2012 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships

The 2012 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between March 9 and 11, 2012^[1] at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China. The World Championships are organised by the ISU which also runs world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.

World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
Venue	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center
Dates	9–11 March
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Schedule

Date	Time	Program
9 March	13:00	1500 m women
		1500 m men
		3000 m women semifinal
10 March	13:00	500 m women
		500 m men
		3000 m men semifinal
11 March	13:00	1000 m women
		1000 m men
		3000 m women
		3000 m men
		3000 m relay women
		5000 m relay men

Results

* 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 each race, to determine to Overall World Champion. Points are only awarded to the athletes that have taken part in the Final of each race. The leader after the first 1000m in the 3000m Super-Final is awarded extra 5 points. Relays do not count for the Overall Classification.

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Overall*[2]	Kwak Yoon-gy  South Korea	102 points	Noh Jin-kyu  South Korea	76 points	Olivier Jean  Canada	52 points
500 m[3] details	Olivier Jean  Canada	41.077	Charles Hamelin  Canada	41.186	Kwak Yoon-gy  South Korea	41.479
1000 m[4] details	Kwak Yoon-gy  South Korea	1:27.772	Noh Jin-kyu  South Korea	1:34.463	Charles Hamelin  Canada	1:55.181
1500 m[5] details	Noh Jin-kyu  South Korea	2:15.661	Kwak Yoon-gy  South Korea	2:15.755	Sin Da-woon  South Korea	2:15.861
5000 m relay[6] details	Canada Guillaume Bastille François-Louis Tremblay Olivier Jean Liam McFarlane Charles Hamelin*	6:42.570	Netherlands Niels Kerstholt Daan Breeuwsma Freek van der Wart Sjinkie Knegt	6:42.626	South Korea Kwak Yoon-gy Lee Ho-suk Noh Jin-kyu Sin Da-woon Lee Jung-su*	6:42.629

* Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals.

Ladies

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Overall*[7]	Li Jianrou  China	60 points	Valérie Maltais  Canada	47 points	Arianna Fontana  Italy	44 points
500 m[8] details	Fan Kexin  China	44.438	Arianna Fontana  Italy	44.467	Lana Gehring  United States	44.815
1000 m[9] details	Cho Ha-ri  South Korea	1:31.283	Li Jianrou  China	1:31.325	Valérie Maltais  Canada	1:31.350
1500 m[10] details	Li Jianrou  China	2:23.217	Liu Qiuhong  China	2:23.411	Marie-Ève Drolet  Canada	2:23.474
3000 m relay[11] details	China Liu Qiuhong Kong Xue Fan Kexin Li Jianrou Xiao Han*	4:16.303	United States Lana Gehring Jessica Smith Emily Scott Tamara Frederick	4:17.223	South Korea Cho Ha-ri Choi Jung-won Son Soo-min Lee Eun-byul Kim Dam-min*	4:17.240

* Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (China)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea (KOR)	4	3	4	11
2	China (CHN)*	4	2	0	6
3	Canada (CAN)	2	2	4	8
4	Italy (ITA)	0	1	1	2
	United States (USA)	0	1	1	2
6	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	0	1
Totals (6 entries)		10	10	10	30