2010 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
The 2010 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between 19 and 21 March 2010 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The World Championships are organised by the ISU which also run world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.
Results[]
Men[]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall* | Lee Ho-suk South Korea |
86 points | Kwak Yoon-gy South Korea |
76 points | Liang Wenhao China |
47 points |
| 500 m | Liang Wenhao China |
41.383 | François Hamelin Canada |
41.456 | François-Louis Tremblay Canada |
41.526 |
| 1000 m | Lee Ho-suk South Korea |
1:34.198 | Kwak Yoon-gy South Korea |
1:34.231 | J. R. Celski United States |
1:34.290 |
| 1500 m | Kwak Yoon-gy South Korea |
2:24.316 | Sung Si-bak South Korea |
2:24.373 | Lee Ho-suk South Korea |
2:24.459 |
| 5000 m relay | South Korea Kwak Yoon-gy Lee Ho-suk Lee Jung-su Kim Seoung-il |
6:44.821 | United States J. R. Celski Simon Cho Travis Jayner Jordan Malone |
6:47.331 |  GermanyPaul Herrmann Tyson Heung Sebastian Praus Robert Seifert |
6:48.288 |
* First place is awarded 34 points, second is awarded 21 points, third is awarded 13 points, fourth is awarded 8 points, fifth is awarded 5 points, sixth is awarded 3 points, seventh is awarded 2 points, and eighth is awarded 1 point in the finals of each individual race to determine the overall world champion. The leader after the first 1000m in the 3000m Super-Final is awarded extra 5 points. The relays do not count for the overall classification.
Women[]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall* | Park Seung-hi South Korea |
73 points | Wang Meng China |
68 points | Cho Ha-ri South Korea |
55 points |
| 500 m | Wang Meng China |
43.619 | Kalyna Roberge Canada |
43.679 | Marianne St-Gelais Canada |
43.747 |
| 1000 m | Wang Meng China |
1:30.572 | Cho Ha-ri South Korea |
1:30.643 | Katherine Reutter United States |
1:31.747 |
| 1500 m | Park Seung-hi South Korea |
2:21.570 | Lee Eun-byul South Korea |
2:21.665 | Cho Ha-ri South Korea |
2:21.821 |
| 3000 m relay | South Korea Cho Ha-ri Kim Min-jung Lee Eun-byul Park Seung-hi Choi Jung-won |
4:08.356 | Canada Jessica Gregg Kalyna Roberge Marianne St-Gelais Tania Vicent Valérie Maltais |
4:09.310 | United States Kimberly Derrick Alyson Dudek Lana Gehring Katherine Reutter |
4:14.231 |
* First place is awarded 34 points, second is awarded 21 points, third is awarded 13 points, fourth is awarded 8 points, fifth is awarded 5 points, sixth is awarded 3 points, seventh is awarded 2 points, and eighth is awarded 1 point in the finals of each individual race to determine the overall world champion. The leader after the first 1000m in the 3000m Super-Final is awarded extra 5 points. The relays do not count for the overall classification.
Medal table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | China | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Canada | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | United States | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 nations) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
External links[]
- World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
- 2010 in short track speed skating
- International speed skating competitions hosted by Bulgaria
- 2010 in Bulgarian sport
- March 2010 sports events in Europe
- Sports competitions in Sofia
- 2010s in Sofia