# 2011 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships

The 2011 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between 11 and 13 March 2011 at the Sheffield Arena in Sheffield, England. The World Championships were organised by the ISU which also runs world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Program |
| 11 March | 17:35 | 1500 m women |
| 11 March | 17:40 | 1500 m men |
| 12 March | 17:10 | 500 m women |
| 12 March | 17:15 | 500 m men |
| 13 March | 15:35 | 1000 m women |
| 13 March | 15:40 | 1000 m men |
| 13 March | 16:20 | 3000 m women |
| 13 March | 16:30 | 3000 m men |
| 13 March | 16:55 | 3000 m relay women |
| 13 March | 17:05 | 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 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.

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Overall* | Noh Jin-kyu South Korea | 102 points | Charles Hamelin Canada | 50 points | Liang Wenhao China | 47 points |
| 500 m details | Simon Cho United States | 42.307 | Olivier Jean Canada | 42.429 | Liang Wenhao China | 42.493 |
| 1000 m details | Noh Jin-kyu South Korea | 1:28.552 | Charles Hamelin Canada | 1:28.663 | Liang Wenhao China | 1:29.203 |
| 1500 m details | Noh Jin-kyu South Korea | 2:18.291 | Charles Hamelin Canada | 2:18.676 | Jeff Simon United States | 2:18.725 |
| 5000 m relay details | Canada Michael Gilday Charles Hamelin François Hamelin Olivier Jean | 6:52.731 | Germany Robert Becker Paul Herrmann Christoph Milz Robert Seifert Torsten Kröger | 6:54.693 | United States Kyle Carr Travis Jayner Anthony Lobello Jeff Simon Simon Cho | 7:01.659 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Overall* | Cho Ha-ri South Korea | 81 points | Katherine Reutter United States | 68 points | Arianna Fontana Italy | 57 points |
| 500 m details | Fan Kexin China | 44.620 | Arianna Fontana Italy | 44.687 | Liu Qiuhong China | 44.784 |
| 1000 m details | Cho Ha-ri South Korea | 1:38.895 | Arianna Fontana Italy | 1:40.306 | Katherine Reutter United States | 2:23.268 |
| 1500 m details | Katherine Reutter United States | 2:33.978 | Park Seung-hi South Korea | 2:34.218 | Cho Ha-ri South Korea | 2:34.336 |
| 3000 m relay details | China Fan Kexin Li Jianrou Liu Qiuhong Zhang Hui Xiao Han | 4:16.295 | Netherlands Jorien ter Mors Annita van Doorn Sanne van Kerkhof Yara van Kerkhof | 4:17.725 | Canada Marie-Ève Drolet Jessica Hewitt Valérie Maltais Marianne St-Gelais | 4:18.043 |

## Medal table

7 nations won at least one medal, which represents the highest total ever.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | South Korea | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | United States | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | China | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Canada | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Italy | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |

## Entries per Event

Each nation can enter up to a maximum of 2 athletes per event, the nations listed below can enter up to three athletes per gender for that respective gender.
| Athletes | Men | Ladies |
| 3 | Canada China France South Korea United States | Canada China South Korea |

## Participating countries

124 athletes from 31 nations will compete.
* Argentina (1)
* Australia (2)
* Austria (1)
* Belarus (4)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
* Bulgaria (4)
* Canada (8)
* China (9)
* Chinese Taipei (2)
* Croatia (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* France (4)
* Germany (7)
* Great Britain (6)
* Hong Kong (2)
* Hungary (4)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (6)
* Japan (6)
* Latvia (1)
* Netherlands (8)
* New Zealand (1)
* Poland (4)
* Romania (3)
* Russia (6)
* Slovakia (3)
* South Korea (10)
* Spain (4)
* Turkey (1)
* Ukraine (4)
* United States (9)