| Short-track speed skating at the 2007 Asian Winter Games | |
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| Venue | Wuhuan Gymnasium |
| Dates | 29–31 January |
| Competitors | 60 from 8 nations |
Short-track speed skating at the 2007 Asian Winter Games was held at the Changchun Wuhuan Gymnasium in Changchun, China. Events were held from 29 January to 31 January 2007.
| H | Heats | Q | Quarterfinals | S | Semifinals | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 29th Mon | 30th Tue | 31st Wed | ||||||||
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| Men's 500 m | H | Q | S | F | |||||||
| Men's 1000 m | H | Q | S | F | |||||||
| Men's 1500 m | H | S | F | ||||||||
| Men's 5000 m relay | S | F | |||||||||
| Women's 500 m | H | Q | S | F | |||||||
| Women's 1000 m | H | Q | S | F | |||||||
| Women's 1500 m | H | S | F | ||||||||
| Women's 3000 m relay | S | F | |||||||||
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m | Hu Ze  China | Song Kyung-taek  South Korea | Li Ye China |
| 1000 m | Ahn Hyun-soo South Korea | Kim Hyun-kon South Korea | Sui Baoku China |
| 1500 m | Sui Baoku China | Ahn Hyun-soo South Korea | Li Ye China |
| 5000 m relay |  South Korea Song Kyung-taek Kim Hyun-kon Ahn Hyun-soo Lee Ho-suk Kim Byeong-jun |  China Li Ye Sui Baoku Liu Xiaoliang Hu Ze Wang Hongyang |  Japan Junji Ito Satoru Terao Shinichi Tagami Satoshi Sakashita |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m | Wang Meng China | Fu Tianyu China | Zhu Mile China |
| Byun Chun-sa South Korea | |||
| 1000 m | Jin Sun-yu South Korea | Wang Meng China | Jung Eun-ju South Korea |
| 1500 m | Jung Eun-ju South Korea | Jin Sun-yu South Korea | Wang Meng China |
| 3000 m relay | China Wang Meng Fu Tianyu Zhu Mile Cheng Xiaolei Zhou Yang | South Korea Jeon Ji-soo Byun Chun-sa Jung Eun-ju Jin Sun-yu Kim Min-jung | Japan Yuka Kamino Yuko Koya Ayuko Ito Satomi Sakai |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea (KOR) | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (3 nations) | 8 | 8 | 9 | 25 | |
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China (10)
Chinese Taipei (8)
Hong Kong (2) Japan (8)
Kazakhstan (10)
Mongolia (2)
North Korea (10) South Korea (10)
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