2008 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
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The 2008 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between March 7 and March 9, 2008 in Gangneung City, South Korea. The World Championships are organised by the ISU which also run world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.
Results
Men
| 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 Ryan LeVeille United States |
2:19.066 |
| 3000 m | Lee Seung-Hoon South Korea |
4:53.620 | Charles Ryan LeVeille United States |
4:54.732 | Apolo Anton Ohno United States |
5:00.838 |
| 5000 m relay |
Sung Si-Bak Lee Seung-Hoon Lee Ho-Suk Song Kyung-Taek Kwak Yoon-Gy South Korea |
6:51.148 | Charles Hamelin François Hamelin Marc-Andre Monette Steve Robilliard Jean-François Monette Canada |
6:52.318 | Jon Eley Tom Iveson Paul Stanley Paul Worth  Great Britain |
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
| 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 | Zhou Yang China |
5:46.063 | Jung Eun-Ju South Korea |
5:46.465 | Katherine Reutter United States |
5:46.518 |
| 3000 m relay |
Jung Eun-Ju Yang Shin-Young Park Seung-Hi Kim Min-Jung Shin Sae-Bom South Korea |
4:16.261 | Amanda Overland Tania Vicent Jessica Gregg Anne Maltais Kalyna Roberge Canada |
4:20.254 | Liu Qiuhong Wang Meng Meng Xiaoxue Zhou Yang Fu Tian Yu China |
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
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea |
5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 2 | China |
5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | United States |
2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Canada |
0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Great Britain |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
