The 2002 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between April 5 and 7, 2002 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The World Championships are organised by the ISU which also run world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Overall*	Kim Dong-sung  South Korea	136 points	Ahn Hyun-soo  South Korea	42 points	Fabio Carta  Italy	34 points
500 m	Kim Dong-sung  South Korea	41.930	Fabio Carta  Italy	42.044	Ron Biondo  USA	42.195
1000 m	Kim Dong-sung  South Korea	1:31.361	Ahn Hyun-soo  South Korea	1:31.435	Éric Bédard  Canada	1:31.632
1500 m	Kim Dong-sung  South Korea	2:21.736	Jonathan Guilmette  Canada	2:31.595	Rusty Smith  USA	2:31.706
3000 m	Kim Dong-sung  South Korea	5:19.041	Ahn Hyun-soo  South Korea	5:19.170	Fabio Carta  Italy	5:20.145
5000 m relay	South Korea	7:10.751	Canada	7:10.756	China	7:11.330

* 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 relays do not count for the overall classification.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Overall*	Yang Yang (A)  China	105 points	Ko Gi-hyun  South Korea	63 points	Evgenia Radanova  Bulgaria	55 points
500 m	Yang Yang (A)  China	44.460	Evgenia Radanova  Bulgaria	44.586	Fu Tian Yu  China	44.676
1000 m	Yang Yang (A)  China	1:34.732	Ko Gi-hyun  South Korea	1:34.734	Evgenia Radanova  Bulgaria	1:35.185
1500 m	Yang Yang (A)  China	2:31.630	Ko Gi-hyun  South Korea	2:31.666	Amélie Goulet-Nadon  Canada	2:32.234
3000 m	Choi Eun-kyung  South Korea	5:17.678	Evgenia Radanova  Bulgaria	5:22.718	Ko Gi-hyun  South Korea	5:34.285
3000 m relay	South Korea	4:18.599	China	4:19.516	Canada	4:19.587

* 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 relays do not count for the overall classification.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea (KOR)	8	6	1	15
2	China (CHN)	4	1	2	7
3	Canada (CAN)	0	2	3	5
4	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	2	2	4
5	Italy (ITA)	0	1	2	3
6	United States (USA)	0	0	2	2
Totals (6 entries)		12	12	12	36

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