2014 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships

The 2014 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place from 14 to 17 March 2014 at the Maurice-Richard Arena in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They were the 39th World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, the fifth to be held in Canada and the third to be held in Montreal.

Results

The Overall World Champion is determined by adding the points received by the athletes taking part in the final of each event; points are not awarded for any races other than the event finals.

For each final race: 34 points are awarded for first place, 21 points for second place, 13 points for third place, 8 points for fourth place, 5 points for fifth place, 3 points for sixth place, 2 points for seventh place, and 1 point is awarded for eighth place. In the 3000 m super-final, an additional 5 points are awarded to the athlete who is leading the race after the first 1000 m. The relay events do not count towards the overall classification.

The athlete with the second most points wins the overall silver medal, and the next highest point scorer wins overall bronze.

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Overall[1]	Victor An  Russia	63 points	J. R. Celski  United States	55 points	Charles Hamelin  Canada	48 points
500 m[2]	Wu Dajing  China	40.526	J. R. Celski  United States	40.582	Charles Hamelin  Canada	40.623
1000 m[3]	Victor An  Russia	1:25.446	Sjinkie Knegt  Netherlands	1:25.626	Park Se-yeong  South Korea	1:25.737
1500 m[4]	Charles Hamelin  Canada	2:15.049	Han Tianyu  China	2:15.138	Park Se-yeong  South Korea	2:15.262
3000 m[5]	J. R. Celski  United States	4:59.528	Shi Jingnan  China	5:01.801	Victor An  Russia	5:12.334
5000 m relay[6]	Netherlands Daan Breeuwsma Niels Kerstholt Sjinkie Knegt Freek van der Wart	6:52.618	South Korea Kim Yun-jae Lee Han-bin Lee Ho-suk Park Se-yeong Sin Da-woon	6:52.651	United Kingdom Jon Eley Richard Shoebridge Paul Stanley Jack Whelbourne	6:52.716

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Overall[7]	Shim Suk-hee  South Korea	102 points	Park Seung-hi  South Korea	73 points	Valérie Maltais  Canada	39 points
500 m[8]	Park Seung-hi  South Korea	42.792	Elise Christie  United Kingdom	42.870	Fan Kexin  China	42.942
1000 m[9]	Shim Suk-hee  South Korea	1:30.488	Park Seung-hi  South Korea	1:30.597	Valérie Maltais  Canada	1:30.690
1500 m[10]	Shim Suk-hee  South Korea	2:34.423	Kim Alang  South Korea	2:34.717	Park Seung-hi  South Korea	2:34.838
3000 m[11]	Shim Suk-hee  South Korea	4:50.829	Jessica Smith  United States	4:51.625	Valérie Maltais  Canada	4:52.082
3000 m relay[12]	China Fan Kexin Han Yutong Kong Xue Liu Qiuhong	4:10.062	Canada Marie-Ève Drolet Marianne St-Gelais Jessica Gregg Jessica Hewitt Valérie Maltais	4:11.568	Italy Arianna Fontana Cecilia Maffei Lucia Peretti Elena Viviani	4:32.654

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea (KOR)	5	4	3	12
2	China (CHN)	2	2	1	5
3	Russia (RUS)	2	0	1	3
4	United States (USA)	1	3	0	4
5	Canada (CAN)	1	1	5	7
6	Netherlands (NED)	1	1	0	2
7	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	1	2
8	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 nations)		12	12	12	36

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