In 1971, when the ISU had a congress they decided to hold a World Junior Speed Skating Championships. After 2 test-championships (1972 and 1973), where only boys where allowed to skate, the first official championship was introduced in Cortina d'Ampezzo. In this championship boys and girls can enter. Since this championship the World Junior Speed Skating Championships are held every year.

The distances the boys have to skate in a championship are the 500m, 1500m, 3000m and the 5000m. Girls have the 500m, 1000m, 1500m and the 3000m on the programme.

[edit] History Medallists Boys

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1972	Lisleby	Yury Kondakov	Nikolay Kuzmenko	Terje Andersen
1973	Assen	Jan Heida	Nikolaj Kuzmenko	Kay Arne Stenshjemmet
1974	Cortina d'Ampezzo	Manfred Winter	Jan de Vries	Jan Meitus
1975	Strömsund	Masayuki Kawahara	Jan de Vries	Joop Pasman
1976	Madonna di Campiglio	Lee Young-Ha	Eric Heiden	Jan de Vries
1977	Inzell	Eric Heiden	Jan Junell	Hilbert van der Duim
1978	Montreal	Eric Heiden	Vitaliy Zazerskiy	Tom Erik Oxholm
1979	Grenoble	Tomas Gustafson	Andreas Ehrig	Craig Kresller
1980	Assen	Tomas Gustafson	Craig Kresller	Sergej Berezin
1981	Elverum	Björn Nyland	Jean Pichette	Jörg Mademann
1982	Innsbruck	Geir Karlstad	Igor Zhelezovski	Jean Pichette
1983	Sarajevo	Andrej Bobrov	Viatsjeslav Vidov	Hansjörg Baltes
1984	Assen	Valeri Guk	Alexandr Klimov	Bronislav Snetkov
1985	Røros	Valeri Guk	Ildar Garaev	Bronislav Snetkov
1986	Sainte-Foy	Bronislav Snetkov	Ildar Garaev	Takuya Nakamura
1987	Strömsund	Masahiko Omura	Naoki Kotake	Michael Spielmann
1988	Seoul	Michael Spielmann	Cor Jan Smulders	Naoki Kotake
1989	Kiev	Andrej Anufrienko	Rintje Ritsma	Naoki Kotake
1990	Obihiro	Falko Zandstra	Ådne Søndrål	Arjan Scheuder
1991	Calgary	Falko Zandstra	Sergey Baryshev	Keiji Shirahata
1992	Warsaw	Jeroen Straathof	Hiroyuki Noake	Jakko Jan Leeuwangh
1993	Baselga di Pinè	Brian Smith	Ids Postma	Keiji Shirahata
1994	Berlijn	Jan Bos	Marco Kramer	Shinya Tanaka
1995	Seinäjoki	Bob de Jong	Mark Knoll	Yusuke Imai
1996	Calgary	Bob de Jong	Mark Knoll	Mitsuru Watanabe
1997	Butte	Jelmer Beulenkamp	André Vreugdenhil	Gijs Buitelaar
1998	Roseville	Dmitri Shepel	Mark Tuitert	Bjarne Rykkje
1999	Geithus	Mark Tuitert	Yuri Solinger	Choi Jae-Bong
2000	Seinäjoki	Johan Röjler	Takaharu Nakajima	Jan Friesinger
2001	Groningen	Shingo Doi	Moon Jun	Yeo Sang-Yeop
2002	Collalbo	Beorn Nijenhuis	Ivan Skobrev	Remco Olde Heuvel
2003	Kushiro	Remco Olde Heuvel	Robert Lehmann	Lee Seung-Hwan
2004	Roseville	Justin Warsylewicz	Sven Kramer	Yeo Sang-Yeop
2005	Seinäjoki	Sven Kramer	Wouter Olde Heuvel	Håvard Bøkko
2006	Erfurt	Håvard Bøkko	Wouter Olde Heuvel	Shingo Hashibami
2007	Innsbruck	Sjoerd de Vries	Tim Roelofsen	Trevor Marsicano
2008	Changchun	Jan Blokhuijsen	Koen Verweij	Berden de Vries
2009	Zakopane	Koen Verweij	Jonathan Kuck	Brian Hansen
2010	Moscow
2011	Seinäjoki

[edit] History Medallists Girls

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1973	Assen	Sylvia Burka	Froukje Jongsma	Kay Lunda
1974	Cortina d'Ampezzo	Erwina Rys	Tatyana Fradina	Tatyana Timoshina
1975	Strömsund	Heike Lange	Erwina Rys	Pietje Postma
1976	Madonna di Campiglio	Liz Appleby	Beth Heiden	Katrin Loernz
1977	Inzell	Kim Kostron	Beth Heiden	Bjørg Eva Jensen
1978	Montreal	Beth Heiden	Bjørg Eva Jensen	Ines Bautzmann
1979	Grenoble	Beth Heiden	Bjørg Eva Jensen	Ria Visser
1980	Assen	Bjørg Eva Jensen	Sarah Docter	Ria Visser
1981	Elverum	Sarah Docter	Elke Wirsing	Yvonne van Gennip
1982	Innsbruck	Angela Stahnke	Yvonne van Gennip	Seiko Hashimoto
1983	Sarajevo	Angela Stahnke	Seiko Hashimoto	Sjouke Hoffmann
1984	Assen	Angela Stahnke	Galina Voilochnikova	Song Hwa-Son
1985	Røros	Cornelia Dick	Ljudmila Tuberozova	Monique Garbrecht
1986	Sainte-Foy	Monique Garbrecht	Anja Ulbricht	Ljudmila Tuberozova
1987	Strömsund	Monique Garbrecht	Anja Ulbricht	Silke Luding
1988	Seoul	Emi Tanaka	Claudia Pechstein	Shiho Kusunose
1989	Kiev	Ulrike Adeberg	Anke Baier	Sandra Zwolle
1990	Obihiro	Ulrike Adeberg	Anke Baier	Takako Tetsuda
1991	Calgary	Anke Baier	Svetlana Bazhanova	Sabine Völker
1992	Warsaw	Nami Nemoto	Sabine Völker	Tatjana Trapeznikova
1993	Baselga di Pinè	Franziska Schenk	Mie Shimizu	Maki Tabata
1994	Berlijn	Mie Shimizu	Anni Friesinger	Marianne Timmer
1995	Seinäjoki	Becky Sundstrom	Anni Friesinger	Chris Scheels
1996	Calgary	Anni Friesinger	Renate Groenewold	Aki Tonoike
1997	Butte	Kirsten Holum	Bak Eun-Bi	Kanae Kobayashi
1998	Roseville	Aki Tonoike	Catherine Raney	Frijke Schaatfsma
1999	Geithus	Helen van Goozen	Yuri Obara	Keiko Taguchi
2000	Seinäjoki	Frédérique Ankoné	Wieteke Cramer	Heike Hartmann
2001	Groningen	Frédérique Ankoné	Heike Hartmann	Elma de Vries
2002	Collalbo	Elma de Vries	Eriko Ishino	Judith Hesse
2003	Kushiro	Shannon Rempel	Eriko Ishino	Maria Lamb
2004	Roseville	Eriko Ishino	Ireen Wüst	Shannon Rempel
2005	Seinäjoki	Ireen Wüst	Annette Gerritsen	Lee Sang-Hwa
2006	Erfurt	Kim Yu-Rim	Martina Sáblíková	Lee Ju-Yeon
2007	Innsbruck	Noh Seon-Yeong	Laurine van Riessen	Fu Chunyan
2008	Changchun	Marrit Leenstra	Jorieke van der Geest	Justine L'Heureux
2009	Zakopane	Roxanne van Hemert	Yvonne Nauta	Katarzyna Woźniak
2010	Moscow
2011	Seinäjoki