The 2003 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between March 19 and 21, 2003 in Warsaw, Poland. The World Championships are organised by the ISU which also run world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.
Results
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall* | Ahn Hyun-soo  South Korea |
89 points | Li Jiajun  China |
76 points | Song Suk-woo South Korea |
52 points |
| 500 m | Li Jiajun China |
43.210 | Li Ye China |
43.291 | Song Suk-woo South Korea |
43.377 |
| 1000 m | Li Jiajun China |
1:28.391 | Ahn Hyun-soo  South Korea |
1:28.450 | Jean-François Monette  Canada |
1:28.510 |
| 1500 m | Ahn Hyun-soo South Korea |
2:25.271 | Song Suk-woo South Korea |
2:25.326 | Lee Seung-jae South Korea |
2:25.390 |
| 3000 m | Ahn Hyun-soo South Korea |
4:58.297 | Apolo Anton Ohno  United States |
4:58.699 | Song Suk-woo South Korea |
4:59.035 |
| 5000 m relay | South Korea Yeo Jun-hyung Ahn Hyun-soo Oh Se-jong Lee Seung-jae |
6:55.975 | Canada Mathieu Turcotte Jean-François Monette Jonathan Guilmette Éric Bédard |
6:56.465 | China Sui Baoku Li Jiajun Li Haonan Li Ye |
6:57.052 |
* 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
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall* | Choi Eun-kyung South Korea |
76 points | Yang Yang (A) China |
68 points | Kim Min-jee South Korea |
55 points |
| 500 m | Yang Yang (A) China |
46.270 | Amélie Goulet-Nadon Canada |
46.314 | Fu Tian Yu China |
46.319 |
| 1000 m | Evgenia Radanova  Bulgaria |
1:31.594 | Choi Eun-kyung South Korea |
1:31.709 | Yang Yang (A) China |
1:31.784 |
| 1500 m | Choi Eun-kyung South Korea |
2:24.866 | Kim Min-jee South Korea |
2:24.942 | Yang Yang (A) China |
2:25.147 |
| 3000 m | Kim Min-jee South Korea |
5:31.650 | Choi Eun-kyung South Korea |
5:31.660 | Cho Ha-ri South Korea |
5:31.755 |
| 3000 m relay | China Wang Chunlu Fu Tian Yu Yang Yang (A) Wang Meng |
4:22.030 | Canada Tania Vicent Alanna Kraus Annie Perreault Amélie Goulet-Nadon |
4:22.653 | Bulgaria Anna Krasteva Daniela Vlaeva Evgenia Radanova Marina Georgieva-Nikolova |
4:23.600 |
* 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.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea (KOR) | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 |  United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 | |
