1999 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships

The 1999 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between March 19 and 21, 1999 in Sofia, Bulgaria. 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* Li Jiajun
 China
81 Points Terao Satoru
 Japan
76 Points Fabio Carta
 Italy
60 Points
500 m Li Jiajun
 China
42.565 Apolo Anton Ohno
 United States
42.679 Fabio Carta
 Italy
43.072
1000 m Terao Satoru
 Japan
1:30.913 Kim Dong-sung
 South Korea
1:31.242 Andrew Quinn
 Canada
1:31.935
1500 m Fabio Carta
 Italy
2:27.533 Terao Satoru
 Japan
2:27.673 Li Jiajun
 China
2:27.883
3000 m Li Jiajun
 China
5:11.544 Terao Satoru
 Japan
5:11.663 Fabio Carta
 Italy
5:11.673
5000 m relay  China 7:07.395  South Korea 7:09.725  Canada 7:13.806

* 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* Yang Yang (A)
 China
123 points Yang Yang (S)
 China
81 points Kim Moon-jung
 South Korea
47 points
500 m Yang Yang (A)
 China
44.640 Evgenia Radanova
 Bulgaria
44.789 Yang Yang (S)
 China
44.889
1000 m Yang Yang (A)
 China
1:37.440 Yang Yang (S)
 China
1:37.547 Kim Moon-jung
 South Korea
1:37.675
1500 m Yang Yang (S)
 China
2:34.645 Yang Yang (A)
 China
2:34.825 Kim Moon-jung
 South Korea
2:34.997
3000 m Yang Yang (A)
 China
5:48.541 Kim Moon-jung
 South Korea
5:48.573 Yang Yang (S)
 China
5:49.381
3000 m relay  China 4:23.725  Italy 4:25.131  Bulgaria 4:25.930

* 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  China 10 3 3 16
2  Japan 1 3 0 4
3  Italy 1 1 3 5
4  South Korea 0 3 3 6
5  Bulgaria 0 1 1 2
6  United States 0 1 0 1
7  Canada 0 0 2 2
Total 12 12 12 36

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