2006 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships

The 2006 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships was the 16th edition of the World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships, which took place on 25–26 March 2006 in Montreal, Canada.

LocationCanada Montreal, Canada
Start date25 March 2005
End date26 March 2005
Competitors70 from 8 nations

Teams were divided into two brackets of four: the best team from each bracket qualified directly for the final, while the two next teams entered for the repechage round and the last was eliminated. The best two teams in the repechage round qualified for the final. Thus, the final consisted of four teams. Each team was represented by four athletes at both 500 m and 1000 m as well as by two athletes at 3000 m. There were four heats at both 500 m and 1000 m, whereby each heat consisted of athletes representing different countries. There was one heat at 3000 m.

Medal winners

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
 South Korea
Ahn Hyun-soo
Lee Ho-suk
Oh Se-jong
Seo Ho-jin
Song Suk-woo
 Canada
Éric Bédard
Jonathan Guilmette
Charles Hamelin
François-Louis Tremblay
Mathieu Turcotte
 China
Li Ye
Li Haonan
Sui Baoku
Cui Liang
Wang Baojian
Women
 South Korea
Choi Eun-kyung
Jin Sun-yu
Kang Yun-mi
Byun Chun-sa
Jeon Da-hye
 China
Wang Meng
Wang Wei
Cheng Xiaolei
Zhu Mi Lei
Fu Tianyu
 Canada
Alanna Kraus
Anouk Leblanc-Boucher
Kalyna Roberge
Tania Vicent
Amanda Overland

Results

Men

Rank Nation Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  South Korea39
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Canada36
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  China27
4  Italy16
5  United StatesRep.
6  Japan
7  NetherlandsDNQ

Women

Rank Nation Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  South Korea40
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  China38
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Canada26
4  Italy14
5  JapanRep.
6  United States
7  FranceDNQ
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