2008 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
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The 2008 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between March 7 and March 9, 2008 in Gangneung City, South Korea
. The World Championships are organised by the ISU
which also run world cups and championships in speed skating
and figure skating
.
Gangneung
Gangneung is a city in Gangwon-do, on the east coast of South Korea. It has a population of 229,869 . Gangneung is the economic centre of the Yeongdong region of eastern Gangwon Province. Gangneung has many tourist attractions, like Jeongdongjin, one of the most famous towns in Korea...
. The World Championships are organised by the ISU
International Skating Union
The International Skating Union is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded in Scheveningen, Netherlands in 1892, making it one of the oldest international...
which also run world cups and championships in speed skating
Speed skating
Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...
and figure skating
Figure skating
Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...
.
Men
| 500 m | Apolo Anton Ohno Apolo Anton Ohno Apolo Anton Ohno is an American short track speed skating competitor and an eight-time medalist in the Winter Olympics. He is the most decorated American Winter Olympic athlete of all time....  United States |
42.568 | Charles Hamelin Charles Hamelin Charles Hamelin is a Canadian short track speed skater from Sainte-Julie, Quebec. Hamelin is a 3 time Olympic medalist having won 2 gold and 1 silver during the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics...  Canada |
42.625 | Song Kyung-Taek Song Kyung-Taek Song Kyung-Taek is a South Korean short track speed skater. He won four gold medals at the World Championships but has not participated in any Olympics yet....  South Korea |
42.632 |
| 1000 m | Lee Ho-suk Lee Ho-Suk Lee Ho-Suk is a South Korean short track speedskater. He won an Olympic gold medal as a part of 5000m Short-track relay team and won four Olympic silver medals. He is the Overall World Champion for 2009 and 2010.-Career:... South Korea |
1:26.462 | Apolo Anton Ohno Apolo Anton Ohno Apolo Anton Ohno is an American short track speed skating competitor and an eight-time medalist in the Winter Olympics. He is the most decorated American Winter Olympic athlete of all time.... United States |
1:26.528 | Song Kyung-Taek Song Kyung-Taek Song Kyung-Taek is a South Korean short track speed skater. He won four gold medals at the World Championships but has not participated in any Olympics yet.... South Korea |
1:26.615 |
| 1500 m | Song Kyung-Taek Song Kyung-Taek Song Kyung-Taek is a South Korean short track speed skater. He won four gold medals at the World Championships but has not participated in any Olympics yet.... South Korea |
2:18.916 | Lee Ho-Suk Lee Ho-Suk Lee Ho-Suk is a South Korean short track speedskater. He won an Olympic gold medal as a part of 5000m Short-track relay team and won four Olympic silver medals. He is the Overall World Champion for 2009 and 2010.-Career:... South Korea |
2:18.971 | Charles Ryan LeVeille United States |
2:19.066 |
| 3000 m | Lee Seung-Hoon Lee Seung-Hoon Lee Seung-Hoon is a South Korean speed skater who won a silver medal in the 5000 meters and a gold medal in the 10000 metres at the 2010 Winter Olympics, becoming the first Asian man to ever achieve these feats... South Korea |
4:53.620 | Charles Ryan LeVeille United States |
4:54.732 | Apolo Anton Ohno Apolo Anton Ohno Apolo Anton Ohno is an American short track speed skating competitor and an eight-time medalist in the Winter Olympics. He is the most decorated American Winter Olympic athlete of all time.... United States |
5:00.838 |
| 5000 m relay |
Sung Si-Bak Sung Si-Bak Sung Si-Bak is a South Korean short track speed skater. At the 2007 Winter Universiade, he won all five short track speed skating events. Sung has won more than 20 World Cup races and earned two World Cup titles, in addition to skating on the winning World Championship 5000 m relay teams in... Lee Seung-Hoon Lee Seung-Hoon Lee Seung-Hoon is a South Korean speed skater who won a silver medal in the 5000 meters and a gold medal in the 10000 metres at the 2010 Winter Olympics, becoming the first Asian man to ever achieve these feats... Lee Ho-Suk Lee Ho-Suk Lee Ho-Suk is a South Korean short track speedskater. He won an Olympic gold medal as a part of 5000m Short-track relay team and won four Olympic silver medals. He is the Overall World Champion for 2009 and 2010.-Career:... Song Kyung-Taek Song Kyung-Taek Song Kyung-Taek is a South Korean short track speed skater. He won four gold medals at the World Championships but has not participated in any Olympics yet.... Kwak Yoon-Gy Kwak Yoon-Gy Kwak Yoon-Gy is a South Korean short track speed skater.-External links:*... South Korea |
6:51.148 | Charles Hamelin Charles Hamelin Charles Hamelin is a Canadian short track speed skater from Sainte-Julie, Quebec. Hamelin is a 3 time Olympic medalist having won 2 gold and 1 silver during the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics... François Hamelin François Hamelin François Hamelin is a Canadian short track speed skater from Sainte-Julie, Quebec, currently residing in Montreal. He is the younger brother of acclaimed Canadian short tracker Charles Hamelin... Marc-Andre Monette Steve Robilliard Jean-François Monette Canada |
6:52.318 | Jon Eley Jon Eley Jon Eley is a British short track speed skater who competed at both the 2006 Winter Olympics and the 2010 Winter Olympics. Eley finished fifth in the 500 meters in Torino, and was a member of the British team that finished sixth in the 5000 meter relay in Vancouver.- References :... Tom Iveson Paul Stanley Paul Stanley Stanley Harvey Eisen , better known by his stage name Paul Stanley, is an American hard rock guitarist, singer, musician, painter and songwriter best known for being the rhythm guitarist and primary lead vocalist of the rock band Kiss. He is the writer or co-writer of many of the band's... Paul Worth  United Kingdom |
6:56.765 |
| Overall* | Apolo Anton Ohno Apolo Anton Ohno Apolo Anton Ohno is an American short track speed skating competitor and an eight-time medalist in the Winter Olympics. He is the most decorated American Winter Olympic athlete of all time.... United States |
68 points | Lee Ho-Suk Lee Ho-Suk Lee Ho-Suk is a South Korean short track speedskater. He won an Olympic gold medal as a part of 5000m Short-track relay team and won four Olympic silver medals. He is the Overall World Champion for 2009 and 2010.-Career:... South Korea |
63 points | Song Kyung-Taek Song Kyung-Taek Song Kyung-Taek is a South Korean short track speed skater. He won four gold medals at the World Championships but has not participated in any Olympics yet.... South Korea |
62 points |
Women
| 500 m | Wang Meng Mainland China |
43.888 | Liu Qiuhong Liu Qiuhong Liu Qiuhong is a Chinese female short track speed skater.Liu made her Olympic debut in Vancouver, skating in all four events: 500m, 1000m, 1500m and 3000m relay... Mainland China |
43.973 | Kalyna Roberge Kalyna Roberge Kalyna Roberge is a Canadian short track speed skater.Roberge has won a gold medal in the 3000m relay at the 2005 World Championships. She also placed third overall at the 2005 World Junior Championships including a gold medal in the 500m. She also won a gold medal at a World Cup event in the... Canada |
44.018 |
| 1000 m | Wang Meng Mainland China |
1:32.527 | Zhou Yang Mainland China |
1:32.595 | Kalyna Roberge Kalyna Roberge Kalyna Roberge is a Canadian short track speed skater.Roberge has won a gold medal in the 3000m relay at the 2005 World Championships. She also placed third overall at the 2005 World Junior Championships including a gold medal in the 500m. She also won a gold medal at a World Cup event in the... Canada |
1:32.636 |
| 1500 m | Wang Meng Mainland China |
2:22.819 | Yang Shin-Young Yang Shin-Young Yang Shin-Young is a female South Korean short track speed skater.-External links:*Profile from... South Korea |
2:22.904 | Zhou Yang Mainland China |
2:23.191 |
| 3000 m | Zhou Yang Mainland China |
5:46.063 | Jung Eun-Ju Jung Eun-Ju Jung Eun-Ju is a South Korean short track speed skater.-External links:*... South Korea |
5:46.465 | Katherine Reutter Katherine Reutter Katherine Reutter is an American short track speed skater. She is a two-time medalist in the Winter Olympics, 2011 overall world silver medalist and the 2010-2011 overall ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup champion.... United States |
5:46.518 |
| 3000 m relay |
Jung Eun-Ju Jung Eun-Ju Jung Eun-Ju is a South Korean short track speed skater.-External links:*... Yang Shin-Young Yang Shin-Young Yang Shin-Young is a female South Korean short track speed skater.-External links:*Profile from... Park Seung-Hi Park Seung-Hi Park Seung-Hi is an Korean short track speed skater. She is the 2010 Overall World Champion. She won two bronze medals at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.- 2010 Winter Olympics :... Kim Min-Jung Kim Min-Jung Kim Min-Jung is a South Korean short track speed skater.Kim won her first senior World Championship individual gold medal in the women's 1500 meter at the 2009 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships held in Vienna, edging out future 1500 meter Olympic champion Zhou Yang by 0.503 seconds.In... Shin Sae-Bom Shin Sae-Bom Shin Sae-Bom is a South Korean short track speed skater.-External links:*Profile from... South Korea |
4:16.261 | Amanda Overland Amanda Overland Amanda Overland is a Canadian short track speed skater who competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics. She is the sister of Kevin Overland and Cindy Overland, both Olympic Speed Skaters.... Tania Vicent Tania Vicent Tania Vicent is a Canadian short track speed skater, who competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics. On February 22, along with Alanna Kraus, Anouk Leblanc-Boucher and Kalyna Roberge, Vicent won a silver medal for Canada in the 3000m relay... Jessica Gregg Jessica Gregg Jessica Gregg is a Canadian short track speed skater.Jessica Gregg was the only member of the 2010 Canadian Olympic short track team outside of Quebec. Jessica won her first ever World Cup gold medal in 500 m short track speedskating in February 2009... Anne Maltais Kalyna Roberge Kalyna Roberge Kalyna Roberge is a Canadian short track speed skater.Roberge has won a gold medal in the 3000m relay at the 2005 World Championships. She also placed third overall at the 2005 World Junior Championships including a gold medal in the 500m. She also won a gold medal at a World Cup event in the... Canada |
4:20.254 | Liu Qiuhong Liu Qiuhong Liu Qiuhong is a Chinese female short track speed skater.Liu made her Olympic debut in Vancouver, skating in all four events: 500m, 1000m, 1500m and 3000m relay... Wang Meng Wang Meng Wang Meng , courtesy name Jinglüe , formally Marquess Wu of Qinghe , served as prime minister to the Former Qin emperor Fu Jiān in the fourth century... Meng Xiaoxue Zhou Yang Zhou Yang Zhou Yang was a Chinese literary theorist and Marxist thinker, active from the founding of the League of the Left-Wing Writers in 1930. His report On the Military Tasks of Philosophy and Social Science Workers, delivered to Mao Zedong in 1963, was one of the catalysts for the Cultural Revolution.... Fu Tian Yu Mainland China |
4:23.022 |
| Overall* | Wang Meng Mainland China |
107 points | Zhou Yang Mainland China |
76 points | Yang Shin-Young Yang Shin-Young Yang Shin-Young is a female South Korean short track speed skater.-External links:*Profile from... South Korea |
37 points |
Medal table
| 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 5 | United Kingdom |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |