Speed skating at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics explained

Event:	Speed skating
Games:	2016 Winter Youth
Venue:	Hamar Olympic Hall, Hamar
Dates:	13–19 February
Competitors:	54
Nations:	20
Prev:	2012
Next:	2020

Speed skating at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics was held at the Hamar Olympic Hall in Hamar, Norway between 13 and 19 February 2016.

Medal summary

Boys' events

500 metres		71.95		73.97		74.13
1500 metres		1:51.35		1:52.96		1:53.29
Mass start		30 pts		20 pts		10 pts

Girls' events

500 metres		78.66		79.44		79.75
1500 metres		2:03.53		2:04.48		2:05.49
Mass start		30 pts		20 pts		10 pts

Mixed event

Team sprint

1:57.85

1:58.80

1:58.87

Qualification system

Each country could send a maximum of four athletes (two per gender) to the speed skating events of the Winter Youth Olympics. The ISU Junior World Cup competition during the season was used to qualify in the respective distances. The host country (Norway) was given at least one spot.^[1]

Quota Allocation

Quota allocation as of December 1, 2015:^[2]

NOC	width=80	Boys' !	width=80	Girls' !	width=100	Total
	1	2	3
	2	2	4
	2	2	4
		1	1
	2		2
	2		2
	2	2	4
	2	2	4
	2	2	4
	1	1	2
		1	1
	2	2	4
	2	1	3
	2	2	4
		1	1
	2	2	4
	2	2	4
		1	1
		1	2
	1		1
Total athletes	27	27	54
Total NOCs	15	17	20

External links

• Results Book – Speed skating

Notes and References

1. Web site: Qualification system – second Winter Youth Olympic Games – Lillehammer 2016. July 2014. ISU. 26 December 2018.
2. Web site: ISU communication No. 1985 . 2015-12-04 . 2015-12-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151208195544/http://static.isu.org/media/260293/1985-yog-2016-final-quota-places-for-speed-skating.pdf . dead .