| Event: | ISU Short Track World Cup |
| Dates: | 18 October 2008 – 15 February 2009 |
| Prev: | 2007–08 World Cup |
| Next: | 2009–10 World Cup |
The 2008–09 Short Track Speed Skating World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season for short track speed skating. The season began on 18 October 2008 and ended on 15 February 2009. The World Cup was organised by the ISU who also ran world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.
| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third | |
| 18 October 2008 | 1000m |  Lee Jung-su | ||||
| 18 October 2008 | 1500m (1) |  Jeff Simon | ||||
| 19 October 2008 | 500m |  François-Louis Tremblay | ||||
| 19 October 2008 | 1500m (2) | Apolo Ohno | ||||
| 19 October 2008 | 5000m relay | Canada |
| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third | |
| 25 October 2008 | 1000m (1) | François Hamelin | ||||
| 25 October 2008 | 1500m | Jeff Simon | ||||
| 26 October 2008 | 500m | Kwak Yoon-gy | ||||
| 26 October 2008 | 1000m (2) | Rémi Beaulieu-Tinker | ||||
| 26 October 2008 | 5000m relay |  Great Britain |
| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third | |
| 29 November 2008 | 500m (1) |  Wang Hong Yang | ||||
| 29 November 2008 | 500m (2) | Sui Bao Ku | ||||
| 29 November 2008 | 1500m | Park Jin-hwan | ||||
| 30 November 2008 | 1000m | Charles Hamelin | ||||
| 30 November 2008 | 5000m relay | China |
| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third | |
| 6 December 2008 | 1000m | Charles Hamelin | ||||
| 6 December 2008 | 1500m (1) | François-Louis Tremblay | ||||
| 7 December 2008 | 500m |  Thibaut Fauconnet | ||||
| 7 December 2008 | 1500m (2) | Olivier Jean | ||||
| 7 December 2008 | 5000m relay | China |
| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third | |
| 7 February 2009 | 1000m (1) | François-Louis Tremblay | ||||
| 7 February 2009 | 1500m | Charles Hamelin | ||||
| 8 February 2009 | 500m | Jeff Simon | ||||
| 8 February 2009 | 1000m (2) | Lee Jung-su | ||||
| 8 February 2009 | 5000m relay | Germany |
| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third | |
| 14 February 2009 | 500m (1) |  Nicola Rodigari | ||||
| 14 February 2009 | 1500m | Rémi Beaulieu-Tinker | ||||
| 15 February 2009 | 500m (2) |  Satoshi Sakashita | ||||
| 15 February 2009 | 1000m | Yuri Confortola | ||||
| 15 February 2009 | 5000m relay | Germany |
| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third | |
| 18 October 2008 | 1500m (1) | Yang Shin-young | ||||
| 18 October 2008 | 1500m (2) | Sun Linlin | ||||
| 19 October 2008 | 500m | Jessica Gregg | ||||
| 19 October 2008 | 1000m | Kimberly Derrick | ||||
| 19 October 2008 | 3000m relay | Canada |
| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third | |
| 25 October 2008 | 1000m (1) | Yang Shin-young | ||||
| 25 October 2008 | 1500m | Shin Sae-bom | ||||
| 26 October 2008 | 500m | Yang Shin-young | ||||
| 26 October 2008 | 1000m (2) | Allison Baver | ||||
| 26 October 2008 | 3000m relay | Canada |
| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third | |
| 29 November 2008 | 1500m | Allison Baver | ||||
| 29 October 2008 | 3000m relay | Italy | ||||
| 29 November 2008 | 500m (1) |  Tatiana Borodulina | ||||
| 30 November 2008 | 500m (2) | Zhao Nannan | ||||
| 30 November 2008 | 1000m | Shin Sae-bom |
| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third | |
| 6 December 2008 | 1000m | Yang Shin-young | ||||
| 6 December 2008 | 1500m (1) | Allison Baver | ||||
| 7 December 2008 | 500m | Fu Tianyu | ||||
| 7 December 2008 | 1500m (2) | Kim Min-jung | ||||
| 7 December 2008 | 3000m relay | Canada |
| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third | |
| 7 February 2009 | 1000m (1) | Kalyna Roberge | ||||
| 7 February 2009 | 1500m | Zhou Yang | ||||
| 8 February 2009 | 500m | Meng Xiaoxue | ||||
| 8 February 2009 | 1000m (2) | Kimberly Derrick | ||||
| 8 February 2009 | 3000m relay | United States |
| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third | |
| 14 February 2009 | 500m (1) | Arianna Fontana | ||||
| 14 February 2009 | 1500m | Zhang Hui | ||||
| 15 February 2009 | 500m (2) | Evgenia Radanova | ||||
| 15 February 2009 | 1000m | Jung Eun-ju | ||||
| 15 February 2009 | 3000m relay | South Korea |
| Distance[1] | Winner | Second | Third | |
| 500m | François-Louis Tremblay | Sung Si-bak | Jon Eley | |
| 1000m | Lee Ho-suk | Kwak Yoon-gy | Lee Jung-su | |
| 1500m | Lee Ho-suk | |||
| 5000m relay | South Korea |
| Distance[2] | Winner | Second | Third | |
| 500m | Wang Meng | Liu Qiuhong | Tatiana Borodulina | |
| 1000m | Wang Meng | Liu Qiuhong | Kimberly Derrick | |
| 1500m | Kim Min-jung | |||
| 3000m relay | Canada |