The second competition weekend of the 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in Thialf in Heerenveen, Netherlands, from Friday, 14 November, until Sunday, 16 November 2008.
Schedule of the event:[1]
| Date | Time | Events | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 November | 16:00 CET | 500 m women 500 m men 3000 m women 1500 m men | |
| 15 November | 13:15 CET | 500 m women 500 m men 1500 m women 5000 m men | |
| 16 November | 13:15 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 | Pekka Koskela | 34.88 | Dmitry Lobkov | 35.16 | Yu Fengtong | 35.18 | [2] | |
| 2 | Joji Kato | 34.82 | Yu Fengtong | 35.05 | Pekka Koskela | 35.09 | [3] | ||
| 1000 m | Shani Davis | 1:08.99 | Pekka Koskela | 1:09.05 | Simon Kuipers | 1:09.26 | [4] | ||
| 1500 m | Shani Davis | 1:45.23 | Stefan Groothuis | 1:45.84 | Mark Tuitert | 1:45.90 | [5] | ||
| 5000 m | Sven Kramer | 6:14.32 | Carl Verheijen | 6:20.18 | Enrico Fabris | 6:20.20 | [6] | ||
| Team pursuit | 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 | [7] |
| Event | Race # | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time | Report | |
| 500 m | 1 | Jenny Wolf | 37.60 | Wang Beixing | 37.63 | Lee Sang-hwa | 38.22 | [8] | |
| 2 | Jenny Wolf | 37.64 | Wang Beixing | 37.74 | Lee Sang-hwa | 38.13 | [9] | ||
| 1000 m | Christine Nesbitt | 1:16.18 | Kristina Groves | 1:16.76 | Wang Beixing | 1:17.01 | [10] | ||
| 1500 m | Kristina Groves | 1:57.22 | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms | 1:57.91 | Christine Nesbitt | 1:58.08 | [11] | ||
| 3000 m | Renate Groenewold | 4:04.85 | Martina Sáblíková | 4:05.54 | Diane Valkenburg | 4:05.70 | [12] | ||
| Team pursuit | Renate Groenewold Marrit Leenstra Ireen Wüst | 3:01.32 | Kristina Groves Christine Nesbitt Brittany Schussler | 3:02.34 | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Lucille Opitz Claudia Pechstein | 3:02.51 | [13] |