2005 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships Explained

The 2005 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between 9 and 11 March 2005 in Beijing, China. The World Championships are organised by the ISU which also run world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.

Results

Men

Overall*	Ahn Hyun-soo	89 points	Apolo Anton Ohno	68 points	François-Louis Tremblay	60 points
500 m	François-Louis Tremblay	42.106	Charles Hamelin	42.135	Ahn Hyun-soo	42.185
1000 m	Apolo Anton Ohno	1:30.066	Ahn Hyun-soo	1:30.206	Li Jiajun	1:30.641
1500 m	Ahn Hyun-soo	2:14.396	François-Louis Tremblay	2:14.992	Lee Seung-hoon	2:15.244
5000 m relay	valign=top		6:39.990	valign=top	Ahn Hyun-soo Lee Seung-hoon Seo Ho-jin Song Kyung-taek Lee Jae-kyung	6:40.020	valign=top	6:52.072

* First place is awarded 34 points, second is awarded 21 points, third is awarded 13 points, fourth is awarded 8 points, fifth is awarded 5 points, sixth is awarded 3 points, seventh is awarded 2 points, and eighth is awarded 1 point in the finals of each individual race to determine the overall world champion. The relays do not count for the overall classification.

Women

Overall*	Jin Sun-yu	76 points	Choi Eun-kyung	63 points	Kang Yun-mi	60 points
500 m	Yang Yang	45.038	Wang Meng	45.129	Fu Tianyu	45.232
1000 m	Choi Eun-kyung	1:31.085	Jin Sun-yu	1:31.232	Wang Meng	1:31.343
1500 m	Jin Sun-yu	2:20.461	Kang Yun-mi	2:20.743	Wang Meng	2:20.876
3000 m relay^†	valign=top	Alanna Kraus Chantale Sévigny Kalyna Roberge Tania Vicent Amanda Overland	4:20.767	valign=top		4:30.654	valign=top	4:24.974

^† In the final of the Women's 3000 m relay, the South Korean and Japanese teams were disqualified, thus the French team was awarded the bronze medal from its time in the heats.

External links

ISU Results