World Short Track Team Championships 2004

The 2004 team world championships in the short track took place from March 13-14, 2004 in Saint Petersburg . This was the first time that the title fights took place in Russia.

Teams from nine countries took part. In the women’s category, South Korea won ahead of China and Italy; in the men’s category, South Korea also prevailed, followed by Canada and Italy.

Regulations

There were seven teams for women and eight for men with a maximum of five athletes. The seven and eight teams were divided into two groups. The first team in each group qualified directly for the final, the second and third placed team for the round of hope, the fourth placed team was eliminated. The first two teams in the round of hope also made it to the final, while the third and fourth placed teams were eliminated. The runs of the preliminary round groups and the round of hope were completed on the first day of the competition, the final on the second.

Over 500 m and 1000 m, an athlete from one country competed against each other in four runs. There was only one run over 3000 m, with two athletes from each country. Four runners from one country started in the relay. In each individual race, the first received five points, the second three points, the third two points and the fourth one point. Twice as many points were awarded in the season, ten for the first season, six for the second, four for the third and two for the fourth. No point was awarded in the event of a disqualification. The addition of all points of the athletes of a country decided on the placement.

Results

Women

In the first group of the preliminary round, South Korea prevailed sovereignly and advanced to the final. Russia and Canada made it to the hopes while Hungary was eliminated. Only three teams started in the second preliminary group. China won the group by a clear margin and went straight to the final, while Italy and Japan had to compete in the hopes. The hope round was very even. Canada and Italy followed with a narrow lead in the final, Russia and Japan were eliminated.

rank	country	Runners	500 m		1000 m		3000 m		3000 m relay		Total points
			Time (s)	Points	Time (min)	Points	Time (min)	Points	Time (min)	Points
final
1.	South Korea	Kim Min-jee	45.610	2	1: 33.264	3	-	-	4: 21.335	10	47
		Ko Gi-hyun	47.020	2	1: 33.220	2	-	-
		Byun Chun-sa	45.944	5	1: 32.309	5	5: 40.469	5
		Choi Eun-kyung	45.378	5	1: 33.342	5	5: 40.917	3
2.	People's Republic of China	Fu Tianyu	45.489	5	1: 33.560	3	-	-	4: 21.389	6th	37
		Wang Meng	44.821	5	1: 33.262	5	5: 41.613	2
		Cheng Xiao Lei	45.947	3	1: 33.214	3	-	-
		Zhu Mi Lei	45.578	2	-	-	-	-
		Liu Xiao Ying	-	-	1: 32.727	3	5: 42.498	0
3.	Italy	Evelina Rodigari	45.798	1	-	-	-	-	4: 23.429	4th	22nd
		Marta Capurso	45.035	3	1: 33.193	5	5: 43.406	0
		Katia Zini	46.147	2	1: 32.871	1	5: 43.355	0
		Mara Zini	45.465	3	1: 33.668	2	-	-
		Catia Borrello	-	-	1: 51.923	1	-	-
4th	Canada	Amélie Goulet-Nadon	45.566	3	1: 32.864	2	5: 41.662	1	4: 48.916	2	15th
		Anouk Leblanc-Boucher	81.721	1	-	-	-	-
		Alanna Kraus	46.391	1	1: 34.304	1	-	-
		Tania Vicent	45.657	1	1: 34.533	1	-	-
		Amanda Overland	-	-	1: 35.398	2	5: 42.915	0

Men

In the first group of the preliminary round, South Korea clearly prevailed. China and Japan reached the hopes, while France were eliminated. In the second group of the preliminary round, Canada also made it into the final. Italy and Russia made the hopes while Britain was eliminated. The hope round was dominated by China, which followed into the final as did the Italian team, which held their own just ahead of Japan and Russia.

rank	country	runner	500 m		1000 m		3000 m		5000 m relay		Total points
			Time (s)	Points	Time (min)	Points	Time (min)	Points	Time (min)	Points
final
1.	South Korea	Lee Seung-jae	DSQ	0	1: 31.583	1	-	-	6: 50.521	10	42
		Song Suk-woo	42.779	3	1: 27.968	5	5: 03.689	2
		Ahn Hyun-soo	42.299	5	1: 25.972	5	5: 03.552	5
		Kim Hyun-kon	42.691	3	1: 27.432	3	-	-
2.	Canada	Jonathan Guilmette	43,552	3	1: 27.118	5	5: 03.637	3	6: 50.821	6th	34
		Charles Hamelin	42,324	5	1: 26.049	3	-	-
		Mathieu Turcotte	42,450	3	-	-	-	-
		Jean-François Monette	DSQ	0	1: 28.465	3	-	-
		Steve Robillard	-	-	1: 28.038	3	5: 04.519	0
3.	Italy	Roberto Serra	42.770	5	-	-	-	-	7: 10.113	2	20th
		Nicola Rodigari	42.820	2	1: 27.831	2	5: 04.733	0
		Nicola Franceschina	42,586	1	2: 18.968	2	-	-
		Fabio Carta	42.710	2	1: 26.535	2	5: 04.379	0
		Michele Antonioli	-	-	1: 28.290	2	-	-
4th	People's Republic of China	Hu Ze	DSQ	0	-	-	-	-	6: 51.318	4th	19th
		Li Haonan	42.882	1	DSQ	0	-	-
		Li Ye	42.531	2	1: 26.616	1	5: 04.210	1
		Li Jiajun	42,588	5	DSQ	0	5: 05.982	0
		Sui Bao Ku	-	-	1: 27.949	5	-	-

Web links

• Official results (English)