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The '''2008 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships''' took place between 7 and 9 March 2008 in [[Gangneung]], [[South Korea]]. 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'''*
| [[Apolo Anton Ohno]]<br>{{USA}} || 68 points
| [[Lee Ho-suk]]<br>{{KOR}} || 63 points
| [[Song Kyung-taek]]<br>{{KOR}} || 62 points
|-
| 500 m
| [[Apolo Anton Ohno]]<br>{{USA}} || 42.568
| [[Charles Hamelin]]<br>{{CAN}} || 42.625
| [[Song Kyung-taek]]<br>{{KOR}} || 42.632
|-
| 1000 m
| [[Lee Ho-suk]]<br>{{KOR}} || 1:26.462
| [[Apolo Anton Ohno]]<br>{{USA}} || 1:26.528
| [[Song Kyung-taek]]<br>{{KOR}} || 1:26.615
|-
| 1500 m
| [[Song Kyung-taek]]<br>{{KOR}} || 2:18.916
| [[Lee Ho-suk]]<br>{{KOR}} || 2:18.971
| [[Charles Leveille]]<br>{{USA}} || 2:19.066
|-
| 5000 m relay
| {{KOR}}<br>[[Lee Ho-suk]]<br>[[Lee Seung-hoon (speed skater)|Lee Seung-hoon]]<br>[[Song Kyung-taek]]<br>[[Sung Si-bak]]<br>''[[Kwak Yoon-gy]]'' || 6:51.148
| {{CAN}}<br>[[François Hamelin]]<br>[[Jean-François Monette]]<br>[[Marc-André Monette]]<br>[[Steve Robillard]]<br>''[[Charles Hamelin]]'' || 6:52.318
| valign=top|{{GBR2}}<br>[[Jon Eley]]<br>[[Tom Iveson]]<br>[[Paul Stanley (speed skater)|Paul Stanley]]<br>[[Paul Worth]] || 6:56.765
|}
<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'''*
| [[Wang Meng (speed skater)|Wang Meng]]<br>{{CHN}} || 107 points
| [[Zhou Yang (speed skater)|Zhou Yang]]<br>{{CHN}} || 76 points
| [[Yang Shin-young]]<br>{{KOR}} || 37 points
|-
| 500 m
| [[Wang Meng (speed skater)|Wang Meng]]<br>{{CHN}} || 43.888
| [[Liu Qiuhong]]<br>{{CHN}} || 43.973
| [[Kalyna Roberge]]<br>{{CAN}} || 44.018
|-
| 1000 m
| [[Wang Meng (speed skater)|Wang Meng]]<br>{{CHN}} || 1:32.527
| [[Zhou Yang (speed skater)|Zhou Yang]]<br>{{CHN}} || 1:32.595
| [[Kalyna Roberge]]<br>{{CAN}} || 1:32.636
|-
| 1500 m
| [[Wang Meng (speed skater)|Wang Meng]]<br>{{CHN}} || 2:22.819
| [[Yang Shin-young]]<br>{{KOR}} || 2:22.904
| [[Zhou Yang (speed skater)|Zhou Yang]]<br>{{CHN}} || 2:23.191
|-
| 3000 m relay
| {{KOR}}<br>[[Jung Eun-ju]]<br>[[Kim Min-jung (speed skater)|Kim Min-jung]]<br>[[Park Seung-hi]]<br>[[Yang Shin-young]]<br>''[[Shin Sae-bom]]'' || 4:16.261
| {{CAN}}<br>[[Jessica Gregg]]<br>[[Anne Maltais]]<br>[[Amanda Overland]]<br>[[Tania Vicent]]<br>''[[Kalyna Roberge]]'' || 4:20.254
| {{CHN}}<br>[[Fu Tianyu]]<br>[[Liu Qiuhong]]<br>[[Wang Meng (speed skater)|Wang Meng]]<br>[[Zhou Yang (speed skater)|Zhou Yang]]<br>''[[Meng Xiaoxue]]'' || 4:23.022
|}
<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        = 
 | host           = KOR
 | flag_template  = flagcountry
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_KOR = 4 | silver_KOR = 3 | bronze_KOR = 4 | host_KOR = yes
 | gold_CHN = 4 | silver_CHN = 3 | bronze_CHN = 2
 | gold_USA = 2 | silver_USA = 1 | bronze_USA = 1
 | gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 3 | bronze_CAN = 2
 | gold_GBR = 0 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 1
}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140903104356/http://shorttrack.sportresult.com/Results.aspx?evt=11210100000010 ISU Results]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140904014800/http://shorttrack.sportresult.com/Data/PDFs/WC08.pdf Results book]

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[[Category:World Short Track Speed Skating Championships]]
[[Category:2008 in short-track speed skating|World Championships]]
[[Category:2008 in South Korean sport|World Short Track]]
[[Category:International speed skating competitions hosted by South Korea]]
[[Category:Sports competitions in Gangneung]]
[[Category:March 2008 sports events in Asia|World Short Track]]