Speed skating at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

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

Speed skating at the II Winter Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Hamar Olympic Hall, Hamar
Dates	13–19 February
Competitors	54 from 20 nations
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Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Norway)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	5	1	2	8
2	China	1	3	1	5
–	Mixed-NOCs	1	1	1	3
3	Japan	0	2	0	2
4	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
	Norway*	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		7	7	7	21

Boys' events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres details	Li Yanzhe  China	71.95	Kazuki Sakakibara  Japan	73.97	Chung Jae-woong  South Korea	74.13
1500 metres details	Kim Min-seok  South Korea	1:51.35	Daichi Horikawa  Japan	1:52.96	Daan Baks  Netherlands	1:53.29
Mass start details	Kim Min-seok  South Korea	30 pts	Chung Jae-woong  South Korea	20 pts	Allan Dahl Johansson  Norway	10 pts

Girls' events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres details	Kim Min-sun  South Korea	78.66	Han Mei  China	79.44	Li Huawei  China	79.75
1500 metres details	Park Ji-woo  South Korea	2:03.53	Han Mei  China	2:04.48	Noemi Bonazza  Italy	2:05.49
Mass start details	Park Ji-woo  South Korea	30 pts	Han Mei  China	20 pts	Kim Min-sun  South Korea	10 pts

Mixed event

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Team sprint details	Team 6 (MIX)  Noemi Bonazza (ITA)  Buyantogtokh Sumiya (MGL)  Chung Jae-woong (KOR)  Shen Hanyang (CHN)	1:57.85	Team 9 (MIX)  Elisa Dul (NED)  Karolina Gąsecka (POL)  Austin Kleba (USA)  Anvar Mukhamadeyev (KAZ)	1:58.80	Team 10 (MIX)  Chiara Cristelli (ITA)  Mihaela Hogaş (ROU)  Ole Jeske (GER)  Allan Dahl Johansson (NOR)	1:58.87

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

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	1	1	2
Mongolia		1	1
Netherlands	2	2	4
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	27	27	54
Total NOCs	15	17	20

References

1. "Qualification system – second Winter Youth Olympic Games – Lillehammer 2016". ISU. July 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
2. "ISU communication No. 1985" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-12-04.

External links

• Results Book – Speed skating