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.[1]

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	Report
1	Berlin, Germany	7 November	Kristina Groves  Canada	1:57.65	Brittany Schussler  Canada	1:57.74	Shannon Rempel  Canada	1:58.04	[2]
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]
3	Moscow, Russia	23 November	Claudia Pechstein  Germany	1:55.96	Christine Nesbitt  Canada	1:56.40	Kristina Groves  Canada	1:56.76	[4]
7	Erfurt, Germany	30 January	Anni Friesinger  Germany	1:56.90	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms  Germany	1:58.13	Ireen Wüst  Netherlands	1:58.54	[5]
8	Heerenveen, Netherlands	15 February	Anni Friesinger  Germany	1:57.48	Christine Nesbitt  Canada	1:57.58	Kristina Groves  Canada	1:58.40	[6]
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	[7]

Final standings

Standings as of 8 March 2009 (end of the season).[8][9]

#	Name	Nat.	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
	Yuliya Yasenok		0	1	–	0	–	–	1

References

1. "2008/2009 ISU World Cup". Archived from the original on 2009-01-31. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
2. 2008-09 World Cup #1 - Results 1500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
3. 2008-09 World Cup #2 - Results 1500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
4. 2008-09 World Cup #3 - Results 1500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
5. 2008-09 World Cup #7 - Results 1500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
6. 2008-09 World Cup #8 - Results 1500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
7. 2008-09 World Cup #9 Final - Results 1500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
8. Standings 1500 m women
9. Classification of the 2008-09 World Cup 1500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com.