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2003 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships

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LocationBulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria
Start date15 March 2003
End date16 March 2003

The 2003 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships is the 13th edition of the World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships, which took place on 15-16 March 2003 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Teams were divided into two brackets of four: the best team from each bracket qualified directly for the final, while the two next teams entered for the repechage round and the last was eliminated. The best two teams in the repechage round qualified for the final. Thus, the final consisted of four teams. Each team was represented by four athletes at both 500 m and 1000 m as well as by two athletes at 3000 m. There were four heats at both 500 m and 1000 m, whereby each heat consisted of athletes representing different countries. There was one heat at 3000 m.

Medal winners

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
 Canada
Jonathan Guilmette
Jean-François Monette
Éric Bédard
Jeff Scholten
Mathieu Turcotte
 South Korea
Ahn Hyun-soo
Lee Seung-jae
Oh Se-jong
Song Suk-woo
Yeo Jun-hyung
 China
Li Ye
Guo Wei
Li Jiajun
Sui Baoku
Li Haonan
Women
 South Korea
Kim Min-jung
Choi Eun-kyung
Ko Gi-hyun
Cho Ha-ri
Kim Min-jee
 China
Wang Meng
Fu Tianyu
Wang Chunlu
Yang Yang (A)
Liu Xiaoying
 Italy
Evelina Rodigari
Katia Zini
Mara Zini
Catia Borrello
Marta Capurso

Results

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Men

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Rank Nation Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Canada 42
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  South Korea 36
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  China 22
4  Italy 16
5  Japan Rep.
6  United States
7  Bulgaria DNQ
8  United Kingdom

Women

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Rank Nation Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  South Korea 44
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  China 31
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Italy 22
4  Canada 21
5  Bulgaria Rep.
6  United States
7  Netherlands DNQ
8  Russia
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