2008 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships

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

See also

• Short track speed skating
• World Short Track Speed Skating Championships

External links

• ISU Results

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