2016 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships

2016 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships
Location	Seoul, South Korea
Venue	Taereung International Rink
Dates	27–28 February
Competitors	60 from 17 nations
«2015	2017»

The 2016 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships was held in Seoul, South Korea, from 27 to 28 February 2016.

Schedule

Date	Event
27 February 2016	500 m women
	500 m men
	1000 m women
	1000 m men
28 February 2016	500 m women
	500 m men
	1000 m women
	1000 m men

All times are local (UTC+9).

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	1	1	0	2
2	Russia	1	0	0	1
3	Netherlands	0	1	2	3
Total		2	2	2	6

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men	Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia	139.245	Kjeld Nuis Netherlands	139.995	Kai Verbij Netherlands	140.420
Women	Brittany Bowe United States	151.595	Heather Richardson-Bergsma United States	151.945	Jorien ter Mors Netherlands	152.340

Participating nations

60 speed skaters from 17 nations participated. The number of speed skaters per nation that competed is shown in parentheses.

Austria (1) Australia (1) Belarus (2) Canada (3) China (6) Czech Republic (1) Finland (2) Germany (2) Italy (3) Japan (5) Kazakhstan (3) Netherlands (6) Norway (6) Poland (2) Russia (6) South Korea (5) United States (6)

External links

• Official website
• ISU website