youth Olympics
500 m   boys'   girls'
1500 m boys' girls'
3000 m boys' girls'
Mass start boys' girls'
Qualification

Speed skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics was held at the Eisschnellaufbahn in Innsbruck, Austria, from 14 January to 20 January.[1]

Medal summary

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  China (CHN) 4 2 0 6
2  South Korea (KOR) 2 1 2 5
3  Netherlands (NED) 2 1 0 3
4  Japan (JPN) 0 3 4 7
5  Belarus (BLR) 0 1 0 1
6  Norway (NOR) 0 0 1 1
 Russia (RUS) 0 0 1 1
Total 8 8 8 24

Boys' events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres
Liu An
 China
75.50 Roman Dubovik
 Belarus
77.824 Toshihiro Kakui
 Japan
77.827
1500 metres
Yang Fan
 China
1:54.20 Liu An
 China
2:00.28 Seitaro Ichinohe
 Japan
2:00.30
3000 metres
Yang Fan
 China
4:03.22 Seitaro Ichinohe
 Japan
4:10.00 Hyeok Jun Noh
 South Korea
4:14.41
Mass start
Yang Fan
 China
7:10.23 Seitaro Ichinohe
 Japan
7:11.45 Vasili Pudushkin
 Russia
7:12.83

Girls' events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres
Jang Mi
 South Korea
81.68 Shi Xiaoxuan
 China
84.32 Martine Lilløy Bruun
 Norway
87.51
1500 metres
Jang Mi
 South Korea
2:08.17 Sanneke de Neeling
 Netherlands
2:09.54 Sumire Kikuchi
 Japan
2:11.33
3000 metres
Sanneke de Neeling
 Netherlands
4:37.33 Rio Harada
 Japan
4:41.85 Su Ji Jang
 South Korea
4:42.72
Mass start
Sanneke de Neeling
 Netherlands
6:01.06 Su Ji Jang
 South Korea
6:01.13 Sumire Kikuchi
 Japan
6:01.24

Qualification system

Trainingday at the Eisschnellaufbahn

Each country could send a maximum of four athletes 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 (Austria) was given at least one spot.

Participating countries

NOC Boys' Girls' Total
 Austria 2 2
 Belarus2 2 4
 Belgium 1 1
 China2 2 4
 Czech Republic 1 1
 Denmark1 1
 Estonia 1 1
 Finland2 2
 Germany2 2 4
 Italy1 2 3
 Japan2 2 4
 Kazakhstan 2 2 4
 Mongolia 1 1
 Netherlands2 2 4
 Norway2 2 4
 Poland2 2 4
 Romania 1 1
 Russia2 2 4
 South Korea2 2 4
 Sweden1 1
 Switzerland1 1 2
Total athletes 28 28 56
Total NOCs 16 17 21

See also

References

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