| Venue | Olympic Center |
|---|---|
| Location |  Lake Placid, United States |
| Start date | 31 March 1996 |
The 1996 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships was the 6th edition of the World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships which took place on 31 March 1996 in Lake Placid, United States.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men |  CanadaFrédéric Blackburn Derrick Campbell Marc Gagnon Bryce Holbech François Drolet |  KoreaLee Sang-jun Kim Dong-sung Chae Ji-hoon Kim Sun-tae |  ItalyOrazio Fagone Nicola Franceschina Mirko Vuillermin Michele Antonioli Fabio Carta |
| Women | Korea Won Hye-kyung Chun Lee-kyung An Sang-mi Kim Yun-mi Kim Soo-hee | Italy Mara Urbani Marinella Canclini Katia Colturi Barbara Baldisser Evelina Rodigari | United States Julie Goskowicz Erin Gleason Amy Peterson Erin Porter Karen Cashman |
| Rank | Nation | Total |
|---|---|---|
 | Canada | 58 |
 | Korea | 42 |
 | Italy | 39 |
| 4 | United States | 29 |
| 5 |  China | 24 |
| 6 |  France | 23 |
| 7 |  Hungary | 17 |
| Rank | Nation | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Korea | 50 |
| Italy | 48 |
| United States | 34 |
| 4 | Canada | 33 |
| 5 | China | 25 |
| 6 |  Japan | 24 |
| 7 |  Netherlands | 17 |
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long-track speed skating, short-track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. In the Olympic Games, long-track speed skating is usually referred to as just "speed skating", while short-track speed skating is known as "short track". The International Skating Union (ISU), the governing body of competitive ice sports, refers to long track as "speed skating" and short track as "short track skating". Long track speed skating takes place on a 400m ice track, while short track takes place on a 111m track.
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