2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 5000 and 10000 metres explained

The 5000 and 10000 metres distances for men in the 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup were contested over six races on six occasions, out of a total of nine World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Berlin, Germany, on 7–9 November 2008, and the final occasion taking place in Salt Lake City, United States, on 6–7 March 2009.^[1]

Sven Kramer of the Netherlands won the cup, while the defending champion, Håvard Bøkko of Norway, came second, and Bob de Jong of the Netherlands came third.

Top three

Medal	Athlete	Points	Previous season
Gold		550	2nd
Silver		485	1st
Bronze		425	4th

Race medallists

Occasion #	Location	Date	Distance	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
1	Berlin, Germany	7 November	5000 metres	Sven Kramer	6:15.74	Håvard Bøkko	6:20.03	Carl Verheijen	6:20.87	^[2]
2	Heerenveen, Netherlands	15 November	5000 metres	Sven Kramer	6:14.32	Carl Verheijen	6:20.18	Enrico Fabris	6:20.20	^[3]
3	Moscow, Russia	23 November	10000 metres	Bob de Jong	12:59.21	Håvard Bøkko	13:00.65	Enrico Fabris	13:11.98	^[4]
7	Erfurt, Germany	30 January	5000 metres	Sven Kramer	6:16.02	Håvard Bøkko	6:22.37	Bob de Jong	6:23.45	^[5]
8	Heerenveen, Netherlands	15 February	10000 metres	Sven Kramer	13:03.51	Håvard Bøkko	13:07.93	Bob de Jong	13:09.16	^[6]
9	,	7 March	5000 metres	Sven Kramer	6:06.64	Håvard Bøkko	6:09.94	Carl Verheijen	6:13.17	^[7]

Final standings

Standings as of 8 March 2009 (end of the season).^{[8] [9]}

	Name	Nat.	BER	HVN1	MOS	ERF	HVN2	SLC	Total
1	align=left			100	100	–	100	100	150	550
2	align=left			80	45	80	80	80	120	485
3	align=left			60	50	100	bgcolor=CC9966	70	bgcolor=CC9966	70	75	425
4	align=left			bgcolor=CC9966	70	80	35	50	50	bgcolor=CC9966	105	390
5	align=left			50	bgcolor=CC9966	70	bgcolor=CC9966	70	28	60	90	368
6	align=left			36	40	60	–	45	36	217
7	align=left			32	24	50	36	35	14	191
8	align=left			15	32	15	45	30	40	177
9	align=left			40	36	–	60	–	32	168
10	align=left			–	19	35	32	30	24	140
11	align=left			18	18	30	21	25	28	140
12	align=left			16	16	21	40	40	5	138
13	align=left			12	28	45	14	25	8	132
14	align=left			45	60	–	24	–	–	129
15	align=left			25	21	25	18	20	12	121
16	align=left			24	14	40	5	8	16	107
17	align=left			0	25	20	16	–	45	106
18	align=left			21	12	5	12	18	10	78
19	align=left			14	10	25	6	–	18	73
20	align=left			1	6	0	25	15	21	68
21	align=left			–	–	30	–	35	–	65
22	align=left			10	6	18	8	–	–	42
23	align=left			0	11	9	4	11	6	41
24	align=left			0	15	15	10	–	–	40
25	align=left			19	8	3	–	–	–	30
26	align=left			0	0	2	6	21	–	29
27	align=left			4	0	0	15	10	–	29
28	align=left			28	–	–	–	–	–	28
29	align=left			11	5	–	11	0	–	27
30	align=left			0	8	13	0	5	–	26
31	align=left			–	0	7	1	15	–	23
32	align=left			–	–	–	19	–	–	19
33	align=left			–	4	4	8	2	–	18
34	align=left			6	2	6	–	–	–	14
35	align=left			–	–	–	–	13	–	13
36	align=left			–	–	11	–	–	–	11
37	align=left			–	–	10	–	–	–	10
38	align=left			–	–	–	–	9	–	9
39	align=left			8	–	–	–	–	–	8
	align=left			8	–	–	–	–	–	8
	align=left			–	–	8	0	–	–	8
42	align=left			0	1	0	–	7	–	8
43	align=left			–	–	–	0	6	–	6
44	align=left			6	–	–	–	–	–	6
45	align=left			5	0	0	0	–	–	5
46	align=left			–	–	–	0	4	–	4
47	align=left			4	0	–	–	–	–	4
48	align=left			–	–	–	0	3	–	3
49	align=left			–	–	–	2	1	–	3
50	align=left			2	–	–	–	–	–	2
51	align=left			–	–	1	–	–	–	1

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2008/2009 ISU World Cup . 2008-09-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090131224745/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db/files/serve.php?id=1014 . 2009-01-31 . dead .
2. http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=worldcup&type=results&wc=200809-01&event=05000&g=m 2008-09 World Cup #1 - Results 5000 meters Men
3. http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=worldcup&type=results&wc=200809-02&event=05000&g=m 2008-09 World Cup #2 - Results 5000 meters Men
4. http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=worldcup&type=results&wc=200809-03&event=10000&g=m 2008-09 World Cup #3 - Results 10,000 meters Men
5. http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=worldcup&type=results&wc=200809-07&event=05000&g=m 2008-09 World Cup #7 - Results 5000 meters Men
6. http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=worldcup&type=results&wc=200809-08&event=10000&g=m 2008-09 World Cup #8 - Results 10,000 meters Men
7. http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=worldcup&type=results&wc=200809-09-final&event=05000&g=m 2008-09 World Cup #9 Final - Results 5000 meters Men
8. http://www.isuresults.eu/2008-2009/worldcup/worldcup1-5000.html Standings 5k&10k men
9. http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=worldcup&type=class&wc=200809&event=510km&g=m Classification of the 2008-09 World Cup 5000 & 10,000 meters Men