2008 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
The 2008 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between March 7 and 9, 2008 in Gangneung, 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 | |||
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Overall* | Apolo Anton Ohno ![]() | 68 points | Lee Ho-suk ![]() | 63 points | Song Kyung-taek ![]() | 62 points |
500 m | Apolo Anton Ohno ![]() | 42.568 | Charles Hamelin ![]() | 42.625 | Song Kyung-taek ![]() | 42.632 |
1000 m | Lee Ho-suk ![]() | 1:26.462 | Apolo Anton Ohno ![]() | 1:26.528 | Song Kyung-taek ![]() | 1:26.615 |
1500 m | Song Kyung-taek ![]() | 2:18.916 | Lee Ho-suk ![]() | 2:18.971 | Charles Ryan LeVeille ![]() | 2:19.066 |
3000 m | Lee Seung-hoon ![]() | 4:53.620 | Charles Ryan LeVeille ![]() | 4:54.732 | Apolo Anton Ohno ![]() | 5:00.838 |
5000 m relay | ![]() Sung Si-bak Lee Seung-hoon Lee Ho-suk Song Kyung-taek Kwak Yoon-gy | 6:51.148 | ![]() Charles Hamelin François Hamelin Marc-Andre Monette Steve Robilliard Jean-François Monette | 6:52.318 | ![]() Jon Eley Tom Iveson Paul Stanley Paul Worth | 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 | |||
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Overall* | Wang Meng ![]() | 107 points | Zhou Yang ![]() | 76 points | Yang Shin-young ![]() | 37 points |
500 m | Wang Meng ![]() | 43.888 | Liu Qiuhong ![]() | 43.973 | Kalyna Roberge ![]() | 44.018 |
1000 m | Wang Meng ![]() | 1:32.527 | Zhou Yang ![]() | 1:32.595 | Kalyna Roberge ![]() | 1:32.636 |
1500 m | Wang Meng ![]() | 2:22.819 | Yang Shin-young ![]() | 2:22.904 | Zhou Yang ![]() | 2:23.191 |
3000 m | Zhou Yang ![]() | 5:46.063 | Jung Eun-ju ![]() | 5:46.465 | Katherine Reutter ![]() | 5:46.518 |
3000 m relay | ![]() Jung Eun-ju Yang Shin-young Park Seung-hi Kim Min-jung Shin Sae-bom | 4:16.261 | ![]() Amanda Overland Tania Vicent Jessica Gregg Anne Maltais Kalyna Roberge | 4:20.254 | ![]() Liu Qiuhong Wang Meng Meng Xiaoxue Zhou Yang Fu Tian Yu | 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 |
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1 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
2 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Totals (4 nations) | 12 | 12 | 11 | 35 |