Short track team world championships 2006

The 2006 World Team Championships in the short track took place from March 25th to 26th, 2006 in Montreal . Montreal hosted the team world championships for the first time, but the individual world championships had already taken place there twice before.

South Korea was victorious in each case, for women ahead of China and Canada, and for men, conversely, ahead of Canada and China. Teams from eight countries took part.

Regulations

Seven teams each with a maximum of five athletes took part for women and men. The seven teams were divided into two groups. The first team in each group qualified directly for the final, the second and third placed team for the round of hope, the fourth placed team was eliminated. The first two teams in the round of hope also made it to the final, while the third and fourth placed teams were eliminated. The runs of the preliminary round groups and the round of hope were completed on the first day of the competition, the final on the second.

Over 500 m and 1000 m, an athlete from one country competed against each other in four runs. There was only one run over 3000 m, with two athletes from each country. Four runners from one country started in the relay. In each individual race, the first received five points, the second three points, the third two points and the fourth one point. Twice as many points were awarded in the season, ten for the first season, six for the second, four for the third and two for the fourth. No point was awarded in the event of a disqualification. The addition of all points of the athletes of a country decided on the placement.

Results

Women

In the first group of the preliminary round, South Korea prevailed and moved into the final. China and Italy reached the round of hope behind, France was eliminated. In the second group of the preliminary round Canada clearly prevailed, the USA and Japan reached the hope round. Only three teams participated in this group. In the hope round, China and Italy reached the final.

rank	country	Runners	500 m		1000 m		3000 m		3000 m relay		Total points
			Time (s)	Points	Time (min)	Points	Time (min)	Points	Time (min)	Points
A final
1.	South Korea	Kang Yun-mi	67.944	1	1: 34.359	5	-	-	4: 20.795	6th	40
		Jeon Da-hye	disq.	0	-	-	-	-
		Jin Sun-yu	45,435	3	1: 32.181	5	5: 15.387	5
		Byun Chun-sa	45.660	2	1: 33.029	5	-	-
		Choi Eun-kyung	-	-	1: 34.366	5	5: 15.750	3
2.	People's Republic of China	Wang Meng	44,953	5	1: 32.612	3	-	-	4: 20.578	10	38
		Zhu Mi Lei	44.652	3	1: 33.112	3	5: 16.565	2
		Cheng Xiao Lei	45.368	5	1: 34.871	2	5: 33.465	0
		Fu Tianyu	45.555	3	1: 54.536	2	-	-
3.	Canada	Alanna Kraus	45.066	2	-	-	-	-	4: 21.408	2	26th
		Kalyna Roberge	44,462	5	1: 32.617	2	5: 16.804	0
		Anouk Leblanc-Boucher	45.552	1	1: 35.070	3	-	-
		Tania Vicent	45.523	5	1: 33.229	2	-	-
		Amanda Overland	-	-	1: 34.665	3	5: 16.718	1
4th	Italy	Marta Capurso	44,957	3	1: 32.717	1	5: 46.249	0	4: 20.984	4th	14th
		Mara Zini	disq.	0	-	-	-	-
		Arianna Fontana	45,446	2	2: 04.412	1	5: 18.223	0
		Katia Zini	45.839	1	1: 36.022	1	-	-
		Cecilia Maffei	-	-	1: 35.592	1	-	-

Men

In the first group of the preliminary round, South Korea made it through to the finals, China and Italy reached the hopes. The Netherlands, however, were eliminated. In the second preliminary group only three teams competed. Canada prevailed and reached the final, USA and Japan reached the round of hope. In this China and Italy prevailed and followed in the final, for the USA and Japan the tournament was over.

rank	country	runner	500 m		1000 m		3000 m		5000 m relay		Total points
			Time (s)	Points	Time (min)	Points	Time (min)	Points	Time (min)	Points
A final
1.	South Korea	Lee Ho-suk	41.917	5	1: 29.994	5	5: 09.914	0	7: 00.552	2	39
		Seo Ho-jin	41.748	3	1: 24.985	5	-	-
		Song Suk-woo	67.666	1	-	-	-	-
		Ahn Hyun-soo	42.367	5	1: 29.206	5	4: 56.506	3
		Oh Se-jong	-	-	1: 28.232	5	-	-
2.	Canada	Mathieu Turcotte	42.069	3	1: 30.379	3	-	-	6: 50.371	10	36
		Charles Hamelin	41.271	5	disq.	0	4: 55.820	5
		François-Louis Tremblay	42,313	2	-	-	-	-
		Éric Bédard	67.829	2	1: 25.433	3	-	-
		Jonathan Guilmette	-	-	1: 29.602	3	4: 58.635	0
3.	People's Republic of China	Cui Liang	disq.	0	1: 29.925	2	-	-	6: 51.114	6th	27
		Li Ye	41.977	2	1: 25.474	2	5: 00.372	0
		Li Haonan	42.215	5	1: 28.528	3	-	-
		Sui Bao Ku	43.140	3	1: 30.513	2	4: 56.543	2
4th	Italy	Nicola Franceschina	54.779	2	1: 29.808	2	-	-	6: 54.895	4th	16
		Fabio Carta	42.078	1	1: 29.265	1	4: 58.785	0
		Nicola Rodigari	42.283	3	1: 30.874	1	4: 56.632	1
		Roberto Serra	disq.	0	-	-	-	-
		Yuri Confortola	-	-	1: 29.943	1	-	-

Web links

• Official results