1997 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships

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LocationSeoul, South Korea
Start date4 April 1997
End date6 April 1997

The 1997 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships was the 7th edition of the World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships which took place on 4–6 April 1997 in Seoul, South Korea. The qualifying competition took place on 4 April 1997 for 7 nations in the men's event and 6 nations in the women's event. Three best nations qualified for the final event.

Medal winners[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
 South Korea
Kim Dong-sung
Lee Ho-eung
Kim Sun-tae
Lee Jun-hwan
Jun Suk-ju
 Japan
Satoru Terao
Hitoshi Uematsu
Yugo Shinohara
Naoya Tamura
Jun Uematsu
 Italy
Orazio Fagone
Maurizio Carnino
Mirko Vuillermin
Michele Antonioli
Nicola Franceschina
Women
 South Korea
Won Hye-kyung
Chun Lee-kyung
An Sang-mi
Kim Yun-mi
Choi Min-kyung
 Canada
Nathalie Lambert
Isabelle Charest
Christine Boudrias
Catherine Dussault
Annie Perreault
 Japan
Ayako Tsubaki
Ikue Teshigawara
Sachi Ozawa
Nobuko Yamada
Chikage Tanaka

Results[edit]

Men[edit]

Rank Nation Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  South Korea 57
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Japan 40
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Italy 39
4  Canada 38
5  China 29
6  Hungary 17
7  Netherlands 15
8  Australia Qual. comp.
9  United States
10  Kazakhstan
11  South Africa

Women[edit]

Rank Nation Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  South Korea 59
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Canada 45
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Japan 40
4  China 33
5  Netherlands 25
6  Italy 22
7  Austria 11
8  United States Qual. comp.
9  Ukraine
10  Australia

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