The 1500 metres distance for women 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.
Kristina Groves of Canada successfully defended her title from the previous season, while Daniela Anschütz-Thoms of Germany came second, and Christine Nesbitt of Canada, the previous season's runner-up, came third.
Top three Medal Athlete Points Previous season Gold Kristina Groves 526 1st Silver Daniela Anschütz-Thoms 355 6th Bronze Christine Nesbitt 335 2nd
Race medallists Occasion # Location Date Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report 1 Berlin, Germany 7 November Kristina Groves 1:57.65 Brittany Schussler 1:57.74 Shannon Rempel 1:58.04 2008-09 World Cup #1 - Results 1500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 2 Heerenveen, Netherlands 15 November Kristina Groves 1:57.22 Daniela Anschütz-Thoms 1:57.91 Christine Nesbitt 1:58.08 2008-09 World Cup #2 - Results 1500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 3 Moscow, Russia 23 November Claudia Pechstein 1:55.96 Christine Nesbitt 1:56.40 Kristina Groves 1:56.76 2008-09 World Cup #3 - Results 1500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 7 Erfurt, Germany 30 January Anni Friesinger 1:56.90 Daniela Anschütz-Thoms 1:58.13 Ireen Wüst 1:58.54 2008-09 World Cup #7 - Results 1500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 8 Heerenveen, Netherlands 15 February Anni Friesinger 1:57.48 Christine Nesbitt 1:57.58 Kristina Groves 1:58.40 2008-09 World Cup #8 - Results 1500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 9 , 7 March Kristina Groves 1:54.08 Maki Tabata 1:54.79 Brittany Schussler 1:54.91 2008-09 World Cup #9 Final - Results 1500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
Final standings Standings as of 8 March 2009 (end of the season).Standings 1500 m womenClassification of the 2008-09 World Cup 1500 meters Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com. # Name Nat. BER HVN1 MOS ERF HVN2 SLC Total 1 100 100 70 36 70 150 526 2 60 80 60 80 – 75 355 3 45 70 80 60 80 – 335 4 80 32 21 50 40 105 328 5 70 36 36 21 – 90 253 6 36 40 – 70 60 24 230 7 32 10 14 28 14 120 218 8 28 50 45 18 32 32 205 9 – – – 100 100 – 200 10 – 60 100 40 – – 200 11 24 45 18 24 45 21 177 12 8 6 25 6 50 40 135 13 21 21 32 10 28 18 130 14 40 16 24 – – 36 116 15 12 28 28 16 – 28 112 16 50 – 10 45 – – 105 17 18 24 – 12 – 45 99 18 25 12 6 14 24 14 95 19 15 8 19 32 – 16 90 20 – – 50 25 – – 75 21 – – – 19 36 12 67 22 10 19 16 5 – 10 60 23 16 14 8 – 10 6 54 24 6 25 – – 12 – 43 25 – – 40 – – – 40 26 Noh Seon-yeong 8 15 12 – – – 35 27 Dong Feifei 3 8 15 8 – – 34 28 – – – – 25 8 33 29 4 0 4 6 18 – 32 30 14 18 – – – – 32 31 19 6 5 – – – 30 32 6 11 1 11 – – 29 33 – – 11 15 – – 26 34 – 0 – 2 21 – 23 35 Lee Ju-yeon 11 4 6 – – – 21 36 0 – – 0 19 – 19 37 2 0 – 0 16 – 18 38 – – – – 15 – 15 39 1 0 – 8 6 – 15 40 Xu Jinjin 5 – 8 – – – 13 41 – – – 4 8 – 12 42 0 0 0 – 11 – 11 43 – – 0 0 8 – 8 44 – – 0 – 6 – 6 45 Fu Chunyan 4 2 0 0 – – 6 46 – – – – 4 – 4 47 Yang Gao 2 0 2 0 – – 4 48 0 0 0 0 2 – 2 49 – – – 0 1 – 1 50 – – – 1 – – 1 0 1 – 0 – – 1
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