2003 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships

The 2003 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between March 19 and 21, 2003 in Warsaw, Poland. The World Championships are organised by the ISU which also run world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.

Results edit

Men edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Overall* Ahn Hyun-soo
  South Korea
89 points Li Jiajun
  China
76 points Song Suk-woo
  South Korea
52 points
500 m Li Jiajun
  China
43.210 Li Ye
  China
43.291 Song Suk-woo
  South Korea
43.377
1000 m Li Jiajun
  China
1:28.391 Ahn Hyun-soo
  South Korea
1:28.450 Jean-François Monette
  Canada
1:28.510
1500 m Ahn Hyun-soo
  South Korea
2:25.271 Song Suk-woo
  South Korea
2:25.326 Lee Seung-jae
  South Korea
2:25.390
3000 m Ahn Hyun-soo
  South Korea
4:58.297 Apolo Anton Ohno
  United States
4:58.699 Song Suk-woo
  South Korea
4:59.035
5000 m relay   South Korea
Yeo Jun-hyung
Ahn Hyun-soo
Oh Se-jong
Lee Seung-jae
6:55.975   Canada
Mathieu Turcotte
Jean-François Monette
Jonathan Guilmette
Éric Bédard
6:56.465   China
Sui Baoku
Li Jiajun
Li Haonan
Li Ye
6:57.052

* 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 edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Overall* Choi Eun-kyung
  South Korea
76 points Yang Yang (A)
  China
68 points Kim Min-jee
  South Korea
55 points
500 m Yang Yang (A)
  China
46.270 Amélie Goulet-Nadon
  Canada
46.314 Fu Tian Yu
  China
46.319
1000 m Evgenia Radanova
  Bulgaria
1:31.594 Choi Eun-kyung
  South Korea
1:31.709 Yang Yang (A)
  China
1:31.784
1500 m Choi Eun-kyung
  South Korea
2:24.866 Kim Min-jee
  South Korea
2:24.942 Yang Yang (A)
  China
2:25.147
3000 m Kim Min-jee
  South Korea
5:31.650 Choi Eun-kyung
  South Korea
5:31.660 Cho Ha-ri
  South Korea
5:31.755
3000 m relay   China
Wang Chunlu
Fu Tian Yu
Yang Yang (A)
Wang Meng
4:22.030   Canada
Tania Vicent
Alanna Kraus
Annie Perreault
Amélie Goulet-Nadon
4:22.653   Bulgaria
Anna Krasteva
Daniela Vlaeva
Evgenia Radanova
Marina Georgieva-Nikolova
4:23.600

* 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 edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  South Korea (KOR)75618
2  China (CHN)43411
3  Bulgaria (BUL)1012
4  Canada (CAN)0314
5  United States (USA)0101
Totals (5 entries)12121236

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