2009 Asian Speed Skating Championships

The 2009 Asian Speed Skating Championships were held between 4 January and 5 January 2009 at the Tomakomai Highland Sport Center in Tomakomai, Hokkaidō.

Asian Speed Skating Championships
Venue	Tomakomai Highland Sport Center (Tomakomai, Hokkaidō)
Dates	4 and 5 January 2009
Competitors	16 from 3 nations
Medalist men
Choi Keun-Won KOR Hiroki Hirako JPN Dmitry Babenko KAZ
Medalist women
Masako Hozumi JPN Maki Tabata JPN Yuri Obara JPN

Women championships

Allround

Day 1

500 meter Place Athlete Country Time Yuri Obara Japan 41.28 Maki Tabata Japan 41.97 Masako Hozumi Japan 42.71 4 Park Do-Young South Korea 42.78 5 Lee Ju-Youn South Korea 42.84 6 Eriko Ishino Japan 42.90 7 Yelena Urvantseva Kazakhstan 45.01 8 Yelena Obaturova Kazakhstan 46.24

3000 meter Place Athlete Country Time Masako Hozumi Japan 4:17.75 Park Do-Young South Korea 4:26.22 Eriko Ishino Japan 4:27.34 4 Maki Tabata Japan 4:29.10 5 Yuri Obara Japan 4:31.98 6 Lee Ju-Youn South Korea 4:35.09 7 Yelena Obaturova Kazakhstan 4:48.07 8 Yelena Urvantseva Kazakhstan 4:54.87

Day 2

1500 meter Place Athlete Country Time Masako Hozumi Japan 2:04.96 Maki Tabata Japan 2:06.67 Yuri Obara Japan 2:08.11 4 Lee Ju-Youn South Korea 2:10.22 5 Park Do-Young South Korea 2:10.26 6 Eriko Ishino Japan 2:11.42 7 Yelena Urvantseva Kazakhstan 2:17.85 8 Yelena Obaturova Kazakhstan 2:19.20

5000 meter Place Athlete Country Time Masako Hozumi Japan 7:22.88 Eriko Ishino Japan 7:39.62 Park Do-Young South Korea 7:41.34 4 Yuri Obara Japan 7:45.54 5 Maki Tabata Japan 7:45.78 6 Lee Ju-Youn South Korea 7:51.94 7 Yelena Obaturova Kazakhstan 8:26.54 - Yelena Urvantseva Kazakhstan DNS

Allround Results

Place	Athlete	Country	500m	3000m	1500m	5000m	points
	Masako Hozumi	Japan	42.71 (3)	4:17.75 (1)	2:04.96 (1)	7:22.88 (1)	171.609
	Maki Tabata	Japan	41.97 (2)	4:29.10 (4)	2:06.67 (2)	7:45.78 (5)	175.621
	Yuri Obara	Japan	41.28 (1)	4:31.98 (5)	2:08.11 (3)	7:45.54 (4)	175.867
4	Park Do-Young	South Korea	42.78 (4)	4:26.22 (2)	2:10.26 (5)	7:41.34 (3)	176.704
5	Eriko Ishino	Japan	42.90 (6)	4:27.34 (3)	2:11.42 (6)	7:39.62 (2)	177.224
6	Lee Ju-Youn	South Korea	42.84 (5)	4:35.09 (6)	2:10.22 (4)	7:51.94 (6)	179.288
7	Yelena Obaturova	Kazakhstan	46.24 (8)	4:48.07 (7)	2:19.20 (8)	8:26.54 (7)	191.305
NQ8	Yelena Urvantseva	Kazakhstan	45.01 (7)	4:54.87 (8)	2:17.85 (7)	DNS	140.105

Single distances

Single distances results

Distance
2×500m	South Korea Oh Min-jee	Japan Maki Tsuji	Japan Chiaki Kosaka
1000m	Japan Maki Tsuji	South Korea Oh Min-jee	Japan Risa Hori
1500m	Japan Masako Hozumi	Japan Maki Tabata	Japan Hiromi Otsu
3000m	Japan Masako Hozumi	South Korea Park Do-yeong	Japan Hiromi Otsu
5000m	Japan Masako Hozumi	Japan Eriko Ishino	South Korea Park Do-yeong

Men championships

Day 1

500 meter Place Athlete Country Time Yeo Sang-Yeop South Korea 37.47 Choi Keun-Won South Korea 37.98 Hiroki Hirako Japan 38.22 4 Denis Kuzin Kazakhstan 38.45 5 Shigeyuki Dejima Japan 38.53 6 Teppei Mori Japan 39.02 6 Dmitry Babenko Kazakhstan 39.02 8 Maxim Sergiyenko Kazakhstan 41.30

5000 meter Place Athlete Country Time Choi Keun-Won South Korea 6:49.74 Hiroki Hirako Japan 6:49.98 Dmitry Babenko Kazakhstan 6:57.57 4 Teppei Mori Japan 6:59.25 5 Shigeyuki Dejima Japan 7:07.06 6 Yeo Sang-Yeop South Korea 7:13.53 7 Maxim Sergiyenko Kazakhstan 7:19.59 8 Denis Kuzin Kazakhstan 7:29.96

Day 2

1500 meter Place Athlete Country Time Choi Keun-Won South Korea 1:53.85 Hiroki Hirako Japan 1:54.98 Yeo Sang-Yeop South Korea 1:55.54 4 Dmitry Babenko Kazakhstan 1:55.96 5 Denis Kuzin Kazakhstan 1:57.09 6 Teppei Mori Japan 1:57.82 7 Shigeyuki Dejima Japan 2:00.27 8 Maxim Sergiyenko Kazakhstan 2:04.10

10000 meter Place Athlete Country Time Hiroki Hirako Japan 14:16.63 Choi Keun-Won South Korea 14:19.15 Dmitry Babenko Kazakhstan 14:26.31 4 Teppei Mori Japan 14:35.50 5 Maxim Sergiyenko Kazakhstan 15:05.94 6 Shigeyuki Dejima Japan 15:27.07 Yeo Sang-Yeop South Korea withdraw Denis Kuzin Kazakhstan withdraw

Allround Results

Place	Athlete	Country	500m	5000m	1500m	10000m	points
	Choi Keun-Won	South Korea	37.98 (2)	6:49.74 (1)	1:53.85 (1)	14:19.15 (2)	159.861
	Hiroki Hirako	Japan	38.22 (3)	6:49.98 (2)	1:54.98 (2)	14:16.63 (1)	160.375
	Dmitry Babenko	Kazakhstan	39.02 (6)	6:57.57 (3)	1:55.96 (4)	14:26.31 (3)	162.745
4	Teppei Mori	Japan	39.02 (6)	6:59.25 (4)	1:57.82 (6)	14:35.50 (4)	163.993
5	Shigeyuki Dejima	Japan	38.53 (5)	7:07.06 (5)	2:00.27 (7)	15:27.07 (6)	167.679
6	Maxim Sergiyenko	Kazakhstan	41.30 (8)	7:19.59 (7)	2:04.10 (8)	15:05.94 (5)	171.922
NQ7	Yeo Sang-Yeop	South Korea	37.47 (1)	7:13.53 (6)	1:55.54 (3)	withdraw	119.336
NQ8	Denis Kuzin	Kazakhstan	38.45 (4)	7:29.96 (8)	1:57.09 (5)	withdraw	122.476

References

• www.skatingjapan.jp (in English)