Speed skating at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics explained

Event:	Speed skating
Games:	2020 Winter Youth
Venue:	Lake St. Moritz
Dates:	12–16 January
Competitors:	64
Nations:	22
Prev:	2016
Next:	2024

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

Boys' events

500 metres		36.42		36.60		36.67
1500 metres		1:52.24		1:53.74		1:55.67
Mass start		30 pts		20 pts		10 pts

Girls' events

500 metres		40.57		41.07		41.16
1500 metres		2:10.44		2:10.58		2:10.93
Mass start		30 pts		25 pts		10 pts

Mixed event

Team sprint

2:04.10

2:05.92

2:05.96

Qualification system

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

width=140 align="left"	NOC !	width=60	Boys' !	width=60	Girls'!	width=70	Total
	1		1
		1	1
	2	2	4
	2	2	4
	1		1
	2	2	4
	2	2	4
	2	2	4
	1		1
		1	1
	1	2	3
	2	2	4
	2	2	4
	2	2	4
	2	2	4
	2	2	4
		2	2
	2	2	4
	2	2	4
	1	2	3
	1		1
	2		2
Total: 22 NOCs	32	32	64

Quota allocation

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
2019 World Junior Championships	2
	1
ISU Junior World Cup Speed Skating ranking	2
	1
Reallocation	1	valign=top		valign=top
Total		32	32

External links

• Results Book – Speed Skating

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games, Lausanne, Switzerland . Olympic.org - Official website of the Olympic Movement .
2. Web site: Speed Skating – Competition Schedule. lausanne2020.sport. 11 January 2020. 20 January 2020.
3. Web site: The Qualification Systems for the 3rd Winter Youth Olympic Games - Speed Skating. . 6 August 2018 . 1 October 2019.
4. Web site: ISU Communication 2235 - Provisional Quota places Figure Skating & Speed Skating / Final Quota places Short Track Speed Skating. International Skating Union. 3 April 2019. 30 September 2019.
5. Web site: ISU Communication 2295 - Entries/Participation Speed Skating. International Skating Union. 29 November 2019. 29 November 2019.