2014 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships | |
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Venue | Maurice-Richard Arena Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Dates | 14–17 March |
from 31 nations | |
The 2014 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place from 14 to 17 March 2014 at the Maurice-Richard Arena in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They were the 39th World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, the fifth to be held in Canada and the third to be held in Montreal.
The Overall World Champion is determined by adding the points received by the athletes taking part in the final of each event; points are not awarded for any races other than the event finals.
For each final race: 34 points are awarded for first place, 21 points for second place, 13 points for third place, 8 points for fourth place, 5 points for fifth place, 3 points for sixth place, 2 points for seventh place, and 1 point is awarded for eighth place. In the 3000 m super-final, an additional 5 points are awarded to the athlete who is leading the race after the first 1000 m. The relay events do not count towards the overall classification.
The athlete with the second most points wins the overall silver medal, and the next highest point scorer wins overall bronze.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Overall [1] | Victor An ![]() | 63 pts | J. R. Celski ![]() | 55 pts | Charles Hamelin ![]() | 48 pts |
500 m [2] | Wu Dajing ![]() | 40.526 | J. R. Celski ![]() | 40.582 | Charles Hamelin ![]() | 40.623 |
1000 m [3] | Victor An ![]() | 1:25.446 | Sjinkie Knegt ![]() | 1:25.626 | Park Se-yeong ![]() | 1:25.737 |
1500 m [4] | Charles Hamelin ![]() | 2:15.049 | Han Tianyu ![]() | 2:15.138 | Park Se-yeong ![]() | 2:15.262 |
5000 m relay [5] | ![]() Daan Breeuwsma Niels Kerstholt Sjinkie Knegt Freek van der Wart | 6:52.618 | ![]() Kim Yun-jae Lee Han-bin Park Se-yeong Sin Da-woon Lee Ho-suk | 6:52.651 | ![]() Jon Eley Richard Shoebridge Paul Stanley Jack Whelbourne | 6:52.716 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Overall [6] | Shim Suk-hee ![]() | 102 pts | Park Seung-hi ![]() | 73 pts | Valérie Maltais ![]() | 39 pts |
500 m [7] | Park Seung-hi ![]() | 42.792 | Elise Christie ![]() | 42.870 | Fan Kexin ![]() | 42.942 |
1000 m [8] | Shim Suk-hee ![]() | 1:30.488 | Park Seung-hi ![]() | 1:30.597 | Valérie Maltais ![]() | 1:30.690 |
1500 m [9] | Shim Suk-hee ![]() | 2:34.423 | Kim A-lang ![]() | 2:34.717 | Park Seung-hi ![]() | 2:34.838 |
3000 m relay [10] | ![]() Fan Kexin Han Yutong Kong Xue Liu Qiuhong | 4:10.062 | ![]() Marianne St-Gelais Jessica Gregg Jessica Hewitt Valérie Maltais Marie-Ève Drolet | 4:11.568 | ![]() Arianna Fontana Cecilia Maffei Lucia Peretti Elena Viviani | 4:32.654 |
* Host nation (Canada)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (8 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
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