The 2008 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships were held in the Thialf arena in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 19 and 20 January 2008. They were the 37th World Championships.
Men Rank Skater Nat. 500 m (1) 1000 m (1) 500 m (2) 1000 m (2) Total Lee Kyou-hyuk 34.99 (2) 1:09.84 (6) 34.85 (1) 1:08.82 (1) 139.170 Jeremy Wotherspoon 34.81 (1) 1:09.47 (3) 34.95 (2) 1:09.54 (7) 139.265 Mun Joon 35.62 (15) 1:09.72 (4) 35.00 (3) 1:09.20 (3) 140.080 4 Simon Kuipers 35.53 (14) 1:09.46 (2) 35.23 (4) 1:09.28 (6) 140.130 5 Keiichiro Nagashima 35.24 (6) 1:10.51 (9) 35.25 (5) 1:10.01 (9) 140.750 6 Mika Poutala 35.14 (4) 1:10.65 (11) 35.28 (6) 1:10.07 (10) 140.780 7 Denny Morrison 35.82 (19) 1:09.72 (4) 35.66 (14) 1:09.22 (4) 140.950 8 Jacques de Koning 35.36 (12) 1:10.55 (10) 35.40 (8) 1:10.20 (11) 141.135 9 Lars Elgersma 35.98 (21) 1:10.84 (13) 35.56 (12) 1:09.22 (4) 141.570 10 Lee Kang-seok 35.13 (3) 1:11.03 (16) 35.33 (7) 1:11.25 (20) 141.600 11 An Weijiang 35.24 (6) 1:11.01 (15) 35.67 (16) 1:11.02 (18) 141.925 12 Håvard Bøkko 36.00 (22) 1:10.11 (7) 36.19 (26) 1:09.93 (8) 142.210 13 Tadashi Obara 35.74 (17) 1:11.28 (19) 35.62 (13) 1:10.95 (17) 142.475 14 Samuel Schwarz 36.07 (23) 1:10.45 (8) 35.98 (18) 1:10.42 (12) 142.485 15 Tucker Fredricks 35.41 (13) 1:11.88 (27) 35.66 (14) 1:11.07 (19) 142.545 16 Maciej Ustynowicz 35.94 (20) 1:10.98 (14) 35.99 (19) 1:10.55 (15) 142.695 17 Vincent Labrie 35.64 (16) 1:11.54 (23) 35.68 (17) 1:11.33 (21) 142.755 18 Konrad Niedźwiedzki 36.34 (30) 1:11.11 (17) 36.10 (25) 1:10.47 (13) 143.230 19 Takaharu Nakajima 35.79 (18) 1:11.60 (24) 36.02 (22) 1:11.46 (23) 143.340 Joji Kato 35.27 (9) 1:12.34 (31) 35.40 (8) 1:13.00 (34) 143.340 21 Aleksey Yesin 36.11 (24) 1:11.31 (20) 36.00 (20) 1:11.51 (24) 143.520 22 Dag-Erik Kleven 36.25 (27) 1:11.69 (26) 36.01 (21) 1:10.92 (16) 143.565 23 Mikael Flygind-Larsen 36.41 (31) 1:11.25 (18) 36.38 (29) 1:10.50 (14) 143.665 24 Tuomas Nieminen 36.22 (26) 1:11.67 (25) 36.03 (23) 1:11.55 (25) 143.860 25 Nico Ihle 36.19 (25) 1:12.00 (29) 36.08 (24) 1:12.16 (29) 144.350 26 Nick Pearson 36.27 (28) 1:12.10 (30) 36.55 (33) 1:11.64 (26) 144.690 27 Joel Eriksson 36.84 (37) 1:11.36 (22) 36.64 (34) 1:11.42 (22) 144.870 28 Aleksandr Lebedev 36.59 (35) 1:11.96 (28) 36.49 (32) 1:11.82 (27) 144.970 29 Pasi Koskela 36.43 (32) 1:12.37 (32) 36.24 (27) 1:12.31 (30) 145.010 30 Aleksey Proshin 36.48 (33) 1:12.52 (34) 36.46 (31) 1:12.03 (28) 145.215 31 Ermanno Ioriatti 36.28 (29) 1:12.91 (35) 36.43 (30) 1:12.32 (31) 145.325 32 Yu Fengtong 35.20 (5) 1:14.77 (39) 35.51 (11) 1:14.56 (38) 145.375 33 Chris Needham 36.50 (34) 1:12.91 (35) 36.34 (28) 1:12.65 (33) 145.620 34 Aleksandr Zhigin 36.93 (39) 1:12.44 (33) 36.73 (35) 1:12.62 (32) 146.190 35 Daniel Friberg 36.88 (38) 1:13.31 (37) 37.12 (36) 1:13.08 (36) 147.195 36 Pascal Briand 37.00 (40) 1:13.40 (38) 37.47 (37) 1:13.03 (35) 147.685 37 Vladimir Sherstyuk 36.64 (36) 1:15.07 (40) 52.33 (39) 1:14.17 (37) 163.590 38 Aleksandr Komar 37.30 (41) 1:15.14 (41) 51.70 (38) 1:14.66 (39) 163.900 39 Jan Bos 35.24 (6) 1:09.13 (1) 1:07.48 (40) 1:08.94 (2) 171.755 DQ1 Kip Carpenter DQ 1:10.79 (12) 35.41 (10) 70.805 NS3 Pekka Koskela 35.29 (11) 1:11.32 (21) NS 70.950 NS2 Dmitry Lobkov 35.27 (9) NS 35.270
DQ = disqualifiedNS = Not started
Source: ISU http://www.isuresults.eu/2007-2008/heerenveen/ ISU Results
Women Rank Skater Nat. 500 m (1) 1000 m (1) 500 m (2) 1000 m (2) Total Jenny Wolf 37.64 (1) 1:17.06 (6) 37.60 (1) 1:17.09 (7) 152.315 Anni Friesinger 38.70 (7) 1:15.58 (1) 38.76 (7) 1:15.82 (2) 153.160 Annette Gerritsen 38.36 (2) 1:17.51 (8) 38.44 (3) 1:15.91 (3) 153.510 4 Chiara Simionato 38.94 (9) 1:16.89 (5) 38.75 (6) 1:16.00 (4) 154.135 5 Marianne Timmer 38.91 (8) 1:16.75 (3) 38.64 (5) 1:16.72 (6) 154.285 6 Ireen Wüst 39.47 (19) 1:15.64 (2) 39.56 (19) 1:15.59 (1) 154.645 7 Shannon Rempel 38.95 (10) 1:17.32 (7) 39.02 (12) 1:16.55 (5) 154.905 8 Zhang Shuang 38.49 (4) 1:18.03 (11) 38.61 (4) 1:18.66 (14) 155.445 9 Heike Hartmann 38.96 (11) 1:17.75 (9) 38.89 (10) 1:17.86 (9) 155.655 10 Lee Sang-hwa 38.46 (3) 1:20.00 (22) 38.27 (2) 1:18.22 (10) 155.840 11 Svetlana Kaykan 38.64 (6) 1:18.58 (12) 38.81 (8) 1:18.55 (13) 156.015 12 Paulien van Deutekom 39.63 (21) 1:16.79 (4) 39.56 (19) 1:17.11 (8) 156.140 13 Elli Ochowicz 39.10 (17) 1:18.67 (13) 38.88 (9) 1:18.47 (12) 156.550 14 Yuliya Nemaya 38.96 (11) 1:19.08 (16) 39.19 (16) 1:18.87 (17) 157.125 15 Svetlana Radkevich 39.20 (18) 1:19.06 (15) 39.13 (14) 1:18.71 (16) 157.215 16 Shihomi Shinya 38.96 (11) 1:19.16 (18) 39.09 (13) 1:19.32 (19) 157.290 17 Sayuri Yoshii 38.97 (14) 1:19.00 (14) 39.55 (17) 1:19.28 (18) 157.660 18 Yekaterina Malysheva 39.55 (20) 1:19.23 (19) 39.65 (21) 1:18.33 (11) 157.980 19 Lee Bo-ra 39.05 (16) 1:20.06 (23) 39.17 (15) 1:19.62 (20) 158.060 20 Maki Tabata 40.01 (25) 1:17.85 (10) 40.22 (27) 1:18.68 (15) 158.495 21 Kerry Simpson 39.65 (22) 1:19.57 (21) 39.55 (17) 1:19.64 (21) 158.805 22 Xing Aihua 39.00 (15) 1:20.15 (24) 38.93 (11) 1:22.01 (28) 159.010 23 Danielle Wotherspoon 39.75 (23) 1:20.49 (26) 39.98 (22) 1:20.55 (25) 160.250 24 Tamara Oudenaarden 39.86 (24) 1:21.15 (29) 40.01 (23) 1:20.52 (24) 160.705 25 Heather Richardson 40.53 (28) 1:20.51 (27) 40.11 (25) 1:19.85 (22) 160.820 26 Bianca Anghel 40.66 (29) 1:19.44 (20) 40.44 (28) 1:20.07 (23) 160.855 27 Yekaterina Lukoanova 40.18 (27) 1:20.38 (25) 40.21 (26) 1:21.03 (27) 161.095 28 Natalya Rybakova 40.75 (31) 1:20.55 (28) 40.86 (30) 1:20.89 (26) 162.330 29 Anna Badayeva 40.73 (30) 1:22.81 (32) 40.72 (29) 1:22.09 (29) 163.900 30 Paulina Wallin 40.09 (26) 1:24.94 (34) 40.04 (24) 1:23.27 (32) 164.235 31 Yelena Myagkikh 41.74 (36) 1:22.64 (31) 41.44 (32) 1:22.66 (30) 165.830 32 Daniela Oltean 41.59 (33) 1:23.02 (33) 41.60 (33) 1:22.77 (31) 166.085 33 Susanna Potka 41.73 (35) 1:24.97 (35) 41.90 (34) 1:24.18 (33) 168.205 34 Claudia Wallin 41.61 (34) 1:27.65 (36) 41.02 (31) 1:26.41 (34) 169.660 NS3 Wang Beixing 38.49 (4) 1:19.10 (17) NS 78.040 DQ3 Lana Gehring 41.22 (32) 1:21.67 (30) DQ 82.055 DQ = disqualifiedNS = Not started
Source: ISU http://www.isuresults.eu/2007-2008/heerenveen/ ISU Results
Rules All participating skaters are allowed to skate all races.
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