The 2008 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between 7 and 9 March 2008 in Gangneung, South Korea. The World Championships are organised by the ISU which also run world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.
| Overall* | Apolo Anton Ohno | 68 points | Lee Ho-suk | 63 points | Song Kyung-taek | 62 points | ||
| 500 m | Apolo Anton Ohno | 42.568 | Charles Hamelin | 42.625 | Song Kyung-taek | 42.632 | ||
| 1000 m | Lee Ho-suk | 1:26.462 | Apolo Anton Ohno | 1:26.528 | Song Kyung-taek | 1:26.615 | ||
| 1500 m | Song Kyung-taek | 2:18.916 | Lee Ho-suk | 2:18.971 | Charles Leveille | 2:19.066 | ||
| 5000 m relay | Lee Ho-suk Lee Seung-hoon Song Kyung-taek Sung Si-bak Kwak Yoon-gy | 6:51.148 | François Hamelin Jean-François Monette Marc-André Monette Steve Robillard Charles Hamelin | 6:52.318 | valign=top | 6:56.765 |
| Overall* | Wang Meng | 107 points | Zhou Yang | 76 points | Yang Shin-young | 37 points | |
| 500 m | Wang Meng | 43.888 | Liu Qiuhong | 43.973 | Kalyna Roberge | 44.018 | |
| 1000 m | Wang Meng | 1:32.527 | Zhou Yang | 1:32.595 | Kalyna Roberge | 1:32.636 | |
| 1500 m | Wang Meng | 2:22.819 | Yang Shin-young | 2:22.904 | Zhou Yang | 2:23.191 | |
| 3000 m relay | Jung Eun-ju Kim Min-jung Park Seung-hi Yang Shin-young Shin Sae-bom | 4:16.261 | Jessica Gregg Anne Maltais Amanda Overland Tania Vicent Kalyna Roberge | 4:20.254 | Fu Tianyu Liu Qiuhong Wang Meng Zhou Yang Meng Xiaoxue | 4:23.022 |