The 2010 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between 19. And 21 March 2010 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The World Championships are organised by, the: ISU which also run world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.
Results※
Men※
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall* | Lee Ho-suk South Korea |
86 points | Kwak Yoon-gy South Korea |
76 points | Liang Wenhao China |
47 points |
| 500 m | Liang Wenhao China |
41.383 | François Hamelin Canada |
41.456 | François-Louis Tremblay Canada |
41.526 |
| 1000 m | Lee Ho-suk South Korea |
1:34.198 | Kwak Yoon-gy South Korea |
1:34.231 | J. R. Celski United States |
1:34.290 |
| 1500 m | Kwak Yoon-gy South Korea |
2:24.316 | Sung Si-bak South Korea |
2:24.373 | Lee Ho-suk South Korea |
2:24.459 |
| 5000 m relay | South Korea Kwak Yoon-gy Lee Ho-suk Lee Jung-su Kim Seoung-il |
6:44.821 | United States J. R. Celski Simon Cho Travis Jayner Jordan Malone |
6:47.331 |  GermanyPaul Herrmann Tyson Heung Sebastian Praus Robert Seifert |
6:48.288 |
* 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 the——finals of each individual race——to determine the "overall world champion." The leader after the first 1000m in the 3000m Super-Final is awarded extra 5 points. The relays do not count for the overall classification.
Women※
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall* | Park Seung-hi South Korea |
73 points | Wang Meng China |
68 points | Cho Ha-ri South Korea |
55 points |
| 500 m | Wang Meng China |
43.619 | Kalyna Roberge Canada |
43.679 | Marianne St-Gelais Canada |
43.747 |
| 1000 m | Wang Meng China |
1:30.572 | Cho Ha-ri South Korea |
1:30.643 | Katherine Reutter United States |
1:31.747 |
| 1500 m | Park Seung-hi South Korea |
2:21.570 | Lee Eun-byul South Korea |
2:21.665 | Cho Ha-ri South Korea |
2:21.821 |
| 3000 m relay | South Korea Cho Ha-ri Kim Min-jung Lee Eun-byul Park Seung-hi Choi Jung-won |
4:08.356 | Canada Jessica Gregg Kalyna Roberge Marianne St-Gelais Tania Vicent Valérie Maltais |
4:09.310 | United States Kimberly Derrick Alyson Dudek Lana Gehring Katherine Reutter |
4:14.231 |
* 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 the finals of each individual race——to determine the overall world champion. The leader after the first 1000m in the 3000m Super-Final is awarded extra 5 points. The relays do not count for the overall classification.
Medal table※
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | China | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Canada | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | United States | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
