2012 World Junior Speed Skating Championships

The 2012 World Junior Speed Skating Championships was held in Obihiro, Japan, from 2–4 March 2012.

Russian skater Pavel Kulizhnikov originally won the gold medal in the 1000 meter race and the bronze medal in the 500 meter race, but was later disqualified from the tournament (along with the Russian boys team pursuit) and suspended for a doping violation.^[1]^[2]

Medal summary

Medal events

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Allround^[3]	Sverre Lunde Pedersen (NOR)	Thomas Krol (NED)	Simen Spieler Nilsen (NOR)
500 m^[4]^[5]	Laurent Dubreuil (CAN)	Tsubasa Hasegawa (JPN)	Kim Woo-jin (KOR)
1000 m^[6]	Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen (NOR)	Tommi Pulli (FIN)	Laurent Dubreuil (CAN)
1500 m^[7]	Sverre Lunde Pedersen (NOR)	Thomas Krol (NED)	Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen (NOR)
5000 m^[8]	Sverre Lunde Pedersen (NOR)	Simen Spieler Nilsen (NOR)	Kim Cheol-min (KOR)
Team pursuit^[9]	Norway Sverre Lunde Pedersen Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen Kristian Reistad Fredriksen	South Korea Kim Jin-su Kim Cheol-min Lee Jin-yeong	Netherlands Thomas Krol Jorjan Jorritsma Kai Verbij

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Allround^[10]	Miho Takagi (JPN)	Karolína Erbanová (CZE)	Kim Bo-reum (KOR)
500 m^[11]^[12]	Karolína Erbanová (CZE)	Kim Hyun-yung (KOR)	Miho Takagi (JPN)
1000 m^[13]	Miho Takagi (JPN)	Karolína Erbanová (CZE)	Kate Hanly (CAN)
1500 m^[14]	Karolína Erbanová (CZE)	Kim Bo-reum (KOR)	Pien Keulstra (NED)
3000 m^[15]	Park Do-yeong (KOR)	Kim Bo-reum (KOR)	Pien Keulstra (NED)
Team pursuit^[16]	South Korea Park Do-yeong Kim Bo-reum Lim Jung-soo	Japan Miho Takagi Nana Takagi Saori Toi	Russia Anna Chernova Aleksandra Stshelkonogova Tatyana Ushakova

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	5	1	2	8
2	South Korea	2	4	3	9
3	Czech Republic	2	2	0	4
4	Japan	2	1	1	4
5	Canada	1	1	2	4
6	Netherlands	0	2	3	5
7	Finland	0	1	0	1
8	Russia	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		12	12	12	36

External links

Official website
Results

References

^ "Russische junior geschorst om doping". Schaatsen.nl (in Dutch). KNSB. 14 September 2012. Archived from the original on 2014-01-15. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
^ Detal, Bertrand (15 September 2012). "Le patineur russe Kulizhnikov suspendu deux ans". Sport.be (in French). Golazo media nv. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
^ "Men's allround results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
^ "Men's 500 race 1 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
^ "Men's 500 race 2 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
^ "Men's 1000 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
^ "Men's 1500 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
^ "Men's 5000 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
^ "Men's team pursuit results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
^ "Women's allround results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
^ "Women's 500 race 1 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
^ "Women's 500 race 2 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
^ "Women's 1000 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
^ "Women's 1500 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
^ "Women's 3000 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
^ "Women's team pursuit results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2012-03-04.