Short track speed skating at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

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
500 m	boys	girls
1000 m	boys	girls
Relay	mixed
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Preparation of the ice

Collection of rubber cones

Placement of the rubber cones

Olympic bell which is ringed for the last round

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[]

Medal table[]

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
	China	0	0	2	2
Totals (4 nations)		5	5	5	15

Events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Boys' 500 metres details	South Korea	40.772	South Korea	41.000	China	48.570
Boys' 1000 metres details	South Korea	1:33.531	South Korea	1:33.646	China	1:33.851
Girls' 500 metres details	South Korea	43.483	Netherlands	45.235	Canada	45.314
Girls' 1000 metres details	South Korea	1:29.439	South Korea	1:29.538	Canada	1:30.024
Mixed NOC team relay details	Team B (MIX)   (KOR)   (NED)   (JPN)   (USA)	4:12.378	Team G (MIX)   (RUS)   (TPE)   (KOR)   (FRA)	4:12.972	Team A (MIX)   (GBR)   (KOR)   (ITA)   (NZL)	4:16.115

Qualification[]

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[]

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[]

External links[]

• Results Book – Short Track Speed Skating