The first competition weekend of the 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Sportforum Hohenschönhausen in Berlin, Germany, from Friday, 7 November, until Sunday, 9 November 2008.
Schedule of events edit
Schedule of the event:[1]
| Date | Time | Events |
|---|---|---|
| 7 November | 15:00 CET | 500 m women 500 m men 1500 m women 5000 m men |
| 8 November | 13:30 CET | 500 m women 500 m men 3000 m women 1500 m men |
| 9 November | 13:30 CET | 1000 m women 1000 m men Team pursuit women Team pursuit men |
Medal summary edit
Men's events edit
| Event | Race # | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time | Report |
| 500 m | 1 | Keiichiro Nagashima Japan |
34.92 | Pekka Koskela Finland |
34.99 | Lee Kyou-hyuk South Korea |
35.01 | [2] |
| 2 | Joji Kato Japan |
34.70 | Yu Fengtong China |
35.07 | Mika Poutala Finland |
35.13 | [3] | |
| 1000 m | Stefan Groothuis Netherlands |
1:09.13 | Shani Davis United States |
1:09.15 | Simon Kuipers Netherlands |
1:09.30 | [4] | |
| 1500 m | Sven Kramer Netherlands |
1:45.69 | Erben Wennemars Netherlands |
1:45.85 | Simon Kuipers Netherlands |
1:45.95 | [5] | |
| 5000 m | Sven Kramer Netherlands |
6:15.74 | Håvard Bøkko Norway |
6:20.03 | Carl Verheijen Netherlands |
6:20.87 | [6] | |
| Team pursuit |  CanadaDenny Morrison Lucas Makowsky Steven Elm |
3:47.29 |  GermanyJörg Dallmann Robert Lehmann Marco Weber |
3:47.37 | Japan Teruhiro Sugimori Hiroki Hirako Shigeyuki Dejima |
3:48.02 | [7] |
Women's events edit
| Event | Race # | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time | Report |
| 500 m | 1 | Jenny Wolf Germany |
37.75 | Wang Beixing China |
37.75 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea |
38.12 | [8] |
| 2 | Wang Beixing China |
37.91 | Jenny Wolf Germany |
37.95 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea |
38.26 | [9] | |
| 1000 m | Christine Nesbitt Canada |
1:16.86 | Shannon Rempel Canada |
1:17.11 | Laurine van Riessen Netherlands |
1:17.21 | [10] | |
| 1500 m | Kristina Groves Canada |
1:57.65 | Brittany Schussler Canada |
1:57.74 | Shannon Rempel Canada |
1:58.04 | [11] | |
| 3000 m | Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic |
4:03.70 | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Germany |
4:07.08 | Masako Hozumi Japan |
4:07.92 | [12] | |
| Team pursuit | Netherlands Renate Groenewold Ireen Wüst Diane Valkenburg |
3:04.34 | Germany Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Claudia Pechstein Lucille Opitz |
3:04.51 | United States Nancy Swider-Peltz, Jr Catherine Raney Mia Manganello |
3:05.68 | [13] |
References edit
- ^ Berlin World Cup announcement[permanent dead link]
- ^ 2008-09 World Cup #1 - Results 1st 500 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
- ^ 2008-09 World Cup #1 - Results 2nd 500 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
- ^ 2008-09 World Cup #1 - Results 1000 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
- ^ 2008-09 World Cup #1 - Results 1500 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
- ^ 2008-09 World Cup #1 - Results 5000 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
- ^ 2008-09 World Cup #1 - Results Team pursuit Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
- ^ 2008-09 World Cup #1 - Results 1st 500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
- ^ 2008-09 World Cup #1 - Results 2nd 500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
- ^ 2008-09 World Cup #1 - Results 1000 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
- ^ 2008-09 World Cup #1 - Results 1500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
- ^ 2008-09 World Cup #1 - Results 3000 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
- ^ 2008-09 World Cup #1 - Results Team pursuit Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com.