Short track speed skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics – Boys' 500 metres

Boys' 500 metres at the I Winter Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Eisschnelllaufbahn Innsbruck
Dates	19 January
Competitors	16 from 13 nations
Winning time	42.417
Medalists
Yoon Su-min  South Korea Lim Hyo-jun  South Korea Xu Hongzhi  China

The boys' 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics was held on 19 January at the Eisschnelllaufbahn Innsbruck.

Results

QAB – qualified for the semifinals A/B

QCD – qualified for the semifinals C/D

PEN – penalty

ADA – advanced

Quarterfinals

Rank	Heat	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	1	Xu Hongzhi	China	43.022	QAB
2	1	Kei Saito	Japan	43.173	QAB
3	1	Jack Burrows	Great Britain	45.491	QCD
4	1	Michal Prokop	Czech Republic	1:03.050	QCD
1	2	Lim Hyo-jun	South Korea	44.291	QAB
2	2	Josse Antonissen	Netherlands	48.738	QAB
3	2	Milan Grugni	Italy	1:05.394	ADA
	2	Yoann Martinez	France		PEN
1	3	Thomas Hong	United States	44.485	QAB
2	3	Lu Xiucheng	China	44.504	QAB
3	3	Aydin Djemal	Great Britain	45.556	QCD
4	3	Chang Yin-cheng	Chinese Taipei	48.113	QCD
1	4	Yoon Su-min	South Korea	43.310	QAB
2	4	Denis Ayrapetyan	Russia	45.836	QAB
3	4	Tamás Farkas	Hungary	46.037	QCD
4	4	Dominic Andermann	Austria	48.312	QCD

Semifinals

Semifinals C/D

QC – qualified for Final C

QD – qualified for Final D

PEN – penalty

Rank	Heat	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	1	Chang Yin-cheng	Chinese Taipei	46.824	QC
2	1	Dominic Andermann	Austria	47.751	QC
	1	Jack Burrows	Great Britain		PEN
1	2	Aydin Djemal	Great Britain	45.721	QC
2	2	Tamás Farkas	Hungary	45.777	QC
3	2	Michal Prokop	Czech Republic	48.148	QD

Semifinals A/B

QA – qualified for Final A

QB – qualified for Final B

Rank	Heat	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	1	Xu Hongzhi	China	42.832	QA
2	1	Lim Hyo-jun	South Korea	42.911	QA
3	1	Kei Saito	Japan	43.000	QB
4	1	Milan Grugni	Italy	46.685	QB
5	1	Josse Antonissen	Netherlands	1:00.507	QB
1	2	Yoon Su-min	South Korea	42.468	QA
2	2	Thomas Hong	United States	43.187	QA
3	2	Denis Ayrapetyan	Russia	45.026	QB
4	2	Lu Xiucheng	China	1:20.806	QB

Finals

Final D

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
14	Michal Prokop	Czech Republic

Final C

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
10	Tamás Farkas	Hungary	46.035
11	Chang Yin-cheng	Chinese Taipei	46.412
12	Dominic Andermann	Austria	50.729
13	Aydin Djemal	Great Britain	1:02.356

Final B

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
5	Kei Saito	Japan	45.600
6	Denis Ayrapetyan	Russia	45.902
7	Josse Antonissen	Netherlands	47.314
8	Milan Grugni	Italy	49.630
9	Lu Xiucheng	China		PEN

Final A

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
	Yoon Su-min	South Korea	42.417
	Lim Hyo-jun	South Korea	42.482
	Xu Hongzhi	China	42.637
4	Thomas Hong	United States	42.782