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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) Alan Rattray USA
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gaetan Boucher CAN
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Andre Chabrerie FRA
Medalist women
1st place, gold medalist(s) Celeste Chlapaty USA
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kathy Vogt CAN
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Peggy Hartrich USA
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1977

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

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Men

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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
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1000 m[2] Alan Rattray
USA
1:45.780 Gaetan Boucher
Canada
- Philip Walker
GBR
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1500 m[3] Alan Rattray
USA
2:27.310 Colin Coates
Australia
- Jack Mortell
USA
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3000 m[4] Andre Chabrerie
France
5:34.200 Pat Maxwell
USA
- Jack Mortell
USA
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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

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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
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1000 m[8] Celeste Chlapaty
USA
1:50.390 Denise Chlapaty
USA
- Margaret Hanson
Canada
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1500 m[9] Celeste Chlapaty
USA
2:40.120 Kathy Vogt
Canada
- Peggy Hartrich
USA
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3000 m[10] Kathy Vogt
Canada
6:06.310 Peggy Hartrich
USA
- Celeste Chlapaty
USA
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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

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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 entries)13131238

References

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  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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