2015 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships

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2015 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
Venue Moscow, Russia
Dates13–15 March 2015
Medalist men
Gold medal icon.svg Sjinkie Knegt Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED
Silver medal icon.svg Park Se-yeong Flag of South Korea.svg  KOR
Bronze medal icon.svg Wu Dajing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN
Medalist women
Gold medal icon.svg Choi Min-jeong Flag of South Korea.svg  KOR
Silver medal icon.svg Arianna Fontana Flag of Italy.svg  ITA
Bronze medal icon.svg Shim Suk-hee Flag of South Korea.svg  KOR
2014
2016

The 2015 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place from 13 to 15 March 2015 in Moscow, Russia. They were the 40th World Short Track Speed Skating Championships. [1]

Contents

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Russia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)4228
2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)3137
3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)1135
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)1113
5Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)*1001
6Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)0202
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)0202
8Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)0112
Totals (8 entries)10101030

Medalists

* Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals.

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
Overall [2] Sjinkie Knegt
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
63 pts Park Se-yeong
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
63 pts Wu Dajing
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
55 pts
500 m [3] Wu Dajing
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
41.032 Sándor Liu Shaolin
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
41.133 Han Tianyu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
41.133
1000 m [4] Park Se-yeong
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
1:25.155 Charles Hamelin
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
1:25.189 Shi Jingnan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
1:25.225
1500 m [5] Semion Elistratov
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
2:18.096 Sjinkie Knegt
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
2:18.104 Charles Hamelin
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2:18.117
5000 m relay [6] Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Wu Dajing
Chen Dequan
Xu Hongzhi
Han Tianyu
Shi Jingnan *
6:55.228Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Viktor Knoch
Csaba Burján
Sándor Liu Shaolin
Liu Shaoang
6:56.024Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Daan Breeuwsma
Freek van der Wart
Sjinkie Knegt
Mark Prinsen
6:56.321

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
Overall [7] Choi Min-jeong
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
89 pts Arianna Fontana
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
68 pts Shim Suk-hee
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
47 pts
500 m [8] Fan Kexin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
43.866 Elise Christie
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
44.139 Arianna Fontana
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
55.723
1000 m [9] Choi Min-jeong
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
1:32.730 Elise Christie
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
1:32.782 Arianna Fontana
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
1:32.903
1500 m [10] Arianna Fontana
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
2:31.392 Shim Suk-hee
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
2:31.472 Choi Min-jeong
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
2:31.502
3000 m relay [11] Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Noh Do-hee
Shim Suk-hee
Kim A-lang
Choi Min-jeong
Jeon Ji-soo *
4:18.550Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Fan Kexin
Han Yutong
Lin Yue
Tao Jiaying
Zhou Yang *
4:18.595Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Arianna Fontana
Lucia Peretti
Elena Viviani
Arianna Valcepina
4:20.916

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  2. Men's Overall m Results [ permanent dead link ]
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  5. "Men's 1500 m Results". Archived from the original on 2015-03-21. Retrieved 2015-03-15.
  6. "Men's 5000 m relay Results". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2015-03-15.
  7. "Women's Overall m Results". Archived from the original on 2015-03-16. Retrieved 2015-03-15.
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  11. Women's 3000 m relay Results [ permanent dead link ]