The first competition weekend of the 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Sportforum Hohenschönhausen in Berlin, Germany, from Friday, 7 November, until Sunday, 9 November 2008.
Schedule of the event:[1]
| Date | Time | Events | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 November | 15:00 CET | 500 m women 500 m men 1500 m women 5000 m men | |
| 8 November | 13:30 CET | 500 m women 500 m men 3000 m women 1500 m men | |
| 9 November | 13:30 CET | 1000 m women 1000 m men Team pursuit women Team pursuit men |
| Event | Race # | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time | Report | |
| 500 m | 1 | Keiichiro Nagashima | 34.92 | Pekka Koskela | 34.99 | Lee Kyou-hyuk | 35.01 | [2] | |
| 2 | Joji Kato | 34.70 | Yu Fengtong | 35.07 | Mika Poutala | 35.13 | [3] | ||
| 1000 m | Stefan Groothuis | 1:09.13 | Shani Davis | 1:09.15 | Simon Kuipers | 1:09.30 | [4] | ||
| 1500 m | Sven Kramer | 1:45.69 | Erben Wennemars | 1:45.85 | Simon Kuipers | 1:45.95 | [5] | ||
| 5000 m | Sven Kramer | 6:15.74 | Håvard Bøkko | 6:20.03 | Carl Verheijen | 6:20.87 | [6] | ||
| Team pursuit | 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 | [7] |
| Event | Race # | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time | Report | |
| 500 m | 1 | Jenny Wolf | 37.75 | Wang Beixing | 37.75 | Lee Sang-hwa | 38.12 | [8] | |
| 2 | Wang Beixing | 37.91 | Jenny Wolf | 37.95 | Lee Sang-hwa | 38.26 | [9] | ||
| 1000 m | Christine Nesbitt | 1:16.86 | Shannon Rempel | 1:17.11 | Laurine van Riessen | 1:17.21 | [10] | ||
| 1500 m | Kristina Groves | 1:57.65 | Brittany Schussler | 1:57.74 | Shannon Rempel | 1:58.04 | [11] | ||
| 3000 m | Martina Sáblíková | 4:03.70 | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms | 4:07.08 | Masako Hozumi | 4:07.92 | [12] | ||
| Team pursuit | Renate Groenewold Ireen Wüst Diane Valkenburg | 3:04.34 | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Claudia Pechstein Lucille Opitz | 3:04.51 | Nancy Swider-Peltz, Jr Catherine Raney Mia Manganello | 3:05.68 | [13] |