Speed skating at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

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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.{{cite web |url= https://isu.org/docman-documents-links-2/2020-yog-lausanne/qualification-systems-2/17990-speed-skating/file |title= The Qualification Systems for the 3rd Winter Youth Olympic Games - Speed Skating|publisher= International Skating Union |date=6 August 2018 |access-date=1 October 2019}}

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:

1. the allocation will be disregarded the highest ranked NOC skaters in equal number to the quota the NOCs have already received.
2. only the highest distance rank of each skater will be considered.
3. NOC that did not qualify or qualified one quota will get priority before allocation of a third quota to other NOC.
4. The host nation has the right to enter one athlete in each event if not qualified.

Based on the results of the 2019 World Junior Speed Skating Championships the following countries have earned YOG quota places.{{cite web |title=ISU Communication 2235 - Provisional Quota places Figure Skating & Speed Skating / Final Quota places Short Track Speed Skating|url=https://isu.org/docman-documents-links-2/2020-yog-lausanne/related-documents-2/20743-isu-communication-2235-1/file |publisher=International Skating Union|date=3 April 2019|accessdate=30 September 2019}} The final allocation of quotas was announced by the ISU on November 29, 2019.{{cite web|title=ISU Communication 2295 - Entries/Participation Speed Skating|url=https://www.isu.org/inside-isu/isu-communications/communications/22899-isu-communication-2295/file|publisher=International Skating Union|date=29 November 2019|accessdate=29 November 2019}}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20200120022001/https://www.lausanne2020.sport/results/nh/en/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Speed%20Skating.pdf Results Book – Speed Skating]

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