Short track speed skating at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

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]

Short track speed skating
at the III Winter Youth Olympic Games
VenueCIG de Malley
Dates18–22 January
Competitors61 from 32 nations
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Medal summary

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Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  South Korea4307
  Mixed-NOCs1113
2  Netherlands0101
3  Canada0022
  China0022
Totals (4 entries)55515

Events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Boys' 500 metres
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Lee Jeong-min
  South Korea
40.772 Jang Sung-woo
  South Korea
41.000 Zhang Tianyi
  China
48.570
Boys' 1000 metres
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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
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Seo Whi-min
  South Korea
43.483 Michelle Velzeboer
  Netherlands
45.235 Florence Brunelle
  Canada
45.314
Girls' 1000 metres
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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
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  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

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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
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

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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

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  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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