1976 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships

1976 sports event (skiing)

1976 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships

Venue| University of Illinois Ice Arena, Champaign, Illinois
Dates| 9–11 April
Medalist men
| |  |  Alan Rattray|  USA

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|  |  Gaetan Boucher|  CAN
|  |  Andre Chabrerie|  FRA
Medalist women
| |  |  Celeste Chlapaty|  USA

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|  |  Kathy Vogt|  CAN
|  |  Peggy Hartrich|  USA

←\-

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

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Overall*  | Alan Rattray
USA |  | Gaetan Boucher
Canada |  | Andre Chabrerie
France |
500 m[1] | Alan Rattray
USA | 45.870  | Gaetan Boucher
Canada | \-  | Bob Fenn
USA | \-
1000 m[2] | Alan Rattray
USA | 1:45.780  | Gaetan Boucher
Canada | \-  | Philip Walker
GBR | \-
1500 m[3] | Alan Rattray
USA | 2:27.310  | Colin Coates
Australia | \-  | Jack Mortell
USA | \-
3000 m[4] | Andre Chabrerie
France | 5:34.200  | Pat Maxwell
USA | \-  | Jack Mortell
USA | \-
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

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Overall*  | Celeste Chlapaty
USA |  | Kathy Vogt
Canada |  | Peggy Hartrich
USA |
500 m[7] | Kathy Vogt
Canada | 50.570  | Celeste Chlapaty
USA | \-  | Peggy Hartrich
USA | \-
1000 m[8] | Celeste Chlapaty
USA | 1:50.390  | Denise Chlapaty
USA | \-  | Margaret Hanson
Canada | \-
1500 m[9] | Celeste Chlapaty
USA | 2:40.120  | Kathy Vogt
Canada | \-  | Peggy Hartrich
USA | \-
3000 m[10] | Kathy Vogt
Canada | 6:06.310  | Peggy Hartrich
USA | \-  | Celeste Chlapaty
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

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  United States (USA)| 9| 5| 7| 21
2|  Canada (CAN)| 2| 6| 1| 9
3|  Great Britain (GBR)| 1| 1| 1| 3
4|  France (FRA)| 1| 0| 1| 2
5|  Australia (AUS)| 0| 1| 0| 1
6|  Belgium (BEL)| 0| 0| 2| 2
Totals (6 entries)| 13| 13| 12| 38

## 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.

## External links

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* Shorttrackonline.info Results

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