# 2025 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships

The 2025 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships were held from 14 to 16 March 2025 at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China.

## Schedule

The Championships consisted of nine events: three individual events for men and women and three team events.
| | | Fri 14 | Sat 15 | Sun 16 |
| Men | 500 m | H | R, QF, SF, F | |
| Men | 1000 m | H | | R, QF, SF, F |
| Men | 1500 m | QF | R, SF, F | |
| Men | 5000 m relay | QF | SF | F |
| Women | 500 m | H | | R, QF, SF, F |
| Women | 1000 m | H | R, QF, SF, F | |
| Women | 1500 m | QF | | R, SF, F |
| Women | 3000 m relay | | SF, F | |
| Mixed | 2000 m relay | QF | SF | F |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (China)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Canada | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Belgium | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | South Korea | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | China* | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 500 m | Steven Dubois Canada | 40.008 | Denis Nikisha Kazakhstan | 40.096 | Jens van 't Wout Netherlands | 40.163 |
| 1000 m | Steven Dubois Canada | 1:23.348 | William Dandjinou Canada | 1:23.352 | Pietro Sighel Italy | 1:23.417 |
| 1500 m | William Dandjinou Canada | 2:15.064 | Stijn Desmet Belgium | 2:15.176 | Shaoang Liu China | 2:15.871 |
| 5000 m relay | Canada William Dandjinou Steven Dubois Maxime Laoun Félix Roussel Jordan Pierre-Gilles | 6:41.271 | China Li Wenlong Liu Guanyi Shaoang Liu Sun Long Shaolin Sándor Liu | 6:41.840 | South Korea Jang Sung-woo Kin Gun-woo Lee Jung-su Park Ji-won Seo Yi-ra | 6:41.891 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 500 m | Xandra Velzeboer Netherlands | 42.132 | Rikki Doak Canada | 42.286 | Natalia Maliszewska Poland | 42.561 |
| 1000 m | Hanne Desmet Belgium | 1:28.641 | Courtney Sarault Canada | 1:28.929 | Xandra Velzeboer Netherlands | 1:28.991 |
| 1500 m | Choi Min-jeong South Korea | 2:27.136 | Courtney Sarault Canada | 2:27.194 | Kim Gil-li South Korea | 2:27.257 |
| 3000 m relay | Canada Kim Boutin Florence Brunelle Rikki Doak Courtney Sarault | 4:09.254 | Poland Natalia Maliszewska Nikola Mazur Kamila Stormowska Gabriela Topolska | 4:09.321 | Netherlands Zoë Deltrap Diede van Oorschot Michelle Velzeboer Xandra Velzeboer | 4:09.392 |

### Mixed

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 2000 m relay | Canada Kim Boutin Florence Brunelle William Dandjinou Steven Dubois Danaé Blais Félix Roussel | 2:36.232 | Italy Chiara Betti Gloria Ioriatti Thomas Nadalini Pietro Sighel Elisa Confortola Luca Spechenhauser | 2:36.619 | Poland Natalia Maliszewska Michal Niewinski Diane Sellier Kamila Stormowska Łukasz Kuczyński | 2:41.860 |

## Participating nations

The final entry list contained 36 participating nations and almost 200 participants, including substitutes:
* Australia (3)
* Austria (3)
* Belgium (9)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
* Bulgaria (4)
* Canada (12)
* China (12)
* Croatia (2)
* Czech Republic (3)
* France (4)
* United Kingdom (6)
* Germany (4)
* Hong Kong (2)
* Hungary (8)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (12)
* Japan (12)
* Kazakhstan (10)
* South Korea (16)
* Latvia (2)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Mongolia (3)
* Netherlands (16)
* Norway (3)
* New Zealand (2)
* Poland (10)
* Singapore (2)
* Slovenia (1)
* Serbia (1)
* Slovakia (2)
* Thailand (2)
* Taiwan (2)
* Turkey (4)
* Ukraine (8)
* United States (15)
* Uzbekistan (1)