Mixed-NOCs at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Teams made up of athletes representing different National Olympic Committees (NOCs), called mixed-NOCs teams, participated in the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics. These teams participated in events composed entirely of mixed-NOCs teams. When a mixed-NOCs team won a medal, the Olympic flag was raised rather than a national flag; when a mixed-NOCs team won gold, the Olympic anthem would be played instead of national anthems.

Mixed-NOCs participation at the Youth Olympic Games
Mixed-NOC teams participated under the Olympic flag
Mixed-NOC teams participated under the Olympic flag
At the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
in Austria
Medals Gold
3
Silver
3
Bronze
3
Total
9

The medal count above include those won at events where all participating teams were mixed-NOC teams.

Background edit

The concept of mixed-NOCs was introduced in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, in which athletes from different nations would compete in the same team, often representing their continent. This is in contrast to the Mixed team (IOC code: ZZX) found at early senior Olympic Games.

Medal summary edit

The following medal summary lists all nations whose athletes won a medal while competing for a mixed-NOCs team. If there is more than one athlete from the same nation on a medal-winning team, only one medal of that colour is credited, so therefore in this medal summary China are credited with only one gold rather than two for their participation in the gold-winning short track speed skating team.

A total of 15 National Olympic Committees, including hosts Austria, had at least one athlete representing a mixed-NOCs team win a medal.

Mixed-NOCs medals — summary by athletes' nations
  *   Host nation (Austria)
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  South Korea (KOR)1124
2  China (CHN)1102
  Great Britain (GBR)1102
4  United States (USA)1012
5  Belarus (BLR)1001
  Germany (GER)1001
  Japan (JPN)1001
  Switzerland (SUI)1001
9  Ukraine (UKR)0202
10  Russia (RUS)0123
11  Finland (FIN)0101
  Norway (NOR)0101
13  France (FRA)0022
14  Austria (AUT)*0011
  Kazakhstan (KAZ)0011
Totals (15 entries)88925

Curling edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Mixed doubles
details
  Michael Brunner (SUI)
  Nicole Muskatewitz (GER)
  Martin Sesaker (NOR)
  Kim Eun-bi (KOR)
  Korey Dropkin (USA)
  Marina Verenich (RUS)

Figure Skating edit

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Mixed NOC team
details
  Shoma Uno (JPN)
  Jordan Bauth (USA)
  Eugenia Tkachenka / Yuri Hulitski (BLR)
  Yaroslav Paniot (UKR)
  Eveliina Viljanen (FIN)
  Maria Simonova / Dmitri Dragun (RUS)
  Alexander Lyan (KAZ)
  Park So-youn (KOR)
  Estelle Elizabeth / Romain Le Gac (FRA)

Short Track Speed Skating edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Mixed team relay
details
  Park Jung-hyun (KOR)
  Lu Xiucheng (CHN)
  Xu Aili (CHN)
  Jack Burrows (GBR)
4:21.713   Qu Chunyu (CHN)
  Xu Hongzhi (CHN)
  Mariya Dolgopolova (UKR)
  Aydin Djemal (GBR)
4:24.665   Shim Suk-hee (KOR)
  Yoann Martinez (FRA)
  Melanie Brantner (AUT)
  Denis Ayrapetyan (RUS)
4:26.352

See also edit