2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup
The 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, officially the Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2008–2009, was a series of international speed skating competitions which ran the entire season. The season started on 7 November 2008 in Berlin, Germany, and ended on 7 March 2009 in Salt Lake City, United States. In total, nine competition weekends were held at eight different locations, twelve cups were contested, and 84 races took place. The World Cup is organized by the International Skating Union.
Calendar
Note: the men's 5000 and 10000 metres were contested as one cup, and the women's 3000 and 5000 metres were contested as one cup, as indicated by the color coding.World records
World records going into the 2008–09 season.Men
| Distance | Time | Nat. | Holder | Date | Venue | Reference |
| 500 m | 34.03 |  | Jeremy Wotherspoon | 9 November 2007 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | |
| 1000 m | 1:07.00 |  | Pekka Koskela | 10 November 2007 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | |
| 1500 m | 1:42.01 | | Denny Morrison | 14 March 2008 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | |
| 5000 m | 6:03.32 |  | Sven Kramer | 17 November 2007 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | |
| 10000 m | 12:41.69 | | Sven Kramer | 10 March 2007 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | |
| Team pursuit | 3:37.80 | | Sven Kramer Carl Verheijen Erben Wennemars | 11 March 2007 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City |
At the World Cup stop in Salt Lake City on 6 March 2009, Shani Davis of the United States set a new world record on the men's 1500 metres with a time of 1:41.80. The next day, Davis' countryman Trevor Marsicano first set a new world record on the 1000 metres distance with a time of 1:06.88, after which Davis improved it further, with a time of 1:06.42.
Women
| Distance | Time | Nat. | Holder | Date | Venue | Reference |
| 500 m | 37.02 |  | Jenny Wolf | 16 November 2007 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | |
| 1000 m | 1:13.11 | | Cindy Klassen | 25 March 2006 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | |
| 1500 m | 1:51.79 | | Cindy Klassen | 20 November 2005 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | |
| 3000 m | 3:53.34 | | Cindy Klassen | 18 March 2006 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | |
| 5000 m | 6:45.61 |  | Martina Sáblíková | 11 March 2007 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | |
| Team pursuit | 2:56.04 | | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Anni Friesinger Claudia Pechstein | 12 November 2005 | Olympic Oval, Calgary |
Men's standings
100 m
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 |  Yuya Oikawa | 450 |
| 2 |  Yu Fengtong | 305 |
| 3 |  Lee Kang-seok | 270 |
500 m
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Yu Fengtong | 1086 |
| 2 | Keiichiro Nagashima | 957 |
| 3 |  Tucker Fredricks | 642 |
1000 m
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Shani Davis | 840 |
| 2 | Denny Morrison | 705 |
| 3 | Stefan Groothuis | 590 |
1500 m
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Shani Davis | 470 |
| 2 | Trevor Marsicano | 374 |
| 3 |  Håvard Bøkko | 363 |
5000 and 10000 m
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Sven Kramer | 550 |
| 2 | Håvard Bøkko | 485 |
| 3 | Bob de Jong | 425 |
Team pursuit
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | 310 | |
| 2 | 220 | |
| 3 | 210 |
Women's standings
100 m
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Jenny Wolf | 450 |
| 2 | Thijsje Oenema | 236 |
| 3 | Xing Aihua | 230 |
500 m
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Jenny Wolf | 1205 |
| 2 | Margot Boer | 642 |
| 3 | Lee Sang-hwa | 635 |
1000 m
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Christine Nesbitt | 646 |
| 2 | Kristina Groves | 507 |
| 3 | Laurine van Riessen | 468 |
1500 m
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Kristina Groves | 526 |
| 2 | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms | 355 |
| 3 | Christine Nesbitt | 335 |
3000 and 5000 m
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Martina Sáblíková | 610 |
| 2 | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms | 375 |
| 3 | Kristina Groves | 375 |
Team pursuit
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | 235 | |
| 2 | 205 | |
| 3 | 200 |