The 3000 and 5000 metres distances for women in the 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup were 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.

Martina Sáblíková of the Czech Republic successfully defended her title from the previous season, while Daniela Anschütz-Thoms of Germany came second, and Kristina Groves of Canada came third.

Top three MedalAthletePointsPrevious season Gold Martina Sáblíková 610 1st Silver Daniela Anschütz-Thoms 375 5th Bronze Kristina Groves 375 4th

Race medallists Occasion # Location Date Distance Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report 1 Berlin, Germany 8 November 3000 metres 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. 2 Heerenveen, Netherlands 14 November 3000 metres Renate Groenewold 4:04.85 Martina Sáblíková 4:05.54 Diane Valkenburg 4:05.70 2008-09 World Cup #2 - Results 3000 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 3 Moscow, Russia 22 November 5000 metres Claudia Pechstein 6:49.92 Martina Sáblíková 6:57.18 Stephanie Beckert 7:01.72 2008-09 World Cup #3 - Results 5000 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 7 Erfurt, Germany 31 January 3000 metres Martina Sáblíková 4:03.65 Daniela Anschütz-Thoms 4:05.14 Renate Groenewold 4:06.60 2008-09 World Cup #7 - Results 3000 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 8 Heerenveen, Netherlands 15 February 5000 metres Martina Sáblíková 6:59.08 Stephanie Beckert 7:01.33 Kristina Groves 7:05.08 2008-09 World Cup #8 - Results 5000 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 9 , 6 March 3000 metres Martina Sáblíková 3:58.62 Daniela Anschütz-Thoms 3:59.88 Kristina Groves 4:00.00 2008-09 World Cup #9 Final - Results 3000 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com.

Final standings Standings as of 7 March 2009 (end of the season).Standings 3k&5k womenClassification of the 2008-09 World Cup 3000 & 5000 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com. # Name Nat. BER HVN1 MOS ERF HVN2 SLC Total 1 100 80 80 100 100 150 610 2 80 50 45 80 – 120 375 3 60 40 60 40 70 105 375 4 32 36 70 32 80 90 340 5 45 100 – 70 45 45 305 6 50 60 100 45 – – 255 7 70 0 40 50 50 28 238 8 18 32 – 60 40 75 225 9 25 18 35 21 60 36 195 10 40 70 – 36 25 18 189 11 36 21 20 28 35 40 180 12 28 45 50 18 – 32 173 13 21 – 21 – 35 21 98 14 24 10 30 – 30 – 94 15 10 25 15 14 15 14 93 16 5 0 35 5 21 12 78 17 8 0 30 12 20 8 78 18 12 24 25 16 – – 77 19 16 16 – – 18 24 74 20 6 8 – 19 30 10 73 21 19 14 8 8 7 16 72 22 – 28 – 24 – – 52 23 – – 25 6 11 6 48 24 14 6 18 – 9 – 47 25 Lee Ju-yeon 15 12 9 – – – 36 26 Noh Seon-yeong 8 19 5 – – – 32 27 Fu Chunyan 3 15 4 10 – – 32 28 Park Do-yeong 11 8 13 – – – 32 29 4 6 7 – 13 – 30 30 0 0 – – 25 – 25 31 – – 0 25 – – 25 32 – – 10 15 – – 25 33 0 0 6 – 15 – 21 34 6 11 1 – – – 18 35 0 0 – 8 10 – 18 36 – – 15 – – – 15 37 – – – 11 4 – 15 38 1 2 0 4 8 – 15 39 – – – 6 6 – 12 40 – – 11 – – – 11 41 0 0 – 2 5 – 7 42 2 4 – – – – 6 43 Dong Feifei 2 0 3 1 – – 6 44 Xu Jinjin 4 0 0 – – – 4 45 0 0 0 0 3 – 3 46 0 0 0 0 2 – 2 47 Gao Yang 0 0 2 0 – – 2 48 0 1 0 0 – – 1

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