2011 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships

The 2011 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between 11 and 13 March 2011 at the Sheffield Arena in Sheffield, England. The World Championships were organised by the ISU which also runs world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.

2011 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
VenueSheffield Arena
Dates11–13 March
Competitors124 from 31 nations

Schedule

DateTimeProgram
11 March17:351500 m women
17:401500 m men
12 March17:10500 m women
17:15500 m men
13 March15:351000 m women
15:401000 m men
16:203000 m women
16:303000 m men
16:553000 m relay women
17:055000 m relay men

Results

* 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 leader after the first 1000m in the 3000m Super-Final is awarded extra 5 points. The relays do not count for the overall classification.

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Overall* Noh Jin-kyu
 South Korea
102 points Charles Hamelin
 Canada
50 points Liang Wenhao
 China
47 points
500 m
Simon Cho
 United States
42.307 Olivier Jean
 Canada
42.429 Liang Wenhao
 China
42.493
1000 m
Noh Jin-kyu
 South Korea
1:28.552 Charles Hamelin
 Canada
1:28.663 Liang Wenhao
 China
1:29.203
1500 m
Noh Jin-kyu
 South Korea
2:18.291 Charles Hamelin
 Canada
2:18.676 Jeff Simon
 United States
2:18.725
5000 m relay
 Canada
Michael Gilday
Charles Hamelin
François Hamelin
Olivier Jean
6:52.731  Germany
Robert Becker
Paul Herrmann
Christoph Milz
Robert Seifert
Torsten Kröger
6:54.693  United States
Kyle Carr
Travis Jayner
Anthony Lobello
Jeff Simon
Simon Cho
7:01.659

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Overall* Cho Ha-ri
 South Korea
81 points Katherine Reutter
 United States
68 points Arianna Fontana
 Italy
57 points
500 m
Fan Kexin
 China
44.620 Arianna Fontana
 Italy
44.687 Liu Qiuhong
 China
44.784
1000 m
Cho Ha-ri
 South Korea
1:38.895 Arianna Fontana
 Italy
1:40.306 Katherine Reutter
 United States
2:23.268
1500 m
Katherine Reutter
 United States
2:33.978 Park Seung-hi
 South Korea
2:34.218 Cho Ha-ri
 South Korea
2:34.336
3000 m relay
 China
Fan Kexin
Li Jianrou
Liu Qiuhong
Zhang Hui
Xiao Han
4:16.295  Netherlands
Jorien ter Mors
Annita van Doorn
Sanne van Kerkhof
Yara van Kerkhof
4:17.725  Canada
Marie-Ève Drolet
Jessica Hewitt
Valérie Maltais
Marianne St-Gelais
4:18.043

Medal table

7 nations won at least one medal, which represents the highest total ever.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 South Korea5117
2 United States2136
3 China2046
4 Canada1416
5 Italy0213
6 Germany0101
 Netherlands0101
Totals (7 nations)10101030

Entries per Event

Each nation can enter up to a maximum of 2 athletes per event, the nations listed below can enter up to three athletes per gender for that respective gender.[1]

Athletes Men Ladies
3  Canada
 China
 France
 South Korea
 United States
 Canada
 China
 South Korea

Participating countries

124 athletes from 31 nations will compete.[2]

References

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