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:Berlin World Cup announcement Date Time Events 7 November 15:00 CET 500 m women500 m men1500 m women5000 m men 8 November 13:30 CET 500 m women500 m men3000 m women1500 m men 9 November 13:30 CET 1000 m women1000 m menTeam pursuit womenTeam pursuit men
Medal summary
Men's events Event Race # Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report 500 m 1 Keiichiro Nagashima 34.92 Pekka Koskela 34.99 Lee Kyou-hyuk 35.01 2008-09 World Cup #1 - Results 1st 500 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 2 Joji Kato 34.70 Yu Fengtong 35.07 Mika Poutala 35.13 2008-09 World Cup #1 - Results 2nd 500 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 1000 m Stefan Groothuis 1:09.13 Shani Davis 1:09.15 Simon Kuipers 1:09.30 2008-09 World Cup #1 - Results 1000 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 1500 m Sven Kramer 1:45.69 Erben Wennemars 1:45.85 Simon Kuipers 1:45.95 2008-09 World Cup #1 - Results 1500 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 5000 m Sven Kramer 6:15.74 Håvard Bøkko 6:20.03 Carl Verheijen 6:20.87 2008-09 World Cup #1 - Results 5000 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com. Team pursuit Denny MorrisonLucas MakowskySteven Elm 3:47.29 Jörg DallmannRobert LehmannMarco Weber 3:47.37 Teruhiro SugimoriHiroki HirakoShigeyuki Dejima 3:48.02 2008-09 World Cup #1 - Results Team pursuit Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
Women's events Event Race # Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report 500 m 1 Jenny Wolf 37.75 Wang Beixing 37.75 Lee Sang-hwa 38.12 2008-09 World Cup #1 - Results 1st 500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 2 Wang Beixing 37.91 Jenny Wolf 37.95 Lee Sang-hwa 38.26 2008-09 World Cup #1 - Results 2nd 500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 1000 m Christine Nesbitt 1:16.86 Shannon Rempel 1:17.11 Laurine van Riessen 1:17.21 2008-09 World Cup #1 - Results 1000 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 1500 m Kristina Groves 1:57.65 Brittany Schussler 1:57.74 Shannon Rempel 1:58.04 2008-09 World Cup #1 - Results 1500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 3000 m Martina Sáblíková 4:03.70 Daniela Anschütz-Thoms 4:07.08 Masako Hozumi 4:07.92 2008-09 World Cup #1 - Results 3000 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com. Team pursuit Renate GroenewoldIreen WüstDiane Valkenburg 3:04.34 Daniela Anschütz-ThomsClaudia PechsteinLucille Opitz 3:04.51 Nancy Swider-Peltz, JrCatherine RaneyMia Manganello 3:05.68 2008-09 World Cup #1 - Results Team pursuit Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
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