The 2009–10 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, officially the Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2009–2010, was a series of international speed skating competitions which ran the entire season. The season started on 6 November 2009 in Berlin, Germany, and ended on 14 March 2010 in Heerenveen, Netherlands.World Cup Speed Skating 2009/2010 , International Skating Union.World Cups of the 2009-10 season, SpeedSkatingStats.com. Compared to previous seasons, fewer competition weekends were held; the season was restricted due to the 2010 Winter Olympics, which were arranged in Vancouver, Canada, during February 2010. In total, seven competition weekends were held at six different locations, ten cups were contested (five for men, and five for women), and 70 races took place.

The World Cup is organized by the International Skating Union (ISU).

Calendar City Venue Date 1 Berlin Sportforum Hohenschönhausen 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m 2 Heerenveen Thialf 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w 3 Hamar Vikingskipet m, w w m 4 Calgary Olympic Oval 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w 5 Utah Olympic Oval 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w Obihiro Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval 2010 Asian Speed Skating Championships Hamar Vikingskipet 2010 European Speed Skating Championships Obihiro Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval 2010 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships Vancouver Richmond Olympic Oval Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics 6 Erfurt Gunda-Niemann-Stirnemann-Halle 2m, 2w 2m, 2w 7 Heerenveen Thialf 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w Heerenveen Thialf 2010 World Allround Speed Skating Championships Total 5w 1m Note: the men's 5000 and 10000 metres were contested as one cup, and the women's 3000 and 5000 metres were contested as one cup, as indicated by the color coding.

World records

World records going into the 2009–10 season.

Men

Distance Time Nat. Holder Date Venue Reference 500 m 34.03 Jeremy Wotherspoon 9 November 2007 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City 1000 m 1:06.42 Shani Davis 7 March 2009 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City 1500 m 1:41.80 Shani Davis 6 March 2009 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City 5000 m 6:03.32 Sven Kramer 17 November 2007 Olympic Oval, Calgary 10000 m 12:41.69 Sven Kramer 10 March 2007 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City Team pursuit (8 laps) 3:37.80 Sven Kramer Carl Verheijen Erben Wennemars 11 March 2007 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City

At the World Cup stop in Salt Lake City on 11 December 2009, Shani Davis of the United States set a new world record on the men's 1500 metres with a time of 1:41.04.

Women

Distance Time Nat. Holder Date Venue Reference 500 m 37.02 Jenny Wolf 16 November 2007 Olympic Oval, Calgary 1000 m 1:13.11 Cindy Klassen 25 March 2006 Olympic Oval, Calgary 1500 m 1:51.79 Cindy Klassen 20 November 2005 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City 3000 m 3:53.34 Cindy Klassen 18 March 2006 Olympic Oval, Calgary 5000 m 6:45.61 Martina Sáblíková 11 March 2007 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City Team pursuit (6 laps) 2:56.04 Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Anni Friesinger Claudia Pechstein 12 November 2005 Olympic Oval, Calgary

At the World Cup stop in Calgary on 6 December 2009, the Canadian team – consisting of Kristina Groves, Christine Nesbitt and Brittany Schussler – set a new world record on the women's team pursuit with a time of 2:55.79.

At the World Cup stop in Salt Lake City on 11 December 2009, Jenny Wolf of Germany set a new world record on the women's 500 metres with a time of 37.00 seconds.

Men's standings

500 m

RankNamePoints 1 Tucker Fredricks 788 2 Jan Smeekens 742 3 Mika Poutala 702

1000 m

RankNamePoints 1 Shani Davis 750 2 Mark Tuitert 425 3 Stefan Groothuis 355

1500 m

RankNamePoints 1 Shani Davis 630 2 Håvard Bøkko 395 3 Denny Morrison 338

5000 and 10000 m

RankNamePoints 1 Håvard Bøkko 455 2 Ivan Skobrev 430 3 Bob de Jong 416

Team pursuit

RankNamePoints 1 Norway 380 2 Netherlands 350 3 Canada 306

Women's standings

500 m

RankNamePoints 1 Jenny Wolf 1260 2 Margot Boer 700 3 Wang Beixing 680

1000 m

RankNamePoints 1 Christine Nesbitt 472 2 Margot Boer 395 3 Monique Angermüller 351

1500 m

RankNamePoints 1 Kristina Groves 560 2 Christine Nesbitt 374 3 Martina Sáblíková 348

3000 and 5000 m

RankNamePoints 1 Martina Sáblíková 610 2 Stephanie Beckert 535 3 Daniela Anschütz-Thoms 435

Team pursuit

RankNamePoints 1 Canada 430 2 320 3 310

References

External links International Skating Union