Short track world championships

The World Short Track Championships are the international short track championships organized by the International Skating Union (ISU) . The ISU has been organizing international competitions since 1976, but it was not until 1981 that the first official world championships took place. The previous championships were only declared to be world championships in retrospect. The world championships take place annually at the end of the world cup season, mostly in March.

For women and men, titles are awarded in the all-around competition, the relay and over the individual distances of 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m and 3000 m. In the all-around event, all four individual distance results are evaluated, the first placed over each distance receives 34, the second 21, the third 13, the fourth 8, the fifth 5 and the sixth 3 points. The best eight athletes after the competitions over 500 m, 1000 m and 1500 m then start in the 3000 m superfinal to determine the title in the all-around competition. The relay takes place over 3000 m for women and 5000 m for men.

Venues

The world championships have so far been held by 15 countries from four continents. Great Britain was the most frequent host with five events, followed by Canada and the USA with four events.

event	place	date
World Cup 1976	Champaign	April 9-11, 1976
World Cup 1977	Grenoble
World Cup 1978	Solihull
World Cup 1979	Quebec
World Cup 1980	Milan
World Cup 1981	Meudon
World Cup 1982	Moncton
World Cup 1983	Tokyo
World Cup 1984	Peterborough
1985 World Cup	Amsterdam
World Cup 1986	Chamonix
World Cup 1987	Montreal
1988 World Cup	St. Louis
World Cup 1989	Solihull
World Cup 1990	Amsterdam
World Cup 1991	Sydney
World Cup 1992	Denver
World Cup 1993	Beijing
World Cup 1994	Guildford
World Cup 1995	Gjøvik	March 17-19, 1995
World Cup 1996	The hague	March 1-3, 1996
World Cup 1997	Nagano
World Cup 1998	Vienna
World Cup 1999	Sofia	March 19-21, 1999
World Cup 2000	Sheffield	March 10-12, 2000
World Cup 2001	Jeonju	March 29th to 31st, 2001
World Cup 2002	Montreal	April 5-7, 2002
World Cup 2003	Warsaw	March 21-23, 2003
2004 World Cup	Gothenburg	March 19-21, 2004
World Cup 2005	Beijing	March 11-13, 2005
World Cup 2006	Minneapolis	March 31 to April 2, 2006
World Cup 2007	Milan	March 9-11, 2007
World Cup 2008	Gangneung	March 7th to 9th, 2008
World Cup 2009	Vienna	March 6-8, 2009
World Cup 2010	Sofia	March 19-21, 2010
World Cup 2011	Sheffield	March 11-13, 2011
World Cup 2012	Shanghai	March 9-11, 2012
World Cup 2013	Debrecen	March 8-10, 2013
World Cup 2014	Montreal	March 14-16, 2014
World Cup 2015	Moscow	March 14-15, 2015
World Cup 2016	Seoul	March 11-13, 2016
World Cup 2017	Rotterdam	March 10-12, 2017
World Cup 2018	Montreal	March 16-18, 2018
World Cup 2019	Sofia	March 8th to 10th, 2019

Time schedule

The timing of the World Championships is always as follows, for women and men in parallel:

Day 1, Friday

• 1500 m
• Prelim relay

Day 2, Saturday

• 500 m
• Semi-final season

Day 3, Sunday

• 1000 m
• 3000 m
• Final season

World team championships

From 1991 to 2011, team world championships were always held at the end of a season. Eight teams with a maximum of five athletes took part for women and men. The eight teams were divided into two groups. The first team in each group qualified directly for the A final, the second and third placed team for the round of hope and the fourth placed team for the B final. The first two teams in the round of hope also moved into the A-final, while the third and fourth-placed teams had to compete in the B-final. The runs of the preliminary round groups and the round of hope were completed on the first day of the competition, the A and B finals 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.

event	place	date
World Cup 1991	Seoul
World Cup 1992	Nagano
World Cup 1993	Budapest
World Cup 1994	Cambridge
World Cup 1995	Zoetermeer
World Cup 1996	Lake Placid
World Cup 1997	Seoul
World Cup 1998	Bormio
World Cup 1999	St. Louis
World Cup 2000	The hague
World Cup 2001	Nagano
World Cup 2002	Milwaukee
World Cup 2003	Sofia
2004 World Cup	St. Petersburg
World Cup 2005	Chuncheon
World Cup 2006	Montreal
World Cup 2007	Budapest	March 17-18, 2007
World Cup 2008	Harbin	March 15-16, 2008
World Cup 2009	Heerenveen	March 14-15, 2009
World Cup 2010	Bormio	March 27-28, 2010
World Cup 2011	Warsaw	March 19-20, 2011

Medal table

As of March 17, 2019

This medal table includes the world championships in the short track from 2001 to 2018, nothing of the other short track world championships from 1976 to 2000 can be found so far. This does not include the short track team world championships.

rank	nation	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	South Korea	117	81	59	257
2	People's Republic of China	57	48	40	145
3	Canada	21st	47	51	119
4th	United States	12	15th	23	50
5	Netherlands	11	8th	7th	26th
6th	Russia	3	5	9	17th
7th	United Kingdom	3	4th	7th	14th
8th	Hungary	2	6th	4th	12
9	Italy	1	9	13	23
10	Bulgaria	1	3	6th	10
11	Germany	-	1	1	2
12	Poland	-	1	-	1
13	Japan	-	-	6th	6th
total		228	228	226	682

Most successful medalists

space	Surname	country	From	To				total
01	Wang Meng	People's Republic of China	2003	2013	18th	10	3	31
02	Hyun Soo Ahn	South Korea	2002	2007	18th	8th	3	29
03	Yang Yang A	People's Republic of China	2001	2005	12	3	2	17th
04th	Shani Davis	United States	2004	2011	11	6th	7th	24
05	Jin Sun Yu	South Korea	2005	2007	10	3	-	13
06th	Lee Ho Suk	South Korea	2006	2012	9	6th	3	18th
07th	Eun Kyung Choi	South Korea	2001	2006	9	4th	2	15th
08th	Charles Hamelin	Canada	2005	2016	8th	13	8th	29
09	Apolo Anton Ohno	United States	2001	2009	8th	6th	6th	20th
010	Fan Kexin	People's Republic of China	2011	2016	8th	2	2	12
011	Park Seung Hi	South Korea	2008	2014	7th	5	1	13
012	Shim Suk-Hee	South Korea	2013	2016	7th	3	2	12
013	Choi Min-jeong	South Korea	2015	2016	7th	1	1	9
014th	Kwak Yoon Gy	South Korea	2009	2016	6th	6th	2	14th
015th	Dong Sung Kim	South Korea	2002	2002	6th	-	-	6th
016	Francois Louis Tremblay	Canada	2002	2012	5	5	3	13
017th	Li Jiajun	People's Republic of China	2001	2005	5	3	5	13
018th	Liu Qiuhong	People's Republic of China	2008	2014	5	3	3	11
019th	Noh Jin-kyu	South Korea	2011	2012	5	3	1	9
020th	Cho Ha Ri	South Korea	2003	2012	5	2	5	12
021st	Li Jianrou	People's Republic of China	2011	2013	5	1	-	6th
022nd	Zhou Yang	People's Republic of China	2007	2015	4th	5	5	14th
023	Han Tianyu	People's Republic of China	2014	2016	4th	2	1	7th
024	Song Kyung Taek	South Korea	2005	2008	4th	1	3	8th
025th	John Celski	United States	2009	2014	3	4th	4th	11
026th	Jung Eun Ju	South Korea	2007	2008	3	4th	1	8th
027	Kim Min Jung	South Korea	2008	2010	3	4th	-	7th
028	Lee Seung-Hoon	South Korea	2005	2016	3	3	3	9
029	Olivier Jean	Canada	2007	2012	3	3	1	7th
030th	Sjinkie Knegt	Netherlands	2012	2015	3	2	1	6th

See also

• Short track junior world championships

Web links

• ISU website

Individual evidence

1. ^ ISU History. Retrieved November 7, 2011 . 
2. ↑ Types of Events. Retrieved November 7, 2011 . 
3. ↑ Individual vs Team competition. Retrieved November 7, 2011 .