Speed skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics – Qualification

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

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.

Canada will not send any skaters after the governing body for the sport in the county deemed the event "not developmentally appropriate".^[1]

The final allocation of quotas was announced on November 30, 2011.^[2]

Qualification times

Athletes must have met the qualification times after October 10, 2010 to compete.^[2]

Event	Women	Men
500m	45.50	42.00
1500m	2:25.00	2:14.00
3000m	5:20.00	4:55:00

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

Qualification

Boys'

Event	Date	Location	Athletes per NOC	Qualified
Host Nation	-	-	2	Austria
World Junior Championships	March 2011	Seinäjoki	2	South Korea  Norway  Netherlands  Japan
World Junior Championships	March 2011	Seinäjoki	1	China  Canada  Italy  Russia
2 ISU Junior World Cups	November 12 – 13, 2011 November 18 – 19, 2011	Erfurt Bjugn	1	Belarus  Belarus  China  Denmark  Finland  Finland  Germany  Germany  Kazakhstan  Kazakhstan  Poland  Poland  Russia  Sweden  Switzerland
TOTAL			28

Girls'

Event	Date	Location	Athletes per NOC	Qualified
Host Nation	-	-	–	Austria
World Junior Championships	March 2011	Seinäjoki	2	Netherlands  South Korea  Norway  Japan
World Junior Championships	March 2011	Seinäjoki	1	Kazakhstan  Canada  Czech Republic
2 ISU Junior World Cups	November 12 – 13, 2011 November 18 – 19, 2011	Erfurt Bjugn	1	Belgium  Belarus  Belarus  China  China  Estonia  Germany  Germany  Italy  Italy  Kazakhstan  Mongolia  Poland  Poland  Romania  Russia  Russia  Switzerland
TOTAL			28

References

1. Speed skating Canada 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
2. Final quota allocation

External links

• Quota allocation