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 |
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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 |
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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)