1977 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships

1977 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
VenueGrenoble, France
Dates15-17 April
Medalist men
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gaetan Boucher CAN
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Craig Kressler USA
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hiroshi Toda JPN
Medalist women
1st place, gold medalist(s) Brenda Webster CAN
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kathy Vogt CAN
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Valerie Reimann USA

The 1977 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships were the second championships and took place between April 15 and 17, 1977, in Grenoble, France.

Results

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Overall Gaetan Boucher
Canada
Craig Kressler
United States
Hiroshi Toda
Japan
500 m Gaetan Boucher
Canada
46.440 Craig Kressler
United States
46.760 Hiroshi Toda
Japan
47.150
1000 m Gaetan Boucher
Canada
1:55.690 Steve Pearce
Great Britain
1:56.410 Craig Kressler
United States
1:56.410
1500 m Hiroshi Toda
Japan
2:27.430 Craig Kressler
United States
2:28.990 Gaetan Boucher
Canada
2:29.610
5000 m Great Britain 7:34.860 Canada 7:40.490 Japan 7:44.280

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Overall Brenda Webster
Canada
Kathy Vogt
Canada
Valerie Reimann
United States
500 m Brenda Webster
Canada
49.540 Kathy Vogt
Canada
49.740 Nancy Dernin
Canada
49.760
1000 m Kathy Vogt
Canada
1:43.410 Peggy Hartrich
United States
1:43.590 Brenda Webster
Canada
1:47.610
1500 m Brenda Webster
Canada
2:44.640 Valerie Reimann
United States
2:44.970 Vicki Reimann
United States
2:45.260
3000 m relay United States 4:47.300 Canada 4:47.520 Japan 5:03.970

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada (CAN)74314
2 United States (USA)1539
3 Great Britain (GBR)1102
4 Japan (JPN)1045
Totals (4 entries)10101030

Participating nations