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	71.95	Kazuki Sakakibara  Japan	73.97	Chung Jae-woong  South Korea	74.13
1500 metres	Kim Min-seok  South Korea	1:51.35	Daichi Horikawa  Japan	1:52.96	Daan Baks  Netherlands	1:53.29
Mass start	Kim Min-seok  South Korea		Chung Jae-woong  South Korea		Allan Dahl Johansson  Norway

Girls' events

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

Mixed event

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Team sprint	Team 6  Mixed-NOCs Noemi Bonazza  Italy Sumiya Buyantogtokh  Mongolia Chung Jae-woong  South Korea Shen Hanyang  China	1:57.85	Team 9  Mixed-NOCs Elisa Dul  Netherlands Karolina Gasecka  Poland Austin Kleba  United States Anvar Mukhamadeyev  Kazakhstan	1:58.80	Team 10  Mixed-NOCs Chiara Cristelli  Italy Mihaela Hogas  Romania Ole Jeske  Germany Allan Dahl Johansson  Norway	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

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