2002 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships

The 2002 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between April 5 and April 7, 2002 in Montréal, Canada. The World Championships are organised by the ISU which also run world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.

[edit] Results

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
500 m	Kim Dong-Sung South Korea	41.930	Fabio Carta Italy	42.044	Ron Biondo United States	42.195
1000 m	Kim Dong-Sung South Korea	1:31.361	Ahn Hyun-Soo South Korea	1:31.435	Éric Bédard Canada	1:31.632
1500 m	Kim Dong-Sung South Korea	2:21.736	Jonathan Guilmette Canada	2:31.595	Rusty Smith United States	2:31.706
3000 m	Kim Dong-Sung South Korea	5:19.041	Ahn Hyun-Soo South Korea	5:19.170	Fabio Carta Italy	5:20.145
5000 m relay	South Korea	7:10.751	Canada	7:10.756	China	7:11.330
Overall*	Kim Dong-Sung South Korea	136 points	Ahn Hyun-Soo South Korea	42 points	Fabio Carta Italy	34 points
* 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, and seventh place is awarded 2 points in each race to determine the overall world champion, except for the relays which do not count for individual scores.

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
500 m	Yang Yang (A) China	44.460	Evgenia Radanova Bulgaria	44.586	Fu Tian Yu China	44.676
1000 m	Yang Yang (A) China	1:34.732	Ko Gi-Hyun South Korea	1:34.734	Evgenia Radanova Bulgaria	1:35.185
1500 m	Yang Yang (A) China	2:31.630	Ko Gi-Hyun South Korea	2:31.666	Amelia Goulet-Nadon Canada	2:32.234
3000 m	Choi Eun-Kyung South Korea	5:17.678	Evgenia Radanova Bulgaria	5:22.718	Ko Gi-Hyun South Korea	5:34.285
3000 m relay	South Korea	4:18.599	China	4:19.516	Canada	4:19.587
Overall*	Yang Yang (A) China	105 points	Ko Gi-Hyun South Korea	63 points	Evgenia Radanova Bulgaria	55 points
* 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, and seventh place is awarded 2 points in each race to determine the overall world champion, except for the relays which do not count for individual scores.