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.World Cup Speed Skating 2008/2009 , International Skating Union.World Cups of the 2008-09 season, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 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 Berlin Sportforum Hohenschönhausen 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w 2 Heerenveen Thialf 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w 3 Moscow Krylatskoye Sport Complex m, w w m 4 Changchun Jilin Provincial Speed Skating Rink m, w 2m, 2w 2m, 2w 5 Nagano M-Wave m, w 2m, 2w 2m, 2w Tomakomai Tomakomai Highland Sports Center 2009 Asian Speed Skating Championships Heerenveen Thialf 2009 European Speed Skating Championships Moscow Krylatskoye Sport Complex 2009 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships 6 Kolomna Kometa Ice Rink m, w 2m, 2w 2m, 2w 7 Erfurt Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Halle 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w Hamar Vikingskipet 2009 World Allround Speed Skating Championships 8 Heerenveen Thialf m, w w m 9 Utah Olympic Oval m, w m, w m, w m, w w m Vancouver Richmond Olympic Oval 2009 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships 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 Jeremy Wotherspoon 9 November 2007 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City 1000 m 1:07.00 Pekka Koskela 10 November 2007 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City 1500 m 1:42.01 Denny Morrison 14 March 2008 Olympic Oval, Calgary 5000 m 6:03.32 Sven Kramer 17 November 2007 Olympic Oval, Calgary 10000 m 12:41.69 Sven Kramer 10 March 2007 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City Team pursuit (8 laps) 3:37.80 Sven Kramer Carl Verheijen Erben Wennemars 11 March 2007 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
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. 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, after which Davis improved it further, with a time of 1:06.42.
Women
Distance Time Nat. Holder Date Venue Reference 500 m 37.02 Jenny Wolf 16 November 2007 Olympic Oval, Calgary 1000 m 1:13.11 Cindy Klassen 25 March 2006 Olympic Oval, Calgary 1500 m 1:51.79 Cindy Klassen 20 November 2005 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City 3000 m 3:53.34 Cindy Klassen 18 March 2006 Olympic Oval, Calgary 5000 m 6:45.61 Martina Sáblíková 11 March 2007 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City Team pursuit (6 laps) 2:56.04 Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Anni Friesinger Claudia Pechstein 12 November 2005 Olympic Oval, Calgary
Men's standings
100 m
RankNamePoints 1 Yuya Oikawa 450 2 Yu Fengtong 305 3 Lee Kang-seok 270
500 m
RankNamePoints 1 Yu Fengtong 1086 2 Keiichiro Nagashima 957 3 Tucker Fredricks 642
1000 m
RankNamePoints 1 Shani Davis 840 2 Denny Morrison 705 3 Stefan Groothuis 590
1500 m
RankNamePoints 1 Shani Davis 470 2 Trevor Marsicano 374 3 Håvard Bøkko 363
5000 and 10000 m
RankNamePoints 1 Sven Kramer 550 2 Håvard Bøkko 485 3 Bob de Jong 425
Team pursuit
RankNamePoints 1 310 2 220 3 210
Women's standings
100 m
RankNamePoints 1 Jenny Wolf 450 2 Thijsje Oenema 236 3 Xing Aihua 230
500 m
RankNamePoints 1 Jenny Wolf 1205 2 Margot Boer 642 3 Lee Sang-hwa 635
1000 m
RankNamePoints 1 Christine Nesbitt 646 2 Kristina Groves 507 3 Laurine van Riessen 468
1500 m
RankNamePoints 1 Kristina Groves 526 2 Daniela Anschütz-Thoms 355 3 Christine Nesbitt 335
3000 and 5000 m
RankNamePoints 1 Martina Sáblíková 610 2 Daniela Anschütz-Thoms 375 3 Kristina Groves 375
Team pursuit
RankNamePoints 1 235 2 205 3 200
References
External links International Skating Union