2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1500 metres
# 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1500 metres

The 1500 metres distance for women in the 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over six races on six occasions, out of a total of nine World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Berlin, Germany, on 7–9 November 2008, and the final occasion taking place in Salt Lake City, United States, on 6–7 March 2009.

Kristina Groves of Canada successfully defended her title from the previous season, while Daniela Anschütz-Thoms of Germany came second, and Christine Nesbitt of Canada, the previous season's runner-up, came third.

## Top three

| Medal | Athlete | Points | Previous season |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Kristina Groves | 526 | 1st |
| Silver | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms | 355 | 6th |
| Bronze | Christine Nesbitt | 335 | 2nd |

## Race medallists

| Occasion # | Location | Date | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Berlin, Germany | 7 November | Kristina Groves Canada | 1:57.65 | Brittany Schussler Canada | 1:57.74 | Shannon Rempel Canada | 1:58.04 |
| 2 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 15 November | Kristina Groves Canada | 1:57.22 | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Germany | 1:57.91 | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 1:58.08 |
| 3 | Moscow, Russia | 23 November | Claudia Pechstein Germany | 1:55.96 | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 1:56.40 | Kristina Groves Canada | 1:56.76 |
| 7 | Erfurt, Germany | 30 January | Anni Friesinger Germany | 1:56.90 | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Germany | 1:58.13 | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 1:58.54 |
| 8 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 15 February | Anni Friesinger Germany | 1:57.48 | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 1:57.58 | Kristina Groves Canada | 1:58.40 |
| 9 | Salt Lake City, United States | 7 March | Kristina Groves Canada | 1:54.08 | Maki Tabata Japan | 1:54.79 | Brittany Schussler Canada | 1:54.91 |

## Final standings

Standings as of 8 March 2009 (end of the season).

| # | Name | BER | HVN1 | MOS | ERF | HVN2 | SLC | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kristina Groves | 100 | 100 | 70 | 36 | 70 | 150 | 526 |
| 2 | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms | 60 | 80 | 60 | 80 | – | 75 | 355 |
| 3 | Christine Nesbitt | 45 | 70 | 80 | 60 | 80 | – | 335 |
| 4 | Brittany Schussler | 80 | 32 | 21 | 50 | 40 | 105 | 328 |
| 5 | Shannon Rempel | 70 | 36 | 36 | 21 | – | 90 | 253 |
| 6 | Ireen Wüst | 36 | 40 | – | 70 | 60 | 24 | 230 |
| 7 | Maki Tabata | 32 | 10 | 14 | 28 | 14 | 120 | 218 |
| 8 | Laurine van Riessen | 28 | 50 | 45 | 18 | 32 | 32 | 205 |
| 9 | Anni Friesinger | – | – | – | 100 | 100 | – | 200 |
| 10 | Claudia Pechstein | – | 60 | 100 | 40 | – | – | 200 |
| 11 | Marrit Leenstra | 24 | 45 | 18 | 24 | 45 | 21 | 177 |
| 12 | Katarzyna Wójcicka | 8 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 50 | 40 | 135 |
| 13 | Masako Hozumi | 21 | 21 | 32 | 10 | 28 | 18 | 130 |
| 14 | Elma de Vries | 40 | 16 | 24 | – | – | 36 | 116 |
| 15 | Yekaterina Lobysheva | 12 | 28 | 28 | 16 | – | 28 | 112 |
| 16 | Martina Sáblíková | 50 | – | 10 | 45 | – | – | 105 |
| 17 | Monique Angermüller | 18 | 24 | – | 12 | – | 45 | 99 |
| 18 | Maren Haugli | 25 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 14 | 95 |
| 19 | Alla Shabanova | 15 | 8 | 19 | 32 | – | 16 | 90 |
| 20 | Jorien Voorhuis | – | – | 50 | 25 | – | – | 75 |
| 21 | Lisette van der Geest | – | – | – | 19 | 36 | 12 | 67 |
| 22 | Clara Hughes | 10 | 19 | 16 | 5 | – | 10 | 60 |
| 23 | Lucille Opitz | 16 | 14 | 8 | – | 10 | 6 | 54 |
| 24 | Paulien van Deutekom | 6 | 25 | – | – | 12 | – | 43 |
| 25 | Diane Valkenburg | – | – | 40 | – | – | – | 40 |
| 26 | Noh Seon-yeong | 8 | 15 | 12 | – | – | – | 35 |
| 27 | Dong Feifei | 3 | 8 | 15 | 8 | – | – | 34 |
| 28 | Maria Lamb | – | – | – | – | 25 | 8 | 33 |
| 29 | Hiromi Otsu | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 18 | – | 32 |
| 30 | Jennifer Rodriguez | 14 | 18 | – | – | – | – | 32 |
| 31 | Katrin Mattscherodt | 19 | 6 | 5 | – | – | – | 30 |
| 32 | Galina Likhachova | 6 | 11 | 1 | 11 | – | – | 29 |
| 33 | Yekaterina Shikhova | – | – | 11 | 15 | – | – | 26 |
| 34 | Luiza Złotkowska | – | 0 | – | 2 | 21 | – | 23 |
| 35 | Lee Ju-yeon | 11 | 4 | 6 | – | – | – | 21 |
| 36 | Karolína Erbanová | 0 | – | – | 0 | 19 | – | 19 |
| 37 | Nancy Swider-Peltz, Jr | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 16 | – | 18 |
| 38 | Nicole Garrido | – | – | – | – | 15 | – | 15 |
| 39 | Yuri Obara | 1 | 0 | – | 8 | 6 | – | 15 |
| 40 | Xu Jinjin | 5 | – | 8 | – | – | – | 13 |
| 41 | Isabell Ost | – | – | – | 4 | 8 | – | 12 |
| 42 | Anna Rokita | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | – | 11 |
| 43 | Eriko Ishino | – | – | 0 | 0 | 8 | – | 8 |
| 44 | Stephanie Beckert | – | – | 0 | – | 6 | – | 6 |
| 45 | Fu Chunyan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 6 |
| 46 | Alexandra Lipp | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 4 |
| 47 | Yang Gao | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 4 |
| 48 | Natalya Rybakova | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | 2 |
| 49 | Daniela Dumitru | – | – | – | 0 | 1 | – | 1 |
| 50 | Yekaterina Abramova | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 50 | Yuliya Yasenok | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | – | – | 1 |
