title: 2011 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships
text: # 2011 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships
  
  The 2011 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between 25 and 27 February 2011 in Courmayeur, Italy at the Forum Sport Center ice rink. The World Championships are organised by the ISU which also run world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.
  
  This event was a qualification for the short track speed skating events at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics.
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  ### Medal table
  
  * Host nation (Italy)
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | South Korea | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
  | 2 | Italy* | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
  | 3 | Great Britain | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
  | 4 | China | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
  | 5 | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 6 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 7 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 7 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 |
  
  ### Men's events
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Overall | Seo Yi-ra South Korea | 89 pts | Jack Whelbourne Great Britain | 76 pts | Wu Dajing China | 40 pts |
  | 500 metres details | Liu Songbo China | 43.065 | Wu Dajing China | 50.424 | No Medal Awarded* | - |
  | 1000 metres details | Jack Whelbourne Great Britain | 1:26.049 | Seo Yi-ra South Korea | 1:26.086 | Shi Jingnan China | 1:26.312 |
  | 1500 metres details | Seo Yi-ra South Korea | 2:20.410 | Jack Whelbourne Great Britain | 2:20.592 | Lee Hyo-been South Korea | 2:20.663 |
  | 3000 metre relay details | France Thibault Crolet Vincent Giannitrapani Sébastien Lepape Alexis Yang | 4:08.911 | Japan Minto Sekai Keita Watanabe Hiroki Yokoyama Masashi Yoshikawa | 4:09.923 | Canada Patrick Duffy Pier-Olivier Gagnon Maxime Gauthier Alexandre St-Jean | 4:15.867 |
  
  * No medal was awarded in the men's 500 metre event, because the other two skaters were disqualified.
  
  ### Women's events
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Overall | Cheon Hee-jung South Korea | 68 pts | Ahn Se-jung South Korea | 68 pts | Martina Valcepina Italy | 50 pts |
  | 500 metres details | Martina Valcepina Italy | 45.136 | Lara van Ruijven Netherlands | 45.470 | Lin Meng China | 45.622 |
  | 1000 metres details | Ahn Se-jung South Korea | 1:31.336 | Noh Do-hee South Korea | 1:31.446 | Xiao Han China | 1:31.527 |
  | 1500 metres details | Cheon Hee-jung South Korea | 2:28.227 | Ahn Se-jung South Korea | 2:28.316 | Lin Meng China | 2:28.858 |
  | 3000 metre relay details | Italy Yelenia Tota Arianna Valcepina Martina Valcepina Elena Viviani | 4:20.004 | Canada Laurie Marceau Cynthia Mascitto Ann-Véronique Michaud Courtney Shmyr | 4:20.166 | China Jin Jingzhu Lin Meng Xiao Han Zhang Shaoyang | 4:32.995 |
  
  ## Participating nations
  
  159 athletes from 33 countries participated.
  
  * Argentina (2)
  * Australia (6)
  * Austria (2)
  * Belgium (4)
  * Belarus (4)
  * Bosnia and Herzegovina (3)
  * Bulgaria (7)
  * Canada (8)
  * China (8)
  * Chinese Taipei (2)
  * Croatia (5)
  * Czech Republic (3)
  * France (5)
  * Germany (7)
  * Great Britain (4)
  * Hong Kong (1)
  * Hungary (8)
  * India (1)
  * Italy (8)
  * Japan (8)
  * Kazakhstan (7)
  * Latvia (4)
  * Lithuania (1)
  * Netherlands (5)
  * New Zealand (1)
  * Poland (6)
  * Romania (6)
  * Russia (8)
  * Slovakia (2)
  * South Korea (8)
  * Sweden (1)
  * Ukraine (6)
  * United States (8)
  