| 2016 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Mokdong Stadium, Seoul, South Korea | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 11–13 March | ||||||||||||
| from 34 nations | |||||||||||||
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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]
* Host nation (South Korea)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China (CHN) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 |  South Korea (KOR)* | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 |  Canada (CAN) | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 |  Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 |  Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall [2] | Han Tianyu China | 68 pts | Charles Hamelin Canada | 48 pts | Sándor Liu Shaolin Hungary | 41 pts |
| 500 m [3] | Sándor Liu Shaolin Hungary | 41.485 | Wu Dajing China | 41.550 | Liu Shaoang Hungary | 41.994 |
| 1000 m [4] | Charles Hamelin Canada | 1:24.436 | Samuel Girard Canada | 1:24.787 | Wu Dajing China | 1:24.868 |
| 1500 m [5] | Han Tianyu China | 2:17.355 | Liu Shaoang Hungary | 2:17.470 | Park Se-yeong South Korea | 2:17.582 |
| 5000 m relay [6] | China Shi Jingnan Wu Dajing Han Tianyu Xu Hongzhi | 7:05.539 | Canada Charle Cournoyer Alexander Fathoullin Samuel Girard Charles Hamelin | 7:05.622 | South Korea Kwak Yoon-Gy Seo Yi-ra Park Ji-won Park Se-yeong Kim Joon-chun | 7:05.652 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| Overall [7] | Choi Min-jeong South Korea | 66 pts | Marianne St-Gelais Canada | 63 pts | Elise Christie Great Britain | 47 pts |
| 500 m [8] | Fan Kexin China | 43.258 | Marianne St-Gelais Canada | 43.317 | Qu Chunyu China | 43.389 |
| 1000 m [9] | Choi Min-jeong South Korea | 1:31.903 | Elise Christie Great Britain | 1:31.980 | Kasandra Bradette Canada | 1:32.607 |
| 1500 m [10] | Marianne St-Gelais Canada | 2:36.844 | Choi Min-jeong South Korea | 2:37.073 | Elise Christie Great Britain | 2:37.123 |
| 3000 m relay [11] | South Korea Noh Do-hee Shim Suk-hee Choi Min-jeong Lee Eun-byul Kim A-lang | 4:19.545 | Canada Marianne St-Gelais Valérie Maltais Audrey Phaneuf Kasandra Bradette Namasthée Harris-Gauthier | 4:20.193 | Russia Sofia Prosvirnova Ekaterina Efremenkova Emina Malagich Evgeniya Zakharova | 4:24.945 |
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