2016 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships
# 2016 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships

The 2016 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place from 29 to 31 January 2016 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

## Medal summary

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | China | 8 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 2 | South Korea | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |

### Men's events

The results of the Championships:

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 500 metres | Xu Hongzhi (CHN) | 41.558 | Shaoang Liu (HUN) | 41.594 | Steven Dubois (CAN) | 41.719 |
| 1000 metres | Ren Ziwei (CHN) | 1:25.191 | Lim Yong-jin (KOR) | 1:25.287 | Ma Wei (CHN) | 1:25.347 |
| 1500 metres | Lim Yong-jin (KOR) | 2:29.887 | Ren Ziwei (CHN) | 2:30.102 | Kim Si-un (KOR) | 2:30.173 |
| 3000 metre relay | China Ma Wei Ren Ziwei Xu Hongzhi Yu Wei | 3:59.809 WR | South Korea Hwang Dae-heon Kim Si-un Lee Seong-hun Lim Yong-jin | 3:59.921 | Russia Denis Ayrapetyan Daniil Eybog Artem Kozlov Pavel Sitnikov | 4:03.466 |
| Overall Classification | Ren Ziwei (CHN) | 90 pts. | Lim Yong-jin (KOR) | 68 pts. | Ma Wei (CHN) | 47 pts. |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 500 metres | Qu Chunyu (CHN) | 43.827 | Lee Yu-bin (KOR) | 43.930 | Zang Yize (CHN) | 44.407 |
| 1000 metres | Qu Chunyu (CHN) | 1:33.437 | Lee Su-youn (KOR) | 1:33.635 | Lee Yu-bin (KOR) | 1:33.762 |
| 1500 metres | Suzanne Schulting (NED) | 2:32.532 | Lee Su-youn (KOR) | 2:32.532 | Qu Chunyu (CHN) | 2:32.677 |
| 3000 metre relay | China Li Jinyu Qu Chunyu Yu Miaohui Zang Yize | 4:15.124 | South Korea Lee Su-youn Lee Yu-bin Park Jung-hyun Yoon Jung-min | 4:15.405 | Netherlands Avalon Aardoom Tineke den Dulk Gioya Lancee Suzanne Schulting | 4:17.670 |
| Overall Classification | Qu Chunyu (CHN) | 86 pts. | Suzanne Schulting (NED) | 79 pts. | Lee Yu-bin (KOR) | 55 pts. |

## Participating nations

* Australia (4)
* Austria (5)
* Belarus (8)
* Belgium (5)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (3)
* Bulgaria (5)
* Canada (8)
* China (8)
* Chinese Taipei (5)
* Colombia (1)
* Croatia (4)
* Czech Republic (4)
* France (8)
* Germany (6)
* Great Britain (2)
* Hungary (8)
* Hong Kong (1)
* India (1)
* Italy (8)
* Japan (8)
* Kazakhstan (8)
* Latvia (4)
* Lithuania (1)
* Malaysia (2)
* Netherlands (8)
* New Zealand (3)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (8)
* Romania (5)
* Russia (8)
* Serbia (1)
* Slovakia (6)
* Slovenia (1)
* Spain (4)
* South Korea (8)
* Sweden (2)
* Turkey (4)
* Ukraine (7)
* United States (8)
