2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 3000 and 5000 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 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.^[1]

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

Medal	Athlete	Points	Previous 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  Czech Republic	4:03.70	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms  Germany	4:07.08	Masako Hozumi  Japan	4:07.92	[2]
2	Heerenveen, Netherlands	14 November	3000 metres	Renate Groenewold  Netherlands	4:04.85	Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic	4:05.54	Diane Valkenburg  Netherlands	4:05.70	[3]
3	Moscow, Russia	22 November	5000 metres	Claudia Pechstein  Germany	6:49.92	Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic	6:57.18	Stephanie Beckert  Germany	7:01.72	[4]
7	Erfurt, Germany	31 January	3000 metres	Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic	4:03.65	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms  Germany	4:05.14	Renate Groenewold  Netherlands	4:06.60	[5]
8	Heerenveen, Netherlands	15 February	5000 metres	Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic	6:59.08	Stephanie Beckert  Germany	7:01.33	Kristina Groves  Canada	7:05.08	[6]
9	Salt Lake City, United States	6 March	3000 metres	Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic	3:58.62	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms  Germany	3:59.88	Kristina Groves  Canada	4:00.00	[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	Martina Sáblíková		100	80	80	100	100	150	610
2	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms		80	50	45	80	–	120	375
3	Kristina Groves		60	40	60	40	70	105	375
4	Stephanie Beckert		32	36	70	32	80	90	340
5	Renate Groenewold		45	100	–	70	45	45	305
6	Claudia Pechstein		50	60	100	45	–	–	255
7	Masako Hozumi		70	0	40	50	50	28	238
8	Jorien Voorhuis		18	32	–	60	40	75	225
9	Maren Haugli		25	18	35	21	60	36	195
10	Diane Valkenburg		40	70	–	36	25	18	189
11	Brittany Schussler		36	21	20	28	35	40	180
12	Clara Hughes		28	45	50	18	–	32	173
13	Elma de Vries		21	–	21	–	35	21	98
14	Gretha Smit		24	10	30	–	30	–	94
15	Katarzyna Wójcicka		10	25	15	14	15	14	93
16	Shiho Ishizawa		5	0	35	5	21	12	78
17	Hiromi Otsu		8	0	30	12	20	8	78
18	Christine Nesbitt		12	24	25	16	–	–	77
19	Lucille Opitz		16	16	–	–	18	24	74
20	Nancy Swider-Peltz, Jr		6	8	–	19	30	10	73
21	Catherine Raney		19	14	8	8	7	16	72
22	Paulien van Deutekom		–	28	–	24	–	–	52
23	Eriko Ishino		–	–	25	6	11	6	48
24	Katrin Mattscherodt		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	Anna Rokita		4	6	7	–	13	–	30
30	Maki Tabata		0	0	–	–	25	–	25
31	Lisette van der Geest		–	–	0	25	–	–	25
32	Svetlana Vysokova		–	–	10	15	–	–	25
33	Nicole Garrido		0	0	6	–	15	–	21
34	Galina Likhachova		6	11	1	–	–	–	18
35	Luiza Złotkowska		0	0	–	8	10	–	18
36	Marja Vis		–	–	15	–	–	–	15
37	Isabell Ost		–	–	–	11	4	–	15
38	Andrea Jirků		1	2	0	4	8	–	15
39	Alexandra Lipp		–	–	–	6	6	–	12
40	Annouk van der Weijden		–	–	11	–	–	–	11
41	Maria Lamb		0	0	–	2	5	–	7
42	Risa Takayama		2	4	–	–	–	–	6
43	Dong Feifei		2	0	3	1	–	–	6
44	Xu Jinjin		4	0	0	–	–	–	4
45	Cathrine Grage		0	0	0	0	3	–	3
46	Andrea Lazarescu		0	0	0	0	2	–	2
47	Gao Yang		0	0	2	0	–	–	2
48	Daniela Oltean		0	1	0	0	–	–	1

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