Speed skating at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Speed skating
at the III Winter Youth Olympic Games
VenueLake St. Moritz
Dates12–16 January
Competitors64 from 22 nations
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Speed skating at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics took place at Lake St. Moritz in St. Moritz, Switzerland from 12 to 16 January 2020.[1][2]

Unique to the Youth Olympic Games is a mixed NOC team sprint competition.

Medal summary

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Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan3115
2 Netherlands2002
3 China1124
 Mixed-NOCs1113
4 Russia0112
5 Colombia0101
 Czech Republic0101
 Spain0101
8 Italy0011
 United States0011
Totals (9 entries)77721

Boys' events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres
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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
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Motonaga Arito
 Japan
30 pts Diego Amaya
 Colombia
20 pts Pavel Taran
 Russia
10 pts

Girls' events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres
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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
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Yang Binyu
 China
30 pts Zuzana Kuršová
 Czech Republic
25 pts Katia Filippi
 Italy
10 pts

Mixed event

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team sprint
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 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

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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]

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

Qualification summary

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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

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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
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
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

References

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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). www.lausanne2020.sport. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  3. ^ a b "The Qualification Systems for the 3rd Winter Youth Olympic Games - Speed Skating". International Skating Union. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  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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