Speed skating at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Speed skating
at the III Winter Youth Olympic Games
Speed skating; at the III Winter Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Lake St. Moritz
Dates	12–16 January
Competitors	64 from 22 nations
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Last updated January 22, 2024

Medal summary

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	3	1	1	5
2	Netherlands	2	0	0	2
3	China	1	1	2	4
–	Mixed-NOCs	1	1	1	3
4	Russia	0	1	1	2
5	Colombia	0	1	0	1
	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
	Spain	0	1	0	1
8	Italy	0	0	1	1
8	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		7	7	7	21

Boys' events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres details	Yudai Yamamoto Japan	36.42	Nil Llop Spain	36.60	Xue Zhiwen China	36.67
1500 metres details	Motonaga Arito Japan	1:52.24	Pavel Taran Russia	1:53.74	Jonathan Tobon United States	1:55.67
Mass start details	Motonaga Arito Japan	30 pts	Diego Amaya Colombia	20 pts	Pavel Taran Russia	10 pts

Girls' events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres details	Isabel Grevelt Netherlands	40.57	Wang Jingyi China	41.07	Yukino Yoshida Japan	41.16
1500 metres details	Myrthe de Boer Netherlands	2:10.44	Yuka Takahashi Japan	2:10.58	Yang Binyu China	2:10.93
Mass start details	Yang Binyu China	30 pts	Zuzana Kuršová Czech Republic	25 pts	Katia Filippi Italy	10 pts

Mixed event

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Team sprint details	Team 3 (MIX) Sini Siro (FIN) Yukino Yoshida (JPN) Ignaz Gschwentner (AUT) Alexander Sergeev (RUS)	2:04.10	Team 16 (MIX) Laura Kivioja (FIN) Daria Kopacz (POL) Theo Collins (GBR) Motonaga Arito (JPN)	2:05.92	Team 14 (MIX) Ramona Ionel (ROU) Valeriia Sorokoletova (RUS) Tuukka Suomalainen (FIN) Jonathan Tobon (USA)	2:05.96

Qualification system

The overall quota for the Speed skating competition is 64 total skaters, consisting of 32 men and 32 ladies. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) could send a maximum of six athletes (three per gender) to the Winter Youth Olympic Games but the maximum number of entries per event is two. Skaters are eligible to participate at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics if they were born between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2004.^[3]

The top six athletes, per gender, based on the results of the 2019 World Junior Speed Skating Championships in the 500 and 1500 meters entitled to one quota. Each NOC can receive up to two quotas based on the 2019 World Junior Championships. The remaining quota will be allocated based on the ISU Junior World Cup Speed Skating ranking. The allocation of quotas will be carried out under four restrictions:^[3]

the allocation will be disregarded the highest ranked NOC skaters in equal number to the quota the NOCs have already received.
only the highest distance rank of each skater will be considered.
NOC that did not qualify or qualified one quota will get priority before allocation of a third quota to other NOC.
The host nation has the right to enter one athlete in each event if not qualified.

Qualification summary

NOC	Boys'	Girls'	Total
Austria	1		1
Belgium		1	1
Belarus	2	2	4
China	2	2	4
Colombia	1		1
Czech Republic	2	2	4
Finland	2	2	4
Germany	2	2	4
Great Britain	1		1
Hungary		1	1
Italy	1	2	3
Japan	2	2	4
Kazakhstan	2	2	4
Netherlands	2	2	4
Norway	2	2	4
Poland	2	2	4
Romania		2	2
Russia	2	2	4
South Korea	2	2	4
Spain	1	2	3
Switzerland	1		1
United States	2		2
Total: 22 NOCs	32	32	64

Quota allocation

Based on the results of the 2019 World Junior Speed Skating Championships the following countries have earned YOG quota places.^[4] The final allocation of quotas was announced by the ISU on November 29, 2019.^[5]

Event	Athletes per NOC	Boys'	Girls'
Host nation	1	Switzerland	~~Switzerland~~
2019 World Junior Championships	2	Japan Russia South Korea	Netherlands Japan
2019 World Junior Championships	1	Austria China Germany Italy Netherlands	South Korea Norway Poland Russia
ISU Junior World Cup Speed Skating ranking	2	Belarus Kazakhstan Norway Poland United States	Belarus China Czech Republic Germany Italy Kazakhstan Spain
ISU Junior World Cup Speed Skating ranking	1	~~Austria~~ ~~Belgium~~ China Colombia Czech Republic Finland Germany Great Britain Netherlands Spain	~~Austria~~ ~~Canada~~ Finland ~~Ireland~~ Norway Poland Romania Russia South Korea
Reallocation	1	Czech Republic Finland	Hungary Romania Finland Belgium
Total		32	32

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References

↑ "2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games, Lausanne, Switzerland". Olympic.org - Official website of the Olympic Movement.
↑ "Speed Skating – Competition Schedule" (PDF). lausanne2020.sport. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
1 2 "The Qualification Systems for the 3rd Winter Youth Olympic Games - Speed Skating". International Skating Union. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
↑ "ISU Communication 2235 - Provisional Quota places Figure Skating & Speed Skating / Final Quota places Short Track Speed Skating". International Skating Union. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
↑ "ISU Communication 2295 - Entries/Participation Speed Skating". International Skating Union. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.

External links

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[1] "2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games, Lausanne, Switzerland". Olympic.org - Official website of the Olympic Movement.

[2] "Speed Skating – Competition Schedule" (PDF). lausanne2020.sport. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.

[QualSys-3] 1 2 "The Qualification Systems for the 3rd Winter Youth Olympic Games - Speed Skating". International Skating Union. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2019.

[ISU-2235-4] "ISU Communication 2235 - Provisional Quota places Figure Skating & Speed Skating / Final Quota places Short Track Speed Skating". International Skating Union. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.

[5] "ISU Communication 2295 - Entries/Participation Speed Skating". International Skating Union. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.

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Speed skating at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

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