Nordic combined at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Nordic combined at the I Winter Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Seefeld Arena Igls, Seefeld
Dates	14, 16 January
Competitors	17 from 17 nations

Nordic combined at the 2012 Youth Winter Olympics was held at the Olympic Ski Jump at the Seefeld Arena in Seefeld, Austria on 14 and 16 January. The program consisted of just one event, however there was a mixed relay with Ski jumping athletes.[1]

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
2	Finland	0	1	0	1
3	Japan	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		1	1	1	3

Event

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual details	Tomas Portyk  Czech Republic	26:31.4	Ilkka Herola  Finland	26:34.2	Go Yamamoto  Japan	26:39.9

Qualification

20 athletes will qualify. Austria as the host nation is guaranteed one place, as are the six nations who scored points in the Marc Holder Trophy at the 2011 FIS Nordic Junior Ski Championship. The 14 remaining places were to have been distributed to countries in finishing order at the individual 5 km event at the 2011 FIS Nordic Junior Ski Championship, however, four places were unused and will be given as universality places. The maximum quota is one athlete per nation.[1]

After the final reallocation only 17 countries were available for spots.[2]

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	-	-	1	Austria
Marc Holder Trophy at the 2011 FIS Nordic Junior Ski Championship	January 27–30, 2011	Otepää	4	Germany  Slovenia  Norway  Italy
2011 FIS Nordic Junior Ski Championship	January 27–30, 2011	Otepää	12	Estonia  Poland  Japan  Finland  United States  Russia  France  Switzerland  Czech Republic  Canada  Ukraine  Belarus
Universality Places	-	-	3	NOT USED
TOTAL			17

References

1. QUALIFICATION SYSTEM - 1STWINTER YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES IN 2012 - Nordic Combined Archived 2012-10-22 at the Wayback Machine
2. Quota allocation as of December 12, 2011^[permanent dead link‍]