Short track speed skating at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics explained

Event:	Short track speed skating
Games:	2016 Winter Youth
Venue:	Gjøvik Olympic Cavern Hall, Gjøvik, Norway
Dates:	14–20 February
Competitors:	32 Quota limit
Prev:	2012
Next:	2020

Short track speed skating at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics was held at the Gjøvik Olympic Cavern Hall in Gjøvik, Norway from 14 to 20 February.^[1]

Medal summary

Events

Boys' events

Boys' 500 metres		41.885		41.969		42.129
Boys' 1000 metres		1:28.022		1:28.082		1:28.187

Girls' events

Girls' 500 metres		46.648		No Time		46.337
Girls' 1000 metres		1:34.041		1:34.118		1:34.323

Mixed events

Mixed team relay

4:14.413

4:14.495

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	width=80	Boys !	width=80	Girls !	width=100	Total
	0	1	1
	1	0	1
	0	1	1
	1	1	2
	1	2	3
	1	0	1
	1	1	2
	2	1	3
	0	1	1
	2	1	3
	1	1	2
	1	0	1
	1	1	2
	1	2	3
	2	2	4
	1	1	2
Total athletes	16	16	32
Total NOCs	13	13	16

External links

• Results Book – Short track speed skating

Notes and References

1. http://www.lillehammer2016.com/Venues Lillehammer 2016 venues
2. Web site: QUALIFICATION SYSTEM - 2nd WINTER YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES IN 2016 . 2015-12-20 . 2016-02-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160221051853/http://static.isu.org/media/177894/2014-22-08-wyog-2016-qs-isu-short_track_speed_skating-en.pdf . dead .