2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup

The 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, officially the Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2008–2009, was a series of international speed skating competitions which ran the entire season. The season started on 7 November 2008 in Berlin, Germany, and ended on 7 March 2009 in Salt Lake City, United States.[1][2] In total, nine competition weekends were held at eight different locations, twelve cups were contested (six for men, and six for women), and 84 races took place. The World Cup is organized by the International Skating Union (ISU).

ISU Speed Skating World Cup
Dates7 November 2008 – 7 March 2009
2008–09 ISU Speed
Skating World Cup
Events
100 mmenwomen
500 mmenwomen
1000 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3k/5kwomen
5k/10kmen
Team pursuitmenwomen

Calendar
WC # City Venue Date 100 m 500 m 1000 m 1500 m 3000 m 5000 m 10000 m Team pursuit
1 Berlin Sportforum Hohenschönhausen 7–9 November 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w
2 Heerenveen Thialf 14–16 November 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w
3 Moscow Krylatskoye Sport Complex 22–23 November m, w w m
4 Changchun Jilin Provincial Speed Skating Rink 6–7 December m, w 2m, 2w 2m, 2w
5 Nagano M-Wave 13–14 December m, w 2m, 2w 2m, 2w
Tomakomai Tomakomai Highland Sports Center 4–5 January 2009 Asian Speed Skating Championships
Heerenveen Thialf 9–11 January 2009 European Speed Skating Championships
Moscow Krylatskoye Sport Complex 17–18 January 2009 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships
6 Kolomna Kometa Ice Rink 24–25 January m, w 2m, 2w 2m, 2w
7 Erfurt Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Halle 30 January – 1 February 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w
Hamar Vikingskipet 7–8 February 2009 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
8 Heerenveen Thialf 14–15 February m, w w m
9 Salt Lake City Utah Olympic Oval 6–7 March m, w m, w m, w m, w w m
Vancouver Richmond Olympic Oval 12–15 March 2009 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
Total 4m, 4w 13m, 13w 10m, 10w 6m, 6w 4w 4m, 2w 2m 3m, 3w

Note: the men's 5000 and 10000 metres were contested as one cup, and the women's 3000 and 5000 metres were contested as one cup, as indicated by the color coding.

World records

World records going into the 2008–09 season.

Men
Distance Time Nat. Holder Date Venue Reference
500 m 34.03 Jeremy Wotherspoon 9 November 2007 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City [3]
1000 m 1:07.00 Pekka Koskela 10 November 2007 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City [4]
1500 m 1:42.01 Denny Morrison 14 March 2008 Olympic Oval, Calgary [5]
5000 m 6:03.32 Sven Kramer 17 November 2007 Olympic Oval, Calgary [6]
10000 m 12:41.69 Sven Kramer 10 March 2007 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City [7]
Team pursuit
(8 laps)		 3:37.80 Sven Kramer
Carl Verheijen
Erben Wennemars		 11 March 2007 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City [8]

At the World Cup stop in Salt Lake City on 6 March 2009, Shani Davis of the United States set a new world record on the men's 1500 metres with a time of 1:41.80.[5] The next day, Davis' countryman Trevor Marsicano first set a new world record on the 1000 metres distance with a time of 1:06.88,[4] after which Davis improved it further, with a time of 1:06.42.[4]

Women
Distance Time Nat. Holder Date Venue Reference
500 m 37.02 Jenny Wolf 16 November 2007 Olympic Oval, Calgary [9]
1000 m 1:13.11 Cindy Klassen 25 March 2006 Olympic Oval, Calgary [10]
1500 m 1:51.79 Cindy Klassen 20 November 2005 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City [11]
3000 m 3:53.34 Cindy Klassen 18 March 2006 Olympic Oval, Calgary [12]
5000 m 6:45.61 Martina Sáblíková 11 March 2007 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City [13]
Team pursuit
(6 laps)		 2:56.04 Daniela Anschütz-Thoms
Anni Friesinger
Claudia Pechstein		 12 November 2005 Olympic Oval, Calgary [14]

Men's standings

100 m
Main article: 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 100 metres
Rank Name Points
1 Yuya Oikawa450
2 Yu Fengtong305
3 Lee Kang-seok270

500 m
Main article: 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 500 metres
Rank Name Points
1 Yu Fengtong1086
2 Keiichiro Nagashima957
3 Tucker Fredricks642

1000 m
Main article: 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 1000 metres
Rank Name Points
1 Shani Davis840
2 Denny Morrison705
3 Stefan Groothuis590

1500 m
Mark Tuitert, early leader in the 1500 m World Cup.
Main article: 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 1500 metres
Rank Name Points
1 Shani Davis470
2 Trevor Marsicano374
3 Håvard Bøkko363

5000 and 10000 m
Sven Kramer, winner of the 5 km in Berlin and Heerenveen.
Main article: 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 5000 and 10000 metres
Rank Name Points
1 Sven Kramer550
2 Håvard Bøkko485
3 Bob de Jong425

Team pursuit
Main article: 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's team pursuit
Rank Name Points
1 Canada310
2 Italy220
3 Japan210

Women's standings

100 m
Main article: 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 100 metres
Rank Name Points
1 Jenny Wolf450
2 Thijsje Oenema236
3 Xing Aihua230

500 m
Main article: 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 500 metres
Rank Name Points
1 Jenny Wolf1205
2 Margot Boer642
3 Lee Sang-hwa635

1000 m
Main article: 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1000 metres
Rank Name Points
1 Christine Nesbitt646
2 Kristina Groves507
3 Laurine van Riessen468

1500 m
Kristina Groves, winner of the 1500 m in Berlin and Heerenveen, and the World Cup winner.
Main article: 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1500 metres
Rank Name Points
1 Kristina Groves526
2 Daniela Anschütz-Thoms355
3 Christine Nesbitt335

3000 and 5000 m
Main article: 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 3000 and 5000 metres
Rank Name Points
1 Martina Sáblíková610
2 Daniela Anschütz-Thoms375
3 Kristina Groves375

Team pursuit
Main article: 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's team pursuit
Rank Name Points
1 Czech Republic235
2 United States205
3 Netherlands200
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References
  1. World Cup Speed Skating 2008/2009 Archived 2009-01-31 at the Wayback Machine, International Skating Union.
  2. World Cups of the 2008-09 season, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
  3. "Evolution of the world record 500 meters Men". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  4. "Evolution of the world record 1000 meters Men". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
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  6. "Evolution of the world record 5000 meters Men". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  7. "Evolution of the world record 10,000 meters Men". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  8. "Evolution of the world record Team pursuit Men". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  9. "Evolution of the world record 500 meters Women". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  10. "Evolution of the world record 1000 meters Women". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  11. "Evolution of the world record 1500 meters Women". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  12. "Evolution of the world record 3000 meters Women". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  13. "Evolution of the world record 5000 meters Women". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  14. "Evolution of the world record Team pursuit Women". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
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