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The '''2003 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships''' took place between March 21 and 23, 2003 in [[Warsaw]], [[Poland]]. The World Championships are organised by the [[International Skating Union|ISU]] which also run world cups and championships in [[speed skating]] and [[figure skating]].

==Results==
===Men===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
| '''Overall'''*
| [[Ahn Hyun-soo]] <br> {{flag|South Korea}} || 89 points
| [[Li Jiajun]] <br> {{flag|China}} || 76 points
| [[Song Suk-woo]] <br> {{flag|South Korea}} || 52 points
|-
| 500 m
| [[Li Jiajun]] <br> {{flag|China}} || 43.210
| [[Li Ye (speed skater)|Li Ye]] <br> {{flag|China}} || 43.291
| [[Song Suk-woo]] <br> {{flag|South Korea}} || 43.377
|-
| 1000 m
| [[Li Jiajun]] <br> {{flag|China}} || 1:28.391
| [[Ahn Hyun-soo]] <br> {{flagc|South Korea}} || 1:28.450
| [[Jean-François Monette]] <br> {{flag|Canada}} || 1:28.510
|-
| 1500 m
| [[Ahn Hyun-soo]] <br> {{flag|South Korea}} || 2:25.271
| [[Song Suk-woo]] <br> {{flag|South Korea}} || 2:25.326
| [[Lee Seung-jae (speed skater)|Lee Seung-jae]] <br> {{flag|South Korea}} || 2:25.390
|-
| 3000 m
| [[Ahn Hyun-soo]] <br> {{flag|South Korea}} || 4:58.297
| [[Apolo Anton Ohno]] <br> {{flag|United States}} || 4:58.699
| [[Song Suk-woo]] <br> {{flag|South Korea}} || 4:59.035
|-
| 5000 m relay
| {{flag|South Korea}} <br> [[Yeo Jun-hyung]] <br> [[Ahn Hyun-soo]] <br> [[Oh Se-jong]] <br> [[Lee Seung-jae (speed skater)|Lee Seung-jae]] || 6:55.975
| {{flag|Canada}} <br> [[Mathieu Turcotte]] <br> [[Jean-François Monette]] <br> [[Jonathan Guilmette]] <br> [[Éric Bédard]] || 6:56.465
| {{flag|China}} <br> [[Sui Baoku]] <br> [[Li Jiajun]] <br> [[Li Haonan (speed skater)|Li Haonan]] <br> [[Li Ye (speed skater)|Li Ye]] || 6:57.052
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> 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 relays do not count for the overall classification.

===Women===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
| '''Overall'''*
| [[Choi Eun-kyung]] <br> {{flag|South Korea}} || 76 points
| [[Yang Yang (A)]] <br> {{flag|China}} || 68 points
| [[Kim Min-jee (speed skater)|Kim Min-jee]] <br> {{flag|South Korea}} || 55 points
|-
| 500 m
| [[Yang Yang (A)]] <br> {{flag|China}} || 46.270
| [[Amélie Goulet-Nadon]] <br> {{flag|Canada}} || 46.314
| [[Fu Tian Yu]] <br> {{flag|China}} || 46.319
|-
| 1000 m
| [[Evgenia Radanova]] <br> {{flag|Bulgaria}} || 1:31.594
| [[Choi Eun-kyung]] <br> {{flag|South Korea}} || 1:31.709
| [[Yang Yang (A)]] <br> {{flag|China}} || 1:31.784
|-
| 1500 m
| [[Choi Eun-kyung]] <br> {{flag|South Korea}} || 2:24.866
| [[Kim Min-jee (speed skater)|Kim Min-jee]] <br> {{flag|South Korea}} || 2:24.942
| [[Yang Yang (A)]] <br> {{flag|China}} || 2:25.147
|-
| 3000 m
| [[Kim Min-jee (speed skater)|Kim Min-jee]] <br> {{flag|South Korea}} || 5:31.650
| [[Choi Eun-kyung]] <br> {{flag|South Korea}} || 5:31.660
| [[Cho Ha-ri]] <br> {{flag|South Korea}} || 5:31.755
|-
| 3000 m relay
| valign=top | {{flag|China}} <br> [[Wang Chunlu]] <br> [[Fu Tian Yu]] <br> [[Yang Yang (A)]] <br> [[Wang Meng (speed skater)|Wang Meng]] || 4:22.030
| {{flag|Canada}} <br> [[Tania Vicent]] <br> [[Alanna Kraus]] <br> [[Annie Perreault]] <br> [[Amélie Goulet-Nadon]] || 4:22.653
| {{flag|Bulgaria}} <br> [[Anna Krasteva]] <br> [[Daniela Vlaeva]] <br> [[Evgenia Radanova]] <br> [[Marina Georgieva-Nikolova]] || 4:23.600
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> 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 relays do not count for the overall classification.

==Medal table==
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
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 | gold_KOR = 7 | silver_KOR = 5 | bronze_KOR = 6
 | gold_CHN = 4 | silver_CHN = 3 | bronze_CHN = 4
 | gold_BUL = 1 | silver_BUL = 0 | bronze_BUL = 1
 | gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 3 | bronze_CAN = 1
 | gold_USA = 0 | silver_USA = 1 | bronze_USA = 0
}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070204114628/http://isu.cyberscoreboard.com/ ISU Results]

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