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2008 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships

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LocationChina Harbin, China
Start date15 March 2008
End date16 March 2008

The 2008 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships was the 18th edition of the World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships, which took place on 15-16 March 2008 in Harbin, China.

Teams were divided into two brackets of four: the best team from each bracket qualified directly for the final, while the two next teams entered for the repechage round and the last was eliminated. The best two teams in the repechage round qualified for the final. Thus, the final consisted of four teams. Each team was represented by four athletes at both 500 m and 1000 m as well as by two athletes at 3000 m. There were four heats at both 500 m and 1000 m, whereby each heat consisted of athletes representing different countries. There was one heat at 3000 m.

Medal winners

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
 United States
Apolo Anton Ohno
J.P. Kepka
Charles Leveille
Jordan Malone
Jeff Simon
 Canada
Steve Robillard
Jean-François Monette
Charles Hamelin
Marc-André Monette
François Hamelin
 South Korea
Song Kyung-Taek
Sung Si-Bak
Lee Ho-Suk
Kwak Yoon-Gy
Lee Seung-Hoon
Women
 China
Wang Meng
Fu Tianyu
Zhou Yang
Liu Qiuhong
Zhao Nannan
 South Korea
Kim Min-Jung
Jung Eun-Ju
Park Seung-Hi
Shin Sae-Bom
Yang Shin-Young
 Canada
Amanda Overland
Anne Maltais
Tania Vicent
Jessica Gregg
Kalyna Roberge

Results

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Men

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Rank Nation Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 38
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Canada 32
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  South Korea 30
4  China 18
5  Japan Rep.
6  Italy
7  Russia DNQ
8  United Kingdom

Women

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Rank Nation Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  China 45
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  South Korea 35
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Canada 27
4  United States 14
5  Italy Rep.
6  Bulgaria
7  Japan DNQ
8  Russia
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