1998 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
The 1998 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between March 20 and 22, 1998, in Vienna, Austria. The event was hosted by Steffl Arena.
Results
[edit]Men
[edit]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Marc Gagnon  Canada |
Fabio Carta  Italy |
Kim Dong-sung  South Korea |
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| 500 m | Feng Kai  China |
42.458 | Éric Bédard Canada |
42.675 | Yuan Ye China |
42.724 |
| 1000 m | Marc Gagnon Canada |
1:34.117 | Satoru Terao  Japan |
1:34.123 | Fabio Carta Italy |
1:34.193 |
| 1500 m | Marc Gagnon Canada |
2:16.929 | Fabio Carta Italy |
2:17.046 | Kim Dong-sung South Korea |
2:17.341 |
| 3000 m | Kim Dong-sung South Korea |
5:15.007 | Michele Antonioli Italy |
5:18.609 | Fabio Carta Italy |
5:21.546 |
| 5000 m relay | Canada Derrick Campbell Mathieu Turcotte Marc Gagnon François Drolet Éric Bédard |
7:01,557 | South Korea Kim Dong-sung Chae Ji-hoon Lee Jun-hwan Lee Ho-eung Kim Sun-tae |
7:01.738 | China Li Jiajun Feng Kai Yuan Ye An Yulong |
7:02.455 |
Women
[edit]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Yang Yang (A) China |
Wang Chunlu China Chun Lee-kyung South Korea |
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| 500 m | Wang Chunlu China |
45.087 | Annie Perreault Canada |
45.180 | Marinella Canclini Italy |
45.266 |
| 1000 m | Yang Yang (A) China |
1:33.562 | Chun Lee-kyung South Korea |
1:33.584 | Kim Yun-mi South Korea |
1:34.198 |
| 1500 m | Yang Yang (A) China |
2:26.063 | Wang Chunlu China |
2:26.347 | Evgenia Radanova  Bulgaria |
2:26.501 |
| 3000 m | Chun Lee-kyung South Korea |
5:19.340 | Yang Yang (A) China |
5:20.057 | Evgenia Radanova Bulgaria |
5:20.387 |
| 3000 m relay | China Wang Chunlu Yang Yang (A) Yang Yang (S) Sun Dandan Qin Na |
4:21.122 | South Korea Won Hye-kyung Chun Lee-kyung Kim Yun-mi An Sang-mi |
4:23.135 |  United States Sarah Lang Caroline Hallisey Amy Peterson Erin Porter |
4:28.251 |
Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China (CHN) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | Canada (CAN) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 |  United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
