Short Track World Championships 2004

The 2004 Short Track World Championships took place from March 19 to 21, 2004 in Gothenburg . The title fights were held for the first time in Sweden. The host was the International Skating Union (ISU).

A total of twelve competitions were held. There was an all-around event for women and men as well as individual races over 500 m, 1000 m and 1500 m. The eight best placed runners in the all-round competition after these three routes also competed over 3000 m. In addition, there were relay competitions, over 3000 m for women and 5000 m for men. The results achieved over the four individual routes flowed into the all-around competition. The first place in an individual race got 34 points, the second 21, the third 13, the fourth eight, the fifth five, the sixth three, the seventh two and the eighth one. However, points were only awarded if the runner reached the final. No points were awarded in the event of a disqualification. The addition of the points scored by a runner resulted in the final ranking in the all-around event.

The South Korean athletes once again dominated the title fights. Choi Eun-kyung and Ahn Hyun-soo each won five titles. Wang Meng won the only gold medal that did not go to South Korea. The Canadian team withdrew all athletes on the last day of the competition after Alanna Kraus and Jonathan Guilmette suffered serious falls and decided not to participate in the season finals, so that they were completed with only three relays each.

Participating Nations

A total of 33 countries with a total of 138 athletes, 60 women and 78 men, took part in the World Cup.

Participating nations (women / men)
Australia (0/1) Belgium (0/2) People's Republic of China (5/5) Chinese Taipei (2/2) Germany (5/2) France (1/5) Great Britain (2/5) Hong Kong (1/0)	Israel (2/1) Italy (5/5) Japan (5/5) Canada (5/5) Kazakhstan (0/2) Croatia (0/1) Latvia (2/1) New Zealand (0/2)	Netherlands (2/2) Norway (0/1) Poland (0/2) Austria (1/0) Romania (0/1) Russia (5/5) Sweden (0/1) Switzerland (0/2)	Serbia and Montenegro (1/1) Slovakia (0/2) Slovenia (1/0) South Korea (5/5) Czech Republic (1/1) Ukraine (1/2) Hungary (2/2) USA (5/5)	Belarus (1/2)

Time schedule

The schedule was designed in parallel for women and men as follows.

Friday March 19, 2004

• 1500 m: preliminary, semi-finals, final
• Season: Semi-Finals (Women)

Saturday March 20, 2004

• 500 m: preliminary run, quarter-finals, semi-finals, final
• Season: Semi-Finals (Men)

Sunday March 21, 2004

• 1000 m: preliminary, semi-finals, final
• 3000 m: Superfinal
• Season: Finale

Results

Women

All-around

• In the columns 1500 m, 500 m, 1000 m and 3000 m it is first indicated which position the athlete achieved, followed by in brackets how many points he received for it.

rank	Surname	Points	500 m	1000 m	1500 m	3000 m
1.	Choi Eun-kyung	84	3 (13)	1 (34)	1 (34)	6 (3)
2.	Wang Meng	60	1 (34)	19 (0)	2 (21)	5 (5)
3.	Byun Chun-sa	55	5 (0)	2 (21)	7 (0)	1 (34)
4th	Fu Tianyu	42	4 (0)	3 (13)	4 (8)	2 (21)
5.	Marta Capurso	37	2 (21)	8 (0)	6 (3)	3 (13)
6th	Yuka Kamino	13	12 (0)	10 (0)	5 (5)	4 (8)
7th	Alanna Kraus	13	7 (0)	20 (0)	3 (13)	DNS (0)
8th.	Amélie Goulet-Nadon	8th	DNF (0)	4 (8)	18 (0)	DNS (0)

500 meters

rank	Surname	time
1.	Wang Meng	45.332 s
2.	Marta Capurso	45.482 s
3.	Choi Eun-kyung	45.516 s
4th	Fu Tianyu	disqualified
5.	Byun Chun-sa	45.550 s
6th	Cheng Xiao Lei	46.034 s
7th	Alanna Kraus	45,869 s
8th.	Yvonne Kunze	46.167 s

Date: March 20, 2004
Rank 1–4 in the final, Rank 5–8 in the semifinals.

1000 meters

rank	Surname	time
1.	Choi Eun-kyung	1: 34.724 min
2.	Byun Chun-sa	1: 34.806 min
3.	Fu Tianyu	1: 35.033 min
4th	Amélie Goulet-Nadon	1: 38.470 min
5.	Cheng Xiao Lei	1: 33.247 min
6th	Celine Lecompère	1: 35.888 min
7th	Yvonne Kunze	1: 35.915 min
8th.	Marta Capurso	disqualified

Date: March 21, 2004
Rank 1–4 in the final, Rank 5–8 in the semi-finals.

1500 meters

rank	Surname	time
1.	Choi Eun-kyung	2: 28.048 min
2.	Wang Meng	2: 28.299 min
3.	Alanna Kraus	2: 29.573 min
4th	Fu Tianyu	2: 29.821 min
5.	Yuka Kamino	2: 29.919 min
6th	Marta Capurso	2: 31.046 min
7th	Byun Chun-sa	disqualified

Date: March 19, 2004
Rank 1–7 in the final.

3000 meters superfinal

rank	Surname	time
1.	Byun Chun-sa	5: 58.035 min
2.	Fu Tianyu	5: 58.344 min
3.	Marta Capurso	5: 58.448 min
4th	Yuka Kamino	5: 59.350 min
5.	Wang Meng	6: 08.363 min
6th	Choi Eun-kyung	6: 18.362 min
	Alanna Kraus	not at the start
	Amélie Goulet-Nadon	not at the start

Date: March 21, 2004
Superfinal of the eight best all-rounders after three courses.

3000 meter relay

rank	Surname	time
1.	South Korea Byun Chun-sa Choi Eun-kyung Ko Gi-hyun Kim Min-jee	4: 20.985 min
2.	People's Republic of China Cheng Xiao Lei Wang Meng Fu Tianyu Liu Xiao Ying	4: 21.112 min
DSQ	Italy Catia Borrello Marta Capurso Mara Zini Katia Zini	disqualified
DNS	Canada Tania Vicent Anouk Leblanc-Boucher Alanna Kraus Amélie Goulet-Nadon	not at the start

Date: March 19-21, 2004
3 seasons in the finals after the Canadian quartet did not start.

Men

All-around

• In the columns 1500 m, 500 m, 1000 m and 3000 m it is first indicated which position the athlete achieved, followed by in brackets how many points he received for it.

rank	Surname	Points	500 m	1000 m	1500 m	3000 m
1.	Ahn Hyun-soo	102	4 (0)	1 (34)	1 (34)	1 (34)
2.	Song Suk-woo	68	1 (34)	16 (0)	3 (13)	2 (21)
3.	Li Jiajun	29	5 (0)	2 (21)	6 (0)	4 (8)
4th	Li Ye	26th	3 (13)	20 (0)	8 (0)	3 (13)
5.	Li Haonan	26th	2 (21)	9 (0)	15 (0)	5 (5)
6th	Jonathan Guilmette	21st	6 (0)	5 (0)	2 (21)	DNS (0)
7th	Fabio Carta	13	16 (0)	3 (13)	18 (0)	DSQ (0)
8th.	Steve Robillard	5	33 (0)	6 (0)	5 (5)	DNS (0)

500 meters

rank	Surname	time
1.	Song Suk-woo	42,599 s
2.	Li Haonan	42.667 s
3.	Li Ye	43.420 s
4th	Ahn Hyun-soo	disqualified
5.	Li Jiajun	43.255 s
6th	Jonathan Guilmette	43.401 s
7th	Jean-François Monette	disqualified
8th.	Lee Seung-jae	disqualified

Date: March 20, 2004
Rank 1–4 in the final, Rank 5–8 in the semifinals.

1000 meters

rank	Surname	time
1.	Ahn Hyun-soo	1: 26.813 min
2.	Li Jiajun	1: 27.162 min
3.	Fabio Carta	1: 28.002 min
4th	Lee Seung-jae	disqualified
5.	Jonathan Guilmette	Race not finished
6th	Steve Robillard	1: 27.075 min
7th	Jean-François Monette	1: 27.558 min
8th.	Apolo Anton Ohno	disqualified

Date: March 21, 2004
Rank 1–5 in the final, Rank 6–8 in the semifinals.

1500 meters

rank	Surname	time
1.	Ahn Hyun-soo	2: 16.376 min
2.	Jonathan Guilmette	2: 16.418 min
3.	Song Suk-woo	2: 16.657 min
4th	Lee Seung-jae	2: 16.837 min
5.	Steve Robillard	2: 16.983 min
6th	Li Jiajun	disqualified

Date: March 19, 2004
Rank 1–6 in the final.

3000 meters superfinal

rank	Surname	time
1.	Ahn Hyun-soo	5: 03.670 min
2.	Song Suk-woo	5: 09.807 min
3.	Li Ye	5: 10.089 min
4th	Li Jiajun	5: 10.274 min
5.	Li Haonan	5: 19.962 min
	Steve Robillard	not at the start
	Jonathan Guilmette	not at the start
	Fabio Carta	disqualified

Date: March 21, 2004
Superfinal of the eight best all-rounders after three routes.

5000 meter relay

rank	Surname	time
1.	South Korea Song Suk-woo Ahn Hyun-soo Cho Nam-kyu Kim Hyun-kon	6: 48.133 min
2.	People's Republic of China Sui Bao Ku Li Jiajun Li Ye Li Haonan	6: 49.232 min
3.	Italy Fabio Carta Roberto Serra Nicola Rodigari Nicola Franceschina	6: 49.563 min
DNS	Canada Charles Hamelin Steve Robillard Jean-François Monette Mathieu Turcotte	not at the start

Date: March 20-21, 2004
3 seasons in the finals after the Canadian quartet did not start.

Medal table

rank	nation	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	South Korea	11	3	3	17th
2	People's Republic of China	1	7th	4th	12
3	Italy	-	1	3	4th
4th	Canada	-	1	1	2
total		12	12	11	35

Web links

• Results overview at www.isu.org (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Short Track: Ice skate severed nose. Retrieved February 9, 2012 . 
2. ↑ Entries. Retrieved February 9, 2012 .