The 500 metres distance for men in the 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over 13 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.

Yu Fengtong of China won the cup, while Keiichiro Nagashima of Japan came second, and Tucker Fredricks of the United States came third. Defending champion Jeremy Wotherspoon of Canada suffered an arm injury in race 2 of the first occasion, which stopped him from participating in the rest of the World Cup season.http://www.canada.com/sports/2010wintergames/Injury+slows+Wotherspoon+path+redemption/1379160/story.html

Top three Medal Athlete Points Previous season Gold Yu Fengtong 1086 14th Silver Keiichiro Nagashima 957 9th Bronze Tucker Fredricks 642 8th

Race medallists Occasion # Location Date Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report 1 Berlin, Germany 7 November 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. 8 November Joji Kato 34.70 Yu Fengtong 35.07 Mika Poutala 35.13 2008-09 World Cup #1 - Results 2nd 500 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 2 Heerenveen, Netherlands 14 November Pekka Koskela 34.88 Dmitry Lobkov 35.16 Yu Fengtong 35.18 2008-09 World Cup #2 - Results 1st 500 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 15 November Joji Kato 34.82 Yu Fengtong 35.05 Pekka Koskela 35.09 2008-09 World Cup #2 - Results 2nd 500 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 4 Changchun, China 6 December Yu Fengtong 34.97 Keiichiro Nagashima 35.08 Lee Kyou-hyuk 35.27 2008-09 World Cup #4 - Results 1st 500 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 7 December Dmitry Lobkov 35.07 Yu Fengtong 35.09 Keiichiro Nagashima 35.20 2008-09 World Cup #4 - Results 2nd 500 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 5 Nagano, Japan 13 December Keiichiro Nagashima 34.81 Yu Fengtong 34.91 Joji Kato 35.06 2008-09 World Cup #5 - Results 1st 500 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 14 December Lee Kyou-hyuk 34.92 Yu Fengtong 34.95 Joji Kato 34.96 2008-09 World Cup #5 - Results 2nd 500 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 6 Kolomna, Russia 24 January Keiichiro Nagashima 34.85 Yu Fengtong 34.89 Yuya Oikawa 34.96 2008-09 World Cup #6 - Results 1st 500 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 25 January Tucker Fredricks 34.81 Keiichiro Nagashima 34.87 Yu Fengtong 34.89 2008-09 World Cup #6 - Results 2nd 500 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 7 Erfurt, Germany 30 January Yu Fengtong 35.03 Keiichiro Nagashima 35.04 Tucker Fredricks 35.12 2008-09 World Cup #7 - Results 1st 500 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 31 January Tucker Fredricks 34.91 Yu Fengtong 35.00 Jan Smeekens 35.26 2008-09 World Cup #7 - Results 2nd 500 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 9 , 6 March Yu Fengtong 34.37 Lee Kyou-hyuk 34.38 Tucker Fredricks 34.51 2008-09 World Cup #9 Final - Results 500 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com.

Final standings Standings as of 8 March 2009 (end of the season).Classification of the 2008-09 World Cup 500 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com. # Name Nat. BER1 BER2 HVN1 HVN2 CHA1 CHA2 NAG1 NAG2 KOL1 KOL2 ERF1 ERF2 SLC Total 1 Yu Fengtong 36 80 70 80 100 80 80 80 80 70 100 80 150 1086 2 100 60 45 32 80 70 100 60 100 80 80 60 90 957 3 50 32 40 40 – – 21 40 60 100 70 100 105 642 4 45 70 60 60 45 50 40 45 50 60 16 12 40 593 5 Lee Kyou-hyuk 70 40 50 36 70 45 50 100 – – – – 120 581 6 3 100 6 100 36 60 70 70 8 32 6 6 45 542 7 15 19 32 21 50 36 6 32 70 28 50 24 75 458 8 60 36 80 45 0 100 0 40 36 0 – – 2 399 9 80 45 100 70 – – 60 5 – – 0 – – 360 10 Zhang Zhongqi 25 25 36 18 40 32 32 16 45 50 – – 21 340 11 10 21 18 50 16 14 16 14 16 14 45 70 24 328 12 2 16 25 25 60 18 – – 32 36 60 40 14 328 13 Lee Kang-seok 32 50 21 24 21 40 45 50 – – – – 28 311 14 12 5 0 0 25 25 36 36 40 40 36 10 18 283 15 14 8 – – 19 15 24 21 28 45 40 36 32 282 16 6 15 24 6 18 21 18 12 5 – 28 50 36 239 17 24 14 0 14 28 24 – – 24 18 14 14 3 177 18 Zhang Yaolin – – – – 11 11 4 25 14 24 32 45 10 176 19 21 10 14 10 14 16 – – 21 16 12 32 6 172 20 Mo Tae-bum 4 18 28 16 32 12 28 28 – – – – – 166 21 8 11 8 15 8 10 14 10 12 12 24 16 10 158 22 28 28 16 0 – – – – 19 15 18 21 12 157 23 Lee Ki-ho 8 12 19 15 24 8 12 18 – – – – 16 132 24 18 6 10 12 – – – – 11 8 15 25 5 110 25 11 4 15 19 6 6 10 6 0 0 25 – 4 106 26 0 0 0 0 8 6 25 0 18 21 8 18 – 104 27 – – – – – – – – 25 25 21 28 – 99 28 An Weijiang 16 24 12 28 – – – – – – – – – 80 29 2 1 11 4 0 0 2 15 4 11 4 15 – 69 30 – – – – 4 8 11 2 – – 19 19 – 63 31 6 4 1 0 – – 0 19 10 10 0 8 – 58 32 19 8 8 8 12 – – – – – – – – 55 33 Mun Jun – – – – 10 28 6 6 – – – – – 50 34 Liu Fangyi – – – – 15 19 8 8 – – – – – 50 35 0 0 6 2 – – 8 11 0 2 11 6 – 46 36 – – – – – – – – 8 19 10 8 – 45 37 – 2 0 6 0 2 15 4 15 – – 1 – 45 38 40 0 – – – – – – – – – – – 40 39 0 0 0 1 – – 19 0 6 8 – – – 34 40 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 8 0 – 26 41 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 6 2 – 22 42 – – 0 8 2 4 1 1 0 4 0 – – 20 43 0 0 0 0 – – – – 0 0 0 11 – 11 44 5 3 0 0 – – – – – – – – – 8 45 0 – 0 0 6 1 0 – 0 – – – – 7 46 Lee Jong-woo – 6 – – – – – – – – – – – 6 47 – – – – – – – – – – 2 4 – 6 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 – 3 49 – – – – – – – – – – 1 – – 1 – – – – – – – – 1 0 – – – 1 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – 1 Nan Minghao – – – – 1 0 0 0 – – – – – 1

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