The 2013 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place from 8 to 10 March 2013 at the Főnix Hall in Debrecen, Hungary. They were the 38th World Short Track Speed Skating Championships and the first to be held in Hungary.^[1]

Schedule

The preliminary schedule of the event is the following:^[2]

Results

* 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 each race, to determine to the overall world champion. Points are only awarded to the athletes that have taken part in the final of each race. The leader after the first 1000 m in the 3000 m super-final is awarded extra 5 points. Relays do not count for the overall classification.

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Overall*[3]	Sin Da-woon  South Korea	89 pts	Kim Yun-jae  South Korea	55 pts	Charles Hamelin  Canada	39 pts
500 m[4]	Liang Wenhao  China	41.090	Victor Ahn  Russia	41.283	Freek van der Wart  Netherlands	41.504
1000 m[5]	Sin Da-woon  South Korea	1:26.035	Sjinkie Knegt  Netherlands	1:25.798	Charles Hamelin  Canada	1:25.546
1500 m[6]	Sin Da-woon  South Korea	2:27.062	Kim Yun-jae  South Korea	2:27.101	Charles Hamelin  Canada	2:27.209
5000 m relay[7]	Canada Olivier Jean Charle Cournoyer Michael Gilday Charles Hamelin	6:51.379	Russia Victor Ahn Vyacheslav Kurginyan Semen Elistratov Vladimir Grigorev	6:51.953	Netherlands Daan Breeuwsma Niels Kerstholt Sjinkie Knegt Freek van der Wart	6:52.187

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Overall*[8]	Wang Meng  China	68 pts	Park Seung-hi  South Korea	58 pts	Shim Suk-hee  South Korea	55 pts
500 m[9]	Wang Meng  China	43.177	Park Seung-hi  South Korea	43.850	Fan Kexin  China	44.202
1000 m[10]	Wang Meng  China	1:31.460	Jorien ter Mors  Netherlands	1:31.609	Elise Christie  United Kingdom	1:31.593
1500 m[11]	Park Seung-hi  South Korea	2:23.634	Shim Suk-hee  South Korea	2:23.755	Marianne St-Gelais  Canada	2:24.694
3000 m relay[12]	China Wang Meng Fan Kexin Zhou Yang Liu Qiuhong Li Jianrou	4:14.104	Canada Marianne St-Gelais Valérie Maltais Jessica Hewitt Marie-Ève Drolet	4:15.106	Japan Biba Sakurai Ayuko Ito Sayuri Shimizu Yui Sakai	4:15.680

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	5	0	1	6
2	South Korea (KOR)	4	5	1	10
3	Canada (CAN)	1	1	4	6
4	Netherlands (NED)	0	2	2	4
5	Russia (RUS)	0	2	0	2
6	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		10	10	10	30