2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup explained

Event:	ISU Speed Skating World Cup
Dates:	7 November 2008 – 7 March 2009
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The 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, officially the Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2008–2009, was a series of international speed skating competitions which ran the entire season. The season started on 7 November 2008 in Berlin, Germany, and ended on 7 March 2009 in Salt Lake City, United States.^{[1] [2]} In total, nine competition weekends were held at eight different locations, twelve cups were contested (six for men, and six for women), and 84 races took place. The World Cup is organized by the International Skating Union (ISU).

Calendar

	City	Venue	Date
1	align=left	Berlin	align=left	Sportforum Hohenschönhausen	align=right			2m, 2w	m, w	m, w	bgcolor=pink	w	bgcolor=lightblue	m		m, w
2	align=left	Heerenveen	align=left	Thialf	align=right			2m, 2w	m, w	m, w	bgcolor=pink	w	bgcolor=lightblue	m		m, w
3	align=left	Moscow	align=left	Krylatskoye Sport Complex	align=right					m, w		bgcolor=pink	w	bgcolor=lightblue	m
4	align=left	Changchun	align=left	Jilin Provincial Speed Skating Rink	align=right		m, w	2m, 2w	2m, 2w
5	align=left	Nagano	align=left	M-Wave	align=right		m, w	2m, 2w	2m, 2w
	align=left	Tomakomai	align=left	Tomakomai Highland Sports Center	align=right		2009 Asian Speed Skating Championships
	align=left	Heerenveen	align=left	Thialf	align=right		2009 European Speed Skating Championships
	align=left	Moscow	align=left	Krylatskoye Sport Complex	align=right		2009 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships
6	align=left	Kolomna	align=left	Kometa Ice Rink	align=right		m, w	2m, 2w	2m, 2w
7	align=left	Erfurt	align=left	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Halle	align=right			2m, 2w	m, w	m, w	bgcolor=pink	w	bgcolor=lightblue	m		m, w
	align=left	Hamar	align=left	Vikingskipet	align=right		2009 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
8	align=left	Heerenveen	align=left	Thialf	align=right					m, w		bgcolor=pink	w	bgcolor=lightblue	m
9	align=left		align=left	Utah Olympic Oval	align=right		m, w	m, w	m, w	m, w	bgcolor=pink	w	bgcolor=lightblue	m
	align=left	Vancouver	align=left	Richmond Olympic Oval	align=right		2009 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
align=left colspan=4	Total					4w		2m

Note: the men's 5000 and 10000 metres were contested as one cup, and the women's 3000 and 5000 metres were contested as one cup, as indicated by the color coding.

World records

World records going into the 2008–09 season.

Men

Distance	Time	Nat.	Holder	Date	Venue	Reference
500 m	34.03		align=left	Jeremy Wotherspoon	align=right	9 November 2007	align=left	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City	^[3]
1000 m	1:07.00		align=left	Pekka Koskela	align=right	10 November 2007	align=left	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City	^[4]
1500 m	1:42.01		align=left	Denny Morrison	align=right	14 March 2008	align=left	Olympic Oval, Calgary	^[5]
5000 m	6:03.32		align=left	Sven Kramer	align=right	17 November 2007	align=left	Olympic Oval, Calgary	^[6]
10000 m	12:41.69		align=left	Sven Kramer	align=right	10 March 2007	align=left	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City	^[7]
Team pursuit (8 laps)	3:37.80		align=left	Sven Kramer Carl Verheijen Erben Wennemars	align=right	11 March 2007	align=left	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City	^[8]

At the World Cup stop in Salt Lake City on 6 March 2009, Shani Davis of the United States set a new world record on the men's 1500 metres with a time of 1:41.80.^[5] The next day, Davis' countryman Trevor Marsicano first set a new world record on the 1000 metres distance with a time of 1:06.88,^[4] after which Davis improved it further, with a time of 1:06.42.^[4]

Women

Distance	Time	Nat.	Holder	Date	Venue	Reference
500 m	37.02		align=left	Jenny Wolf	align=right	16 November 2007	align=left	Olympic Oval, Calgary	^[9]
1000 m	1:13.11		align=left	Cindy Klassen	align=right	25 March 2006	align=left	Olympic Oval, Calgary	^[10]
1500 m	1:51.79		align=left	Cindy Klassen	align=right	20 November 2005	align=left	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City	^[11]
3000 m	3:53.34		align=left	Cindy Klassen	align=right	18 March 2006	align=left	Olympic Oval, Calgary	^[12]
5000 m	6:45.61		align=left	Martina Sáblíková	align=right	11 March 2007	align=left	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City	^[13]
Team pursuit (6 laps)	2:56.04		align=left	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Anni Friesinger Claudia Pechstein	align=right	12 November 2005	align=left	Olympic Oval, Calgary	^[14]

Men's standings

100 m

See main article: 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 100 metres.

width=30	Rank	width=150	Name	width=25	Points
align=center	1		align=center	450
align=center	2		align=center	305
align=center	3		align=center	270

500 m

See main article: 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 500 metres.

width=30	Rank		Name	width=25	Points
align=center	1		align=center	1086
align=center	2		align=center	957
align=center	3		align=center	642

1000 m

See main article: 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 1000 metres.

width=30	Rank	width=150	Name	width=25	Points
align=center	1		align=center	840
align=center	2		align=center	705
align=center	3		align=center	590

1500 m

See main article: 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 1500 metres.

width=30	Rank	width=150	Name	width=25	Points
align=center	1		align=center	470
align=center	2		align=center	374
align=center	3	Håvard Bøkko	align=center	363

5000 and 10000 m

See main article: 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 5000 and 10000 metres.

width=30	Rank	width=150	Name	width=25	Points
align=center	1		align=center	550
align=center	2		align=center	485
align=center	3		align=center	425

Team pursuit

See main article: 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's team pursuit.

width=30	Rank	width=150	Name	width=25	Points
align=center	1		align=center	310
align=center	2		align=center	220
align=center	3		align=center	210

Women's standings

100 m

See main article: 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 100 metres.

width=30	Rank	width=150	Name	width=25	Points
align=center	1		align=center	450
align=center	2		align=center	236
align=center	3		align=center	230

500 m

See main article: 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 500 metres.

width=30	Rank	width=150	Name	width=25	Points
align=center	1		align=center	1205
align=center	2		align=center	642
align=center	3		align=center	635

1000 m

See main article: 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1000 metres.

width=30	Rank	width=150	Name	width=25	Points
align=center	1		align=center	646
align=center	2		align=center	507
align=center	3		align=center	468

1500 m

See main article: 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1500 metres.

width=30	Rank		Name	width=25	Points
align=center	1		align=center	526
align=center	2		align=center	355
align=center	3		align=center	335

3000 and 5000 m

See main article: 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 3000 and 5000 metres.

width=30	Rank		Name	width=25	Points
align=center	1		align=center	610
align=center	2		align=center	375
align=center	3		align=center	375

Team pursuit

See main article: 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's team pursuit.

width=30	Rank	width=150	Name	width=25	Points
align=center	1		align=center	235
align=center	2		align=center	205
align=center	3		align=center	200

External links

• International Skating Union

Notes and References

1. http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=1014 World Cup Speed Skating 2008/2009
2. http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=worldcup&wc=200809 World Cups of the 2008-09 season
3. Web site: Evolution of the world record 500 meters Men . www.speedskatingstats.com . 30 September 2013.
4. Web site: Evolution of the world record 1000 meters Men . www.speedskatingstats.com . 30 September 2013.
5. Web site: Evolution of the world record 1500 meters Men . www.speedskatingstats.com . 30 September 2013.
6. Web site: Evolution of the world record 5000 meters Men . www.speedskatingstats.com . 30 September 2013.
7. Web site: Evolution of the world record 10,000 meters Men . www.speedskatingstats.com . 30 September 2013.
8. Web site: Evolution of the world record Team pursuit Men . www.speedskatingstats.com . 30 September 2013.
9. Web site: Evolution of the world record 500 meters Women . www.speedskatingstats.com . 30 September 2013.
10. Web site: Evolution of the world record 1000 meters Women . www.speedskatingstats.com . 30 September 2013.
11. Web site: Evolution of the world record 1500 meters Women . www.speedskatingstats.com . 30 September 2013.
12. Web site: Evolution of the world record 3000 meters Women . www.speedskatingstats.com . 30 September 2013.
13. Web site: Evolution of the world record 5000 meters Women . www.speedskatingstats.com . 30 September 2013.
14. Web site: Evolution of the world record Team pursuit Women . www.speedskatingstats.com . 30 September 2013.