2016 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships Explained

Event:	2016 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
Venue:	Mokdong Stadium, Seoul, South Korea
Dates:	11–13 March
Nations:	34
Goldm:	Han Tianyu
Goldmnation:	CHN
Silverm:	Charles Hamelin
Silvermnation:	CAN
Bronzem:	Sándor Liu Shaolin
Bronzemnation:	HUN
Goldw:	Choi Min-jeong
Goldwnation:	KOR
Silverw:	Marianne St-Gelais
Silverwnation:	CAN
Bronzew:	Elise Christie
Bronzewnation:	GBR
Prev:	2015
Next:	2017

The 2016 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place from 11 to 13 March 2016 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the 41st World Short Track Speed Skating Championships.^[1]

Medal summary

Men

Overall^[2]	Han Tianyu	68 pts	Charles Hamelin	48 pts	Sándor Liu Shaolin	41 pts
500 m^[3]	Sándor Liu Shaolin	41.485	Wu Dajing	41.550	Liu Shaoang	41.994
1000 m^[4]	Charles Hamelin	1:24.436	Samuel Girard	1:24.787	Wu Dajing	1:24.868
1500 m^[5]	Han Tianyu	2:17.355	Liu Shaoang	2:17.470	Park Se-yeong	2:17.582
5000 m relay^[6]	valign=top		7:05.539	valign=top		7:05.622	Kwak Yoon-Gy Seo Yi-ra Park Ji-won Park Se-yeong Kim Joon-chun	7:05.652

Women

Overall^[7]	Choi Min-jeong	66 pts	Marianne St-Gelais	63 pts	Elise Christie	47 pts
500 m^[8]	Fan Kexin	43.258	Marianne St-Gelais	43.317	Qu Chunyu	43.389
1000 m^[9]	Choi Min-jeong	1:31.903	Elise Christie	1:31.980	Kasandra Bradette	1:32.607
1500 m^[10]	Marianne St-Gelais	2:36.844	Choi Min-jeong	2:37.073	Elise Christie	2:37.123
3000 m relay^[11]	Noh Do-hee Shim Suk-hee Choi Min-jeong Lee Eun-byul Kim A-lang	4:19.545	Marianne St-Gelais Valérie Maltais Audrey Phaneuf Kasandra Bradette Namasthée Harris-Gauthier	4:20.193	valign=top		4:24.945

External links

• ISU website
• Results book

Notes and References

1. http://static.isu.org/media/269980/announcement-wstss-championships-2016-seoul.html South Korea to Host 2016 World Short Track Champs
2. Web site: Men's overall results . 2016-03-14 . 2016-08-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160812035141/http://shorttrack.sportresult.com/Results.aspx?evt=11213100000028&gen=m&ref=17513&view=ocl . dead .
3. Web site: Men's 500 m results . 2016-03-12 . 2016-08-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160815212710/http://shorttrack.sportresult.com/Results.aspx?evt=11213100000028&gen=m&ref=17515&view=dcl . dead .
4. Web site: Men's 1000 m results . 2016-03-13 . 2016-08-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160811035500/http://shorttrack.sportresult.com/Results.aspx?evt=11213100000028&gen=m&ref=17517&view=dcl . dead .
5. Web site: Men's 1500 m results . 2016-03-12 . 2017-01-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170118071830/http://shorttrack.sportresult.com/Results.aspx?evt=11213100000028&gen=m&ref=17557&view=rou . dead .
6. Web site: Men's 5000 m relay results . 2016-03-13 . 2016-08-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160811035340/http://shorttrack.sportresult.com/Results.aspx?evt=11213100000028&gen=m&ref=17521&view=dcl . dead .
7. Web site: Women's overall results . 2016-03-14 . 2016-08-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160808221626/http://shorttrack.sportresult.com/Results.aspx?evt=11213100000028&gen=w&ref=17513&view=ocl . dead .
8. Web site: Women's 500 m results . 2016-03-12 . 2016-08-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160820054330/http://shorttrack.sportresult.com/Results.aspx?evt=11213100000028&gen=w&ref=17514&view=dcl . dead .
9. Web site: Women's 1000 m results . 2016-03-13 . 2017-12-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201043958/http://shorttrack.sportresult.com/Results.aspx?evt=11213100000028&gen=w&ref=17516&view=dcl . dead .
10. Web site: Women's 1500 m results . 2016-03-12 . 2016-08-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160815211905/http://shorttrack.sportresult.com/Results.aspx?evt=11213100000028&gen=w&ref=17518&view=dcl . dead .
11. Web site: Women's 3000 m relay results . 2016-03-13 . 2017-12-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201043958/http://shorttrack.sportresult.com/Results.aspx?evt=11213100000028&gen=w&ref=17516&view=dcl . dead .