2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 500 metres explained

The 500 metres distance for women in the 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over 13 races on seven 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]

Jenny Wolf of Germany successfully defended her title, while Margot Boer of the Netherlands came second. Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea repeated her third place from the previous season.

Top three

Medal	Athlete	Points	Previous season
Gold		1205	1st
Silver		642	13th
Bronze		635	3rd

Race medallists

Occasion #	Location	Date	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
1	Berlin, Germany	7 November	Jenny Wolf	37.75	Wang Beixing	37.75	Lee Sang-hwa	38.12	^[2]
8 November	Wang Beixing	37.91	Jenny Wolf	37.95	Lee Sang-hwa	38.26	^[3]
2	Heerenveen, Netherlands	14 November	Jenny Wolf	37.60	Wang Beixing	37.63	Lee Sang-hwa	38.22	^[4]
15 November	Jenny Wolf	37.64	Wang Beixing	37.74	Lee Sang-hwa	38.13	^[5]
4	Changchun, China	6 December	Jenny Wolf	38.09	Lee Sang-hwa	38.71	Annette Gerritsen	38.86	^[6]
7 December	Jenny Wolf	37.98	Annette Gerritsen	38.52	Lee Sang-hwa	38.56	^[7]
5	Nagano, Japan	13 December	Jenny Wolf	37.71	Lee Sang-hwa	38.39	Sayuri Yoshii	38.66	^[8]
14 December	Yu Jing	38.63	Lee Sang-hwa	38.72	Xing Aihua	38.78	^[9]
6	Kolomna, Russia	24 January	Jenny Wolf	37.51	Annette Gerritsen	38.02	Yu Jing	38.17	^[10]
25 January	Jenny Wolf	37.67	Jin Peiyu	38.01	Yu Jing	38.13	^[11]
7	Erfurt, Germany	30 January	Jenny Wolf	37.58	Yu Jing	38.18	Jin Peiyu	38.30	^[12]
31 January	Jenny Wolf	37.85	Yu Jing	38.00	Annette Gerritsen	38.28	^[13]
9	,	7 March	Wang Beixing	37.25	Jenny Wolf	37.39	Yu Jing	37.62	^[14]

Final standings

Standings as of 8 March 2009 (end of the season).^{[15] [16]}

	Name	Nat.	BER1	BER2	HVN1	HVN2	CHA1	CHA2	NAG1	NAG2	KOL1	KOL2	ERF1	ERF2	SLC	Total
1	align=left			bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	5	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=silver	120	1205
2	align=left			40	40	50	60	60	36	24	60	60	40	32	50	90	642
3	align=left			bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=silver	80					45	635
4	align=left			50	60	60	50	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80			bgcolor=silver	80	50	60	bgcolor=cc9966	70		630
5	align=left							25	25	50	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=cc9966	105	605
6	align=left			60	45	36	40	32	28	bgcolor=cc9966	70	45	40	32	21	28	40	517
7	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=silver	80									bgcolor=gold	150	490
8	align=left			16	14	45	45	45	50	12	50	21	18	18	16	75	425
9	align=left			32	28	40	24	21	45	40	36	32	16	36	45	28	423
10	align=left			14	8	8	16	50	32	36	18	50	24	50	60	16	382
11	align=left			18	18	16	14	40	60	32	bgcolor=cc9966	70	12	10	40	40		370
12	align=left			25	25	14	21	12	40	21	32	45	60	28	24	8	355
13	align=left							19	19	60	24	16	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=cc9966	70	36		324
14	align=left			21	12	32	28	16	21	45	40	24	36			18	293
15	align=left			24	36	6	36	14	24		21			45		32	238
16	align=left			36	32	28	18	28	18	6	28					21	215
17	align=left			8	15	10	10	8	8	6	19	18	21	16	21	36	196
18	align=left							15	15			36	45	24	32	24	191
19	align=left			28	24	18	12	36	14	14	10		14			10	180
20	align=left				21	19		24	16	28	14	28	12		14		176
21	align=left			10	16	21	36			16	6	6	6	14	18	12	161
22	align=left			4	4	15	15					10	28	25	25	14	140
23	align=left			12	10	12	8	18	12	10	8	14	5	8	10	6	133
24	align=left			45	50	5				8	12						120
25	align=left			19	19	24				18	16			12			108
26	align=left			6	5		19	10	10	25	25						100
27	align=left			1			1	11	11	15	8	8	8	8	11		82
28	align=left			2		1	6			8	6	11	19	10	12		75
29	align=left			11	11	25	25										72
30	align=left			5	6		11					15	25		8		70
31	align=left			3	2	8	4	5	5			19	11	6	6		69
32	align=left			15	2			6	6	19	15	5					68
33	align=left											2	15	19	19		55
34	align=left			4	4			6	6		2		8	15	6		51
35	align=left					4				11	11	6		11	4		47
36	align=left			6	8	2	8						2	1	8		35
37	align=left											25	6				31
38	align=left			8	3	11	2										24
39	align=left				6	6						8	4				24
40	align=left													6	15		21
41	align=left							4	8								12
42	align=left			1						4	4						9
43	align=left							8									8
44	align=left							2	2	2	1						7
45	align=left													4	1		5
46	align=left							1				4					5
47	align=left								4								4
48	align=left												1	2			3
49	align=left				1										2		3
50	align=left			2													2
51	align=left									1		1					2
52	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=00500-1&g=w 2008-09 World Cup #1 - Results 1st 500 meters Women
3. http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=worldcup&type=results&wc=200809-01&event=00500-2&g=w 2008-09 World Cup #1 - Results 2nd 500 meters Women
4. http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=worldcup&type=results&wc=200809-02&event=00500-1&g=w 2008-09 World Cup #2 - Results 1st 500 meters Women
5. http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=worldcup&type=results&wc=200809-02&event=00500-2&g=w 2008-09 World Cup #2 - Results 2nd 500 meters Women
6. http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=worldcup&type=results&wc=200809-04&event=00500-1&g=w 2008-09 World Cup #4 - Results 1st 500 meters Women
7. http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=worldcup&type=results&wc=200809-04&event=00500-2&g=w 2008-09 World Cup #4 - Results 2nd 500 meters Women
8. http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=worldcup&type=results&wc=200809-05&event=00500-1&g=w 2008-09 World Cup #5 - Results 1st 500 meters Women
9. http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=worldcup&type=results&wc=200809-05&event=00500-2&g=w 2008-09 World Cup #5 - Results 2nd 500 meters Women
10. http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=worldcup&type=results&wc=200809-06&event=00500-1&g=w 2008-09 World Cup #6 - Results 1st 500 meters Women
11. http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=worldcup&type=results&wc=200809-06&event=00500-2&g=w 2008-09 World Cup #6 - Results 2nd 500 meters Women
12. http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=worldcup&type=results&wc=200809-07&event=00500-1&g=w 2008-09 World Cup #7 - Results 1st 500 meters Women
13. http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=worldcup&type=results&wc=200809-07&event=00500-2&g=w 2008-09 World Cup #7 - Results 2nd 500 meters Women
14. http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=worldcup&type=results&wc=200809-09-final&event=00500&g=w 2008-09 World Cup #9 Final - Results 500 meters Women
15. Web site: Standings 500 m women . 2008-11-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081211100459/http://www.isuresults.eu/2008-2009/worldcup/worldcup2-500.html . 2008-12-11 . dead .
16. http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=worldcup&type=class&wc=200809&event=00500&g=w Classification of the 2008-09 World Cup 500 meters Women