2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1000 metres

The 1000 metres distance for women in the 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over 10 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.^[1]

Christine Nesbitt of Canada won the cup, while fellow Canadian Kristina Groves came second, and Laurine van Riessen of the Netherlands came third.

Defending champion Anni Friesinger of Germany was injured in bicycle accident in the summer of 2008, leading to an operation to her right knee.^[2] Having recovered, she made a strong return to the World Cup towards the end of the season, and finished in eighth place after winning the last two races.

Top three

Medal	Athlete	Points	Previous season
Gold	Christine Nesbitt	646	6th
Silver	Kristina Groves	507	12th
Bronze	Laurine van Riessen	468	–

Race medallists

Occasion #	Location	Date	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
1	Berlin, Germany	9 November	Christine Nesbitt Canada	1:16.86	Shannon Rempel Canada	1:17.11	Laurine van Riessen Netherlands	1:17.21	^[3]
2	Heerenveen, Netherlands	16 November	Christine Nesbitt Canada	1:16.18	Kristina Groves Canada	1:16.76	Wang Beixing China	1:17.01	^[4]
4	Changchun, China	6 December	Kristina Groves Canada	1:18.18	Shannon Rempel Canada	1:18.20	Laurine van Riessen Netherlands	1:18.48	^[5]
4	Changchun, China	7 December	Laurine van Riessen Netherlands	1:17.25	Kristina Groves Canada	1:17.80	Shannon Rempel Canada	1:18.27	^[6]
5	Nagano, Japan	13 December	Jennifer Rodriguez United States	1:16.34	Christine Nesbitt Canada	1:16.39	Kristina Groves Canada	1:16.65	^[7]
5	Nagano, Japan	14 December	Christine Nesbitt Canada	1:16.38	Yu Jing China	1:17.37	Jin Peiyu China	1:17.60	^[8]
6	Kolomna, Russia	24 January	Margot Boer Netherlands	1:15.84	Yu Jing China	1:16.04	Christine Nesbitt Canada	1:16.26	^[9]
6	Kolomna, Russia	25 January	Margot Boer Netherlands	1:15.79	Anni Friesinger Germany	1:15.81	Christine Nesbitt Canada	1:15.85	^[10]
7	Erfurt, Germany	1 February	Anni Friesinger Germany	1:15.61	Yu Jing China	1:16.41	Jin Peiyu China	1:16.42	^[11]
9	Salt Lake City, United States	6 March	Anni Friesinger Germany	1:13.86	Sayuri Yoshii Japan	1:14.05	Christine Nesbitt Canada	1:14.41	^[12]

Finals standings

Standings as of 7 March 2009 (end of the season).^[13]^[14]

#	Name	BER	HVN	CHA1	CHA2	NAG1	NAG2	KOL1	KOL2	ERF	SLC	Total
1	Christine Nesbitt	100	100			80	100	70	70	21	105	646
2	Kristina Groves	50	80	100	80	70	50			32	45	507
3	Laurine van Riessen	70	60	70	100			40	36	60	32	468
4	Shannon Rempel	80	50	80	70	50	45		45	18	28	452
5	Margot Boer			25	15	21	32	100	100	40	90	423
6	Monique Angermüller	36	50	45	60	28	40	18	16	36	75	404
7	Sayuri Yoshii	16	21	24	21	60	36	32	32	28	120	390
8	Anni Friesinger							45	80	100	150	375
9	Yu Jing			15	25	40	80	80	50	80		370
10	Jin Peiyu			19	19	32	70	36	60	70	5	311
11	Jennifer Rodriguez	28	32			100	60	16	28	10	18	292
12	Annette Gerritsen	60	45	36	18			50	40		12	261
13	Yekaterina Lobysheva	18	40	50	50	36			21	14	24	253
14	Ren Hui	14	16	40	14	24	18	24		50		200
15	Shihomi Shinya	1	11	32	40	16	24	28		16	10	178
16	Brittany Schussler	8	19	60	45					45		177
17	Yekaterina Malysheva	3	25	28		45		60				161
18	Natasja Bruintjes	24	24					19	25	24	36	152
19	Wang Beixing	40	70								40	150
20	Tomomi Okazaki	15	10	21	36	10	21	6	8	6	16	149
21	Lee Sang-hwa	21	12	16	24	18	28				14	133
22	Heather Richardson		6			15	19	21	18	8	21	108
23	Heike Hartmann	10	5	18	16	6	10	12	10	12	8	107
24	Yekaterina Shikhova			11	11	19	15	14	24	5	6	105
25	Elli Ochowicz	25	14			14		8	12	6		79
26	Lee Bo-ra	4		14	28	12	12					70
27	Marianne Timmer			12	32	8	14					66
28	Marrit Leenstra	45								19		64
29	Paulien van Deutekom		28							25		53
30	Nao Kodaira	32					16					48
31	Gabriele Hirschbichler	4	4	8	8	6	1	2	11			44
32	Maki Tabata	19	6							15		40
33	Zhang Shuang			6	4	25						35
34	Yuliya Nemaya	2	15	6	12							35
35	Chiara Simionato							10	14	8		32
36	Ireen Wüst	12	18									30
37	Anzhelika Kotyuga		1	2		11	8	6				28
38	Sanne Delfgou			8	8		11					27
39	Yuliya Skokova							11	15			26
40	Alla Shabanova							25				25
40	Jenny Wolf						25					25
42	Maki Tsuji							15	8	2		25
43	Xing Aihua	6	8	10								24
44	Yekaterina Abramova								19	4		23
45	Dong Feifei	11	8									19
46	Kerry Dankers						4	8	4			16
47	Tamara Oudenaarden	2			10	2						14
48	Rebekah Bradford					4	6		2	1		13
49	Svetlana Kaykan									11		11
50	Justine L'Heureux					8	2					10
51	Ko Hyon-Suk			4	6							10
52	Kim Yoo-rim	8										8
53	Angelina Golikova								6			6
53	Pamela Zoellner	6										6
55	Judith Hesse	5										5
56	Svetlana Radkevich					1		4				5
57	Danielle Wotherspoon				2			1				3
58	Katarzyna Wójcicka		2									2
59	Anna Badayeva		–						1			1
	Sayuri Osuga			1								1
	Jennifer Plate				1							1
	Sheng Xiaomei	1										1