The 3000 and 5000 metres distances for women 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]
Martina Sáblíková of the Czech Republic successfully defended her title from the previous season, while Daniela Anschütz-Thoms of Germany came second, and Kristina Groves of Canada came third.
| Medal | Athlete | Points | Previous season | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 610 | 1st | ||
| Silver | 375 | 5th | ||
| Bronze | 375 | 4th |
| Occasion # | Location | Date | Distance | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time | Report | |
| 1 | Berlin, Germany | 8 November | 3000 metres | Martina Sáblíková | 4:03.70 | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms | 4:07.08 | Masako Hozumi | 4:07.92 | [2] | |
| 2 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 14 November | 3000 metres | Renate Groenewold | 4:04.85 | Martina Sáblíková | 4:05.54 | Diane Valkenburg | 4:05.70 | [3] | |
| 3 | Moscow, Russia | 22 November | 5000 metres | Claudia Pechstein | 6:49.92 | Martina Sáblíková | 6:57.18 | Stephanie Beckert | 7:01.72 | [4] | |
| 7 | Erfurt, Germany | 31 January | 3000 metres | Martina Sáblíková | 4:03.65 | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms | 4:05.14 | Renate Groenewold | 4:06.60 | [5] | |
| 8 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 15 February | 5000 metres | Martina Sáblíková | 6:59.08 | Stephanie Beckert | 7:01.33 | Kristina Groves | 7:05.08 | [6] | |
| 9 | , | 6 March | 3000 metres | Martina Sáblíková | 3:58.62 | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms | 3:59.88 | Kristina Groves | 4:00.00 | [7] |
Standings as of 7 March 2009 (end of the season).[8] [9]
| Name | Nat. | BER | HVN1 | MOS | ERF | HVN2 | SLC | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left |  | 100 | 80 | 80 | 100 | 100 | 150 | 610 | |||
| 2 | align=left | 80 | 50 | 45 | 80 | – | 120 | 375 | ||||
| 3 | align=left |  | 60 | 40 | 60 | 40 | bgcolor=CC9966 | 70 | bgcolor=CC9966 | 105 | 375 | |
| 4 | align=left | 32 | 36 | bgcolor=CC9966 | 70 | 32 | 80 | 90 | 340 | |||
| 5 | align=left | 45 | 100 | – | bgcolor=CC9966 | 70 | 45 | 45 | 305 | |||
| 6 | align=left | 50 | 60 | 100 | 45 | – | – | 255 | ||||
| 7 | align=left |  | bgcolor=CC9966 | 70 | 0 | 40 | 50 | 50 | 28 | 238 | ||
| 8 | align=left | 18 | 32 | – | 60 | 40 | 75 | 225 | ||||
| 9 | align=left |  | 25 | 18 | 35 | 21 | 60 | 36 | 195 | |||
| 10 | align=left | 40 | bgcolor=CC9966 | 70 | – | 36 | 25 | 18 | 189 | |||
| 11 | align=left | | 36 | 21 | 20 | 28 | 35 | 40 | 180 | |||
| 12 | align=left | | 28 | 45 | 50 | 18 | – | 32 | 173 | |||
| 13 | align=left | 21 | – | 21 | – | 35 | 21 | 98 | ||||
| 14 | align=left | 24 | 10 | 30 | – | 30 | – | 94 | ||||
| 15 | align=left |  | 10 | 25 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 93 | |||
| 16 | align=left | | 5 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 21 | 12 | 78 | |||
| 17 | align=left | | 8 | 0 | 30 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 78 | |||
| 18 | align=left | | 12 | 24 | 25 | 16 | – | – | 77 | |||
| 19 | align=left | 16 | 16 | – | – | 18 | 24 | 74 | ||||
| 20 | align=left |  | 6 | 8 | – | 19 | 30 | 10 | 73 | |||
| 21 | align=left | | 19 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 72 | |||
| 22 | align=left | – | 28 | – | 24 | – | – | 52 | ||||
| 23 | align=left | | – | – | 25 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 48 | |||
| 24 | align=left | 14 | 6 | 18 | – | 9 | – | 47 | ||||
| 25 | align=left |  | 15 | 12 | 9 | – | – | – | 36 | |||
| 26 | align=left | | 8 | 19 | 5 | – | – | – | 32 | |||
| 27 | align=left |  | 3 | 15 | 4 | 10 | – | – | 32 | |||
| 28 | align=left | | 11 | 8 | 13 | – | – | – | 32 | |||
| 29 | align=left |  | 4 | 6 | 7 | – | 13 | – | 30 | |||
| 30 | align=left | | 0 | 0 | – | – | 25 | – | 25 | |||
| 31 | align=left | – | – | 0 | 25 | – | – | 25 | ||||
| 32 | align=left |  | – | – | 10 | 15 | – | – | 25 | |||
| 33 | align=left | | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | 15 | – | 21 | |||
| 34 | align=left | | 6 | 11 | 1 | – | – | – | 18 | |||
| 35 | align=left | | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | 10 | – | 18 | |||
| 36 | align=left | – | – | 15 | – | – | – | 15 | ||||
| 37 | align=left | – | – | – | 11 | 4 | – | 15 | ||||
| 38 | align=left | | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | – | 15 | |||
| 39 | align=left | – | – | – | 6 | 6 | – | 12 | ||||
| 40 | align=left | – | – | 11 | – | – | – | 11 | ||||
| 41 | align=left | | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 7 | |||
| 42 | align=left | | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 6 | |||
| 43 | align=left | | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 6 | |||
| 44 | align=left | | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 4 | |||
| 45 | align=left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – | 3 | ||||
| 46 | align=left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | 2 | ||||
| 47 | align=left | | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 2 | |||
| 48 | align=left | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 |