2009 Asian Speed Skating Championships

Asian Speed Skating Championships
Venue	Tomakomai Highland Sport Center (Tomakomai, Hokkaidō)
Dates	4 and 5 January 2009
Competitors	16 from 3 nations
Medalist men
1st place, gold medalist(s) Choi Keun-Won KOR 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hiroki Hirako JPN 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dmitry Babenko KAZ
Medalist women
1st place, gold medalist(s) Masako Hozumi JPN 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maki Tabata JPN 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yuri Obara JPN

The 2009 Asian Speed Skating Championships were held between 4 January and 5 January 2009 at the Tomakomai Highland Sport Center in Tomakomai, Hokkaidō.

Women championships

Allround

Day 1

500 meter Place Athlete Country Time 1st place, gold medalist(s) Yuri Obara Japan 41.28 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maki Tabata Japan 41.97 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Masako Hozumi Japan 42.71 4 Park Do-Young South Korea 42.78 5 Lee Ju-Youn South Korea 42.84 6 Eriko Ishino Japan 42.90 7 Yelena Urvantseva Kazakhstan 45.01 8 Yelena Obaturova Kazakhstan 46.24

3000 meter Place Athlete Country Time 1st place, gold medalist(s) Masako Hozumi Japan 4:17.75 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Park Do-Young South Korea 4:26.22 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eriko Ishino Japan 4:27.34 4 Maki Tabata Japan 4:29.10 5 Yuri Obara Japan 4:31.98 6 Lee Ju-Youn South Korea 4:35.09 7 Yelena Obaturova Kazakhstan 4:48.07 8 Yelena Urvantseva Kazakhstan 4:54.87

Day 2

1500 meter Place Athlete Country Time 1st place, gold medalist(s) Masako Hozumi Japan 2:04.96 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maki Tabata Japan 2:06.67 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yuri Obara Japan 2:08.11 4 Lee Ju-Youn South Korea 2:10.22 5 Park Do-Young South Korea 2:10.26 6 Eriko Ishino Japan 2:11.42 7 Yelena Urvantseva Kazakhstan 2:17.85 8 Yelena Obaturova Kazakhstan 2:19.20

5000 meter Place Athlete Country Time 1st place, gold medalist(s) Masako Hozumi Japan 7:22.88 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Eriko Ishino Japan 7:39.62 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Park Do-Young South Korea 7:41.34 4 Yuri Obara Japan 7:45.54 5 Maki Tabata Japan 7:45.78 6 Lee Ju-Youn South Korea 7:51.94 7 Yelena Obaturova Kazakhstan 8:26.54 - Yelena Urvantseva Kazakhstan DNS

Allround Results

Place	Athlete	Country	500m	3000m	1500m	5000m	points
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Masako Hozumi	Japan	42.71 (3)	4:17.75 (1)	2:04.96 (1)	7:22.88 (1)	171.609
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Maki Tabata	Japan	41.97 (2)	4:29.10 (4)	2:06.67 (2)	7:45.78 (5)	175.621
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Yuri Obara	Japan	41.28 (1)	4:31.98 (5)	2:08.11 (3)	7:45.54 (4)	175.867
4	Park Do-Young	South Korea	42.78 (4)	4:26.22 (2)	2:10.26 (5)	7:41.34 (3)	176.704
5	Eriko Ishino	Japan	42.90 (6)	4:27.34 (3)	2:11.42 (6)	7:39.62 (2)	177.224
6	Lee Ju-Youn	South Korea	42.84 (5)	4:35.09 (6)	2:10.22 (4)	7:51.94 (6)	179.288
7	Yelena Obaturova	Kazakhstan	46.24 (8)	4:48.07 (7)	2:19.20 (8)	8:26.54 (7)	191.305
NQ8	Yelena Urvantseva	Kazakhstan	45.01 (7)	4:54.87 (8)	2:17.85 (7)	DNS	140.105

Single distances

Single distances results

Distance	1st place, gold medalist(s)	2nd place, silver medalist(s)	3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2×500m	South Korea Oh Min-jee	Japan Maki Tsuji	Japan Chiaki Kosaka
1000m	Japan Maki Tsuji	South Korea Oh Min-jee	Japan Risa Hori
1500m	Japan Masako Hozumi	Japan Maki Tabata	Japan Hiromi Otsu
3000m	Japan Masako Hozumi	South Korea Park Do-yeong	Japan Hiromi Otsu
5000m	Japan Masako Hozumi	Japan Eriko Ishino	South Korea Park Do-yeong

Men championships

Day 1

500 meter Place Athlete Country Time 1st place, gold medalist(s) Yeo Sang-Yeop South Korea 37.47 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Choi Keun-Won South Korea 37.98 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hiroki Hirako Japan 38.22 4 Denis Kuzin Kazakhstan 38.45 5 Shigeyuki Dejima Japan 38.53 6 Teppei Mori Japan 39.02 6 Dmitry Babenko Kazakhstan 39.02 8 Maxim Sergiyenko Kazakhstan 41.30

5000 meter Place Athlete Country Time 1st place, gold medalist(s) Choi Keun-Won South Korea 6:49.74 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hiroki Hirako Japan 6:49.98 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dmitry Babenko Kazakhstan 6:57.57 4 Teppei Mori Japan 6:59.25 5 Shigeyuki Dejima Japan 7:07.06 6 Yeo Sang-Yeop South Korea 7:13.53 7 Maxim Sergiyenko Kazakhstan 7:19.59 8 Denis Kuzin Kazakhstan 7:29.96

Day 2

1500 meter Place Athlete Country Time 1st place, gold medalist(s) Choi Keun-Won South Korea 1:53.85 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hiroki Hirako Japan 1:54.98 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yeo Sang-Yeop South Korea 1:55.54 4 Dmitry Babenko Kazakhstan 1:55.96 5 Denis Kuzin Kazakhstan 1:57.09 6 Teppei Mori Japan 1:57.82 7 Shigeyuki Dejima Japan 2:00.27 8 Maxim Sergiyenko Kazakhstan 2:04.10

10000 meter Place Athlete Country Time 1st place, gold medalist(s) Hiroki Hirako Japan 14:16.63 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Choi Keun-Won South Korea 14:19.15 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dmitry Babenko Kazakhstan 14:26.31 4 Teppei Mori Japan 14:35.50 5 Maxim Sergiyenko Kazakhstan 15:05.94 6 Shigeyuki Dejima Japan 15:27.07 Yeo Sang-Yeop South Korea withdraw Denis Kuzin Kazakhstan withdraw

Allround Results

Place	Athlete	Country	500m	5000m	1500m	10000m	points
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Choi Keun-Won	South Korea	37.98 (2)	6:49.74 (1)	1:53.85 (1)	14:19.15 (2)	159.861
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Hiroki Hirako	Japan	38.22 (3)	6:49.98 (2)	1:54.98 (2)	14:16.63 (1)	160.375
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Dmitry Babenko	Kazakhstan	39.02 (6)	6:57.57 (3)	1:55.96 (4)	14:26.31 (3)	162.745
4	Teppei Mori	Japan	39.02 (6)	6:59.25 (4)	1:57.82 (6)	14:35.50 (4)	163.993
5	Shigeyuki Dejima	Japan	38.53 (5)	7:07.06 (5)	2:00.27 (7)	15:27.07 (6)	167.679
6	Maxim Sergiyenko	Kazakhstan	41.30 (8)	7:19.59 (7)	2:04.10 (8)	15:05.94 (5)	171.922
NQ7	Yeo Sang-Yeop	South Korea	37.47 (1)	7:13.53 (6)	1:55.54 (3)	withdraw	119.336
NQ8	Denis Kuzin	Kazakhstan	38.45 (4)	7:29.96 (8)	1:57.09 (5)	withdraw	122.476

References

• www.skatingjapan.jp (in English)