2012 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships

The 2012 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between February 24 and 26, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia at the Medibank Icehouse. This is the first time which the Championship was held during the summer and in the Southern Hemisphere.[1] The World Championships are organised by the ISU which also run world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.

2012 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships
The logo of the 2012 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships
Venue	Medibank Icehouse, Melbourne, Australia
Dates	February 24–26, 2012
Competitors	100 from 29 nations

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Lee Hyo Been  South Korea (KOR)	42.108	Han Tianyu  China (CHN)	42.308	Alexandre St Jean  Canada (CAN)	42.461
1000 metres	Park Se-yeong  South Korea (KOR)	1:27.571	Dequan Chen  China (CHN)	1:27.596	Lee Hyo Been  South Korea (KOR)	1:27.685
1500 metres	Park Se-yeong  South Korea (KOR)	2:20.059	Lee Hyo Been  South Korea (KOR)	2:20.087	John-Henry Krueger  United States (USA)	2:21.480
1500 metres super final	Tianyu Han  China (CHN)	2:38.889	John-Henry Krueger  United States (USA)	2:39.045	Lee Hyo Been  South Korea (KOR)	2:39.052
3000 metre relay	South Korea	4:00.649	China	4:02.922	United States	4:06.420

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Suk Hee Shim  South Korea (KOR)	44.113	Agnė Sereikaitė  Lithuania (LTU)	44.765	Xue Wang  China (CHN)	44.975
1000 metres	Suk Hee Shim  South Korea (KOR)	1:30.208	Hyun Sun Hwang  South Korea (KOR)	1:30.314	Xue Wang  China (CHN)	1:30.465
1500 metres	Suk Hee Shim  South Korea (KOR)	2:21.987	Hyun Sun Hwang  South Korea (KOR)	2:22.069	Se Jung Ahn  South Korea (KOR)	2:22.183
1500 metres super final	Hyun Sun Hwang  South Korea (KOR)	2:39.144	Se Jung Ahn  South Korea (KOR)	2:39.265	Suk Hee Shim  South Korea (KOR)	2:39.394
3000 metre relay	South Korea	4:11.997	China	4:17.711	Russia	4:23.275

Medal table

Place	Country				Total
1	South Korea	9	4	4	17
2	China	1	4	2	7
3	United States	0	1	2	3
4	Lithuania	0	1	0	1
5	Canada	0	0	1	1
5	Russia	0	0	1	1

Participating nations

Athletes from 29 countries participated in these championships, which is a decrease of four nations from the last year's competition.[2] Malaysia[3] and Singapore will make their debut appearance.

Argentina  Australia (7)  Austria  Belgium  Bulgaria  Canada (8)  China  Czech Republic  Germany  Great Britain

Hong Kong  Hungary  India  Italy  Japan  Kazakhstan  Latvia  Lithuania (1)  Malaysia (6)  Netherlands

New Zealand  Poland  Romania  Russia  Singapore  South Korea  Chinese Taipei  Turkey  United States

See also

• Short track speed skating
• World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships

References

1. "Event Info". Archived from the original on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
2. "Entries". Archived from the original on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
3. Isam Communication No. 063

External links

• Official website