The 500 metres distance for women in the 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over 13 races on seven occasions, out of a total of nine World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Berlin, Germany, on 7–9 November 2008, and the final occasion taking place in Salt Lake City, United States, on 6–7 March 2009.

Jenny Wolf of Germany successfully defended her title, while Margot Boer of the Netherlands came second. Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea repeated her third place from the previous season.

Top three MedalAthletePointsPrevious season Gold Jenny Wolf 1205 1st Silver Margot Boer 642 13th Bronze Lee Sang-hwa 635 3rd

Race medallists Occasion # Location Date Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report 1 Berlin, Germany 7 November Jenny Wolf 37.75 Wang Beixing 37.75 Lee Sang-hwa 38.12 2008-09 World Cup #1 - Results 1st 500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 8 November Wang Beixing 37.91 Jenny Wolf 37.95 Lee Sang-hwa 38.26 2008-09 World Cup #1 - Results 2nd 500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 2 Heerenveen, Netherlands 14 November Jenny Wolf 37.60 Wang Beixing 37.63 Lee Sang-hwa 38.22 2008-09 World Cup #2 - Results 1st 500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 15 November Jenny Wolf 37.64 Wang Beixing 37.74 Lee Sang-hwa 38.13 2008-09 World Cup #2 - Results 2nd 500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 4 Changchun, China 6 December Jenny Wolf 38.09 Lee Sang-hwa 38.71 Annette Gerritsen 38.86 2008-09 World Cup #4 - Results 1st 500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 7 December Jenny Wolf 37.98 Annette Gerritsen 38.52 Lee Sang-hwa 38.56 2008-09 World Cup #4 - Results 2nd 500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 5 Nagano, Japan 13 December Jenny Wolf 37.71 Lee Sang-hwa 38.39 Sayuri Yoshii 38.66 2008-09 World Cup #5 - Results 1st 500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 14 December Yu Jing 38.63 Lee Sang-hwa 38.72 Xing Aihua 38.78 2008-09 World Cup #5 - Results 2nd 500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 6 Kolomna, Russia 24 January Jenny Wolf 37.51 Annette Gerritsen 38.02 Yu Jing 38.17 2008-09 World Cup #6 - Results 1st 500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 25 January Jenny Wolf 37.67 Jin Peiyu 38.01 Yu Jing 38.13 2008-09 World Cup #6 - Results 2nd 500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 7 Erfurt, Germany 30 January Jenny Wolf 37.58 Yu Jing 38.18 Jin Peiyu 38.30 2008-09 World Cup #7 - Results 1st 500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 31 January Jenny Wolf 37.85 Yu Jing 38.00 Annette Gerritsen 38.28 2008-09 World Cup #7 - Results 2nd 500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 9 , 7 March Wang Beixing 37.25 Jenny Wolf 37.39 Yu Jing 37.62 2008-09 World Cup #9 Final - Results 500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com.

Final standings Standings as of 8 March 2009 (end of the season).Classification of the 2008-09 World Cup 500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com. # Name Nat. BER1 BER2 HVN1 HVN2 CHA1 CHA2 NAG1 NAG2 KOL1 KOL2 ERF1 ERF2 SLC Total 1 100 80 100 100 100 100 100 5 100 100 100 100 120 1205 2 40 40 50 60 60 36 24 60 60 40 32 50 90 642 3 Lee Sang-hwa 70 70 70 70 80 70 80 80 45 635 4 50 60 60 50 70 80 80 50 60 70 630 5 Yu Jing 25 25 50 100 70 70 80 80 105 605 6 60 45 36 40 32 28 70 45 40 32 21 28 40 517 7 Wang Beixing 80 100 80 80 150 490 8 16 14 45 45 45 50 12 50 21 18 18 16 75 425 9 32 28 40 24 21 45 40 36 32 16 36 45 28 423 10 Ren Hui 14 8 8 16 50 32 36 18 50 24 50 60 16 382 11 Xing Aihua 18 18 16 14 40 60 32 70 12 10 40 40 370 12 25 25 14 21 12 40 21 32 45 60 28 24 8 355 13 Jin Peiyu 19 19 60 24 16 80 70 36 324 14 21 12 32 28 16 21 45 40 24 36 18 293 15 24 36 6 36 14 24 21 45 32 238 16 Lee Bo-ra 36 32 28 18 28 18 6 28 21 215 17 8 15 10 10 8 8 6 19 18 21 16 21 36 196 18 15 15 36 45 24 32 24 191 19 28 24 18 12 36 14 14 10 14 10 180 20 21 19 24 16 28 14 28 12 14 176 21 10 16 21 36 16 6 6 6 14 18 12 161 22 4 4 15 15 10 28 25 25 14 140 23 12 10 12 8 18 12 10 8 14 5 8 10 6 133 24 45 50 5 8 12 120 25 19 19 24 18 16 12 108 26 Zhang Shuang 6 5 19 10 10 25 25 100 27 1 1 11 11 15 8 8 8 8 11 82 28 2 1 6 8 6 11 19 10 12 75 29 Sheng Xiaomei 11 11 25 25 72 30 5 6 11 15 25 8 70 31 3 2 8 4 5 5 19 11 6 6 69 32 15 2 6 6 19 15 5 68 33 2 15 19 19 55 34 4 4 6 6 2 8 15 6 51 35 4 11 11 6 11 4 47 36 6 8 2 8 2 1 8 35 37 25 6 31 38 8 3 11 2 24 39 6 6 8 4 24 40 6 15 21 41 4 8 12 42 1 4 4 9 43 8 8 44 2 2 2 1 7 45 4 1 5 46 1 4 5 47 Ko Hyon-Suk 4 4 48 1 2 3 49 1 2 3 50 2 2 51 1 1 2 52 1 1

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