2004 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships
# 2004 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships

The 2004 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships is the 14th edition of the World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships, which took place on 13-14 March 2004 in St. Petersburg, Russia.

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 | South Korea Ahn Hyun-soo Lee Seung-jae Seo Ho-jin Song Suk-woo Kim Hyun-kon | Canada Jonathan Guilmette Jean-François Monette Charles Hamelin Steve Robillard Mathieu Turcotte | Italy Nicola Rodigari Nicola Franceschina Fabio Carta Michele Antonioli Roberto Serra |
| Women | South Korea Choi Eun-kyung Ko Gi-hyun Kim Min-jee Byun Chun-sa Cho Ha-ri | China Liu Xiaoying Fu Tianyu Cheng Xiaolei Wang Meng Zhu Milei | Italy Katia Zini Mara Zini Marta Capurso Catia Borrello Evelina Rodigari |

## Results

### Men

| Rank | Nation | Total |
| - | - | - |
| | South Korea | 42 |
| | Canada | 34 |
| | Italy | 20 |
| 4 | China | 19 |
| 5 | Japan | Rep. |
| 6 | Russia | Rep. |
| 7 | United Kingdom | DNQ |
| 8 | France | DNQ |

### Women

| Rank | Nation | Total |
| - | - | - |
| | South Korea | 47 |
| | China | 37 |
| | Italy | 22 |
| 4 | Canada | 15 |
| 5 | Russia | Rep. |
| 6 | Japan | Rep. |
| 7 | Hungary | DNQ |
