Speed skating at the I Winter Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Eisschnellaufbahn Innsbruck
Dates	14–20 January
Competitors	56 from 20 nations

Speed skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
500 m	boys'	girls'
1500 m	boys'	girls'
3000 m	boys'	girls'
Mass start	boys	girls

Speed skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics was held at the Eisschnellaufbahn in Innsbruck, Austria, from 14 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
Totals (7 entries)		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	Noh Hyeok-jun  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	Jang Su-ji  South Korea	4:42.72
Mass start	Sanneke de Neeling  Netherlands	6:01.06	Jang Su-ji  South Korea	6:01.13	Sumire Kikuchi  Japan	6:01.24

Multi-medalists

Athlets who have won at least two medals.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Yang Fan (CHN)	3	0	0	3
2	Sanneke de Neeling (NED)	2	1	0	3
3	Jang Mi (KOR)	2	0	0	2
4	Liu An (CHN)	1	1	0	2
5	Seitaro Ichinohe (JPN)	0	2	1	3
6	Jang Su-ji (KOR)	0	1	1	2
7	Sumire Kikuchi (JPN)	0	0	2	2

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.

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".^[2]

The final allocation of quotas was announced on November 30, 2011.^[3]

Qualified nations summary

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
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	2	3
Russia	2	2	4
South Korea	2	2	4
Sweden	1		1
United States		1	1
Total athletes	28	28	56
Total NOCs	16	16	20

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  Romania  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  Romania  Russia  Russia  Switzerland  United States
TOTAL			28

See also

• 2012 World Junior Speed Skating Championships

References