2008 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships

The 2008 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between March 7 and March 9, 2008 in Gangneung City, South Korea. The World Championships are organised by the ISU which also run world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.

[edit] Results

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
500 m	Apolo Anton Ohno United States	41.935	Charles Hamelin Canada	41.754	Song Kyung-Taek South Korea	41.882
1000 m	Lee Ho-suk South Korea	1:26.462	Apolo Anton Ohno United States	1:26.528	Song Kyung-Taek South Korea	1:26.615
1500 m	Song Kyung-Taek South Korea	2:16.770	Lee Ho-Suk South Korea	2:17.347	Charles Ryan LeVeille United States	2:16.839
3000 m	Lee Seung-Hoon South Korea	4:53.620	Charles Ryan LeVeille United States	4:54.732	Apolo Anton Ohno United States	5:00.838
5000 m relay	South Korea	6:51.148	Canada	6:52.318	Great Britain	6:56.765
Overall*	Apolo Anton Ohno United States	68 points	Lee Ho-Suk South Korea	63 points	Song Kyung-Taek South Korea	62 points
* 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, and seventh place is awarded 2 points in each race to determine the overall world champion, except for the relays which do not count for individual scores.

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
500 m	Wang Meng China	43.888	Liu Qiuhong China	43.973	Kalyna Roberge Canada	44.018
1000 m	Wang Meng China	1:32.527	Zhou Yang China	1:32.595	Kalyna Roberge Canada	1:32.636
1500 m	Wang Meng China	2:22.819	Yang Shin-Young South Korea	2:22.904	Zhou Yang China	2:23.191
3000 m	Zhou Yang China	5:46.063	Jung Eun-Ju South Korea	5:46.465	Katherine Reutter United States	5:46.518
3000 m relay	South Korea	4:16.261	Canada	4:20.254	China	4:19.568
Overall*	Wang Meng China	107 points	Zhou Yang China	76 points	Yang Shin-Young South Korea	37 points
* 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, and seventh place is awarded 2 points in each race to determine the overall world champion, except for the relays which do not count for individual scores.