2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 2

The second competition weekend of the 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in Thialf in Heerenveen, Netherlands, from Friday, 14 November, until Sunday, 16 November 2008.

Schedule of events

Timeschedule of the event:[1]

Date	Time	Events
14 November	16:00 CET	500 m women 500 m men 3000 m women 1500 m men
15 November	13:15 CET	500 m women 500 m men 1500 m women 5000 m men
16 November	13:15 CET	1000 m women 1000 m men Team pursuit women Team pursuit men

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Race #	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
500 m	1	Pekka Koskela  Finland	34.88	Dmitry Lobkov  Russia	35.16	Yu Fengtong  China	35.18	[2]
	2	Joji Kato  Japan	34.82	Yu Fengtong  China	35.05	Pekka Koskela  Finland	35.09	[3]
1000 m		Shani Davis  United States	1:08.99	Pekka Koskela  Finland	1:09.05	Simon Kuipers  Netherlands	1:09.26	[4]
1500 m		Shani Davis  United States	1:45.23	Stefan Groothuis  Netherlands	1:45.84	Mark Tuitert  Netherlands	1:45.90	[5]
5000 m		Sven Kramer  Netherlands	6:14.32	Carl Verheijen  Netherlands	6:20.18	Enrico Fabris  Italy	6:20.20	[6]
Team pursuit		Netherlands Sven Kramer Simon Kuipers Carl Verheijen	3:42.29	United States Shani Davis Chad Hedrick Trevor Marsicano	3:43.48	Sweden Joel Eriksson Daniel Friberg Johan Röjler	3:47.20	[7]

Women's events

Event	Race #	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
500 m	1	Jenny Wolf  Germany	37.60	Wang Beixing  China	37.63	Lee Sang-hwa  South Korea	38.22	[8]
	2	Jenny Wolf  Germany	37.64	Wang Beixing  China	37.74	Lee Sang-hwa  South Korea	38.13	[9]
1000 m		Christine Nesbitt  Canada	1:16.18	Kristina Groves  Canada	1:16.76	Wang Beixing  China	1:17.01	[10]
1500 m		Kristina Groves  Canada	1:57.22	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms  Germany	1:57.91	Christine Nesbitt  Canada	1:58.08	[11]
3000 m		Renate Groenewold  Netherlands	4:04.85	Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic	4:05.54	Diane Valkenburg  Netherlands	4:05.70	[12]
Team pursuit		Netherlands Renate Groenewold Marrit Leenstra Ireen Wüst	3:01.32	Canada Kristina Groves Christine Nesbitt Brittany Schussler	3:02.34	Germany Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Lucille Opitz Claudia Pechstein	3:02.51	[13]

References

1. "World Cup Announcement Heerenveen". Archived from the original on 2008-12-22. Retrieved 2008-10-22.
2. 2008-09 World Cup #2 - Results 1st 500 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
3. 2008-09 World Cup #2 - Results 2nd 500 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
4. 2008-09 World Cup #2 - Results 1000 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
5. 2008-09 World Cup #2 - Results 1500 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
6. 2008-09 World Cup #2 - Results 5000 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
7. 2008-09 World Cup #2 - Results Team pursuit Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
8. 2008-09 World Cup #2 - Results 1st 500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
9. 2008-09 World Cup #2 - Results 2nd 500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
10. 2008-09 World Cup #2 - Results 1000 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
11. 2008-09 World Cup #2 - Results 1500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
12. 2008-09 World Cup #2 - Results 3000 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
13. 2008-09 World Cup #2 - Results Team pursuit Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com.