1976 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships

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1976 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
VenueUniversity of Illinois Ice Arena, Champaign, Illinois
Dates9–11 April
Medalist men
1st place, gold medalist(s)  USA
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gaetan Boucher  CAN
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  FRA
Medalist women
1st place, gold medalist(s)  USA
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kathy Vogt  CAN
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  USA
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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*
 USA		 Gaetan Boucher
 Canada
 France
500 m[1]
 USA		 45.870 Gaetan Boucher
 Canada		 -
 USA		 -
1000 m[2]
 USA		 1:45.780 Gaetan Boucher
 Canada		 -
 GBR		 -
1500 m[3]
 USA		 2:27.310 Colin Coates
 Australia		 -
 USA		 -
3000 m[4]
 France		 5:34.200
 USA		 -
 USA		 -
3000 m relay [5]  USA 4:41.010  GBR 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*
 USA		 Kathy Vogt
 Canada
 USA
500 m[7] Kathy Vogt
 Canada		 50.570
 USA		 -
 USA		 -
1000 m[8]
 USA		 1:50.390
 USA		 -
 Canada		 -
1500 m[9]
 USA		 2:40.120 Kathy Vogt
 Canada		 -
 USA		 -
3000 m[10]
 USA		 6:06.310 Kathy Vogt
 Canada		 -
 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[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)95721
2 Canada (CAN)2619
3 Great Britain (GBR)1113
4 France (FRA)1012
5 Australia (AUS)0101
6 Belgium (BEL)0022
Totals (6 nations)13131238

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.

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