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

2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup
Events
100 m	men	women
500 m	men	women
1000 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3k/5k		women
5k/10k	men
Team pursuit	men	women

The 1500 metres distance for men 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.^[1]

Shani Davis of the United States defended his title from the previous season, while fellow American Trevor Marsicano came second, and Håvard Bøkko of Norway came third.

On the last competition weekend of the season, Davis set a new world record of 1:41.80.

Top three

Medal	Athlete	Points	Previous season
Gold	Shani Davis	470	1st
Silver	Trevor Marsicano	374	25th
Bronze	Håvard Bøkko	363	9th

Race medallists

Occasion #	Location	Date	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
1	Berlin, Germany	8 November	Sven Kramer  Netherlands	1:45.69	Erben Wennemars  Netherlands	1:45.85	Simon Kuipers  Netherlands	1:45.95	[2]
2	Heerenveen, Netherlands	14 November	Shani Davis  United States	1:45.23	Stefan Groothuis  Netherlands	1:45.84	Mark Tuitert  Netherlands	1:45.90	[3]
3	Moscow, Russia	22 November	Håvard Bøkko  Norway	1:45.46	Mark Tuitert  Netherlands	1:45.81	Enrico Fabris  Italy	1:46.00	[4]
7	Erfurt, Germany	31 January	Denny Morrison  Canada	1:45.32	Trevor Marsicano  United States	1:46.00	Shani Davis  United States	1:46.25	[5]
8	Heerenveen, Netherlands	15 February	Shani Davis  United States	1:45.40	Enrico Fabris  Italy	1:45.88	Trevor Marsicano  United States	1:46.09	[6]
9	Salt Lake City, United States	6 March	Shani Davis  United States	1:41.80 WR	Trevor Marsicano  United States	1:42.31	Denny Morrison  Canada	1:42.56	[7]

Final standings

Standings as of 7 March 2009 (end of the season).^[8][9]

#	Name	Nat.	BER	HVN1	MOS	ERF	HVN2	SLC	Total
1	Shani Davis		50	100	–	70	100	150	470
2	Trevor Marsicano		24	40	40	80	70	120	374
3	Håvard Bøkko		45	60	100	50	18	90	363
4	Enrico Fabris		18	36	70	45	80	45	294
5	Mark Tuitert		60	70	80	6	36	40	292
6	Chad Hedrick		40	45	–	40	60	75	260
7	Denny Morrison		36	6	–	100	–	105	247
8	Sven Kramer		100	24	–	60	45	–	229
9	Stefan Groothuis		28	80	36	24	50	–	218
10	Erben Wennemars		80	50	60	–	–	–	190
11	Simon Kuipers		70	32	45	–	28	–	175
12	Lucas Makowsky		21	16	32	36	21	16	142
13	Yevgeny Lalenkov		32	18	50	–	–	21	121
14	Christoffer Fagerli Rukke		14	12	12	16	24	24	102
15	Wouter olde Heuvel		–	–	–	25	40	36	101
16	Steven Elm		4	11	18	18	14	32	97
17	Teruhiro Sugimori		25	10	8	21	16	12	92
18	Konrad Niedźwiedzki		16	5	10	28	32	–	91
19	Lee Jong-woo		15	21	24	–	–	28	88
20	Robert Lehmann		6	8	21	32	12	0	79
21	Ivan Skobrev		–	28	28	–	–	18	74
22	François-Olivier Roberge		12	14	16	10	6	14	72
23	Daniel Friberg		19	8	–	14	25	–	66
24	Sverre Haugli		–	4	25	12	10	10	61
25	Samuel Schwarz		5	19	–	11	8	–	43
26	Mo Tae-bum		8	25	–	–	–	–	33
27	Jörg Dallmann		11	2	14	4	0	–	31
28	Jan Friesinger		–	–	–	19	8	–	27
29	Matteo Anesi		1	0	15	8	2	–	26
30	Jay Morrison		–	–	6	–	19	–	25
31	Mikael Flygind-Larsen		8	15	–	–	–	–	23
32	Tobias Schneider		10	6	5	–	–	–	21
33	Stefan Heythausen		0	–	–	15	5	–	20
34	Choi Kwun-Won		–	0	19	–	–	–	19
35	Dmitry Babenko		3	0	0	2	11	–	16
36	Pascal Briand		0	0	0	0	15	–	15
37	Song Xingyu		6	0	6	–	–	–	12
38	Jeff Kitura		0	0	11	–	–	–	11
39	Aleksey Yesin		1	1	–	8	–	–	10
40	Aleksandr Lebedev		2	–	1	6	–	–	9
41	Johan Röjler		–	–	8	–	–	–	8
42	Hiroki Hirako		4	0	4	–	0	–	8
43	Denis Kuzin		0	0	0	0	6	–	6
44	Jonathan Kuck		–	–	–	–	4	–	4
45	Marco Weber		–	0	2	–	–	–	2
	Timofey Skopin		2	0	–	–	–	–	2
47	Mathieu Giroux		–	–	–	1	1	–	2

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