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]  Italy7:04.914  Canada7:05.133  South Korea7:07.598

* 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]  Italy4:21.494  China4:22.067  USA4:27.128

* 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 United States (USA)0011
Totals (5 nations)12111235

References

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