1999 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships

The 1999 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between March 19 and 21, 1999 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The World Championships are organised by the ISU which also run world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.

Results

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Overall* Li Jiajun
  China
81 Points Satoru Terao
  Japan
76 Points Fabio Carta
  Italy
60 Points
500 m Li Jiajun
  China
42.565 Apolo Anton Ohno
  United States
42.679 Fabio Carta
  Italy
43.072
1000 m Satoru Terao
  Japan
1:30.913 Kim Dong-sung
  South Korea
1:31.242 Andrew Quinn
  Canada
1:31.935
1500 m Fabio Carta
  Italy
2:27.533 Satoru Terao
  Japan
2:27.673 Li Jiajun
  China
2:27.883
3000 m Li Jiajun
  China
5:11.544 Satoru Terao
  Japan
5:11.663 Fabio Carta
  Italy
5:11.673
5000 m relay   China 7:07.395   South Korea 7:09.725   Canada 7:13.806

* First place is awarded 34 points, second is awarded 21 points, third is awarded 13 points, fourth is awarded 8 points, fifth is awarded 5 points, sixth is awarded 3 points, seventh is awarded 2 points, and eighth is awarded 1 point in the finals of each individual race to determine the overall world champion. The relays do not count for the overall classification.

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Overall* Yang Yang (A)
  China
123 points Yang Yang (S)
  China
81 points Kim Moon-jung
  South Korea
47 points
500 m Yang Yang (A)
  China
44.640 Evgenia Radanova
  Bulgaria
44.789 Yang Yang (S)
  China
44.889
1000 m Yang Yang (A)
  China
1:37.440 Yang Yang (S)
  China
1:37.547 Kim Moon-jung
  South Korea
1:37.675
1500 m Yang Yang (S)
  China
2:34.645 Yang Yang (A)
  China
2:34.825 Kim Moon-jung
  South Korea
2:34.997
3000 m Yang Yang (A)
  China
5:48.541 Kim Moon-jung
  South Korea
5:48.573 Yang Yang (S)
  China
5:49.381
3000 m relay   China 4:23.725   Italy 4:25.131   Bulgaria 4:25.930

* First place is awarded 34 points, second is awarded 21 points, third is awarded 13 points, fourth is awarded 8 points, fifth is awarded 5 points, sixth is awarded 3 points, seventh is awarded 2 points, and eighth is awarded 1 point in the finals of each individual race to determine the overall world champion. The relays do not count for the overall classification.

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China (CHN)103316
2  Japan (JPN)1304
3  Italy (ITA)1135
4  South Korea (KOR)0336
5  Bulgaria (BUL)0112
6  United States (USA)0101
7  Canada (CAN)0022
Totals (7 entries)12121236
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