2016 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships

2016 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships
Location Seoul, South Korea
Venue Taereung International Rink
Dates 27–28 February
Competitors 60 from 17 nations
Medalist men
1st, gold medalist(s) Pavel Kulizhnikov  RUS
2nd, silver medalist(s) Kjeld Nuis  NED
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Kai Verbij  NED
Medalist women
1st, gold medalist(s) Brittany Bowe  USA
2nd, silver medalist(s) Heather Richardson-Bergsma  USA
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Jorien ter Mors  NED

The 2016 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships was held in Seoul, South Korea, from 27 to 28 February 2016.

Schedule

Date Event
27 February 2016500 m women
500 m men
1000 m women
1000 m men
28 February 2016500 m women
500 m men
1000 m women
1000 m men

All times are local (UTC+9).

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States1102
2 Russia1001
3 Netherlands0123
Totals (3 nations)2226

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men[1]
 Pavel Kulizhnikov
 Russia		139.245 Kjeld Nuis
 Netherlands		139.995 Kai Verbij
 Netherlands		140.420
Women[2]
 Brittany Bowe
 United States		151.595 Heather Richardson-Bergsma
 United States		151.945 Jorien ter Mors
 Netherlands		152.340

Participating nations

60 speed skaters from 17 nations participated. The number of speed skaters per nation that competed is shown in parentheses.

  •  Austria (1)
  •  Australia (1)
  •  Belarus (2)
  •  Canada (3)
  •  China (6)
  •  Czech Republic (1)
  •  Finland (2)
  •  Germany (2)
  •  Italy (3)
  •  Japan (5)
  •  Kazakhstan (3)
  •  Netherlands (6)
  •  Norway (6)
  •  Poland (2)
  •  Russia (6)
  •  South Korea (5)
  •  United States (6)

References

  1. ↑ "Men's results". Archived from the original on 2016-03-01. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  2. ↑ "Women's results". Archived from the original on 2016-03-01. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
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