2009 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships

The 2009 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between March 5 and 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


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	5	3	1	9
2	South Korea (KOR)	4	7	3	14
3	United States (USA)	2	2	2	6
4	Canada (CAN)	1	0	5	6
5	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 nations)		12	12	12	36

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