2026 World Junior Speed Skating Championships

2026 ISU Speed Skating Junior World Championships
2026 ISU Speed Skating Junior World Championships
Venue	Max Aicher Arena, Inzell, Germany
Dates	27 February – 1 March
Medalist men
Medalist women

The 2026 World Junior Speed Skating Championships took place from 27 February to 1 March 2026 at the Max Aicher Arena in Inzell, Germany.

Schedule

All times are local (UTC+1).

Date	Time	Events
27 February	10:00	500 m women 500 m men 1500 m women 1500 m men Mass start semifinals women Mass start semifinals men
28 February	09:00	1000 m women 1000 m men 3000 m women 5000 m men
1 March	09:00	Team pursuit women Team pursuit men Team sprint women Team sprint men Mass start final women Mass start final men Mixed relay

* Host nation (Germany)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kazakhstan	6	1	0	7
2	Germany*	5	0	2	7
3	China	2	2	2	6
4	Netherlands	1	3	3	7
5	Japan	1	2	3	6
6	Austria	1	2	1	4
6	Poland	1	2	1	4
8	Norway	0	4	1	5
9	Canada	0	1	1	2
10	South Korea	0	0	3	3
Totals (10 entries)		17	17	17	51

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 m^[1]	Finn Sonnekalb Germany	35.13	Miika Johan Klevstuen Norway	35.55	Zhou Tianyu China	35.59
1000 m^[2]	Finn Sonnekalb Germany	1:08.35	Miika Johan Klevstuen Norway	1:09.90	Kim Jun-ha South Korea	1:09.98
1500 m^[3]	Finn Sonnekalb Germany	1:44.86	Taiga Sasaki Japan	1:46.01	Thijs Wiersma Netherlands	1:46.36
5000 m^[4]	Liu Hanbin China	6:14.38	Thijs Wiersma Netherlands	6:17.63	Taiga Sasaki Japan	6:18.51
Mass start^[5]	Vadim Chebardakov Kazakhstan	34 pts	Kirill Pishchala Poland	24 pts	Yuta Fuchigami Japan	10 pts
Team pursuit^[6]	Japan Taiga Sasaki Taiki Shingai Yuta Fuchigami	3:43.04 WRJ	Netherlands Sem Spruit Ede Kortlever Thijs Wiersma	3:47.33	Germany Finn Sonnekalb Maximillian Patz Jaro Falig	3:49.46
Team sprint^[7]	Germany Levente Engst Ben-Luca Kleinke Finn Sonnekalb	1:20.86	Norway Bendik Becker Pedersen Eirik Andersen Miika Johan Klevstuen	1:21.06	South Korea Shin Seon-ung Han Man-hyeok Kim Jun-ha	1:21.16
Overall classification^[8]	Finn Sonnekalb Germany	143.706	Thijs Wiersma Netherlands	146.136	Eirik Andersen Norway	146.686

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 m^[9]	Kristina Shumekova Kazakhstan	38.48	Julia Snelgrove Canada	38.78	Wiktoria Dąbrowska Poland	38.96
1000 m^[10]	Kristina Shumekova Kazakhstan	1:16.34	Ayano Sekiguchi Japan	1:16.66	Jeannine Rosner Austria	1:17.00
1500 m^[11]	Kristina Shumekova Kazakhstan	1:56.06	Jeannine Rosner Austria	1:56.36	Ayano Sekiguchi Japan	1:57.97
3000 m^[12]	Jeannine Rosner Austria	4:02.39	Kristina Shumekova Kazakhstan	4:03.99	Tai Zhien China	4:04.08
Mass start^[13]	Hanna Mazur Poland	30 pts	Tai Zhien China	20 pts	Julia Snelgrove Canada	10 pts
Team pursuit^[14]	Netherlands Jasmijn Veenhuis Mette ten Cate Sophie Exterkate	3:04.89	China Tai Zhien Wang Yuxuan Liu Yunqi	3:05.61	Germany Neele Göpelt Alexandra Sauer Mia Meinig	3:06.98
Team sprint^[15]	Kazakhstan Varvara Glukhova Anastasija Belovodova Kristina Shumekova	1:28.77	Poland Nadia Machała Wiktoria Dąbrowska Hanna Mazur	1:28.94	Netherlands Marika de Glee Naomi Kammeraat Mette ten Cate	1:29.71
Overall classification^[16]	Kristina Shumekova Kazakhstan	156.001	Jeannine Rosner Austria	157.364	Jasmijn Veenhuis Netherlands	160.928

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Relay^[17]	China Liu Yunqi Pan Baoshuo	3:00.56 WRJ	Norway Martine Solem Miika Johan Klevstuen	3:01.33	South Korea Heo Ji-an Kim Jun-ha	3:01.35