Short track speed skating at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Short track speed skating
at the III Winter Youth Olympic Games
Short track speed skating; at the III Winter Youth Olympic Games
Venue	CIG de Malley
Dates	18–22 January
Competitors	61 from 32 nations
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Short track speed skating at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics took place at the CIG de Malley in Lausanne, Switzerland from 18 to 22 January 2020.^[1]^[2]

Medal summary[edit]

Medal table[edit]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	4	3	0	7
–	Mixed-NOCs	1	1	1	3
2	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
3	Canada	0	0	2	2
3	China	0	0	2	2
Totals (4 entries)		5	5	5	15

Events[edit]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Boys' 500 metres details	Lee Jeong-min South Korea	40.772	Jang Sung-woo South Korea	41.000	Zhang Tianyi China	48.570
Boys' 1000 metres details	Jang Sung-woo South Korea	1:33.531	Lee Jeong-min South Korea	1:33.646	Li Kongchao China	1:33.851

Girls' 500 metres details	Seo Whi-min South Korea	43.483	Michelle Velzeboer Netherlands	45.235	Florence Brunelle Canada	45.314
Girls' 1000 metres details	Seo Whi-min South Korea	1:29.439	Kim Chan-seo South Korea	1:29.538	Florence Brunelle Canada	1:30.024

Mixed NOC team relay details	Team B (MIX) Kim Chan-seo (KOR) Diede van Oorschot (NED) Shogo Miyata (JPN) Jonathan So (USA)	4:12.378	Team G (MIX) Iuliia Beresneva (RUS) Chang Hui (TPE) Jang Sung-woo (KOR) Gabriel Volet (FRA)	4:12.972	Team A (MIX) Olivia Weedon (GBR) Seo Whi-min (KOR) Thomas Nadalini (ITA) Ethan De Rose (NZL)	4:16.115

Qualification[edit]

64 skaters (32 per gender) will qualify to compete. The top four countries ranked in the women's 500 metres and men's 1000 metres events at the 2019 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships qualified two athletes for the respective gender. The rest of the spots were awarded one per NOC until the total quota was complete. The host nation has the right to enter one athlete in each event if not qualified.^[3]

Event		Quotas	Boys'	Girls'
2019 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships	Top 4	2	China Japan Russia South Korea	Netherlands Poland South Korea United States
2019 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships		1	Australia Austria Belgium Bulgaria Canada Croatia France Germany Great Britain Hungary Italy Kazakhstan Latvia ~~Luxembourg~~ Malaysia Netherlands New Zealand Philippines Poland ~~Serbia~~ Singapore Slovenia Switzerland Chinese Taipei Thailand Ukraine United States	~~Australia~~ Canada China Croatia Czech Republic France Germany Great Britain Hungary Italy Japan Kazakhstan Latvia Luxembourg Malaysia Russia Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Sweden Switzerland Chinese Taipei Ukraine
Total			32	29

Switzerland did not qualify a male skater. However, as host nation is entitled to enter one male athlete. If the country chooses to do so, it would replace Bulgaria in the competition. Switzerland did decide to use its men's quota.
Australia, Slovenia and Sweden declined girls' quotas. These spots were not reallocated.
Luxembourg, Serbia and Slovenia did not use boys' quotas. These were reallocated to Bulgaria, Singapore and Croatia

Summary[edit]

A total of 32 countries qualified skaters.^[4]

NOC	Boys'	Girls'	Total
Australia	1		1
Austria	1		1
Belgium	1		1
Bulgaria	1		1
Canada	1	1	2
China	2	1	3
Croatia	1	1	2
Czech Republic		1	1
France	1	1	2
Germany	1	1	2
Great Britain	1	1	2
Hungary	1	1	2
Italy	1	1	2
Japan	2	1	3
Kazakhstan	1	1	2
Latvia	1	1	2
Luxembourg		1	1
Malaysia	1	1	2
Netherlands	1	2	3
New Zealand	1		1
Philippines	1		1
Poland	1	2	3
Russia	2	1	3
Serbia		1	1
Singapore	1	1	2
Slovakia		1	1
South Korea	2	2	4
Switzerland	1	1	2
Chinese Taipei	1	1	2
Thailand	1		1
Ukraine	1	1	2
United States	1	2	3
Total: 32 NOCs	32	29	61

References[edit]

^ "2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games, Lausanne, Switzerland". Olympic.org - Official website of the Olympic Movement.
^ "Short Track Speed Skating – Competition Schedule" (PDF). lausanne2020.sport. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
^ "Qualification System – Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games International Skating Union Short Track Speed Skating". www.isu.org/. International Skating Union. 13 November 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
^ "Provisional Quota Places Figure Skating & Speed Skating – Final Quota Places Short Track Speed Skating". www.isu.org/. International Skating Union. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.

External links[edit]

Results Book – Short Track Speed Skating

[olyorg-1] "2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games, Lausanne, Switzerland". Olympic.org - Official website of the Olympic Movement.

[2] "Short Track Speed Skating – Competition Schedule" (PDF). lausanne2020.sport. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.

[3] "Qualification System – Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games International Skating Union Short Track Speed Skating". www.isu.org/. International Skating Union. 13 November 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2019.

[4] "Provisional Quota Places Figure Skating & Speed Skating – Final Quota Places Short Track Speed Skating". www.isu.org/. International Skating Union. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.

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