2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 1
# 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 1

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

Schedule of the event:

| 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

### Men's events

| Event | Race # | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 500 m | 1 | Keiichiro Nagashima Japan | 34.92 | Pekka Koskela Finland | 34.99 | Lee Kyou-hyuk South Korea | 35.01 |
| 500 m | 2 | Joji Kato Japan | 34.70 | Yu Fengtong China | 35.07 | Mika Poutala Finland | 35.13 |
| 1000 m | | Stefan Groothuis Netherlands | 1:09.13 | Shani Davis United States | 1:09.15 | Simon Kuipers Netherlands | 1:09.30 |
| 1500 m | | Sven Kramer Netherlands | 1:45.69 | Erben Wennemars Netherlands | 1:45.85 | Simon Kuipers Netherlands | 1:45.95 |
| 5000 m | | Sven Kramer Netherlands | 6:15.74 | Håvard Bøkko Norway | 6:20.03 | Carl Verheijen Netherlands | 6:20.87 |
| Team pursuit | | Canada Denny Morrison Lucas Makowsky Steven Elm | 3:47.29 | Germany Jörg Dallmann Robert Lehmann Marco Weber | 3:47.37 | Japan Teruhiro Sugimori Hiroki Hirako Shigeyuki Dejima | 3:48.02 |

### Women's events

| Event | Race # | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 500 m | 1 | Jenny Wolf Germany | 37.75 | Wang Beixing China | 37.75 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 38.12 |
| 500 m | 2 | Wang Beixing China | 37.91 | Jenny Wolf Germany | 37.95 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 38.26 |
| 1000 m | | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 1:16.86 | Shannon Rempel Canada | 1:17.11 | Laurine van Riessen Netherlands | 1:17.21 |
| 1500 m | | Kristina Groves Canada | 1:57.65 | Brittany Schussler Canada | 1:57.74 | Shannon Rempel Canada | 1:58.04 |
| 3000 m | | Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic | 4:03.70 | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Germany | 4:07.08 | Masako Hozumi Japan | 4:07.92 |
| 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 |
