1976 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships

1976 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
Venue	University of Illinois Ice Arena, Champaign, Illinois
Dates	9–11 April
Medalist men
Alan Rattray  USA Gaetan Boucher  CAN Andre Chabrerie  FRA
Medalist women
Celeste Chlapaty  USA Kathy Vogt  CAN Peggy Hartrich  USA

The 1976 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships were the first ever championships and took place between April 9 and 11, 1976 in Champaign, Illinois. 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*	Alan Rattray  USA		Gaetan Boucher  Canada		Andre Chabrerie  France
500 m[1]	Alan Rattray  USA	45.870	Gaetan Boucher  Canada	-	Bob Fenn  USA	-
1000 m[2]	Alan Rattray  USA	1:45.780	Gaetan Boucher  Canada	-	Philip Walker  GBR	-
1500 m[3]	Alan Rattray  USA	2:27.310	Colin Coates  Australia	-	Jack Mortell  USA	-
3000 m[4]	Andre Chabrerie  France	5:34.200	Pat Maxwell  USA	-	Jack Mortell  USA	-
3000 m relay [5]	GBR	4:41.010	USA	4:43.470	Belgium	4:44.600
5000 m relay [6]	USA	7:53.200	GBR	7:54.050	Belgium	-

* 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*	Celeste Chlapaty  USA		Kathy Vogt  Canada		Peggy Hartrich  USA
500 m[7]	Kathy Vogt  Canada	50.570	Celeste Chlapaty  USA	-	Peggy Hartrich  USA	-
1000 m[8]	Celeste Chlapaty  USA	1:50.390	Denise Chlapaty  USA	-	Margaret Hanson  Canada	-
1500 m[9]	Celeste Chlapaty  USA	2:40.120	Kathy Vogt  Canada	-	Peggy Hartrich  USA	-
3000 m[10]	Kathy Vogt  Canada	6:06.310	Peggy Hartrich  USA	-	Celeste Chlapaty  USA	-
3000 m relay[11]	USA	4:42.490	Canada	4:49.470

* 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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	9	5	7	21
2	Canada (CAN)	2	6	1	9
3	Great Britain (GBR)	1	1	1	3
4	France (FRA)	1	0	1	2
5	Australia (AUS)	0	1	0	1
6	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	2	2
Totals (6 entries)		13	13	12	38

References

1. "1976 World Championships - men's 500m finals". ShorttrackOnLine.info. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
2. "1976 World Championships - men's 1000m finals". ShorttrackOnLine.info. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
3. "1976 World Championships - men's 1500m finals". ShorttrackOnLine.info. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
4. "1976 World Championships - men's 3000m finals". ShorttrackOnLine.info. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
5. "1976 World Championships - men's 3000m relay finals". ShorttrackOnLine.info. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
6. "1976 World Championships - men's 5000m relay finals". ShorttrackOnLine.info. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
7. "1976 World Championships - women's 500m finals". ShorttrackOnLine.info. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
8. "1976 World Championships - women's 1000m finals". ShorttrackOnLine.info. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
9. "1976 World Championships - women's 1500m finals". ShorttrackOnLine.info. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
10. "1976 World Championships - women's 3000m finals". ShorttrackOnLine.info. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
11. "1976 World Championships - women's 3000m relay finals". ShorttrackOnLine.info. Retrieved 2019-01-21.

External links

• Shorttrackonline.info Results