1996 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships

The 1996 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between March 1 and 3, 1996 in The Hague, Netherlands. The World Championships are organised by the ISU which also run world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.

Results

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Overall* Marc Gagnon
Canada		 11 points Chae Ji-hoon
South Korea		 9 points Orazio Fagone
Italy		 5 points
500 m[1] Orazio Fagone
Italy		 43.071 Mirko Vuillermin
Italy		 43.252 Frederic Blackburn
Canada		 43.603
1000 m[2] Li Jiajun
China		 1:32.028 Marc Gagnon
Canada		 1:32.107 Chae Ji-hoon
South Korea		 1:32.143
1500 m[3] Marc Gagnon
Canada		 2:18.160 Nicky Gooch
United Kingdom		 2:18.291 Chae Ji-hoon
South Korea		 2:18.491
3000 m[4] Chae Ji-hoon
South Korea		 5:00.557 Marc Gagnon
Canada		 5:01.046 Mirko Vuillermin
Italy		 5:01.078
5000 m relay[5] Italy 7:04.914 Canada 7:05.133 South Korea 7:07.598

* First place is awarded 5 points, second is awarded 3 points, third is awarded 2 points, fourth is awarded 1 point in the finals of each individual race to determine the overall world champion. The relays do not count for the overall classification.

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Overall* Chun Lee-kyung
South Korea		 11 points Won Hye-kyung
South Korea		 9 points Isabelle Charest
Canada		 7 points
500 m[6] Isabelle Charest
Canada		 45.650 Annie Perreault
Canada		 46.015 Marinella Canclini
Italy		 46.181
1000 m[7] Marinella Canclini
Italy		 1:39.656 Chun Lee-kyung
South Korea		 1:39.858 Isabelle Charest
Canada		 1:39.995
1500 m[8] Chun Lee-kyung
South Korea		 2:35.494 Won Hye-kyung
South Korea		 2:35.506 Sun Dandan
China		 2:37.286
3000 m[9] Won Hye-kyung
South Korea		 5:23.666 Chun Lee-kyung
South Korea		 5:34.939 Sun Dandan
China		 5:40.709
3000 m relay[10] Italy 4:21.494 China 4:22.067 USA 4:27.128

* First place is awarded 5 points, second is awarded 3 points, third is awarded 2 points, fourth is awarded 1 point in the finals of each individual race to determine the overall world champion. The relays do not count for the overall classification.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 South Korea (KOR)45312
2 Italy (ITA)4138
3 Canada (CAN)34310
4 China (CHN)1124
5 Great Britain (GBR)0101
6 United States (USA)0011
Totals (6 entries)12121236

References

  1. ^ "1996 World Championships - men's 500m finals". ISU. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
  2. ^ "1996 World Championships - men's 1000m finals". ISU. Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
  3. ^ "1996 World Championships - men's 1500m finals". ISU. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
  4. ^ "1996 World Championships - men's 3000m finals". ISU. Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
  5. ^ "1996 World Championships - men's 5000m relay finals". ISU. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
  6. ^ "1996 World Championships - women's 500m finals". ISU. Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
  7. ^ "1996 World Championships - women's 1000m finals". ISU. Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
  8. ^ "1996 World Championships - women's 1500m finals". ISU. Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
  9. ^ "1996 World Championships - women's 3000m finals". ISU. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
  10. ^ "1996 World Championships - women's 3000m relay finals". ISU. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
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