title: 2016 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships
text: # 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)
  