2008 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Sportforum Hohenschönhausen (Berlin)
Location Berlin, Germany
Venue Sportforum Hohenschönhausen
Dates 9 and 10 February 2008
Competitors 48
Medalist men
1st, gold medalist(s) Sven Kramer  NED
2nd, silver medalist(s) Håvard Bøkko  NOR
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Shani Davis  USA
Medalist women
1st, gold medalist(s) Paulien van Deutekom  NED
2nd, silver medalist(s) Ireen Wüst  NED
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Kristina Groves  CAN

The 2008 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held in the indoor arena in Berlin, Germany, on 9 and 10 February 2008. The Dutch skaters Paulien van Deutekom and Sven Kramer became world champions.

Women's championships

Day 1

500 metres

PlaceAthleteCountryTime
1st, gold medalist(s)Christine Nesbitt Canada39.03
2nd, silver medalist(s)Ireen Wüst Netherlands39.28
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Wang Fei China39.57
4Kristina Groves Canada39.64
5Paulien van Deutekom Netherlands39.65
6Yekaterina Lobysheva Russia39.70
7Marrit Leenstra Netherlands39.72
8Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Germany39.98
9Claudia Pechstein Germany40.01
Yekaterina Abramova Russia40.01

3000 metres

PlaceAthleteCountryTime
1st, gold medalist(s)Paulien van Deutekom Netherlands4:03.33
2nd, silver medalist(s)Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic4:05.69
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Kristina Groves Canada4:06.36
4Ireen Wüst Netherlands4:06.62
5Christine Nesbitt Canada4:07.34
6Diane Valkenburg Netherlands4:09.49
7Clara Hughes Canada4:11.21
8Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Germany4:11.43
9Claudia Pechstein Germany4:12.09
10Katrin Mattscherodt Germany4:12.98

Day 2

1500 metres

PlaceAthleteCountryTime
1st, gold medalist(s)Ireen Wüst Netherlands1:57.59
2nd, silver medalist(s)Paulien van Deutekom Netherlands1:57.83
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Christine Nesbitt Canada1:58.57
4Kristina Groves Canada1:58.67
5Wang Fei China1:59.31
6Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Germany1:59.44
7Marrit Leenstra Netherlands1:59.51
8Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic1:59.62
9Claudia Pechstein Germany1:59.77
10Diane Valkenburg Netherlands1:59.82

5000 metres

PlaceAthleteCountryTime
1st, gold medalist(s)Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic6:59.26 BR
2nd, silver medalist(s)Kristina Groves Canada7:06.22
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Paulien van Deutekom Netherlands7:07.10
4Ireen Wüst Netherlands7:09.54
5Clara Hughes Canada7:09.55
6Claudia Pechstein Germany7:11.45
7Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Germany7:11,88
8Katrin Mattscherodt Germany7:15.61
9Christine Nesbitt Canada7:15.92
10Diane Valkenburg Netherlands7:18.25

Allround results

PlaceAthleteCountry500 m3000 m1500 m5000 mPoints
1st, gold medalist(s)Paulien van Deutekom Netherlands39.65 (5)4:03.33 (1)1:57.83 (2)7:07.10 (3)162.191
2nd, silver medalist(s)Ireen Wüst Netherlands39.28 (2)4:06.62 (4)1:57.59 (1)7;09.54 (4)162.533
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Kristina Groves Canada39.64 (4)4:06.36 (3)1:58.67 (4)7:06.22 (2)162.878
4Christine Nesbitt Canada39.03 (1)4:07.34 (5)1:58.57 (3)7:15.92 (9)163.368
5Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic40.92 (15)4:05.69 (2)1:59.62 (8)6:59.26 (1)163.667
6Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Germany39.98 (8)4:11.43 (8)1:59.44 (6)7:11.88 (7)164.886
7Claudia Pechstein Germany40.01 (9)4:12.09 (9)1:59.77 (9)7:11.45 (6)165.093
8Diane Valkenburg Netherlands40.28 (11)4:09.49 (6)1:59.82 (10)7:18.25 (10)165.626
9Wang Fei China39.57 (3)4:13.75 (11)1:59.31 (5)7:23.83 (11)166.014
10Katrin Mattscherodt Germany41.21 (20)4:12.98 (10)2:00.56 (12)7:15.61 (8)167.120
11Clara Hughes Canada42.10 (22)4:11.21 (7)2:01.63 (15)7:09.55 (5)167.466
12Marrit Leenstra Netherlands39.72 (7)4:14.85 (12)1:59.51 (7)7:35.98 (12)167.629
NQ13Maki Tabata Japan40.48 (13)4:15.44 (14)2:00.70 (13)123.286
NQ14Yekaterina Lobysheva Russia39.70 (6)4:19.92 (21)2:01.45 (14)123.503
NQ15Brittany Schussler Canada40.75 (14)4:16.93 (16)2:00.11 (11)123.607
NQ16Galina Likhachova Russia40.45 (12)4:18.00 (18)2:02.23 (18)124.193
NQ17Katarzyna Wójcicka Poland40.93 (16)4:17.47 (17)2:02.03 (16)124.517
NQ18Mari Hemmer Norway41.07 (17)4:15.11 (13)2:03,05 (20)124.604
NQ19Yekaterina Abramova Russia40.01 (9)4:22.54 (23)2:03.77 (21)125.022
NQ20Lucille Opitz Germany41.19 (19)4:18.10 (19)2:02.47 (19)125.029
NQ21Lee Ju-youn South Korea41.14 (18)4:19.67 (20)2:02.19 (17)125.148
NQ22Catherine Raney United States41.74 (21)4:15.87 (15)2:04.72 (22)125.958
NQ23Eriko Ishino Japan42.10 (22)4:21.14 (22)2:05.53 (23)127.466
NQ24Anna Ringsred United States42.30 (24)4:32.58 (24)2:08.72 (24)130.636

NQ = Not qualified for the 5000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)
DQ = disqualified

Men's championships

Day 1

500 metres

PlaceAthleteCountryTime
1st, gold medalist(s)Denny Morrison Canada35.81
2nd, silver medalist(s)Shani Davis United States35.85
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Sven Kramer Netherlands36.22
4Yevgeny Lalenkov Russia36.27
5Håvard Bøkko Norway36.54
Ivan Skobrev Russia36.54
7Chad Hedrick United States36.55
8Konrad Niedźwiedzki Poland36.57
9Steven Elm Canada36.70
10Enrico Fabris Italy36.72

5000 metres

PlaceAthleteCountryTime
1st, gold medalist(s)Sven Kramer Netherlands6:13.35
2nd, silver medalist(s)Håvard Bøkko Norway6:17.64
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Chad Hedrick United States6:18.90
4Shani Davis United States6:23.92
5Wouter olde Heuvel Netherlands6:25.06
6Carl Verheijen Netherlands6:29.39
7Sverre Haugli Norway6:29.64
8Hiroki Hirako Japan6:33.17
9Denny Morrison Canada6:33.53
10Enrico Fabris Italy6:33.61

Day 2

1500 metres

PlaceAthleteCountryTime
1st, gold medalist(s)Shani Davis United States1:45.93
2nd, silver medalist(s)Denny Morrison Canada1:45.98
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Yevgeny Lalenkov Russia1:46.39
4Sven Kramer Netherlands1:46.47
5Chad Hedrick United States1:46.82
6Wouter olde Heuvel Netherlands1:47.32
7Håvard Bøkko Norway1:47.93
8Enrico Fabris Italy1:48.12
9Ben Jongejan Netherlands1:48.17
10Lucas Makowsky Canada1:48.46

10000 metres

PlaceAthleteCountryTime
1st, gold medalist(s)Sven Kramer Netherlands13:09.06 BR
2nd, silver medalist(s)Håvard Bøkko Norway13:10.87
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Wouter olde Heuvel Netherlands13:20.97
4Carl Verheijen Netherlands13:23.86
5Shani Davis United States13:27.13
6Chad Hedrick United States13:32.69
7Ivan Skobrev Russia13:37.72
8Ben Jongejan Netherlands13:43.73
9Enrico Fabris Italy13:45.23
10Sverre Haugli Norway13:46.63

Allround results

PlaceAthleteCountry500 m5000 m1500 m10.000 mPoints
1st, gold medalist(s)Sven Kramer Netherlands36.22 (3)6:13.35 (1)1:46.46 (4)13:09.06 (1)148.494
2nd, silver medalist(s)Håvard Bøkko Norway36.54 (5)6:17.64 (2)1:47.93 (7)13:10.87 (2)149.823
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Shani Davis United States35.85 (2)6:23.92 (4)1:45.93 (1)13:27.13 (5)149.908
4Chad Hedrick United States36.55 (7)6:18.90 (3)1:46.82 (5)13:32.69 (6)150.680
5Wouter olde Heuvel Netherlands36.98 (12)6:25.07 (5)1:47.32 (6)13:20.97 (3)151.308
6Denny Morrison Canada35,81 (1)6:33.53 (9)1:45.98 (2)14:11.76 (11)153.077
7Enrico Fabris Italy36.72 (10)6:33.61 (10)1:48.12 (8)13:45.23 (9)153.382
8Ivan Skobrev Russia36.54 (5)6:34.72 (11)1:50.00 (19)13:37.72 (7)153.564
9Carl Verheijen Netherlands38.07 (23)6:29.39 (6)1:49.23 (13)13:23.86 (4)153.612
10Ben Jongejan Netherlands37.24 (14)6:34.94 (12)1:48.17 (9)13:43.73 (8)153.976
11Sverre Haugli Norway37.83 (20)6:29.64 (7)1:49.31 (15)13:46.63 (10)154.561
12Yevgeny Lalenkov Russia36.27 (4)6:37.96 (15)1:46.39 (3)14:22.09 (12)154.633
NQ13Lucas Makowsky Canada36.85 (11)6:37.30 (14)1:48.46 (10)112.733
NQ14Tobias Schneider Germany37.27 (15)6:36.32 (13)1:48.96 (12)113.222
NQ15Henrik Christiansen Norway37.35 (16)6:38.75 (16)1:49.28 (14)113.651
NQ16Robert Lehmann Germany37.07 (13)6:41.80 (17)1:49.40 (16)113.716
NQ17Steven Elm Canada36.70 (9)6:48.37 (21)1:48.80 (11)113.803
NQ18Konrad Niedźwiedzki Poland36.57 (8)6:47.83 (20)1:49.69 (17)113.916
NQ19Hiroki Hirako Japan37.83 (20)6:33.17 (8)1:51.35 (21)114.263
NQ20Trevor Marsicano United States37.82 (19)6:42.24 (18)1:49.84 (18)114.657
NQ21Justin Warsylewicz Canada38.02 (22)6:49.29 (22)1:50.57 (20)115.805
NQ22Justin Stelly United States37.71 (18)6:51.97 (23)1:53.84 (23)116.853
DQ1 -Xingyu Song ChinaDQ ()6:45.94 (19)1:53.29 (22)
NQ24-Kwun-Won Choi South Korea37.40 (17)DNS

NQ = Not qualified for the 10000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)
DQ = disqualified

Rules

All 24 participating skaters are allowed to skate the first three distances; 12 skaters may take part on the fourth distance. These 12 skaters are determined by taking the standings on the longest of the first three distances, as well as the samalog standings after three distances, and comparing these lists as follows:

  1. Skaters among the top 12 on both lists are qualified.
  2. To make up a total of 12, skaters are then added in order of their best rank on either list. Samalog standings take precedence over the longest-distance standings in the event of a tie.

References

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