ISU Speed Skating World Cup | |
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Dates | 7 November 2008 – 7 March 2009 |
2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup | ||
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Events | ||
100 m | men | women |
500 m | men | women |
1000 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
3k/5k | women | |
5k/10k | men | |
Team pursuit | men | women |
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.[1][2] 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
WC # | City | Venue | Date | 100 m | 500 m | 1000 m | 1500 m | 3000 m | 5000 m | 10000 m | Team pursuit |
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1 | Berlin | Sportforum Hohenschönhausen | 7–9 November | 2m, 2w | m, w | m, w | w | m | m, w | ||
2 | Heerenveen | Thialf | 14–16 November | 2m, 2w | m, w | m, w | w | m | m, w | ||
3 | Moscow | Krylatskoye Sport Complex | 22–23 November | m, w | w | m | |||||
4 | Changchun | Jilin Provincial Speed Skating Rink | 6–7 December | m, w | 2m, 2w | 2m, 2w | |||||
5 | Nagano | M-Wave | 13–14 December | m, w | 2m, 2w | 2m, 2w | |||||
Tomakomai | Tomakomai Highland Sports Center | 4–5 January | 2009 Asian Speed Skating Championships | ||||||||
Heerenveen | Thialf | 9–11 January | 2009 European Speed Skating Championships | ||||||||
Moscow | Krylatskoye Sport Complex | 17–18 January | 2009 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships | ||||||||
6 | Kolomna | Kometa Ice Rink | 24–25 January | m, w | 2m, 2w | 2m, 2w | |||||
7 | Erfurt | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Halle | 30 January – 1 February | 2m, 2w | m, w | m, w | w | m | m, w | ||
Hamar | Vikingskipet | 7–8 February | 2009 World Allround Speed Skating Championships | ||||||||
8 | Heerenveen | Thialf | 14–15 February | m, w | w | m | |||||
9 | Salt Lake City | Utah Olympic Oval | 6–7 March | m, w | m, w | m, w | m, w | w | m | ||
Vancouver | Richmond Olympic Oval | 12–15 March | 2009 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships | ||||||||
Total | 4m, 4w | 13m, 13w | 10m, 10w | 6m, 6w | 4w | 4m, 2w | 2m | 3m, 3w |
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 |
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500 m | 34.03 | Jeremy Wotherspoon | 9 November 2007 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | [3] | |
1000 m | 1:07.00 | Pekka Koskela | 10 November 2007 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | [4] | |
1500 m | 1:42.01 | Denny Morrison | 14 March 2008 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | [5] | |
5000 m | 6:03.32 | Sven Kramer | 17 November 2007 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | [6] | |
10000 m | 12:41.69 | Sven Kramer | 10 March 2007 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | [7] | |
Team pursuit (8 laps) |
3:37.80 | Sven Kramer Carl Verheijen Erben Wennemars |
11 March 2007 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | [8] |
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.[5] 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,[4] after which Davis improved it further, with a time of 1:06.42.[4]
Women
Distance | Time | Nat. | Holder | Date | Venue | Reference |
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500 m | 37.02 | Jenny Wolf | 16 November 2007 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | [9] | |
1000 m | 1:13.11 | Cindy Klassen | 25 March 2006 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | [10] | |
1500 m | 1:51.79 | Cindy Klassen | 20 November 2005 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | [11] | |
3000 m | 3:53.34 | Cindy Klassen | 18 March 2006 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | [12] | |
5000 m | 6:45.61 | Martina Sáblíková | 11 March 2007 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | [13] | |
Team pursuit (6 laps) |
2:56.04 | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Anni Friesinger Claudia Pechstein |
12 November 2005 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | [14] |
Men's standings
100 m
Rank | Name | Points |
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1 | Yuya Oikawa | 450 |
2 | Yu Fengtong | 305 |
3 | Lee Kang-seok | 270 |
500 m
Rank | Name | Points |
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1 | Yu Fengtong | 1086 |
2 | Keiichiro Nagashima | 957 |
3 | Tucker Fredricks | 642 |
1000 m
Rank | Name | Points |
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1 | Shani Davis | 840 |
2 | Denny Morrison | 705 |
3 | Stefan Groothuis | 590 |
1500 m
Rank | Name | Points |
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1 | Shani Davis | 470 |
2 | Trevor Marsicano | 374 |
3 | Håvard Bøkko | 363 |
5000 and 10000 m
Rank | Name | Points |
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1 | Sven Kramer | 550 |
2 | Håvard Bøkko | 485 |
3 | Bob de Jong | 425 |
Team pursuit
Rank | Name | Points |
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1 | Canada | 310 |
2 | Italy | 220 |
3 | Japan | 210 |
Women's standings
100 m
Rank | Name | Points |
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1 | Jenny Wolf | 450 |
2 | Thijsje Oenema | 236 |
3 | Xing Aihua | 230 |
500 m
Rank | Name | Points |
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1 | Jenny Wolf | 1205 |
2 | Margot Boer | 642 |
3 | Lee Sang-hwa | 635 |
1000 m
Rank | Name | Points |
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1 | Christine Nesbitt | 646 |
2 | Kristina Groves | 507 |
3 | Laurine van Riessen | 468 |
1500 m
Rank | Name | Points |
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1 | Kristina Groves | 526 |
2 | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms | 355 |
3 | Christine Nesbitt | 335 |
3000 and 5000 m
Rank | Name | Points |
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1 | Martina Sáblíková | 610 |
2 | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms | 375 |
3 | Kristina Groves | 375 |
Team pursuit
Rank | Name | Points |
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1 | Czech Republic | 235 |
2 | United States | 205 |
3 | Netherlands | 200 |
References
- ^ World Cup Speed Skating 2008/2009 Archived 2009-01-31 at the Wayback Machine, International Skating Union.
- ^ World Cups of the 2008-09 season, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
- ^ "Evolution of the world record 500 meters Men". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ^ a b c "Evolution of the world record 1000 meters Men". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ^ a b "Evolution of the world record 1500 meters Men". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ^ "Evolution of the world record 5000 meters Men". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ^ "Evolution of the world record 10,000 meters Men". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ^ "Evolution of the world record Team pursuit Men". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ^ "Evolution of the world record 500 meters Women". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ^ "Evolution of the world record 1000 meters Women". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ^ "Evolution of the world record 1500 meters Women". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ^ "Evolution of the world record 3000 meters Women". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ^ "Evolution of the world record 5000 meters Women". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ^ "Evolution of the world record Team pursuit Women". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.