2005 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships

The 2005 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between March 9 and March 11, 2005, in Beijing, China. The World Championships are organised by the ISU which also run world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.

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Results

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 m François-Louis Tremblay
 Canada
42.106 Charles Hamelin
 Canada
42.135 Ahn Hyun-Soo
 South Korea
42.185
1000 m Apolo Anton Ohno
 United States
1:30.066 Ahn Hyun-Soo
 South Korea
1:30.206 Li JiaJun
 China
1:30.641
1500 m Ahn Hyun-Soo
 South Korea
2:14.396 François-Louis Tremblay
 Canada
2:14.992 Lee Seung-Hoon
 South Korea
2:15.244
3000 m Apolo Anton Ohno
 United States
5:13.719 Ahn Hyun-Soo
 South Korea
5:15.326 Lee Seung-Hoon
 South Korea
5:16.206
5000 m

relay

Charles Hamelin
François-Louis Tremblay
Mathieu Turcotte
Steve Robillard
 Canada
6:39.990 Seo Ho-Jin
Song Kyung-Taek
Ahn Hyun-Soo
Lee Seung-Hoon
 South Korea
6:40.020 Apolo Anton Ohno
Shani Davis
Jordan Malone
Alex Izykowski
 United States
6:52.072
Overall* Ahn Hyun-Soo
 South Korea
89 points Apolo Anton Ohno
 United States
68 points François-Louis Tremblay
 Canada
60 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.

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 m Yang Yang (A)
 China
45.038 Wang Meng
 China
45.129 Fu Tian Yu
 China
45.232
1000 m Choi Eun-Kyung
 South Korea
1:31.085 Jin Sun-Yu
 South Korea
1:31.232 Wang Meng
 China
1:31.343
1500 m Jin Sun-Yu
 South Korea
2:20.461 Kang Yun-Mi
 South Korea
2:20.743 Wang Meng
 China
2:20.876
3000 m Kang Yun-Mi
 South Korea
5:21.039 Jin Sun-Yu
 South Korea
5:21.072 Choi Eun-Kyung
 South Korea
5:21.081
3000 m

relay

Alanna Kraus
Kalyna Roberge
Chantale Sevigny
Tania Vicent
 Canada
4:20.767 Yang Yang (A)
Wang Meng
Fu Tian Yu
Cheng Xiao Lei
 China
4:30.654 Stéphanie Bouvier
Myrtille Gollin
Celine Lecompere
Choi Min-Kyung
 France
4:24.974
Overall* Jin Sun-Yu
 South Korea
76 points Choi Eun-Kyung
 South Korea
63 points Kang Yun-Mi
 South Korea
60 points

In the final of the Women's 3000 m relay, the South Korean and Japanese teams were disqualified, thus the French team was awarded the bronze medal from its time in the heats.

* 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.

Medal table

Place Country Total
1  South Korea 6 7 5 18
2  Canada 3 2 1 6
3  United States 2 1 1 4
4  China 1 2 4 7
5  France 0 0 1 1

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