Speed skating at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Speed skating at the II Winter Youth Olympic Games

Venue	Hamar Olympic Hall, Hamar
Dates	February 13 – 19
Competitors	56

Speed skating at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
500 m	boys'		girls'
1500 m	boys'		girls'
Mass start	boys'		girls'
Mixed		Mixed

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

Medal summary

Medal table

Host nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea (KOR)	5	1	2	8
2	China (CHN)	1	3	1	5
3	Mixed-NOCs	1	1	1	3
4	Japan (JPN)	0	2	0	2
5	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
5	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
5	Norway (NOR)	0	0	1	1
Total		7	7	7	21

Boys' events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Li Yanzhe China (CHN)	71.95	Kazuki Sakakibara Japan (JPN)	73.97	Chung Jae-woong South Korea (KOR)	74.13
1500 metres	Kim Min-seok South Korea (KOR)	1:51.35	Daichi Horikawa Japan (JPN)	1:52.96	Daan Baks Netherlands (NED)	1:53.29
Mass start	Kim Min-seok South Korea (KOR)		Chung Jae-woong South Korea (KOR)		Allan Dahl Johansson Norway (NOR)

Girls' events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Kim Min-sun South Korea (KOR)	78.66	Han Mei China (CHN)	79.44	Li Huawei China (CHN)	79.75
1500 metres	Park Ji-woo South Korea (KOR)	2:03.53	Han Mei China (CHN)	2:04.48	Noemi Bonazza Italy (ITA)	2:05.49
Mass start	Park Ji-woo South Korea (KOR)		Han Mei China (CHN)		Kim Min-sun South Korea (KOR)

Mixed event

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Team sprint	Team 6 Mixed-NOCs (MIX) Noemi Bonazza Italy (ITA) Sumiya Buyantogtokh Mongolia (MGL) Chung Jae-woong South Korea (KOR) Shen Hanyang China (CHN)	1:57.85	Team 9 Mixed-NOCs (MIX) Elisa Dul Netherlands (NED) Karolina Gasecka Poland (POL) Austin Kleba United States (USA) Anvar Mukhamadeyev Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1:58.80	Team 10 Mixed-NOCs (MIX) Chiara Cristelli Italy (ITA) Mihaela Hogas Romania (ROU) Ole Jeske Germany (GER) Allan Dahl Johansson Norway (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	2	2	4
Netherlands	2	2	4
Mongolia		1	1
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	28	28	56
Total NOCs	15	17	20

References

Events at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer

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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