Cross-country skiing at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Cross country skiing at the I Winter Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Seefeld Arena Seefeld,  Austria
Dates	January 14 – 16
Competitors	90 from 42 nations
«First	2016»

Cross-Country Skiing at the 2012 Youth Winter Olympics will take place at the Cross-Country World Cup Course at the Seefeld Arena in Seefeld, Austria between the 14th and 16th of January. Five events will be contested (2 per gender) and a mixed relay with biathlon athletes.^[1]

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Total

Events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Boys' 10 kilometre classical details
Boys' sprint details
Girls' 5 kilometre classical details
Girls' sprint details
Cross-Country-Biathlon Mixed relay details

Qualification System

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics - Qualification

Each nation can send a maximum of 4 athletes (2 boys and 2 girls). The top 7 teams at the 2011 Junior Alpine World Ski Championships, plus the hosts Austria will be allowed to send the maximum of 4 athletes. The remaining spots will be awarded to nations who score points in the Marc Holder Trophy at the said championships. Any remaining quota spots will be distributed to nations not already qualified, with a maximum of one boy or girl from one nation.^[2] The quotas were released on May 13, 2011 and are subject to change.^[3]

Qualification summary

NOC	Boys'	Girls'	Total
Andorra	1		1
Armenia	1	1	2
Australia	1	1	2
Austria	2	2	4
Belarus	1	1	2
Belgium	1		1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1		1
Bulgaria	1	1	2
Canada	1	1	2
China	1	1	2
Croatia	1	1	2
Czech Republic	1	1	2
Denmark	1	1	2
Estonia	1	1	2
Finland	2	2	4
France	2	2	4
Germany	2	2	4
Great Britain	1	1	2
Hungary	1		1
Iran	1		1
Italy	1	1	2
Japan	2	2	4
Kazakhstan	1	1	2
Latvia	1	1	2
Liechtenstein	1		1
Lithuania	1	1	2
Luxembourg	1		1
Macedonia	1		1
New Zealand	1		1
Norway	2	2	4
Poland	1	1	2
Romania	1	1	2
Russia	2	2	4
Slovakia	1	1	2
Slovenia	2	2	4
South Korea	1	1	2
Spain	1	1	2
Sweden	1	1	2
Switzerland	1	1	2
Turkey	1		1
Ukraine	1	1	2
United States	1	1	2
Total athletes	50	40	90
Total NOCs	42	32	42

References

1. ^ Cross-country skiing
2. ^ Qualification criteria
3. ^ Quota allocation Cross-Country Skiing