The 2012 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between 24 and 26 February 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. The World Championships are organised by the ISU which also run world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.
Medal summary Medal table
Men's events Overall 84 pts 81 pts 63 pts 500 metres 42.108 42.308 42.461 1000 metres 1:27.571 1:27.596 1:27.685 1500 metres 2:20.059 2:20.087 2:21.480 3000 metre relay Kim Do-kyoumKim Joon-chunLee Hyo-beenPark Se-yeong 4:02.440 Chen DequanChen GuangHan TianyuXu Fu 4:02.922 Adam CallisterClaude GilbertJohn-Henry KruegerJames Rodowsky 4:06.420
Women's events Overall 115 pts 76 pts 42 pts 500 metres 44.202 44.998 45.035 1000 metres 1:30.208JWR 1:30.314 1:30.465 1500 metres 2:21.987 2:22.069 2:22.183 3000 metre relay Ahn Se-jungCheon Hee-jungHwang Hyun-sunShim Suk-hee 4:14.800 Guo YihanHan YutongJi XueWang Xue 4:17.711 Ekaterina BaranokEkaterina StrelkovaYulia KichapovaEvgeniya Zakharova 4:23.275
Participating nations Athletes from 28 countries participated in these championships, which is a decrease of five nations from the last year's competition. MalaysiaIsam Communication No. 063 and Singapore made their debut appearance.
See also Short track speed skating World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships
References
External links
Results book