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| Venue | Heilongjiang Indoor Rink (Harbin, China) | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 28 and 29 December 2010 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 17 from 4 nations | ||||||||||||
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The 2011 Asian Speed Skating Championships were held between 28 and 29 December 2010 at the Heilongjiang Indoor Rink in Harbin, China. The championships doubled as qualifier for the 2011 World Championships.
500 meter
| 3000 meter
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1500 meter
| 5000 meter
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| Place | Athlete | Country | 500 m | 3000 m | 1500 m | 5000 m | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Eriko Ishino |  Japan | 41.96 (6) | 4:17.64 (2) | 2:02.92 (1) | 7:16.51 (2) | 169.524 |
 | Masako Hozumi | Japan | 42.29 (7) | 4:15.41 (1) | 2:03.59 (2) | 7:16.32 (1) | 169.688 |
 | Ayaka Kikuchi | Japan | 41.15 (2) | 4:22.34 (3) | 2:06.39 (5) | 7:36.90 (3) | 172.693 |
| 4 | Jia Ji |  China | 41.29 (3) | 4:25.39 (4) | 2:05.73 (4) | 7:38.07 (4) | 173.238 |
| 5 | Dong Feifei | China | 40.93 (1) | 4:28.79 (7) | 2:05.68 (3) | 7:48.50 (6) | 174.471 |
| 6 | Fu Chunyan | China | 41.70 (5) | 5:54.21 (8) | 2:08.92 (7) | 7:47.75 (5) | 190.483 |
| Lee Ju-yeon |  South Korea | 41.54 (4) | 4:27.12 (6) | 2:06.81 (6) | 128.330 | ||
| Park Do-yeong | South Korea | 42.47 (8) | 4:26.59 (5) | 2:11.80 (8) | 130.834 |
500 meter
| 5000 meter
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1500 meter
| 10000 meter
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| Place | Athlete | Country | 500 m | 5000 m | 1500 m | 10000 m | Points |
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| Lee Seung-hoon | South Korea | 37.65 (2) | 6:31.32 (1) | 1:50.80 (1) | 13:38.22 (1) | 154.626 |
| Dmitry Babenko |  Kazakhstan | 37.80 (4) | 6:51.83 (5) | 1:51.50 (2) | 13:47.16 (2) | 157.506 |
| Ko Byeong-wook | South Korea | 38.43 (8) | 6:41.49 (2) | 1:53.17 (3) | 14:05.42 (4) | 158.573 |
| 4 | Shota Nakamura | Japan | 37.80 (4) | 6:53.44 (6) | 1:54.57 (5) | 14:13.72 (6) | 160.020 |
| 5 | Artyom Belousov | Kazakhstan | 39.83 (9) | 6:43.83 (3) | 1:55.01 (6) | 14:03.91 (3) | 160.744 |
| 6 | Gao Xuefeng | China | 37.48 (1) | 6:59.07 (7) | 1:53.33 (4) | 15:12.59 (8) | 162.792 |
| 7 | Sun Longjiang | China | 37.73 (3) | 7:00.98 (8) | 1:55.83 (7) | 14:53.89 (7) | 163.132 |
| 8 | Daiki Wakabayashi | Japan | 38.29 (7) | 6:49.34 (4) | 2:46.77 (9) | 14:13.66 (5) | 177.502 |
| Jin Xin | China | 37.89 (6) | 7:28.45 (9) | 1:56.56 (8) | 121.588 |
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