2011 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships

World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
Venue	Sheffield Arena
Dates	11–13 March 2011
Competitors	121 from 32 nations
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2011 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
500 m	men	women
1000 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men	women
3000 m relay		women
5000 m relay	men

The 2011 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between March 11 and 13, 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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Program
11 March	17:35	1500 m women
11 March	17:40	1500 m men
12 March	17:10	500 m women
12 March	17:15	500 m men
13 March	15:35	1000 m women
	15:40	1000 m men
	16:20	3000 m women
	16:30	3000 m men
	16:55	3000 m relay women
	17:05	5000 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^[1]	Noh Jin-kyu South Korea	1:28.552	Charles Hamelin Canada	1:28.663	Liang Wenhao China	1:29.203
1500 m^[2]	Noh Jin-kyu South Korea	2:18.291	Charles Hamelin Canada	2:18.676	Jeff Simon United States	2:18.725
3000 m	Noh Jin-kyu South Korea	4:51.638	Liang Wenhao China	4:51.877	Jeff Simon United States	4:52.181
5000 m relay	Canada Michael Gilday Charles Hamelin François Hamelin Olivier Jean	6:52.731	Germany Robert Becker Torsten Kröger Robert Seifert Christoph Millz Paul Herrmann	6:54.693	United States Simon Cho Travis Jayner Kyle Carr Anthony Lobello Jeff Simon	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	Cho Ha-ri South Korea	5:13.353	Katherine Reutter United States	5:13.677	Liu Qiuhong China	5:17.206
3000 m relay	China Li Jianrou Liu Qiuhong Zhang Hui Fan Kexin Xiao Han	4:16.295	Netherlands Jorien ter Mors Annita van Doorn Yara van Kerkhof Sanne van Kerkhof	4:17.725	Canada Marie-Ève Drolet Marianne St-Gelais Valérie Maltais Jessica Hewitt	4:18.043

Medal table

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	7	1	1	9
2	United States	2	2	4	8
3	China	2	1	5	8
4	Canada	1	4	1	6
5	Italy	0	2	1	3
6	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
6	Germany	0	1	0	1
Total		12	12	12	36

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.^[3]

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

Participating countries

116 athletes from 32 nations will compete.^[4]

Great Britain (6)
Germany (6)
Hong Kong (2)
Hungary (4)
Israel (1)
Italy (5)
Japan (5)
Latvia (1)
Netherlands (8)
New Zealand (1)
Poland (4)

Romania (3)
New Zealand (1)
Russia (5)
Slovakia (3)
South Korea (10)
Spain (4)
Chinese Taipei (2)
Turkey (1)
Ukraine (4)
United States (9)

References

↑ "Three More Medals for Canada to Conclude World Short Track Championships". Speed Skating Canada. March 13, 2011. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
↑ Canadian Press (March 11, 2011). "Charles Hamelin wins silver in 1,500-metres at worlds". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
↑ 2011 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships - Announcement
↑ 2011 ISU World Short Track Championships, Sheffield, GBR - Entries

External links

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