2008 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships

The 2008 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between 7 and 9 March 2008 in Gangneung, South Korea. 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* Apolo Anton Ohno
  United States
68 points Lee Ho-suk
  South Korea
63 points Song Kyung-taek
  South Korea
62 points
500 m Apolo Anton Ohno
  United States
42.568 Charles Hamelin
  Canada
42.625 Song Kyung-taek
  South Korea
42.632
1000 m Lee Ho-suk
  South Korea
1:26.462 Apolo Anton Ohno
  United States
1:26.528 Song Kyung-taek
  South Korea
1:26.615
1500 m Song Kyung-taek
  South Korea
2:18.916 Lee Ho-suk
  South Korea
2:18.971 Charles Leveille
  United States
2:19.066
5000 m relay   South Korea
Lee Ho-suk
Lee Seung-hoon
Song Kyung-taek
Sung Si-bak
Kwak Yoon-gy
6:51.148   Canada
François Hamelin
Jean-François Monette
Marc-André Monette
Steve Robillard
Charles Hamelin
6:52.318   Great Britain
Jon Eley
Tom Iveson
Paul Stanley
Paul Worth
6:56.765

* 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* Wang Meng
  China
107 points Zhou Yang
  China
76 points Yang Shin-young
  South Korea
37 points
500 m Wang Meng
  China
43.888 Liu Qiuhong
  China
43.973 Kalyna Roberge
  Canada
44.018
1000 m Wang Meng
  China
1:32.527 Zhou Yang
  China
1:32.595 Kalyna Roberge
  Canada
1:32.636
1500 m Wang Meng
  China
2:22.819 Yang Shin-young
  South Korea
2:22.904 Zhou Yang
  China
2:23.191
3000 m relay   South Korea
Jung Eun-ju
Kim Min-jung
Park Seung-hi
Yang Shin-young
Shin Sae-bom
4:16.261   Canada
Jessica Gregg
Anne Maltais
Amanda Overland
Tania Vicent
Kalyna Roberge
4:20.254   China
Fu Tianyu
Liu Qiuhong
Wang Meng
Zhou Yang
Meng Xiaoxue
4:23.022

* 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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  *   Host nation (South Korea)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  South Korea*43411
2  China4329
3  United States2114
4  Canada0325
5  Great Britain0011
Totals (5 entries)10101030
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