The 1999 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between March 19 and 21, 1999 in Sofia, Bulgaria. 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*	Li Jiajun  China	81 Points	Satoru Terao  Japan	76 Points	Fabio Carta  Italy	60 Points
500 m	Li Jiajun  China	42.565	Apolo Anton Ohno  United States	42.679	Fabio Carta  Italy	43.072
1000 m	Satoru Terao  Japan	1:30.913	Kim Dong-sung  South Korea	1:31.242	Andrew Quinn  Canada	1:31.935
1500 m	Fabio Carta  Italy	2:27.533	Satoru Terao  Japan	2:27.673	Li Jiajun  China	2:27.883
3000 m	Li Jiajun  China	5:11.544	Satoru Terao  Japan	5:11.663	Fabio Carta  Italy	5:11.673
5000 m relay	China	7:07.395	South Korea	7:09.725	Canada	7:13.806

* 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	123 points	Yang Yang (S)  China	81 points	Kim Moon-jung  South Korea	47 points
500 m	Yang Yang (A)  China	44.640	Evgenia Radanova  Bulgaria	44.789	Yang Yang (S)  China	44.889
1000 m	Yang Yang (A)  China	1:37.440	Yang Yang (S)  China	1:37.547	Kim Moon-jung  South Korea	1:37.675
1500 m	Yang Yang (S)  China	2:34.645	Yang Yang (A)  China	2:34.825	Kim Moon-jung  South Korea	2:34.997
3000 m	Yang Yang (A)  China	5:48.541	Kim Moon-jung  South Korea	5:48.573	Yang Yang (S)  China	5:49.381
3000 m relay	China	4:23.725	Italy	4:25.131	Bulgaria	4:25.930

* 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)	10	3	3	16
2	Japan (JPN)	1	3	0	4
3	Italy (ITA)	1	1	3	5
4	South Korea (KOR)	0	3	3	6
5	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	1	1	2
6	United States (USA)	0	1	0	1
7	Canada (CAN)	0	0	2	2
Totals (7 entries)		12	12	12	36

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