2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 8 explained

The eighth competition weekend of the 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was a two-day event focusing on allround-events, held in Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands, from Saturday, 14 February, until Sunday, 15 February 2009.

Schedule of events

The schedule of the event is not yet communicated but the distances are already announced:^[1]

1500 m (men and women)
5000 m (women)
10000 m (men)

Medal winners

Men's events

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
1500 m	Shani Davis	1:45.40	Enrico Fabris	1:45.88	Trevor Marsicano	1:46.09	^[2]
10000 m	Sven Kramer	13:03.51	Håvard Bøkko	13:07.93	Bob de Jong	13:09.16	^[3]

Women's events

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
1500 m	Anni Friesinger	1:57.48	Christine Nesbitt	1:57.58	Kristina Groves	1:58.40	^[4]
5000 m	Martina Sáblíková	6:59.08	Stephanie Beckert	7:01.33	Kristina Groves	7:05.08	^[5]

Notes and References

Web site: World Cup 2008/2009 . 2008-09-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090131224745/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db/files/serve.php?id=1014 . 2009-01-31 . dead .
http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=worldcup&type=results&wc=200809-08&event=01500&g=m 2008-09 World Cup #8 - Results 1500 meters Men
http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=worldcup&type=results&wc=200809-08&event=10000&g=m 2008-09 World Cup #8 - Results 10,000 meters Men
http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=worldcup&type=results&wc=200809-08&event=01500&g=w 2008-09 World Cup #8 - Results 1500 meters Women
http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=worldcup&type=results&wc=200809-08&event=05000&g=w 2008-09 World Cup #8 - Results 5000 meters Women