| 2015 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Moscow, Russia | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 13–15 March 2015 | ||||||||||||
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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]
* Host nation (Russia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Korea (KOR) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 |  China (CHN) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 |  Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 |  Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  Russia (RUS)* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 8 |  Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
* Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall [2] | Sjinkie Knegt Netherlands | 63 pts | Park Se-yeong South Korea | 63 pts | Wu Dajing China | 55 pts |
| 500 m [3] | Wu Dajing China | 41.032 | Sándor Liu Shaolin Hungary | 41.133 | Han Tianyu China | 41.133 |
| 1000 m [4] | Park Se-yeong South Korea | 1:25.155 | Charles Hamelin Canada | 1:25.189 | Shi Jingnan China | 1:25.225 |
| 1500 m [5] | Semion Elistratov Russia | 2:18.096 | Sjinkie Knegt Netherlands | 2:18.104 | Charles Hamelin Canada | 2:18.117 |
| 5000 m relay [6] | China Wu Dajing Chen Dequan Xu Hongzhi Han Tianyu Shi Jingnan * | 6:55.228 | Hungary Viktor Knoch Csaba Burján Sándor Liu Shaolin Liu Shaoang | 6:56.024 | Netherlands Daan Breeuwsma Freek van der Wart Sjinkie Knegt Mark Prinsen | 6:56.321 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| Overall [7] | Choi Min-jeong South Korea | 89 pts | Arianna Fontana Italy | 68 pts | Shim Suk-hee South Korea | 47 pts |
| 500 m [8] | Fan Kexin China | 43.866 | Elise Christie United Kingdom | 44.139 | Arianna Fontana Italy | 55.723 |
| 1000 m [9] | Choi Min-jeong South Korea | 1:32.730 | Elise Christie United Kingdom | 1:32.782 | Arianna Fontana Italy | 1:32.903 |
| 1500 m [10] | Arianna Fontana Italy | 2:31.392 | Shim Suk-hee South Korea | 2:31.472 | Choi Min-jeong South Korea | 2:31.502 |
| 3000 m relay [11] | South Korea Noh Do-hee Shim Suk-hee Kim A-lang Choi Min-jeong Jeon Ji-soo * | 4:18.550 | China Fan Kexin Han Yutong Lin Yue Tao Jiaying Zhou Yang * | 4:18.595 | Italy Arianna Fontana Lucia Peretti Elena Viviani Arianna Valcepina | 4:20.916 |
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