2006 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships

The 2006 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between March 29 and 31, 2006 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 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*	Ahn Hyun-soo South Korea	68 points	Lee Ho-suk South Korea	60 points	François-Louis Tremblay Canada	55 points
500 m	François-Louis Tremblay Canada	41.439	Li Haonan China	41.639	Lee Ho-suk South Korea	41.737
1000 m	Ahn Hyun-soo South Korea	1:27.631	Lee Ho-suk South Korea	1:27.864	Charles Hamelin Canada	1:28.028
1500 m	Ahn Hyun-soo South Korea	2:20.572	Lee Ho-suk South Korea	2:20.581	Oh Se-jong South Korea	2:20.842
5000 m relay	Canada Charles Hamelin Jonathan Guilmette François-Louis Tremblay Mathieu Turcotte Éric Bédard	6:49.282	China Cui Liang Li Haonan Li Ye Sui Baoku	6:50.332	United States Alex Izykowski J. P. Kepka Anthony Lobello Jordan Malone Rusty Smith	6:51.703

* First place is awarded 34 points, second is awarded 21 points, third is awarded 13 points, fourth is awarded 8 points, fifth is awarded 5 points, sixth is awarded 3 points, seventh is awarded 2 points, and eighth 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*	Jin Sun-yu South Korea	102 points	Wang Meng China	97 points	Kalyna Roberge Canada	34 points
500 m	Wang Meng China	44.006	Fu Tianyu China	44.070	Kalyna Roberge Canada	44.116
1000 m	Jin Sun-yu South Korea	1:32.767	Wang Meng China	1:32.874	Kalyna Roberge Canada	1:33.204
1500 m	Jin Sun-yu South Korea	2:21.948	Wang Meng China	2:22.027	Choi Eun-kyung South Korea	2:22.152
3000 m relay	China Cheng Xiaolei Fu Tianyu Wang Meng Zhu Milei Wang Wei	4:17.194	Canada Alanna Kraus Amanda Overland Kalyna Roberge Tania Vicent Anouk Leblanc-Boucher	4:17.335	Italy Marta Capurso Arianna Fontana Katia Zini Mara Zini Cecilia Maffei	4:18.834

* First place is awarded 34 points, second is awarded 21 points, third is awarded 13 points, fourth is awarded 8 points, fifth is awarded 5 points, sixth is awarded 3 points, seventh is awarded 2 points and eighth 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

* Host nation (United States)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	6	3	3	12
2	China	2	6	0	8
3	Canada	2	1	5	8
4	Italy	0	0	1	1
4	United States*	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 nations)		10	10	10	30

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