2009 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships

The 2009 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships was the 19th edition of the World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships, which took place on 14-15 March 2009 in Heerenveen, Netherlands.

LocationNetherlands Heerenveen, Netherlands
Start date14 March 2009
End date15 March 2009
Competitors79 from 8 nations

Teams were divided into two brackets of four: the best team from each bracket qualified directly for the final, while the two next teams entered for the repechage round and the last was eliminated. The best two teams in the repechage round qualified for the final. Thus, the final consisted of four teams. Each team was represented by four athletes at both 500 m and 1000 m as well as by two athletes at 3000 m. There were four heats at both 500 m and 1000 m, whereby each heat consisted of athletes representing different countries. There was one heat at 3000 m.

Medal winners edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men   South Korea
Lee Jung-su
Sung Si-bak
Lee Ho-suk
Kwak Yoon-gy
Park Jin-hwan
  Canada
François-Louis Tremblay
Marc-André Monette
Charles Hamelin
Olivier Jean
François Hamelin
  United States
Apolo Anton Ohno
Travis Jayner
Jordan Malone
John Celski
Jeff Simon
Women   China
Wang Meng
Fu Tianyu
Zhou Yang
Liu Qiuhong
Zhang Hui
  South Korea
Kim Min-jung
Jung Ba-ra
Yang Shin-young
Shin Sae-bom
  United States
Jessica Smith
Kimberly Derrick
Lana Gehring
Katherine Reutter
Alyson Dudek

Results edit

Men edit

Rank Nation Total
    South Korea 36
    Canada 34
    United States 27
4   China 21
5   Japan Rep.
6   Germany
7   Italy DNQ
8   Netherlands

Women edit

Rank Nation Total
    China 46
    South Korea 29
    United States 24
4   Canada 22
5   Italy Rep.
6   Netherlands
7   Germany DNQ
8   Japan

External links edit