The 2009 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between 5 and 8 March 2009 in Vienna, Austria. The World Championships are organised by the ISU which also run world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.
Results edit
Men edit
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Overall* | Lee Ho-suk South Korea |
89 points | J. R. Celski United States |
65 points | Charles Hamelin Canada |
47 points |
500 m | Charles Hamelin Canada |
41.680 | Kwak Yoon-gy South Korea |
41.739 | Olivier Jean Canada |
41.855 |
1000 m | Lee Ho-suk South Korea |
1:33.060 | Apolo Anton Ohno United States |
1:33.262 | J. R. Celski United States |
1:33.478 |
1500 m | Lee Ho-suk South Korea |
2:20.967 | Kwak Yoon-gy South Korea |
2:21.078 | J. R. Celski United States |
2:21.133 |
5000 m relay | United States Ryan Bedford J. R. Celski Jordan Malone Apolo Ohno |
6:51.400 | China Han Jialiang Liu Xianwei Song Weilong Sui Baoku |
6:51.957 | Japan Takahiro Fujimoto Fumihiko Kakubari Satoshi Sakashita Yuzo Takamido |
6:52.433 |
* 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 leader after the first 1000m in the 3000m Super-Final is awarded extra 5 points. The relays do not count for the overall classification.
Women edit
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Overall* | Wang Meng China |
81 points | Kim Min-jung South Korea |
76 points | Zhou Yang China |
63 points |
500 m | Wang Meng China |
43.182 | Liu Qiuhong China |
43.358 | Jessica Gregg Canada |
43.437 |
1000 m | Wang Meng China |
1:29.878 | Kim Min-jung South Korea |
1:29.974 | Shin Sae-bom South Korea |
1:30.901 |
1500 m | Kim Min-jung South Korea |
2:21.432 | Zhou Yang China |
2:21.935 | Shin Sae-bom South Korea |
2:22.012 |
3000 m relay | China Liu Qiuhong Wang Meng Zhang Hui Zhou Yang Fu Tianyu |
4:10.531 | South Korea Jung Ba-ra Kim Min-jung Shin Sae-bom Yang Shin-young Jung Eun-ju |
4:11.837 | Canada Jessica Gregg Jessica Hewitt Valérie Maltais Kalyna Roberge Anne Maltais |
4:12.506 |
* 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 leader after the first 1000m in the 3000m Super-Final is awarded extra 5 points. The relays do not count for the overall classification.
Medal table edit
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | South Korea | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
2 | China | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
3 | United States | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
4 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
5 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (5 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |