| Event: | Speed skating |
| Games: | 2012 Winter Youth |
| Venue: | Eisschnellaufbahn Innsbruck |
| Dates: | 14–20 January |
| Competitors: | 56 |
| Nations: | 20 |
| Next: | 2016 |
Speed skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics was held at the Eisschnellaufbahn in Innsbruck, Austria, from 14 to 20 January.[1]
| 500 metres | 75.50 | 77.824 | 77.827 | ||||
| 1500 metres | 1:54.20 | 2:00.28 | 2:00.30 | ||||
| 3000 metres | 4:03.22 | 4:10.00 | 4:14.41 | ||||
| Mass start | 7:10.23 | 7:11.45 | 7:12.83 |
| 500 metres | 81.68 | 84.32 | 87.51 | ||||
| 1500 metres | 2:08.17 | 2:09.54 | 2:11.33 | ||||
| 3000 metres | 4:37.33 | 4:41.85 | 4:42.72 | ||||
| Mass start | 6:01.06 | 6:01.13 | 6:01.24 |
Athlets who have won at least two medals.
Each country could send a maximum of four athletes 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 (Austria) was given at least one spot.
Each country could send a maximum of four athletes 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 (Austria) was given at least one spot.
Canada will not send any skaters after the governing body for the sport in the county deemed the event "not developmentally appropriate".[2]
The final allocation of quotas was announced on November 30, 2011.[3]
Athletes must have met the qualification times after October 10, 2010 to compete.[3]
| Event | Women | Men | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500m | 45.50 | 42.00 | |
| 1500m | 2:25.00 | 2:14.00 | |
| 3000m | 5:20.00 | 4:55:00 |
| NOC | width=80 | Boys' ! | width=80 | Girls' ! | width=100 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | |||||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | |||||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | |||||
| 2 | 2 | |||||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | |||||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | |||||
| Total athletes | 28 | 28 | 56 | |||
| Total NOCs | 16 | 16 | 20 |
| Event | Date | Location | Athletes per NOC | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | - | - | 2 | ||
| March 2011 |  Seinäjoki | 2 | |||
| March 2011 | Seinäjoki | 1 | |||
| 2 ISU Junior World Cups | November 12 – 13, 2011 November 18 – 19, 2011 | Erfurt Bjugn | 1 | ||
| TOTAL | 28 | ||||
| Event | Date | Location | Athletes per NOC | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | - | - | – | ||
| March 2011 | Seinäjoki | 2 | |||
| March 2011 | Seinäjoki | 1 | |||
| 2 ISU Junior World Cups | November 12 – 13, 2011 November 18 – 19, 2011 | Erfurt Bjugn | 1 | ||
| TOTAL | 28 | ||||