2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 4
# 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 4

The fourth competition weekend of the 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was a two-day event focusing on the shorter distances, held at the Jilin Provincial Speed Skating Rink in Changchun, China, from Saturday, 6 December, until Sunday, 7 December 2008. It was the first World Cup competition at this rink, which was also used during the 2007 Asian Winter Games.

## Schedule of events

The schedule of the event is below.

| Date | Time | Events |
| - | - | - |
| 6 December | 14:00 UTC+8 | 500 m women 500 m men 1000 m women 1000 m men |
| 7 December | 14:00 UTC+8 | 500 m women 500 m men 1000 m women 1000 m men 100 m women 100 m men |

## Medal winners

### Men's events

| Event | Race # | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 m | | Yuya Oikawa Japan | 9.45 | Lee Kang-seok South Korea | 9.61 | Yu Fengtong China | 9.89 |
| 500 m | 1 | Yu Fengtong China | 34.97 | Keiichiro Nagashima Japan | 35.08 | Lee Kyou-hyuk South Korea | 35.27 |
| 500 m | 2 | Dmitry Lobkov Russia | 35.07 | Yu Fengtong China | 35.09 | Keiichiro Nagashima Japan | 35.20 |
| 1000 m | 1 | Lee Kyou-hyuk South Korea | 1:09.68 | Stefan Groothuis Netherlands | 1:10.15 | Shani Davis United States | 1:10.32 |
| 1000 m | 2 | Simon Kuipers Netherlands | 1:09.83 | Shani Davis United States | 1:09.99 | Stefan Groothuis Netherlands | 1:10.01 |

### Women's events

| Event | Race # | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 m | | Jenny Wolf Germany | 10.23 | Xing Aihua China | 10.27 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 10.67 |
| 500 m | 1 | Jenny Wolf Germany | 38.09 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 38.71 | Annette Gerritsen Netherlands | 38.86 |
| 500 m | 2 | Jenny Wolf Germany | 37.98 | Annette Gerritsen Netherlands | 38.52 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 38.56 |
| 1000 m | 1 | Kristina Groves Canada | 1:18.18 | Shannon Rempel Canada | 1:18.20 | Laurine van Riessen Netherlands | 1:18.48 |
| 1000 m | 2 | Laurine van Riessen Netherlands | 1:17.25 | Kristina Groves Canada | 1:17.80 | Shannon Rempel Canada | 1:18.27 |
