Short Track World Championships 2003

The 2003 Short Track World Championships took place from March 21 to 23, 2003 in Warsaw . The title fights were held in Poland for the first time. 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 competitions were again dominated by South Korean and Chinese athletes. Among the men, Ahn Hyun-soo was the most successful athlete with four titles, Li Jiajun won two. For women, the competitions were more balanced. The four individual courses were won by four different runners. Only Bulgarian Evgenija Radanowa was able to break through the phalanx of Asian runners with her victory over 1000 m. In the seasons, the South Korean quartet prevailed among the men and the Chinese quartet among the women.

Participating Nations

A total of 34 countries with a total of 146 athletes, 67 women and 79 men, took part in the World Cup.

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

Time schedule

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

Friday March 21, 2003

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

Saturday March 22, 2003

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

Sunday March 23, 2003

• 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	76	7 (0)	2 (21)	1 (34)	2 (21)
2.	Yang Yang (A)	68	1 (34)	3 (13)	3 (13)	4 (8)
3.	Kim Min-jee	55	9 (0)	7 (0)	2 (21)	1 (34)
4th	Evgenia Radanova	41	DSQ (0)	1 (34)	5 (5)	7 (2)
5.	Amélie Goulet-Nadon	26th	2 (21)	6 (0)	7 (0)	5 (5)
6th	Cho Ha-ri	21st	22 (0)	4 (8)	6 (0)	3 (13)
7th	Stephanie Bouvier	19th	4 (8)	8 (0)	4 (8)	6 (3)
8th.	Fu Tianyu	14th	3 (13)	5 (0)	15 (0)	8 (1)

500 meters

rank	Surname	time
1.	Yang Yang (A)	46.270 s
2.	Amélie Goulet-Nadon	46.314 s
3.	Fu Tianyu	46.319 s
4th	Stephanie Bouvier	46.452 s
5.	Sarah Lindsay	45.774 s
6th	Alanna Kraus	46.055 s
7th	Choi Eun-kyung	46.094 s
8th.	Wang Meng	1: 06.285 min
9.	Kim Min-jee	disqualified

Date: March 22, 2003
Rank 1–4 in the final, Rank 5–9 in the semi-finals.

1000 meters

rank	Surname	time
1.	Evgenia Radanova	1: 31.594 min
2.	Choi Eun-kyung	1: 31.709 min
3.	Yang Yang (A)	1: 31.784 min
4th	Cho Ha-ri	1: 32.019 min
5.	Fu Tianyu	1: 32.014 min
6th	Amélie Goulet-Nadon	1: 32.020 min
7th	Kim Min-jee	disqualified
8th.	Stephanie Bouvier	disqualified

Date: March 23, 2003
Rank 1–4 in the final, Rank 5–8 in the semi-finals.

1500 meters

rank	Surname	time
1.	Choi Eun-kyung	2: 24.866 min
2.	Kim Min-jee	2: 24.942 min
3.	Yang Yang (A)	2: 25.147 min
4th	Stephanie Bouvier	2: 25.302 min
5.	Evgenia Radanova	2: 26.536 min
6th	Cho Ha-ri	disqualified

Date: March 21, 2003
Rank 1–6 in the final.

3000 meters superfinal

rank	Surname	time
1.	Kim Min-jee	5: 31.650 min
2.	Choi Eun-kyung	5: 31.660 min
3.	Cho Ha-ri	5: 31.755 min
4th	Yang Yang (A)	5: 31.772 min
5.	Amélie Goulet-Nadon	5: 32.347 min
6th	Stephanie Bouvier	5: 33.893 min
7th	Evgenia Radanova	5: 37.677 min
8th.	Fu Tianyu	6: 19.767 min

Date: March 23, 2003
Superfinal of the eight best all-rounders after three routes.

3000 meter relay

rank	Surname	time
1.	People's Republic of China Wang Chunlu Fu Tianyu Wang Meng Yang Yang (A)	4: 22.030 min
2.	Canada Tania Vicent Alanna Kraus Annie Perreault Amélie Goulet-Nadon	4: 22.653 min
3.	Bulgaria Marina Georgiewa-Nikolova Evgenija Radanowa Anna Krastewa Daniela Vlajewa	4: 23,600 min
4th	Italy Mara Zini Katia Zini Evelina Rodigari Marta Capurso	4: 23.626 min

Date: March 21-23, 2003
4 seasons in the finals.

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	89	7 (0)	2 (21)	1 (34)	1 (34)
2.	Li Jiajun	76	1 (34)	1 (34)	7 (0)	4 (8)
3.	Song Suk-woo	52	3 (13)	5 (5)	2 (21)	3 (13)
4th	Apolo Anton Ohno	34	5 (5)	17 (0)	4 (8)	2 (21)
5.	Jean-François Monette	28	4 (8)	3 (13)	5 (5)	7 (2)
6th	Lee Seung-jae	24	8 (0)	4 (8)	3 (13)	6 (3)
7th	Li Ye	21st	2 (21)	7 (0)	13 (0)	9 (0)
8th.	Jonathan Guilmette	8th	6 (3)	9 (0)	11 (0)	5 (5)

500 meters

rank	Surname	time
1.	Li Jiajun	43.210 s
2.	Li Ye	43.291 s
3.	Song Suk-woo	43.377 s
4th	Jean-François Monette	43,416 s
5.	Apolo Anton Ohno	44.038 s
6th	Jonathan Guilmette	56.032 s
7th	Ahn Hyun-soo	disqualified
8th.	Lee Seung-jae	disqualified

Date: March 22, 2003
Rank 1–6 in the final, Rank 7–8 in the semi-finals.

1000 meters

rank	Surname	time
1.	Li Jiajun	1: 28.391 min
2.	Ahn Hyun-soo	1: 28.450 min
3.	Jean-François Monette	1: 28.510 min
4th	Lee Seung-jae	1: 28.599 min
5.	Song Suk-woo	1: 28.614 min
6th	Jeffrey Scholten	1: 29.636 min
7th	Li Ye	1: 29.826 min
8th.	Krystian Zdrojkowski	1: 32.141 min
9.	Jonathan Guilmette	disqualified

Date: March 23, 2003
Rank 1–5 in the final, Rank 6–9 in the semi-finals.

1500 meters

rank	Surname	time
1.	Ahn Hyun-soo	2: 25.271 min
2.	Song Suk-woo	2: 25.326 min
3.	Lee Seung-jae	2: 25.390 min
4th	Apolo Anton Ohno	2: 25.625 min
5.	Jean-François Monette	2: 25.712 min
6th	Jeffrey Scholten	2: 26.414 min

Date: March 21, 2003
Rank 1–6 in the final.

3000 meters superfinal

rank	Surname	time
1.	Ahn Hyun-soo	4: 58.297 min
2.	Apolo Anton Ohno	4: 58.699 min
3.	Song Suk-woo	4: 59.035 min
4th	Li Jiajun	4: 59.214 min
5.	Jonathan Guilmette	4: 59.851 min
6th	Lee Seung-jae	5: 00.017 min
7th	Jean-François Monette	5: 00.531 min
8th.	Jeffrey Scholten	5: 03.029 min
9.	Li Ye	5: 05.261 min

Date: March 23, 2003
Superfinal of the eight best all-rounders after three courses. A total of nine runners started because they were tied for eighth overall.

5000 meter relay

rank	Surname	time
1.	South Korea Yeo Jun-hyung Oh Se-jong Lee Seung-jae Ahn Hyun-soo	6: 55.975 min
2.	Canada Jean-François Monette Jonathan Guilmette Mathieu Turcotte Éric Bédard	6: 56.465 min
3.	People's Republic of China Guo Wei Li Ye Li Jiajun Li Haonan	6: 57.052 min
4th	Italy Fabio Carta Michele Antonioli Nicola Rodigari Nicola Franceschina	6: 57.208 min

Date: March 22-23, 2003
4 seasons in the finals.

Medal table

rank	nation	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	South Korea	7th	5	6th	18th
2	People's Republic of China	4th	3	4th	11
3	Bulgaria	1	-	1	2
4th	Canada	-	3	1	4th
5	United States	-	1	-	1
total		12	12	12	36

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entries. Retrieved April 13, 2012 .