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

Main article: Speed skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics – Qualification

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
Belarus	2	2	4
Belgium		1	1
China	2	2	4
Czech Republic		1	1
Denmark	1		1
Estonia		1	1
Finland	2		2
Germany	2	2	4
Italy	1	2	3
Japan	2	2	4
Kazakhstan	2	2	4
Mongolia		1	1
Netherlands	2	2	4
Norway	2	2	4
Poland	2	2	4
Romania		1	1
Russia	2	2	4
South Korea	2	2	4
Sweden	1		1
Switzerland	1	1	2
Total athletes	28	28	56
Total NOCs	16	17	21

References

↑ Speed skating

Events at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck

Alpine skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh Cross‑country skiing Curling Figure skating Freestyle skiing Ice hockey Luge Nordic combined Short track speed skating Skeleton Ski jumping Snowboarding Speed skating

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