2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1500 metres

None 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.http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=1014 2008/2009 ISU World Cup 2008-09-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20090131224745/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db/files/serve.php?id=1014 2009-01-31 dead 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 CAN Kristina Groves 526 1st Silver GER Daniela Anschütz-Thoms 355 6th Bronze CAN Christine Nesbitt 335 2nd Race medallists Occasion # Location Date Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report 1 Berlin, Germany 7 November 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. 2 Heerenveen, Netherlands 15 November Kristina Groves 1:57.22 Daniela Anschütz-Thoms 1:57.91 Christine Nesbitt 1:58.08 2008-09 World Cup #2 - Results 1500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 3 Moscow, Russia 23 November Claudia Pechstein 1:55.96 Christine Nesbitt 1:56.40 Kristina Groves 1:56.76 2008-09 World Cup #3 - Results 1500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 7 Erfurt, Germany 30 January Anni Friesinger 1:56.90 Daniela Anschütz-Thoms 1:58.13 Ireen Wüst 1:58.54 2008-09 World Cup #7 - Results 1500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 8 Heerenveen, Netherlands 15 February Anni Friesinger 1:57.48 Christine Nesbitt 1:57.58 Kristina Groves 1:58.40 2008-09 World Cup #8 - Results 1500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 9 Salt Lake City, United States 7 March Kristina Groves 1:54.08 Maki Tabata 1:54.79 Brittany Schussler 1:54.91 2008-09 World Cup #9 Final - Results 1500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com. Final standings Standings as of 8 March 2009 (end of the season).Standings 1500 m womenClassification of the 2008-09 World Cup 1500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com. # Name Nat. BER HVN1 MOS ERF HVN2 SLC Total 1 Kristina Groves CAN 100 100 70 36 70 150 526 2 Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Anschutz-Thoms, Daniela GER 60 80 60 80 – 75 355 3 Christine Nesbitt CAN 45 70 80 60 80 – 335 4 Brittany Schussler CAN 80 32 21 50 40 105 328 5 Shannon Rempel CAN 70 36 36 21 – 90 253 6 Ireen Wüst Wust, Ireen NED 36 40 – 70 60 24 230 7 Maki Tabata JPN 32 10 14 28 14 120 218 8 Laurine van Riessen Riessen, Laurine NED 28 50 45 18 32 32 205 9 Anni Friesinger Anni Friesinger-Postma GER – – – 100 100 – 200 10 Claudia Pechstein GER – 60 100 40 – – 200 11 Marrit Leenstra Marrit Leenstra (speed skater) NED 24 45 18 24 45 21 177 12 Katarzyna Wójcicka Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś Wojcicka, Katarzyna POL 8 6 25 6 50 40 135 13 Masako Hozumi JPN 21 21 32 10 28 18 130 14 Elma de Vries Vries, Elma NED 40 16 24 – – 36 116 15 Yekaterina Lobysheva RUS 12 28 28 16 – 28 112 16 Martina Sáblíková Sablikova, Martina CZE 50 – 10 45 – – 105 17 Monique Angermüller Angermuller, Monique GER 18 24 – 12 – 45 99 18 Maren Haugli NOR 25 12 6 14 24 14 95 19 Alla Shabanova RUS 15 8 19 32 – 16 90 20 Jorien Voorhuis NED – – 50 25 – – 75 21 Lisette van der Geest Geest, Lisette NED – – – 19 36 12 67 22 Clara Hughes CAN 10 19 16 5 – 10 60 23 Lucille Opitz GER 16 14 8 – 10 6 54 24 Paulien van Deutekom Deutekom, Paulien NED 6 25 – – 12 – 43 25 Diane Valkenburg NED – – 40 – – – 40 26 Noh Seon-yeong KOR 8 15 12 – – – 35 27 Dong Feifei CHN 3 8 15 8 – – 34 28 Maria Lamb USA – – – – 25 8 33 29 Hiromi Otsu JPN 4 0 4 6 18 – 32 30 Jennifer Rodriguez US 14 18 – – – – 32 31 Katrin Mattscherodt GER 19 6 5 – – – 30 32 Galina Likhachova RUS 6 11 1 11 – – 29 33 Yekaterina Shikhova RUS – – 11 15 – – 26 34 Luiza Złotkowska Zlotkowska, Luiza POL – 0 – 2 21 – 23 35 Lee Ju-yeon KOR 11 4 6 – – – 21 36 Karolína Erbanová Erbanova, Karolina CZE 0 – – 0 19 – 19 37 Nancy Swider-Peltz, Jr USA 2 0 – 0 16 – 18 38 Nicole Garrido CAN – – – – 15 – 15 39 Yuri Obara JPN 1 0 – 8 6 – 15 40 Xu Jinjin CHN 5 – 8 – – – 13 41 Isabell Ost GER – – – 4 8 – 12 42 Anna Rokita AUT 0 0 0 – 11 – 11 43 Eriko Ishino JPN – – 0 0 8 – 8 44 Stephanie Beckert GER – – 0 – 6 – 6 45 Fu Chunyan CHN 4 2 0 0 – – 6 46 Alexandra Lipp GER – – – – 4 – 4 47 Yang Gao CHN 2 0 2 0 – – 4 48 Natalya Rybakova KAZ 0 0 0 0 2 – 2 49 Daniela Dumitru ROU – – – 0 1 – 1 50 Yekaterina Abramova RUS – – – 1 – – 1 Yuliya Yasenok BLR 0 1 – 0 – – 1 References Women 1500 ISU