The 2009 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between 5 and 8 March 2009 in Vienna, Austria. 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* | Lee Ho-suk South Korea |
89 points | J. R. Celski United States |
65 points | Charles Hamelin Canada |
47 points |
| 500 m | Charles Hamelin Canada |
41.680 | Kwak Yoon-gy South Korea |
41.739 | Olivier Jean Canada |
41.855 |
| 1000 m | Lee Ho-suk South Korea |
1:33.060 | Apolo Anton Ohno United States |
1:33.262 | J. R. Celski United States |
1:33.478 |
| 1500 m | Lee Ho-suk South Korea |
2:20.967 | Kwak Yoon-gy South Korea |
2:21.078 | J. R. Celski United States |
2:21.133 |
| 5000 m relay | United States Ryan Bedford J. R. Celski Jordan Malone Apolo Ohno |
6:51.400 |  ChinaHan Jialiang Liu Xianwei Song Weilong Sui Baoku |
6:51.957 |  JapanTakahiro Fujimoto Fumihiko Kakubari Satoshi Sakashita Yuzo Takamido |
6:52.433 |
* 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.
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall* | Wang Meng China |
81 points | Kim Min-jung South Korea |
76 points | Zhou Yang China |
63 points |
| 500 m | Wang Meng China |
43.182 | Liu Qiuhong China |
43.358 | Jessica Gregg Canada |
43.437 |
| 1000 m | Wang Meng China |
1:29.878 | Kim Min-jung South Korea |
1:29.974 | Shin Sae-bom South Korea |
1:30.901 |
| 1500 m | Kim Min-jung South Korea |
2:21.432 | Zhou Yang China |
2:21.935 | Shin Sae-bom South Korea |
2:22.012 |
| 3000 m relay | China Liu Qiuhong Wang Meng Zhang Hui Zhou Yang Fu Tianyu |
4:10.531 | South Korea Jung Ba-ra Kim Min-jung Shin Sae-bom Yang Shin-young Jung Eun-ju |
4:11.837 | Canada Jessica Gregg Jessica Hewitt Valérie Maltais Kalyna Roberge Anne Maltais |
4:12.506 |
* 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.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | China | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | United States | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
