2009 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships

The 2009 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between March 5 and March 8, 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

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
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
3000 m J.R. Celski
 United States
4:48.444 Lee Ho-Suk
 South Korea
4:50.114 Charles Hamelin
 Canada
4:50.833
5000 m

relay

 United States6:51.400  China6:51.957  Japan 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

Event Gold Silver Bronze
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 Zhou Yang
 China
4:58.955 Kim Min-Jung
 South Korea
4:59.332 Shin Sae-Bom
 South Korea
4:59.935
3000 m

relay

 China4:10.531  South Korea4:11.837  Canada4:12.506
* 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

Place Country Total
1  China 5 3 1 9
2  South Korea 4 7 3 14
3  United States 2 2 2 6
4  Canada 1 0 5 6
5  Japan 0 0 1 1

See also

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