2009 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships
Location | Heerenveen, Netherlands |
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Start date | 14 March 2009 |
End date | 15 March 2009 |
Competitors | 79 from 8 nations |
2010 Bormio → |
The 2009 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships was the 19th edition of the World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships, which took place on 14-15 March 2009 in Heerenveen, Netherlands.
Teams were divided into two brackets of four: the best team from each bracket qualified directly for the final, while the two next teams entered for the repechage round and the last was eliminated. The best two teams in the repechage round qualified for the final. Thus, the final consisted of four teams. Each team was represented by four athletes at both 500 m and 1000 m as well as by two athletes at 3000 m. There were four heats at both 500 m and 1000 m, whereby each heat consisted of athletes representing different countries. There was one heat at 3000 m.
Medal winners
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men | South Korea Lee Jung-su Sung Si-bak Lee Ho-suk Kwak Yoon-gy Park Jin-hwan | Canada François-Louis Tremblay Marc-André Monette Charles Hamelin Olivier Jean François Hamelin | United States Apolo Anton Ohno Travis Jayner Jordan Malone John Celski Jeff Simon |
Women | China Wang Meng Fu Tianyu Zhou Yang Liu Qiuhong Zhang Hui | South Korea Kim Min-jung Jung Ba-ra Yang Shin-young Shin Sae-bom | United States Jessica Smith Kimberly Derrick Lana Gehring Katherine Reutter Alyson Dudek |
Results
Men
Rank | Nation | Total |
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South Korea | 36 | |
Canada | 34 | |
United States | 27 | |
4 | China | 21 |
5 | Japan | Rep. |
6 | Germany | |
7 | Italy | DNQ |
8 | Netherlands |
Women
Rank | Nation | Total |
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China | 46 | |
South Korea | 29 | |
United States | 24 | |
4 | Canada | 22 |
5 | Italy | Rep. |
6 | Netherlands | |
7 | Germany | DNQ |
8 | Japan |
External links
- Results I
- Results II
- Results book