Inline Speed ​​Skating World Championships 1996

The world championships were in Italian Mirano (train) and Padova played (street). The track competitions took place from August 30 to September 2, 1996 and the street competitions from September 5 to 9, 1996.

The most successful participants were Valentina Belloni with four gold medals in the women and Chad Hedrick with seven gold medals in the men.

Women

distance	gold	silver	bronze
train
300 m individual sprint	Valentina Belloni	Nicoletta Gallessi	Gypsy Lucas
500 m sprint	Valentina Belloni	Nicoletta Gallessi	Gypsy Lucas
1500 m sprint	Julie Brandt	Theresa Cliff	Sandrine Plu
3000 m mass start	Nicoletta Gallessi	Ya-Wen Chen	Theresa Cliff
5000 m points	Theresa Cliff	Cheryl Ezzell	Rosana Sastre
10,000 m elimination	Cheryl Ezzell	Theresa Cliff	Debra Beveridge
5000 m relay	United States Julie Brandt Theresa Cliff Cheryl Ezzell	Italy Simona Vesprini Tina Bosica Nicoletta Gallessi	France Sandrine Plu Valerie Dieumegard Caroline Jean
Street
300 m individual sprint	Valentina Belloni	Nora Vega	Sophie Deschamps
500 m sprint	Valentina Belloni	Viviana Calle	Eva Maria Richardson
1500 m sprint	Anja Decoster	Christina Sanfratello	Sandrine Plu
3000 m mass start	Sheila Herrero	Sandrine Plu	Tina Bosica
5000 m points	Sandrine Plu	Antonella Mauri	Theresa Cliff
10,000 m elimination	Antonella Mauri	Sandrine Plu	Theresa Cliff
Long haul
21097.5 m half marathon	Sandrine Plu	Cheryl Ezzell	Marcela Caceres

Men

distance	gold	silver	bronze
train
300 m individual sprint	Keith Turner	Alessio Gaggioli	Ippolito Sanfratello
500 m sprint	Keith Turner	Chad Hedrick	Ippolito Sanfratello
1500 m sprint	Derek Parra	Chad Hedrick	Jorge Botero
5000 m mass start	Chad Hedrick	Derek Parra	Jorge Botero
10000 m points	Chad Hedrick	Jorge Botero	Martin Escobar
20000 m elimination	Chad Hedrick	Arnaud Gicquel	Jorge Botero
10000 m relay	United States Chad Hedrick Derek Parra Keith Turner	Colombia Jorge Botero Josè Fernando Bustamanti Juan-Carlos Betancur	Italy Marco Giannini Gianluca Capretti Fabio Marangoni
Street
300 m individual sprint	Ippolito Sanfratello	Carlos Alberto Penagos	Keith Turner
500 m sprint	Ippolito Sanfratello	Alessio Gaggioli	Anthony Dodd
1500 m sprint	Chad Hedrick	Adrian Villegas	Ippolito Sanfratello
5000 m mass start	Brayden Jones	Scott Hiatt	Martin Escobar
10000 m points	Chad Hedrick	Arnaud Gicquel	Martin Escobar
20000 m elimination	Chad Hedrick	Jorge Botero	Martin Escobar
Long haul
42195 m marathon	Derek Parra	Renzo Cipriani	Wouter Heytens

Medal table

space	country
1.	United States	15th	8th	6th	29
2.	Italy	8th	7th	5	20th
3.	France	2	4th	4th	10
4th	Australia	1	0	2	3
5.	Belgium	1	0	1	2
6th	Spain	1	0	0	1
7th	Colombia	0	5	3	8th
8th.	Argentina	0	2	6th	8th
9.	Taiwan	0	1	0	1
9.	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
11.	Chile	0	0	1	1

Web links

• Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports - FIRS: www.rollersports.org