2012 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships

2012 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships

The logo of the 2012 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships
VenueMedibank Icehouse, Melbourne, Australia
DatesFebruary 24–26, 2012
Competitors100 from 29 nations
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The 2012 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between February 24 and 26, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia at the Medibank Icehouse.[1] The World Championships are organised by the ISU which also run world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres Lee Hyo Been
 South Korea (KOR)
42.108 Han Tianyu
 China (CHN)
42.308 Alexandre St Jean
 Canada (CAN)
42.461
1000 metres Park Se-yeong
 South Korea (KOR)
1:27.571 Dequan Chen
 China (CHN)
1:27.596 Lee Hyo Been
 South Korea (KOR)
1:27.685
1500 metres Park Se-yeong
 South Korea (KOR)
2:20.059 Lee Hyo Been
 South Korea (KOR)
2:20.087 John-Henry Krueger
 United States (USA)
2:21.480
1500 metres super final Tianyu Han
 China (CHN)
2:38.889 John-Henry Krueger
 United States (USA)
2:39.045 Lee Hyo Been
 South Korea (KOR)
2:39.052
3000 metre relay  South Korea 4:00.649  China 4:02.922  United States 4:06.420

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres Suk Hee Shim
 South Korea (KOR)
44.113 Agnė Sereikaitė
 Lithuania (LTU)
44.765 Xue Wang
 China (CHN)
44.975
1000 metres Suk Hee Shim
 South Korea (KOR)
1:30.208 Hyun Sun Hwang
 South Korea (KOR)
1:30.314 Xue Wang
 China (CHN)
1:30.465
1500 metres Suk Hee Shim
 South Korea (KOR)
2:21.987 Hyun Sun Hwang
 South Korea (KOR)
2:22.069 Se Jung Ahn
 South Korea (KOR)
2:22.183
1500 metres super final Hyun Sun Hwang
 South Korea (KOR)
2:39.144 Se Jung Ahn
 South Korea (KOR)
2:39.265 Suk Hee Shim
 South Korea (KOR)
2:39.394
3000 metre relay  South Korea 4:11.997  China 4:17.711  Russia 4:23.275

Medal table

Place Country Total
1  South Korea 9 4 4 17
2  China 1 4 2 7
3  United States 0 1 2 3
4  Lithuania 0 1 0 1
5  Canada 0 0 1 1
5  Russia 0 0 1 1

Participating nations

Athletes from 29 countries participated in these championships, which is a decrease of four nations from the last year's competition.[2] Malaysia[3] and Singapore will make their debut appearance.

See also

References

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