Short track speed skating at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
| Short track speed skating at the II Winter Youth Olympic Games | |
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| Venue | Gjøvik Olympic Cavern Hall, Gjøvik, Norway |
| Dates | February 14 – 20 |
| Competitors | 32 Quota limit |
Short track speed skating at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics was held at the Gjøvik Olympic Cavern Hall in Gjøvik, Norway from 13 to 18 February.[1]
Medal summary
Medal table
| 1 |  South Korea (KOR) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 |  China (CHN) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |  Hungary (HUN) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 |  Japan (JPN) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  Germany (GER) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 |  Bulgaria (BUL) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Events
Boys' events
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| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys' 500 metres |
Hong Kyung-hwan South Korea |
41.885 | Kazuki Yoshinaga Japan |
41.969 | Wei Ma China |
42.129 |
| Boys' 1000 metres |
Hwang Dae-heon South Korea |
1:28.022 | Wei Ma China |
1:28.082 | Shaoang Liu Hungary |
1:28.187 |
Girls' events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girls' 500 metres |
Yize Zang China |
46.648 | Petra Jaszapati Hungary |
No Time | Katrin Manoilova Bulgaria |
46.337 |
| Girls' 1000 metres |
Kim Ji-yoo South Korea |
1:34.041 | Lee Su-youn South Korea |
1:34.118 | Anna Seidel Germany |
1:34.323 |
Mixed events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed NOC Team Relay |
Team B Mixed-NOCs Ane Farstad (NOR) Kim Ji-yoo (KOR) Stijn Desmet (BEL) Quentin Fercoq (FRA) |
4:14.413 | Team C Mixed-NOCs Petra Jaszapati (HUN) Julia Moore (AUS) Tjerk De Boer (NED) Kiichi Shigehiro (JPN) |
4:14.495 | Team F Mixed-NOCs Katrin Manoilova (BUL) Anita Nagay (KAZ) Karlis Kruzbergs (LAT) Kazuki Yoshinaga (JPN) |
4:17.181 |
Qualification system
Each nation could send a maximum of 4 athletes (2 boys and 2 girls). The top 3 nations in the overall classification of the 2015 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships could send 2 athletes per gender, the next best nations could send 1 athlete per gender until the quota was filled. The quota limit was 32.[2] The current allocation of quotas is listed below.
Qualification summary
| NOC | Boys | Girls | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia |
0 | 1 | 1 |
| Belgium |
1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bulgaria |
0 | 1 | 1 |
 Canada |
1 | 1 | 2 |
| China |
1 | 2 | 3 |
| France |
1 | 0 | 1 |
| Germany |
1 | 1 | 2 |
| Hungary |
2 | 1 | 3 |
 Italy |
0 | 1 | 1 |
| Japan |
2 | 1 | 3 |
| Kazakhstan |
1 | 1 | 2 |
| Latvia |
1 | 0 | 1 |
| Netherlands |
1 | 1 | 2 |
 Russia |
1 | 2 | 3 |
| South Korea |
2 | 2 | 4 |
 United States |
1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total athletes | 16 | 16 | 32 |
| Total NOCs | 13 | 13 | 16 |