2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's team pursuit explained

The men's team pursuit in the 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over three races on three 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 last occasion involving the event taking place in Erfurt, Germany, on 30 January – 1 February 2009.[1]

Canada won the cup, while Italy came second, and Japan came third. The defending champions, the Netherlands, ended up in seventh place.

Top three

MedalCountryPointsPrevious season
Gold 310 2nd
Silver 220 7th
Bronze 210 9th

Race medallists

Occasion #LocationDateGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTimeReport
1Berlin, Germany9 November
Denny Morrison
Lucas Makowsky
Steven Elm
3:47.29
Jörg Dallmann
Robert Lehmann
Marco Weber
3:47.37
Teruhiro Sugimori
Hiroki Hirako
Shigeyuki Dejima
3:48.02[2]
2Heerenveen, Netherlands16 November
Sven Kramer
Simon Kuipers
Carl Verheijen
3:42.29
Shani Davis
Chad Hedrick
Trevor Marsicano
3:43.48
Joel Eriksson
Daniel Friberg
Johan Röjler
3:47.20[3]
7Erfurt, Germany1 February
Denny Morrison
Lucas Makowsky
Jay Morrison
3:46.03
Matteo Anesi
Enrico Fabris
Luca Stefani
3:46.56
Håvard Bøkko
Sverre Haugli
Stian Elvenes
3:48.39[4]

Final standings

Standings as of 1 February 2009 (end of the season).[5] [6]

Nation BER HVN1 ERF Total
align=left 100 60 150 310
align=left 60 40 120 220
align=left bgcolor=CC9966 70 50 90 210
4 align=left 80 16 75 171
5 align=left 45 80 45 170
6 align=left 45 bgcolor=CC9966 105 150
7 align=left 0 100 40 140
8 align=left 32 bgcolor=CC9966 70 28 130
9 align=left 50 32 36 118
10 align=left 40 36 32 108
11 align=left 24 21 21 66
12 align=left 36 28 64
13 align=left 21 18 24 63
14 align=left 28 0 28
15 align=left 24 24
16 align=left 18 18

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=team-ind&g=m 2008-09 World Cup #1 - Results Team pursuit Men
  3. http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=worldcup&type=results&wc=200809-02&event=team-ind&g=m 2008-09 World Cup #2 - Results Team pursuit Men
  4. http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=worldcup&type=results&wc=200809-07&event=team-ind&g=m 2008-09 World Cup #7 - Results Team pursuit Men
  5. http://www.isuresults.eu/2008-2009/worldcup/worldcup1-6000.html Standings Team Pursuit men
  6. http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=worldcup&type=class&wc=200809&event=team&g=m Classification of the 2008-09 World Cup Team pursuit Men