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| Mixed relay at the IV Winter Youth Olympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Gangneung Oval | ||||||||||||
| Date | 25 January | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 24 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 3:11.74 | ||||||||||||
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| Speed skating at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics | ||
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| 500 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| Mass start | men | women |
| Mixed relay | mixed | |
The mixed relay speed skating competition of the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics was held at the Gangneung Oval on 25 January 2024. [1]
The semifinals were started at 11:30. [2]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Time Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sem Spruit Angel Daleman |  Netherlands | 3:07.64 | |
| 2 | 2 | Heo Se-ok Lim Lee-won |  South Korea | 3:07.84 | +0.20 |
| 3 | 3 | Pan Baoshuo Liu Yunqi |  China | 3:08.31 | +0.67 |
| 4 | 3 | Sota Kubo Kaede Kojima |  Japan | 3:09.73 | +2.09 |
| 5 | 3 | Lorenzo Minari Noemi Libralesso |  Italy | 3:09.81 | +2.17 |
| 6 | 1 | Miika Johan Klevstuen Martine Solem |  Norway | 3:12.19 | +4.55 |
| 7 | 1 | Sergio Álvarez Fernandez Ona Rodríguez Cornejo |  Spain | 3:12.24 | +4.60 |
| 8 | 2 | Max Weber Marley Soldan |  United States | 3:13.80 | +6.16 |
| 9 | 2 | Szymon Hostyński Hanna Mazur |  Poland | 3:23.02 | +15.38 |
| 10 | 1 | Finn Sonnekalb Paula Albrecht |  Germany | DQ [lower-alpha 1] | |
| 11 | 2 | Ruslan Zhanadilov Kristina Shumekova |  Kazakhstan | DQ [lower-alpha 2] | |
| 12 | 3 | Martim Vieira Francisca Henriques |  Portugal | DQ [lower-alpha 3] |
The final was started at 12:28. [3]
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Time Behind |
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 | Pan Baoshuo Liu Yunqi | China | 3:11.74 | |
 | Heo Se-ok Lim Lee-won | South Korea | 3:11.78 | +0.04 |
 | Sem Spruit Angel Daleman | Netherlands | 3:12.10 | +0.36 |
| 4 | Sota Kubo Kaede Kojima | Japan | 3:15.61 | +3.87 |
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