2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1000 metres
# 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1000 metres

The 1000 metres distance for women in the 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over 10 races on seven 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.

Christine Nesbitt of Canada won the cup, while fellow Canadian Kristina Groves came second, and Laurine van Riessen of the Netherlands came third.

Defending champion Anni Friesinger of Germany was injured in bicycle accident in the summer of 2008, leading to an operation to her right knee. Having recovered, she made a strong return to the World Cup towards the end of the season, and finished in eighth place after winning the last two races.

## Top three

| Medal | Athlete | Points | Previous season |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Christine Nesbitt | 646 | 6th |
| Silver | Kristina Groves | 507 | 12th |
| Bronze | Laurine van Riessen | 468 | – |

## Race medallists

| Occasion # | Location | Date | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Berlin, Germany | 9 November | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 1:16.86 | Shannon Rempel Canada | 1:17.11 | Laurine van Riessen Netherlands | 1:17.21 |
| 2 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 16 November | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 1:16.18 | Kristina Groves Canada | 1:16.76 | Wang Beixing China | 1:17.01 |
| 4 | Changchun, China | 6 December | Kristina Groves Canada | 1:18.18 | Shannon Rempel Canada | 1:18.20 | Laurine van Riessen Netherlands | 1:18.48 |
| 4 | Changchun, China | 7 December | Laurine van Riessen Netherlands | 1:17.25 | Kristina Groves Canada | 1:17.80 | Shannon Rempel Canada | 1:18.27 |
| 5 | Nagano, Japan | 13 December | Jennifer Rodriguez United States | 1:16.34 | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 1:16.39 | Kristina Groves Canada | 1:16.65 |
| 5 | Nagano, Japan | 14 December | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 1:16.38 | Yu Jing China | 1:17.37 | Jin Peiyu China | 1:17.60 |
| 6 | Kolomna, Russia | 24 January | Margot Boer Netherlands | 1:15.84 | Yu Jing China | 1:16.04 | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 1:16.26 |
| 6 | Kolomna, Russia | 25 January | Margot Boer Netherlands | 1:15.79 | Anni Friesinger Germany | 1:15.81 | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 1:15.85 |
| 7 | Erfurt, Germany | 1 February | Anni Friesinger Germany | 1:15.61 | Yu Jing China | 1:16.41 | Jin Peiyu China | 1:16.42 |
| 9 | Salt Lake City, United States | 6 March | Anni Friesinger Germany | 1:13.86 | Sayuri Yoshii Japan | 1:14.05 | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 1:14.41 |

## Finals standings

Standings as of 7 March 2009 (end of the season).

| # | Name | BER | HVN | CHA1 | CHA2 | NAG1 | NAG2 | KOL1 | KOL2 | ERF | SLC | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Christine Nesbitt | 100 | 100 | | | 80 | 100 | 70 | 70 | 21 | 105 | 646 |
| 2 | Kristina Groves | 50 | 80 | 100 | 80 | 70 | 50 | | | 32 | 45 | 507 |
| 3 | Laurine van Riessen | 70 | 60 | 70 | 100 | | | 40 | 36 | 60 | 32 | 468 |
| 4 | Shannon Rempel | 80 | 50 | 80 | 70 | 50 | 45 | | 45 | 18 | 28 | 452 |
| 5 | Margot Boer | | | 25 | 15 | 21 | 32 | 100 | 100 | 40 | 90 | 423 |
| 6 | Monique Angermüller | 36 | 50 | 45 | 60 | 28 | 40 | 18 | 16 | 36 | 75 | 404 |
| 7 | Sayuri Yoshii | 16 | 21 | 24 | 21 | 60 | 36 | 32 | 32 | 28 | 120 | 390 |
| 8 | Anni Friesinger | | | | | | | 45 | 80 | 100 | 150 | 375 |
| 9 | Yu Jing | | | 15 | 25 | 40 | 80 | 80 | 50 | 80 | | 370 |
| 10 | Jin Peiyu | | | 19 | 19 | 32 | 70 | 36 | 60 | 70 | 5 | 311 |
| 11 | Jennifer Rodriguez | 28 | 32 | | | 100 | 60 | 16 | 28 | 10 | 18 | 292 |
| 12 | Annette Gerritsen | 60 | 45 | 36 | 18 | | | 50 | 40 | | 12 | 261 |
| 13 | Yekaterina Lobysheva | 18 | 40 | 50 | 50 | 36 | | | 21 | 14 | 24 | 253 |
| 14 | Ren Hui | 14 | 16 | 40 | 14 | 24 | 18 | 24 | | 50 | | 200 |
| 15 | Shihomi Shinya | 1 | 11 | 32 | 40 | 16 | 24 | 28 | | 16 | 10 | 178 |
| 16 | Brittany Schussler | 8 | 19 | 60 | 45 | | | | | 45 | | 177 |
| 17 | Yekaterina Malysheva | 3 | 25 | 28 | | 45 | | 60 | | | | 161 |
| 18 | Natasja Bruintjes | 24 | 24 | | | | | 19 | 25 | 24 | 36 | 152 |
| 19 | Wang Beixing | 40 | 70 | | | | | | | | 40 | 150 |
| 20 | Tomomi Okazaki | 15 | 10 | 21 | 36 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 149 |
| 21 | Lee Sang-hwa | 21 | 12 | 16 | 24 | 18 | 28 | | | | 14 | 133 |
| 22 | Heather Richardson | | 6 | | | 15 | 19 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 21 | 108 |
| 23 | Heike Hartmann | 10 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 107 |
| 24 | Yekaterina Shikhova | | | 11 | 11 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 105 |
| 25 | Elli Ochowicz | 25 | 14 | | | 14 | | 8 | 12 | 6 | | 79 |
| 26 | Lee Bo-ra | 4 | | 14 | 28 | 12 | 12 | | | | | 70 |
| 27 | Marianne Timmer | | | 12 | 32 | 8 | 14 | | | | | 66 |
| 28 | Marrit Leenstra | 45 | | | | | | | | 19 | | 64 |
| 29 | Paulien van Deutekom | | 28 | | | | | | | 25 | | 53 |
| 30 | Nao Kodaira | 32 | | | | | 16 | | | | | 48 |
| 31 | Gabriele Hirschbichler | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | | | 44 |
| 32 | Maki Tabata | 19 | 6 | | | | | | | 15 | | 40 |
| 33 | Zhang Shuang | | | 6 | 4 | 25 | | | | | | 35 |
| 34 | Yuliya Nemaya | 2 | 15 | 6 | 12 | | | | | | | 35 |
| 35 | Chiara Simionato | | | | | | | 10 | 14 | 8 | | 32 |
| 36 | Ireen Wüst | 12 | 18 | | | | | | | | | 30 |
| 37 | Anzhelika Kotyuga | | 1 | 2 | | 11 | 8 | 6 | | | | 28 |
| 38 | Sanne Delfgou | | | 8 | 8 | | 11 | | | | | 27 |
| 39 | Yuliya Skokova | | | | | | | 11 | 15 | | | 26 |
| 40 | Alla Shabanova | | | | | | | 25 | | | | 25 |
| 40 | Jenny Wolf | | | | | | 25 | | | | | 25 |
| 42 | Maki Tsuji | | | | | | | 15 | 8 | 2 | | 25 |
| 43 | Xing Aihua | 6 | 8 | 10 | | | | | | | | 24 |
| 44 | Yekaterina Abramova | | | | | | | | 19 | 4 | | 23 |
| 45 | Dong Feifei | 11 | 8 | | | | | | | | | 19 |
| 46 | Kerry Dankers | | | | | | 4 | 8 | 4 | | | 16 |
| 47 | Tamara Oudenaarden | 2 | | | 10 | 2 | | | | | | 14 |
| 48 | Rebekah Bradford | | | | | 4 | 6 | | 2 | 1 | | 13 |
| 49 | Svetlana Kaykan | | | | | | | | | 11 | | 11 |
| 50 | Justine L'Heureux | | | | | 8 | 2 | | | | | 10 |
| 51 | Ko Hyon-Suk | | | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | 10 |
| 52 | Kim Yoo-rim | 8 | | | | | | | | | | 8 |
| 53 | Angelina Golikova | | | | | | | | 6 | | | 6 |
| 53 | Pamela Zoellner | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 6 |
| 55 | Judith Hesse | 5 | | | | | | | | | | 5 |
| 56 | Svetlana Radkevich | | | | | 1 | | 4 | | | | 5 |
| 57 | Danielle Wotherspoon | | | | 2 | | | 1 | | | | 3 |
| 58 | Katarzyna Wójcicka | | 2 | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 59 | Anna Badayeva | | – | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 |
| 59 | Sayuri Osuga | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 59 | Jennifer Plate | | | | 1 | | | | | | | 1 |
| 59 | Sheng Xiaomei | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
