| Short track speed skating at the 2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival | |
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| Venue | Vuokatti Arena |
| Location | Vuokatti, Finland |
| Date | 21–25 March |
| Website | eyof2022.fi |
Short track speed skating at the 2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held from 21 to 25 March at Vuokatti Arena in Vuokatti, Finland. [1]
Sessions that included the event finals are shown in bold.
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 21 March | 9:35 | Girls' 1500 m |
| Boys' 1500 m | ||
| 12:30 | Mixed 3000 m relay | |
| 22 March | 9:35 | Girls' 500 m |
| Boys' 500 m | ||
| 12:11 | Mixed 3000 m relay | |
| 25 March | 11:05 | Girls' 1000 m |
| Boys' 1000 m | ||
| 14:23 | Mixed 3000 m relay | |
| Source: [2] All times are (UTC+2) | ||
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Netherlands (NED) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 |  Italy (ITA) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 |  France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 |  Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 |  Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m [3] | Tawan Thomas France | 42.618 | Lorenzo Previtali Italy | 42.782 | Niels Bergsma Netherlands | 42.956 |
| 1000 m [4] | Lorenzo Previtali Italy | 1:32.314 | Tawan Thomas France | 1:32.327 | Alessandro Loreggia Italy | 1:32.429 |
| 1500 m [5] | Alessandro Loreggia Italy | 2:24.110 | Lorenzo Previtali Italy | 2:24.284 | Tawan Thomas France | 2:24.708 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m [6] | Zoë Deltrap Netherlands | 46.515 | Melinda Schönborn Hungary | 46.567 | Tamara Tokárová Slovakia | 46.623 |
| 1000 m [7] | Zoë Deltrap Netherlands | 1:37.585 | Maja Somodi Hungary | 1:37.716 | Bérénice Comby France | 1:37.723 |
| 1500 m [8] | Zoë Deltrap Netherlands | 2:28.758 | Maja Somodi Hungary | 2:28.882 | Eva Grenouilloux France | 2:28.948 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed 3000 m relay [9] | Netherlands Zoë Deltrap Kiek Straathof Niels Bergsma Bas van der Valk | 4:20.299 | Italy Margherita Betti Viola Simonini Alessandro Loreggia Lorenzo Previtali | 4:23.639 | Poland Agnieszka Bogdanowicz Karolina Parczewska Oskar Kurowski Adam Muchlado | 4:30.471 |
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