2008 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships
# 2008 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships

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

| 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

### Men

| Rank | Nation | Total |
| - | - | - |
| | United States | 38 |
| | Canada | 32 |
| | South Korea | 30 |
| 4 | China | 18 |
| 5 | Japan | Rep. |
| 6 | Italy | Rep. |
| 7 | Russia | DNQ |
| 8 | United Kingdom | DNQ |

### Women

| Rank | Nation | Total |
| - | - | - |
| | China | 45 |
| | South Korea | 35 |
| | Canada | 27 |
| 4 | United States | 14 |
| 5 | Italy | Rep. |
| 6 | Bulgaria | Rep. |
| 7 | Japan | DNQ |
| 8 | Russia | DNQ |
