1998–99 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup

The 1998–99 Short Track Speed Skating World Cup was a multi-race tournament in short track speed skating. The season began on 25 September 1998 and ended on 6 December 1998.

Men

Events

Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	2nd place	3rd place
25-27 September 1998	Montreal	500 m	Fabio Carta	Li Jiajun	Simon Van Vossel
		1000 m	Li Jiajun	Nicola Franceschina
		1500 m	Satoru Terao	Fabio Carta	Nicky Gooch
		3000 m	Li Jiajun	Satoru Terao	Fabio Carta
		5000 m relay	China	Italy	Japan
2-4 October 1998	Saratoga Springs	500 m	Fabio Carta	Daniel Weinstein	Li Jiajun
		1000 m	Fabio Carta	Satoru Terao	Dave Versteeg
		1500 m	Li Jiajun	Michele Antonioli	Nicola Franceschina
		3000 m	Li Jiajun	Nicola Franceschina	Fabio Carta
		5000 m relay	Italy	Canada	Japan
30 October - 1 November 1998	Zoetermeer	500 m	Kim Dong-Sung	Fabio Carta	Mathieu Turcotte
		1000 m	Nicola Franceschina	Fabio Carta	Kim Dong-Sung
		1500 m	Kim Dong-Sung	Nicola Franceschina	Lee Seung-Jae
		3000 m	An Jung-Hyun	Fabio Carta	Kim Dong-Sung
		5000 m relay	South Korea	Italy
6-8 November 1998	Székesfehérvár	500 m	Fabio Carta	Marc Gagnon	Lee Seung-Jae
		1000 m	Apolo Anton Ohno	Kim Dong-Sung	Lee Seung-Jae
		1500 m	Kim Dong-Sung	Fabio Carta	Apolo Anton Ohno
		3000 m	Kim Dong-Sung	Fabio Carta	Michele Antonioli
		5000 m relay	Italy	Canada	Hungary
27-28 November 1998	Nobeyama	500 m	Li Jiajun	Takafumi Nishitani	Satoru Terao
		1000 m	Kim Dong-Sung	Satoru Terao	Takafumi Nishitani
		1500 m	Kim Dong-Sung	Simon Van Vossel	Lee Jun-Hwan
		3000 m	Kim Dong-Sung	Li Jiajun	Feng Kai
		5000 m relay	China	Japan	Canada
4-6 December 1998	Beijing	500 m	Li Jiajun	An Yulong	Satoru Terao Takafumi Nishitani
		1000 m	Li Jiajun	Satoru Terao	Kim Dong-Sung
		1500 m	Li Jiajun	Satoru Terao	An Yulong
		3000 m	Lee Jun-Hwan	Simon Van Vossel	Takafumi Nishitani
		5000 m relay	Japan	China	United States
22-24 January 1999 European Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany
19-21 March 1999 World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria
5-7 April 1999 World Team Championships in St. Louis, United States

World Cup Rankings

Overall Rank Name Points 1 Li Jiajun 98 2 Fabio Carta 97 3 Kim Dong-Sung 93 4 Satoru Terao 92 5 Nicola Franceschina 84 6 Simon Van Vossel 80 7 Feng Kai 77 8 Apolo Anton Ohno 71 9 Nicky Gooch 71 10 Daniel Weinstein 68

500 m Rank Name Points 1 Fabio Carta 99 2 Li Jiajun 97 3 Takafumi Nishitani 86 4 Feng Kai 84 5 Satoru Terao 78 6 Kim Dong-Sung 75 7 Simon Van Vossel 74 8 An Yulong 72 9 Daniel Weinstein 72 10 Nicola Franceschina 68

1000 m Rank Name Points 1 Kim Dong-Sung 95 2 Fabio Carta 93 3 Satoru Terao 89 4 Li Jiajun 85 5 Nicola Franceschina 85 6 Feng Kai 79 7 Lee Seung-Jae 75 8 Mathieu Turcotte 74 9 Apolo Anton Ohno 71 10 Dave Versteeg 62

1500 m Rank Name Points 1 Kim Dong-Sung 89 2 Fabio Carta 89 3 Satoru Terao 83 4 Simon Van Vossel 81 5 Michele Antonioli 80 6 Apolo Anton Ohno 76 7 Mathieu Turcotte 76 8 Feng Kai 74 9 Nicola Franceschina 73 10 Nicky Gooch 73

5000 m relay Rank Name Points 1 Italy 98 2 China 96 3 Japan 95 4 Canada 93 5 United States 90 6 Hungary 84 7 Great Britain 83 8 South Korea 68 9 Germany 57 10 Netherlands 56

Women

Events

Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	2nd place	3rd place
25-27 September 1998	Montreal	500 m	Yang Yang (A)	Yang Yang (S)	Annie Perreault
		1000 m	Wang Chunlu	Marinella Canclini	Yang Yang (S)
		1500 m	Evgenia Radanova	Yang Yang (A)	Yang Yang (S)
		3000 m	Yang Yang (A)	Evgenia Radanova	Wang Chunlu
		3000 m relay	China	Italy	United States
2-4 October 1998	Saratoga Springs	500 m	Wang Chunlu	Yang Yang (S)	Yang Yang (A)
		1000 m	Yang Yang (A)	Wang Chunlu	Yang Yang (S)
		1500 m	Yang Yang (A)	Evgenia Radanova	Marinella Canclini
		3000 m	Yang Yang (A)	Evgenia Radanova	Yang Yang (S)
		3000 m relay	China	Italy	United States
30 October - 1 November 1998	Zoetermeer	500 m	Evgenia Radanova	Amy Peterson	Joo Min-Jin
		1000 m	Marinella Canclini	Evgenia Radanova	Choi Min-kyung
		1500 m	Park Hye-Won	Evgenia Radanova	Marinella Canclini
		3000 m	Joo Min-Jin	Evgenia Radanova	Danielle Molendijk
		3000 m relay	South Korea	United States	Netherlands
6-8 November 1998	Székesfehérvár	500 m	Evgenia Radanova	Choi Min-kyung	Amy Peterson
		1000 m	Evgenia Radanova	Choi Min-kyung	Joo Min-Jin
		1500 m	Evgenia Radanova	Amy Peterson	Danielle Molendijk
		3000 m	Choi Min-kyung	Joo Min-Jin	Amy Peterson
		3000 m relay	South Korea	Bulgaria	Italy
27-28 November 1998	Nobeyama	500 m	Wang Chunlu	Yang Yang (S)	Choi Min-kyung
		1000 m	Yang Yang (A)	Yang Yang (S)	Choi Min-kyung
		1500 m	Yang Yang (A)	Yang Yang (S)	Wang Chunlu
		3000 m	Yang Yang (A)	Choi Min-kyung	An Sang-Mi
		3000 m relay	China	Canada	United States
4-6 December 1998	Beijing	500 m	Yang Yang (A)	Wang Chunlu	Choi Min-kyung
		1000 m	Yang Yang (A)	Yang Yang (S)	Wang Chunlu
		1500 m	Yang Yang (A)	Choi Min-kyung	Yang Yang (S)
		3000 m	Yang Yang (A)	Choi Min-kyung	Yang Yang (S)
		3000 m relay	China	South Korea	Canada
22-24 January 1999 European Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany
19-21 March 1999 World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria
5-7 April 1999 World Team Championships in St. Louis, United States

World Cup Rankings

Overall Rank Name Points 1 Yang Yang (A) 100 2 Evgenia Radanova 98 3 Yang Yang (S) 93 4 Choi Min-kyung 92 5 Marinella Canclini 87 6 Amy Peterson 85 7 Erin Porter 76 8 Annie Perreault 74 9 Ikue Teshigawara 74 10 Wang Chunlu 67

500 m Rank Name Points 1 Wang Chunlu 96 2 Yang Yang (A) 94 3 Choi Min-kyung 92 4 Evgenia Radanova 89 5 Yang Yang (S) 87 6 Amy Peterson 86 7 Christine Boudrias 78 8 Erin Porter 74 9 Annie Perreault 71 10 Marinella Canclini 68

1000 m Rank Name Points 1 Yang Yang (S) 94 2 Yang Yang (A) 93 3 Evgenia Radanova 93 4 Choi Min-kyung 91 5 Marinella Canclini 87 6 Wang Chunlu 84 7 Amy Peterson 83 8 Danielle Molendijk 77 9 Sachi Ozawa 77 10 Ikue Teshigawara 67

1500 m Rank Name Points 1 Yang Yang (A) 99 2 Evgenia Radanova 98 3 Choi Min-kyung 87 4 Amy Peterson 85 5 Marinella Canclini 83 6 Erin Porter 83 7 Ikue Teshigawara 76 8 Yang Yang (S) 70 9 Danielle Molendijk 64 10 Tania Vicent 62

5000 m relay Rank Name Points 1 China 100 2 South Korea 96 3 Italy 93 4 United States 93 5 Canada 91 6 Japan 84 7 Netherlands 83 8 Bulgaria 45 9 Chinese Taipei 20 10 Hungary 19

Podium summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	29	13	13	55
2	South Korea (KOR)	15	8	14	37
3	Italy (ITA)	8	15	7	30
4	Bulgaria (BUL)	5	7	0	12
5	Japan (JPN)	2	7	7	16
6	United States (USA)	1	4	7	12
7	Canada (CAN)	0	4	1	5
8	Belgium (BEL)	0	2	4	6
9	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	4	4
10	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		60	60	59	179

References

• Results