| Short track speed skating at the II Winter Youth Olympic Games | |
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| Venue | Gjøvik Olympic Cavern Hall, Gjøvik, Norway |
| Dates | 14–20 February |
| Competitors | 32 Quota limit |
Short track speed skating at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics was held at the Gjøvik Olympic Cavern Hall in Gjøvik, Norway from 14 to 20 February. [1]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 |  China | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| – |  Mixed-NOCs | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |  Hungary | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 |  Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys' 500 metres | Hong Kyung-hwan South Korea | 41.885 | Kazuki Yoshinaga Japan | 41.969 | Ma Wei China | 42.129 |
| Boys' 1000 metres | Hwang Dae-heon South Korea | 1:28.022 | Ma Wei China | 1:28.082 | Shaoang Liu Hungary | 1:28.187 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girls' 500 metres | Zang Yize China | 46.648 | Petra Jászapáti Hungary | No Time | Katrin Manoilova Bulgaria | 46.337 |
| Girls' 1000 metres | Kim Ji-yoo South Korea | 1:34.041 | Lee Su-youn South Korea | 1:34.118 | Anna Seidel Germany | 1:34.323 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed team relay | Team B Mixed-NOCs  Ane Farstad (NOR) Kim Ji-yoo (KOR) Stijn Desmet (BEL) Quentin Fercoq (FRA) | 4:14.413 | Team C Mixed-NOCs Petra Jászapáti (HUN) Julia Moore (AUS) Tjerk de Boer (NED) Kiichi Shigehiro (JPN) | 4:14.495 | Team F Mixed-NOCs Katrin Manoilova (BUL) Anita Nagay (KAZ) Kārlis Krūzbergs (LAT) Kazuki Yoshinaga (JPN) | 4:17.181 |
Each nation could send a maximum of 4 athletes (2 boys and 2 girls). The top 3 nations in the overall classification of the 2015 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships could send 2 athletes per gender, the next best nations could send 1 athlete per gender until the quota was filled. The quota limit was 32. [2] The current allocation of quotas is listed below.
| NOC | Boys | Girls | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Belgium | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Canada | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| China | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| France | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Germany | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Japan | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Latvia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Russia | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| South Korea | 2 | 2 | 4 |
 United States | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total athletes | 16 | 16 | 32 |
| Total NOCs | 13 | 13 | 16 |
