2001 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships

The 2001 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between March 29 and 31, 2001 in Jeonju, 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*	Li Jiajun China	68 points	Apolo Anton Ohno United States	63 points (1st in 3000m)	Marc Gagnon Canada	63 points (2nd in 3000m)
500 m	Li Jiajun China	43.433	Jonathan Guilmette Canada	43.465	Maurizio Carnino Italy	44.691
1000 m	Li Jiajun China	1:32.034	Apolo Anton Ohno United States	1:32.160	Min Ryoung South Korea	1:32.269
1500 m^†	Marc Gagnon Canada	2:20.325	Min Ryoung South Korea Terao Satoru Japan	2:20.677	N/A
3000 m	Apolo Anton Ohno United States	5:36.664	Marc Gagnon Canada	5:36.831	Jonathan Guilmette Canada	5:37.322
5000 m relay	United States	7:15.885	Canada	7:16.458	China	7:25.312

^† In the final of the Men's 1500 m, Min Ryoung and Terao Satoru crossed the finish line at the same time, thus both were awarded silver medals.

* 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*	Yang Yang (A) China	123 points	Wang Chunlu China	81 points	Evgenia Radanova Bulgaria	50 points
500 m	Wang Chunlu China	45.779	Yang Yang (A) China	45.872	Yang Yang (S) China	45.949
1000 m	Yang Yang (A) China	1:45.664	Wang Chunlu China	1:45.734	Yang Yang (S) China	1:45.773
1500 m	Yang Yang (A) China	2:40.448	Evgenia Radanova Bulgaria	2:40.625	Marie-Ève Drolet Canada	2:40.643
3000 m	Yang Yang (A) China	5:43.454	Wang Chunlu China	5:43.549	Evgenia Radanova Bulgaria	5:43.650
3000 m relay	China	4:25.927	South Korea	4:25.976	Bulgaria	4:27.597

* 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	China (CHN)	9	4	3	16
2	United States (USA)	2	2	0	4
3	Canada (CAN)	1	3	3	7
4	South Korea (KOR)	0	2	1	3
5	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	1	3	4
6	Japan (JPN)	0	1	0	1
7	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 nations)		12	13	11	36

External links

ISU Results

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