Speed skating at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

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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Speed skating at the
2020 Winter Youth Olympics

500 m| boys| girls
1500 m| boys| girls
Mass start| boys| girls
Team sprint| mixed

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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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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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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
United States| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (9 entries)| 7| 7| 7| 21

### Boys' events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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

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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

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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'

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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.

## External links

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* Results Book – Speed Skating

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Events at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland

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* Curling
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* Ice hockey
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