2008 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

The 2008 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held in the indoor arena in Berlin, Germany, on 9 and 10 February 2008. The Dutch skaters Paulien van Deutekom and Sven Kramer became world champions.

World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Sportforum Hohenschönhausen (Berlin)
LocationBerlin, Germany
VenueSportforum Hohenschönhausen
Dates9 and 10 February
Competitors48
Medalist men
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sven Kramer  NED
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Håvard Bøkko  NOR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Shani Davis  USA
Medalist women
1st place, gold medalist(s) Paulien van Deutekom  NED
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ireen Wüst  NED
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kristina Groves  CAN

Women's championships edit

Day 1 edit

500 metres edit

Place Athlete Country Time
  Christine Nesbitt   Canada 39.03
  Ireen Wüst   Netherlands 39.28
  Wang Fei   China 39.57
4 Kristina Groves   Canada 39.64
5 Paulien van Deutekom   Netherlands 39.65
6 Yekaterina Lobysheva   Russia 39.70
7 Marrit Leenstra   Netherlands 39.72
8 Daniela Anschütz-Thoms   Germany 39.98
9 Claudia Pechstein   Germany 40.01
Yekaterina Abramova   Russia 40.01

3000 metres edit

Place Athlete Country Time
  Paulien van Deutekom   Netherlands 4:03.33
  Martina Sáblíková   Czech Republic 4:05.69
  Kristina Groves   Canada 4:06.36
4 Ireen Wüst   Netherlands 4:06.62
5 Christine Nesbitt   Canada 4:07.34
6 Diane Valkenburg   Netherlands 4:09.49
7 Clara Hughes   Canada 4:11.21
8 Daniela Anschütz-Thoms   Germany 4:11.43
9 Claudia Pechstein   Germany 4:12.09
10 Katrin Mattscherodt   Germany 4:12.98

Day 2 edit

1500 metres edit

Place Athlete Country Time
  Ireen Wüst   Netherlands 1:57.59
  Paulien van Deutekom   Netherlands 1:57.83
  Christine Nesbitt   Canada 1:58.57
4 Kristina Groves   Canada 1:58.67
5 Wang Fei   China 1:59.31
6 Daniela Anschütz-Thoms   Germany 1:59.44
7 Marrit Leenstra   Netherlands 1:59.51
8 Martina Sáblíková   Czech Republic 1:59.62
9 Claudia Pechstein   Germany 1:59.77
10 Diane Valkenburg   Netherlands 1:59.82

5000 metres edit

Place Athlete Country Time
  Martina Sáblíková   Czech Republic 6:59.26 BR
  Kristina Groves   Canada 7:06.22
  Paulien van Deutekom   Netherlands 7:07.10
4 Ireen Wüst   Netherlands 7:09.54
5 Clara Hughes   Canada 7:09.55
6 Claudia Pechstein   Germany 7:11.45
7 Daniela Anschütz-Thoms   Germany 7:11,88
8 Katrin Mattscherodt   Germany 7:15.61
9 Christine Nesbitt   Canada 7:15.92
10 Diane Valkenburg   Netherlands 7:18.25

Allround results edit

Place Athlete Country 500 m 3000 m 1500 m 5000 m Points
  Paulien van Deutekom   Netherlands 39.65 (5) 4:03.33 (1) 1:57.83 (2) 7:07.10 (3) 162.191
  Ireen Wüst   Netherlands 39.28 (2) 4:06.62 (4) 1:57.59 (1) 7;09.54 (4) 162.533
  Kristina Groves   Canada 39.64 (4) 4:06.36 (3) 1:58.67 (4) 7:06.22 (2) 162.878
4 Christine Nesbitt   Canada 39.03 (1) 4:07.34 (5) 1:58.57 (3) 7:15.92 (9) 163.368
5 Martina Sáblíková   Czech Republic 40.92 (15) 4:05.69 (2) 1:59.62 (8) 6:59.26 (1) 163.667
6 Daniela Anschütz-Thoms   Germany 39.98 (8) 4:11.43 (8) 1:59.44 (6) 7:11.88 (7) 164.886
7 Claudia Pechstein   Germany 40.01 (9) 4:12.09 (9) 1:59.77 (9) 7:11.45 (6) 165.093
8 Diane Valkenburg   Netherlands 40.28 (11) 4:09.49 (6) 1:59.82 (10) 7:18.25 (10) 165.626
9 Wang Fei   China 39.57 (3) 4:13.75 (11) 1:59.31 (5) 7:23.83 (11) 166.014
10 Katrin Mattscherodt   Germany 41.21 (20) 4:12.98 (10) 2:00.56 (12) 7:15.61 (8) 167.120
11 Clara Hughes   Canada 42.10 (22) 4:11.21 (7) 2:01.63 (15) 7:09.55 (5) 167.466
12 Marrit Leenstra   Netherlands 39.72 (7) 4:14.85 (12) 1:59.51 (7) 7:35.98 (12) 167.629
NQ13 Maki Tabata   Japan 40.48 (13) 4:15.44 (14) 2:00.70 (13) 123.286
NQ14 Yekaterina Lobysheva   Russia 39.70 (6) 4:19.92 (21) 2:01.45 (14) 123.503
NQ15 Brittany Schussler   Canada 40.75 (14) 4:16.93 (16) 2:00.11 (11) 123.607
NQ16 Galina Likhachova   Russia 40.45 (12) 4:18.00 (18) 2:02.23 (18) 124.193
NQ17 Katarzyna Wójcicka   Poland 40.93 (16) 4:17.47 (17) 2:02.03 (16) 124.517
NQ18 Mari Hemmer   Norway 41.07 (17) 4:15.11 (13) 2:03,05 (20) 124.604
NQ19 Yekaterina Abramova   Russia 40.01 (9) 4:22.54 (23) 2:03.77 (21) 125.022
NQ20 Lucille Opitz   Germany 41.19 (19) 4:18.10 (19) 2:02.47 (19) 125.029
NQ21 Lee Ju-youn   South Korea 41.14 (18) 4:19.67 (20) 2:02.19 (17) 125.148
NQ22 Catherine Raney   United States 41.74 (21) 4:15.87 (15) 2:04.72 (22) 125.958
NQ23 Eriko Ishino   Japan 42.10 (22) 4:21.14 (22) 2:05.53 (23) 127.466
NQ24 Anna Ringsred   United States 42.30 (24) 4:32.58 (24) 2:08.72 (24) 130.636

NQ = Not qualified for the 5000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)
DQ = disqualified

Men's championships edit

Day 1 edit

500 metres edit

Place Athlete Country Time
  Denny Morrison   Canada 35.81
  Shani Davis   United States 35.85
  Sven Kramer   Netherlands 36.22
4 Yevgeny Lalenkov   Russia 36.27
5 Håvard Bøkko   Norway 36.54
Ivan Skobrev   Russia 36.54
7 Chad Hedrick   United States 36.55
8 Konrad Niedźwiedzki   Poland 36.57
9 Steven Elm   Canada 36.70
10 Enrico Fabris   Italy 36.72

5000 metres edit

Place Athlete Country Time
  Sven Kramer   Netherlands 6:13.35
  Håvard Bøkko   Norway 6:17.64
  Chad Hedrick   United States 6:18.90
4 Shani Davis   United States 6:23.92
5 Wouter olde Heuvel   Netherlands 6:25.06
6 Carl Verheijen   Netherlands 6:29.39
7 Sverre Haugli   Norway 6:29.64
8 Hiroki Hirako   Japan 6:33.17
9 Denny Morrison   Canada 6:33.53
10 Enrico Fabris   Italy 6:33.61

Day 2 edit

1500 metres edit

Place Athlete Country Time
  Shani Davis   United States 1:45.93
  Denny Morrison   Canada 1:45.98
  Yevgeny Lalenkov   Russia 1:46.39
4 Sven Kramer   Netherlands 1:46.47
5 Chad Hedrick   United States 1:46.82
6 Wouter olde Heuvel   Netherlands 1:47.32
7 Håvard Bøkko   Norway 1:47.93
8 Enrico Fabris   Italy 1:48.12
9 Ben Jongejan   Netherlands 1:48.17
10 Lucas Makowsky   Canada 1:48.46

10000 metres edit

Place Athlete Country Time
  Sven Kramer   Netherlands 13:09.06 BR
  Håvard Bøkko   Norway 13:10.87
  Wouter olde Heuvel   Netherlands 13:20.97
4 Carl Verheijen   Netherlands 13:23.86
5 Shani Davis   United States 13:27.13
6 Chad Hedrick   United States 13:32.69
7 Ivan Skobrev   Russia 13:37.72
8 Ben Jongejan   Netherlands 13:43.73
9 Enrico Fabris   Italy 13:45.23
10 Sverre Haugli   Norway 13:46.63

Allround results edit

Place Athlete Country 500 m 5000 m 1500 m 10.000 m Points
  Sven Kramer   Netherlands 36.22 (3) 6:13.35 (1) 1:46.46 (4) 13:09.06 (1) 148.494
  Håvard Bøkko   Norway 36.54 (5) 6:17.64 (2) 1:47.93 (7) 13:10.87 (2) 149.823
  Shani Davis   United States 35.85 (2) 6:23.92 (4) 1:45.93 (1) 13:27.13 (5) 149.908
4 Chad Hedrick   United States 36.55 (7) 6:18.90 (3) 1:46.82 (5) 13:32.69 (6) 150.680
5 Wouter olde Heuvel   Netherlands 36.98 (12) 6:25.07 (5) 1:47.32 (6) 13:20.97 (3) 151.308
6 Denny Morrison   Canada 35,81 (1) 6:33.53 (9) 1:45.98 (2) 14:11.76 (11) 153.077
7 Enrico Fabris   Italy 36.72 (10) 6:33.61 (10) 1:48.12 (8) 13:45.23 (9) 153.382
8 Ivan Skobrev   Russia 36.54 (5) 6:34.72 (11) 1:50.00 (19) 13:37.72 (7) 153.564
9 Carl Verheijen   Netherlands 38.07 (23) 6:29.39 (6) 1:49.23 (13) 13:23.86 (4) 153.612
10 Ben Jongejan   Netherlands 37.24 (14) 6:34.94 (12) 1:48.17 (9) 13:43.73 (8) 153.976
11 Sverre Haugli   Norway 37.83 (20) 6:29.64 (7) 1:49.31 (15) 13:46.63 (10) 154.561
12 Yevgeny Lalenkov   Russia 36.27 (4) 6:37.96 (15) 1:46.39 (3) 14:22.09 (12) 154.633
NQ13 Lucas Makowsky   Canada 36.85 (11) 6:37.30 (14) 1:48.46 (10) 112.733
NQ14 Tobias Schneider   Germany 37.27 (15) 6:36.32 (13) 1:48.96 (12) 113.222
NQ15 Henrik Christiansen   Norway 37.35 (16) 6:38.75 (16) 1:49.28 (14) 113.651
NQ16 Robert Lehmann   Germany 37.07 (13) 6:41.80 (17) 1:49.40 (16) 113.716
NQ17 Steven Elm   Canada 36.70 (9) 6:48.37 (21) 1:48.80 (11) 113.803
NQ18 Konrad Niedźwiedzki   Poland 36.57 (8) 6:47.83 (20) 1:49.69 (17) 113.916
NQ19 Hiroki Hirako   Japan 37.83 (20) 6:33.17 (8) 1:51.35 (21) 114.263
NQ20 Trevor Marsicano   United States 37.82 (19) 6:42.24 (18) 1:49.84 (18) 114.657
NQ21 Justin Warsylewicz   Canada 38.02 (22) 6:49.29 (22) 1:50.57 (20) 115.805
NQ22 Justin Stelly   United States 37.71 (18) 6:51.97 (23) 1:53.84 (23) 116.853
DQ1 - Xingyu Song   China DQ () 6:45.94 (19) 1:53.29 (22)
NQ24- Kwun-Won Choi   South Korea 37.40 (17) DNS

NQ = Not qualified for the 10000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)
DQ = disqualified

Rules edit

All 24 participating skaters are allowed to skate the first three distances; 12 skaters may take part on the fourth distance. These 12 skaters are determined by taking the standings on the longest of the first three distances, as well as the samalog standings after three distances, and comparing these lists as follows:

  1. Skaters among the top 12 on both lists are qualified.
  2. To make up a total of 12, skaters are then added in order of their best rank on either list. Samalog standings take precedence over the longest-distance standings in the event of a tie.

References edit