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 States	6:51.400	China	6:51.957	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	China	4:10.531	South Korea	4:11.837	Canada	4:12.506
* 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

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

External links

• Official Site
• ISU Results

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