The 1500 metres distance for men in the 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over six races on six 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.
Shani Davis of the United States defended his title from the previous season, while fellow American Trevor Marsicano came second, and Håvard Bøkko of Norway came third.
On the last competition weekend of the season, Davis set a new world record of 1:41.80.
Top three Medal Athlete Points Previous season Gold Shani Davis 470 1st Silver Trevor Marsicano 374 25th Bronze Håvard Bøkko 363 9th
Race medallists Occasion # Location Date Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report 1 Berlin, Germany 8 November Sven Kramer 1:45.69 Erben Wennemars 1:45.85 Simon Kuipers 1:45.95 2008-09 World Cup #1 - Results 1500 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 2 Heerenveen, Netherlands 14 November Shani Davis 1:45.23 Stefan Groothuis 1:45.84 Mark Tuitert 1:45.90 2008-09 World Cup #2 - Results 1500 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 3 Moscow, Russia 22 November Håvard Bøkko 1:45.46 Mark Tuitert 1:45.81 Enrico Fabris 1:46.00 2008-09 World Cup #3 - Results 1500 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 7 Erfurt, Germany 31 January Denny Morrison 1:45.32 Trevor Marsicano 1:46.00 Shani Davis 1:46.25 2008-09 World Cup #7 - Results 1500 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 8 Heerenveen, Netherlands 15 February Shani Davis 1:45.40 Enrico Fabris 1:45.88 Trevor Marsicano 1:46.09 2008-09 World Cup #8 - Results 1500 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 9 , 6 March Shani Davis 1:41.80 WR Trevor Marsicano 1:42.31 Denny Morrison 1:42.56 2008-09 World Cup #9 Final - Results 1500 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
Final standings Standings as of 7 March 2009 (end of the season).Standings 1500 m menClassification of the 2008-09 World Cup 1500 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com. # Name Nat. BER HVN1 MOS ERF HVN2 SLC Total 1 50 100 – 70 100 150 470 2 24 40 40 80 70 120 374 3 45 60 100 50 18 90 363 4 18 36 70 45 80 45 294 5 60 70 80 6 36 40 292 6 40 45 – 40 60 75 260 7 36 6 – 100 – 105 247 8 100 24 – 60 45 – 229 9 28 80 36 24 50 – 218 10 80 50 60 – – – 190 11 70 32 45 – 28 – 175 12 21 16 32 36 21 16 142 13 32 18 50 – – 21 121 14 14 12 12 16 24 24 102 15 – – – 25 40 36 101 16 4 11 18 18 14 32 97 17 25 10 8 21 16 12 92 18 16 5 10 28 32 – 91 19 Lee Jong-woo 15 21 24 – – 28 88 20 6 8 21 32 12 0 79 21 – 28 28 – – 18 74 22 12 14 16 10 6 14 72 23 19 8 – 14 25 – 66 24 – 4 25 12 10 10 61 25 5 19 – 11 8 – 43 26 Mo Tae-bum 8 25 – – – – 33 27 11 2 14 4 0 – 31 28 – – – 19 8 – 27 29 1 0 15 8 2 – 26 30 – – 6 – 19 – 25 31 8 15 – – – – 23 32 10 6 5 – – – 21 33 0 – – 15 5 – 20 34 Choi Kwun-won – 0 19 – – – 19 35 3 0 0 2 11 – 16 36 0 0 0 0 15 – 15 37 Song Xingyu 6 0 6 – – – 12 38 0 0 11 – – – 11 39 1 1 – 8 – – 10 40 2 – 1 6 – – 9 41 – – 8 – – – 8 42 4 0 4 – 0 – 8 43 0 0 0 0 6 – 6 44 – – – – 4 – 4 45 – 0 2 – – – 2 2 0 – – – – 2 47 – – – 1 1 – 2
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