# Speed skating at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Speed skating at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics took place at Lake St. Moritz in St. Moritz, Switzerland from 12 to 16 January 2020.
Unique to the Youth Olympic Games is a mixed NOC team sprint competition.

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | China | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| – | Mixed-NOCs | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Russia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Colombia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### Boys' events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 500 metres details | Yudai Yamamoto Japan | 36.42 | Nil Llop Spain | 36.60 | Xue Zhiwen China | 36.67 |
| 1500 metres details | Motonaga Arito Japan | 1:52.24 | Pavel Taran Russia | 1:53.74 | Jonathan Tobon United States | 1:55.67 |
| Mass start details | Motonaga Arito Japan | 30 pts | Diego Amaya Colombia | 20 pts | Pavel Taran Russia | 10 pts |

### Girls' events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 500 metres details | Isabel Grevelt Netherlands | 40.57 | Wang Jingyi China | 41.07 | Yukino Yoshida Japan | 41.16 |
| 1500 metres details | Myrthe de Boer Netherlands | 2:10.44 | Yuka Takahashi Japan | 2:10.58 | Yang Binyu China | 2:10.93 |
| Mass start details | Yang Binyu China | 30 pts | Zuzana Kuršová Czech Republic | 25 pts | Katia Filippi Italy | 10 pts |

### Mixed event

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Team sprint details | Team 3 (MIX) Sini Siro (FIN) Yukino Yoshida (JPN) Ignaz Gschwentner (AUT) Alexander Sergeev (RUS) | 2:04.10 | Team 16 (MIX) Laura Kivioja (FIN) Daria Kopacz (POL) Theo Collins (GBR) Motonaga Arito (JPN) | 2:05.92 | Team 14 (MIX) Ramona Ionel (ROU) Valeriia Sorokoletova (RUS) Tuukka Suomalainen (FIN) Jonathan Tobon (USA) | 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.
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:
* the allocation will be disregarded the highest ranked NOC skaters in equal number to the quota the NOCs have already received.
* only the highest distance rank of each skater will be considered.
* NOC that did not qualify or qualified one quota will get priority before allocation of a third quota to other NOC.
* The host nation has the right to enter one athlete in each event if not qualified.

### Qualification summary

| NOC | Boys' | Girls' | Total |
| Austria | 1 | | 1 |
| Belgium | | 1 | 1 |
| Belarus | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| China | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Colombia | 1 | | 1 |
| Czech Republic | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Finland | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Germany | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Great Britain | 1 | | 1 |
| Hungary | | 1 | 1 |
| Italy | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Japan | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Norway | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Poland | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Romania | | 2 | 2 |
| Russia | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| South Korea | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Spain | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Switzerland | 1 | | 1 |
| United States | 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. The final allocation of quotas was announced by the ISU on November 29, 2019.
| Event | Athletes per NOC | Boys' | Girls' |
| Host nation | 1 | Switzerland | Switzerland |
| 2019 World Junior Championships | 2 | Japan Russia South Korea | Netherlands Japan |
| 2019 World Junior Championships | 1 | Austria China Germany Italy Netherlands | South Korea Norway Poland Russia |
| ISU Junior World Cup Speed Skating ranking | 2 | Belarus Kazakhstan Norway Poland United States | Belarus China Czech Republic Germany Italy Kazakhstan Spain |
| ISU Junior World Cup Speed Skating ranking | 1 | Austria Belgium China Colombia Czech Republic Finland Germany Great Britain Netherlands Spain | Austria Canada Finland Ireland Norway Poland Romania Russia South Korea |
| Reallocation | 1 | Czech Republic Finland | Hungary Romania Finland Belgium |
| Total | Total | 32 | 32 |