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