| 2018 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Maurice Richard Arena, Montreal, Canada | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 16–18 March | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 92 from 37 nations | ||||||||||||
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The 2018 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships were the 43rd World Short Track Speed Skating Championships and held from 16 to 18 March 2018 in Montreal, Canada. [1]
* Host nation (Canada)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Korea (KOR) | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 |  Canada (CAN)* | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 |  China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 |  Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 |  Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 |  Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 |  Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall [2] | Charles Hamelin Canada | 81 pts | Shaolin Sándor Liu Hungary | 45 pts | Hwang Dae-heon South Korea | 44 pts |
| 500 m [3] | Hwang Dae-heon South Korea | 40.742 | Ren Ziwei China | 40.805 | Semion Elistratov Russia | 40.827 |
| 1000 m [4] | Charles Hamelin Canada | 1:22.249 | Lim Hyo-jun South Korea | 1:22.283 | Sjinkie Knegt Netherlands | 1:22.413 |
| 1500 m [5] | Charles Hamelin Canada | 2:12.982 | Lim Hyo-jun South Korea | 2:13.157 | Semion Elistratov Russia | 2:13.312 |
| 5000 m relay [6] | South Korea Hwang Dae-heon Kim Do-kyoum Kwak Yoon-gy Lim Hyo-jun Seo Yi-ra | 6:44.267 | Canada Charle Cournoyer Pascal Dion Samuel Girard Charles Hamelin | 6:44.434 | Japan Ryosuke Sakazume Kazuki Yoshinaga Keita Watanabe Hiroki Yokoyama | 6:44.587 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| Overall [7] | Choi Min-jeong South Korea | 110 pts | Shim Suk-hee South Korea | 63 pts | Li Jinyu China | 39 pts |
| 500 m [8] | Choi Min-jeong South Korea | 42.845 | Natalia Maliszewska Poland | 43.441 | Qu Chunyu China | 43.527 |
| 1000 m [9] | Shim Suk-hee South Korea | 1:29.316 | Sofia Prosvirnova Russia | 1:29.352 | Li Jinyu China | 1:29.580 |
| 1500 m [10] | Choi Min-jeong South Korea | 2:23.351 | Shim Suk-hee South Korea | 2:23.468 | Kim Boutin Canada | 2:23.592 |
| 3000 m relay [11] | South Korea Choi Min-jeong Kim A-lang Kim Ye-jin Shim Suk-hee Lee Yu-bin | 4:07.569 | Netherlands Suzanne Schulting Yara van Kerkhof Lara van Ruijven Rianne de Vries | 4:09.054 | Canada Kim Boutin Kasandra Bradette Valérie Maltais Marianne St-Gelais Jamie Macdonald | 4:09.198 |
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