The 2000 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between March 10 and 12, 2000 in Sheffield, United Kingdom. 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*	Min Ryoung  South Korea	68 points	Éric Bédard  Canada	63 points	Li Jiajun  China	60 points
500 m	Éric Bédard  Canada	42.009	Daniel Weinstein  United States	42.058	Satoru Terao  Japan	42.157
1000 m	Li Jiajun  China	1:31.098	An Yulong  China	1:31.212	Daniel Weinstein  United States	1:33.228
1500 m	Min Ryoung  South Korea	2:23.098	Éric Bédard  Canada	2:23.200	Satoru Terao  Japan	2:23.286
3000 m	Min Ryoung  South Korea	5:02.496	Li Jiajun  China	5:02.934	Daniel Weinstein  United States	5:03.416
5000 m relay	China	7:09.387	Japan	7:09.705	Italy	7:09.709

* 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	89 points	An Sang-mi  South Korea	52 points	Yang Yang (S)  China	47 points
500 m	Evgenia Radanova  Bulgaria	44.626	Yang Yang (S)  China	44.704	An Sang-mi  South Korea	46.523
1000 m	Yang Yang (A)  China	1:40.363	Yang Yang (S)  China	1:40.683	Joo Min-jin  South Korea	1:40.742
1500 m	Yang Yang (A)  China	2:32.707	Park Hye-won  South Korea	2:32.829	Joo Min-jin  South Korea	2:33.175
3000 m	An Sang-mi  South Korea	5:24.272	Yang Yang (A)  China	5:27.445	Annie Perreault  Canada	5:30.222
3000 m relay	China	4:28.267	South Korea	4:28.388	Canada	4:35.417

* 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	China (CHN)	6	5	2	13
2	South Korea (KOR)	4	3	3	10
3	Canada (CAN)	1	2	2	5
4	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	0	0	1
5	Japan (JPN)	0	1	2	3
	United States (USA)	0	1	2	3
7	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		12	12	12	36

• Results book