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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea (KOR)	4	5	3	12
2	Italy (ITA)	4	1	3	8
3	Canada (CAN)	3	4	3	10
4	China (CHN)	1	1	2	4
5	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	0	1
6	United States (USA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		12	12	12	36

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.

External links

• ISU Results