Short Track World Championships 2006

The 2006 Short Track World Championships took place from March 31 to April 2, 2006 in Minneapolis . The title fights took place for the fourth time in the USA , but for the first time in Minneapolis.

A total of twelve competitions were held. There was an all-around event for women and men as well as individual races over 500 m, 1000 m and 1500 m. The eight best placed runners in the all-round competition after these three routes also competed over 3000 m. In addition, there were relay competitions, over 3000 m for women and 5000 m for men. The results achieved over the four individual routes flowed into the all-around competition. The first place in an individual race got 34 points, the second 21, the third 13, the fourth eight, the fifth five, the sixth three, the seventh two and the eighth one. However, points were only awarded if the runner reached the final. No points were awarded in the event of a disqualification. The addition of the points scored by a runner resulted in the final ranking in the all-around event.

Participating Nations

A total of 27 countries with a total of 126 athletes, 58 women and 68 men, took part in the World Cup.

Participating nations (women / men)
Australia (0/1) Belgium (0/2) Bulgaria (1/2) People's Republic of China (5/5) Chinese Taipei (0/1) Germany (5/5) France (5/0)	Great Britain (2/5) Israel (2/2) Italy (5/5) Japan (5/5) Canada (5/5) Kazakhstan (1/2) Latvia (0/1)	New Zealand (1/2) Netherlands (2/2) Austria (1/1) Poland (2/2) Romania (1/0) Russia (2/2) Switzerland (0/2)	Slovakia (0/2) South Korea (5/5) Czech Republic (1/0) Ukraine (0/2) Hungary (2/2) USA (5/5)

Time schedule

The schedule was designed in parallel for women and men as follows.

Friday March 31, 2006

• 1500 m: preliminary, semi-finals, final
• Season: Semi-Finals (Women)

Saturday April 1, 2006

• 500 m: preliminary run, quarter-finals, semi-finals, final
• Season: Semi-Finals (Men)

Sunday April 2, 2006

• 1000 m: preliminary, semi-finals, final
• 3000 m: Superfinal
• Season: Finale

Results

Women

All-around

• In the columns 1500 m, 500 m, 1000 m and 3000 m it is first indicated which position the athlete achieved, followed by in brackets how many points he received for it.

rank	Surname	Points	500 m	1000 m	1500 m	3000 m
1.	Jin Sun-yu	102	5 (0)	1 (34)	1 (34)	1 (34)
2.	Wang Meng	97	1 (34)	2 (21)	2 (21)	2 (21)
3.	Kalyna Roberge	34	3 (13)	3 (13)	18 (0)	4 (8)
4th	Fu Tianyu	26th	2 (21)	6 (0)	7 (2)	6 (3)
5.	Allison Baver	21st	6 (0)	8 (0)	4 (8)	3 (13)
6th	Choi Eun-kyung	15th	13 (0)	5 (0)	3 (13)	7 (2)
7th	Stephanie Bouvier	10	20 (0)	7 (0)	5 (5)	5 (5)
8th.	Anouk Leblanc-Boucher	8th	4 (8)	16 (0)	8 (0)	DNS (0)

500 meters

rank	Surname	time
1.	Wang Meng	44.006 s
2.	Fu Tianyu	44.070 s
3.	Kalyna Roberge	44.116 s
4th	Anouk Leblanc-Boucher	44.282 s
5.	Jin Sun-yu	44.420 s
6th	Allison Baver	45.892
7th	Cheng Xiao Lei	44,489 s
8th.	Karolina Regucka	1: 06.644 min
9.	Marta Capurso	45.022 s

Date: April 1st, 2006
Rank 1–4 in the final, Rank 5–9 in the semi-finals.

1000 meters

rank	Surname	time
1.	Jin Sun-yu	1: 32.767 min
2.	Wang Meng	1: 32.874 min
3.	Kalyna Roberge	1: 33.204 min
4th	Cheng Xiao Lei	disqualified
5.	Choi Eun-kyung	1: 32.203 min
6th	Fu Tianyu	1: 33.249 min
7th	Stephanie Bouvier	1: 33.113 min
8th.	Allison Baver	disqualified

Date: April 2, 2006
Rank 1–4 in the final, Rank 5–8 in the semi-finals.

1500 meters

rank	Surname	time
1.	Jin Sun-yu	2: 21.948 min
2.	Wang Meng	2: 22.027 min
3.	Choi Eun-kyung	2: 22.152 min
4th	Allison Baver	2: 22.200 min
5.	Stephanie Bouvier	2: 23.760 min
6th	Marta Capurso	2: 24.467 min
7th	Fu Tianyu	2: 36.393 min

Date: March 31, 2006
Rank 1–7 in the final.

3000 meters superfinal

rank	Surname	time
1.	Jin Sun-yu	5: 33.694 min
2.	Wang Meng	5: 34.522 min
3.	Allison Baver	5: 34.864 min
4th	Kalyna Roberge	5: 34.982 min
5.	Stephanie Bouvier	5: 35.757 min
6th	Fu Tianyu	5: 54.019 min
7th	Choi Eun-kyung	6: 20.537 min
8th.	Anouk Leblanc-Boucher	not at the start

Date: April 2, 2006
Superfinal of the eight best all-rounders after three courses.

3000 meter relay

rank	Surname	time
1.	People's Republic of China Zhu Mi Lei Wang Meng Fu Tianyu Cheng Xiao Lei	4: 17.194 min
2.	Canada Tania Vicent Kalyna Roberge Alanna Kraus Amanda Overland	4: 17.335 min
3.	Italy Marta Capurso Arianna Fontana Mara Zini Katia Zini	4: 18.834 min
4th	South Korea Jin Sun-yu Choi Eun-kyung Jeon Da-hye Byun Chun-sa	4: 21.614 min

Date: March 31 to April 2, 2006
4 seasons in the finals.

Men

All-around

• In the columns 1500 m, 500 m, 1000 m and 3000 m it is first indicated which position the athlete achieved, followed by in brackets how many points he received for it.

rank	Surname	Points	500 m	1000 m	1500 m	3000 m
1.	Ahn Hyun-soo	68	4 (0)	1 (34)	1 (34)	DSQ (0)
2.	Lee Ho-suk	60	3 (13)	2 (21)	2 (21)	5 (5)
3.	François-Louis Tremblay	55	1 (34)	8 (0)	11 (0)	2 (21)
4th	Charles Hamelin	47	5 (0)	3 (13)	7 (0)	1 (34)
5.	Li Haonan	29	2 (21)	30 (0)	9 (0)	4 (8)
6th	Oh Se-jong	26th	7 (0)	7 (0)	3 (13)	3 (13)
7th	Nicola Rodigari	15th	10 (0)	4 (8)	5 (5)	7 (2)
8th.	Sui Bao Ku	11	17 (0)	6 (0)	4 (8)	6 (3)

500 meters

rank	Surname	time
1.	François-Louis Tremblay	41,439 s
2.	Li Haonan	41.639 s
3.	Lee Ho-suk	41.737 s
4th	Ahn Hyun-soo	disqualified
5.	Charles Hamelin	42.031 s
6th	Éric Bédard	41.692 s
7th	Oh Se-jong	41.856 s
8th.	Rusty Smith	disqualified

Date: April 1st, 2006
Rank 1–4 in the final, Rank 5–8 in the semifinals.

1000 meters

rank	Surname	time
1.	Ahn Hyun-soo	1: 27.631 min
2.	Lee Ho-suk	1: 27.864 min
3.	Charles Hamelin	1: 28.028 min
4th	Nicola Rodigari	1: 28.038 min
5.	Rusty Smith	1: 28.309 min
6th	Sui Bao Ku	1: 25.605 min
7th	Oh Se-jong	1: 25.727 min
8th.	François-Louis Tremblay	disqualified

Date: April 2, 2006
Rank 1–5 in the final, Rank 6–8 in the semifinals.

1500 meters

rank	Surname	time
1.	Ahn Hyun-soo	2: 20.572 min
2.	Lee Ho-suk	2: 20.581 min
3.	Oh Se-jong	2: 20.842 min
4th	Sui Bao Ku	2: 20.938 min
5.	Nicola Rodigari	2: 20.988 min
6th	Rusty Smith	2: 21.857 min

Date: March 31, 2006
Rank 1–6 in the final.

3000 meters superfinal

rank	Surname	time
1.	Charles Hamelin	5: 28.105 min
2.	François-Louis Tremblay	5: 29.188 min
3.	Oh Se-jong	5: 29.735 min
4th	Li Haonan	5: 32.194 min
5.	Lee Ho-suk	5: 56.550 min
6th	Sui Bao Ku	6: 08.810 min
7th	Nicola Rodigari	6: 09.817 min
8th.	Ahn Hyun-soo	disqualified
8th.	Rusty Smith	disqualified

Date: April 2, 2006
Superfinal of the eight best all-rounders after three courses. Because of a tie, nine runners competed.

5000 meter relay

rank	Surname	time
1.	Canada Charles Hamelin Éric Bédard Jonathan Guilmette Mathieu Turcotte François-Louis Tremblay	6: 47.481 min
2.	People's Republic of China Li Ye Sui Baoku Li Haonan Cui Liang	6: 50.332 min
3.	United States Rusty Smith Jordan Malone J.-P, Kepka Alex Izykowski Anthony Lobello	6: 50.610 min
4th	South Korea Lee Ho-suk Ahn Hyun-soo Song Suk-woo Oh Se-jong Seo Jo-Jin	6: 45.822 min

Date: April 1st to 2nd, 2006
4 seasons in the finals.

Medal table

rank	nation	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	South Korea	7th	3	4th	14th
2	Canada	3	2	5	10
3	People's Republic of China	2	7th	-	9
4th	United States	-	-	2	2
5	Italy	-	-	1	1
total		12	12	12	36

Web links

• Results overview at www.isu.org (English)
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