2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 500 metres

The 500 metres distance for women in the 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over 13 races on seven 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.

Jenny Wolf of Germany successfully defended her title, while Margot Boer of the Netherlands came second. Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea repeated her third place from the previous season.

Top three

Medal	Athlete	Points	Previous season
Gold	Jenny Wolf	1205	1st
Silver	Margot Boer	642	13th
Bronze	Lee Sang-hwa	635	3rd

Race medallists

Occasion #	Location	Date	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
1	Berlin, Germany	7 November	Jenny Wolf Germany	37.75	Wang Beixing China	37.75	Lee Sang-hwa South Korea	38.12
		8 November	Wang Beixing China	37.91	Jenny Wolf Germany	37.95	Lee Sang-hwa South Korea	38.26
2	Heerenveen, Netherlands	14 November	Jenny Wolf Germany	37.60	Wang Beixing China	37.63	Lee Sang-hwa South Korea	38.22
		15 November	Jenny Wolf Germany	37.64	Wang Beixing China	37.74	Lee Sang-hwa South Korea	38.13
4	Changchun, China	6 December	Jenny Wolf Germany	38.09	Lee Sang-hwa South Korea	38.71	Annette Gerritsen Netherlands	38.86
		7 December	Jenny Wolf Germany	37.98	Annette Gerritsen Netherlands	38.52	Lee Sang-hwa South Korea	38.56
5	Nagano, Japan	13 December	Jenny Wolf Germany	37.71	Lee Sang-hwa South Korea	38.39	Sayuri Yoshii Japan	38.66
		14 December	Yu Jing China	38.63	Lee Sang-hwa South Korea	38.72	Xing Aihua China	38.78
6	Kolomna, Russia	24 January	Jenny Wolf Germany	37.51	Annette Gerritsen Netherlands	38.02	Yu Jing China	38.17
		25 January	Jenny Wolf Germany	37.67	Jin Peiyu China	38.01	Yu Jing China	38.13
7	Erfurt, Germany	30 January	Jenny Wolf Germany	37.58	Yu Jing China	38.18	Jin Peiyu China	38.30
		31 January	Jenny Wolf Germany	37.85	Yu Jing China	38.00	Annette Gerritsen Netherlands	38.28
9	Salt Lake City, United States	7 March	Wang Beixing China	37.25	Jenny Wolf Germany	37.39	Yu Jing China	37.62

Final standings

Standings as of 8 March 2009 (end of the season).

#	Name	Nat.	BER1	BER2	HVN1	HVN2	CHA1	CHA2	NAG1	NAG2	KOL1	KOL2	ERF1	ERF2	SLC	Total
1	Jenny Wolf		100	80	100	100	100	100	100	5	100	100	100	100	120	1205
2	Margot Boer		40	40	50	60	60	36	24	60	60	40	32	50	90	642
3	Lee Sang-hwa		70	70	70	70	80	70	80	80					45	635
4	Annette Gerritsen		50	60	60	50	70	80			80	50	60	70		630
5	Yu Jing						25	25	50	100	70	70	80	80	105	605
6	Sayuri Yoshii		60	45	36	40	32	28	70	45	40	32	21	28	40	517
7	Wang Beixing		80	100	80	80									150	490
8	Tomomi Okazaki		16	14	45	45	45	50	12	50	21	18	18	16	75	425
9	Sayuri Osuga		32	28	40	24	21	45	40	36	32	16	36	45	28	423
10	Ren Hui		14	8	8	16	50	32	36	18	50	24	50	60	16	382
11	Xing Aihua		18	18	16	14	40	60	32	70	12	10	40	40		370
12	Yuliya Nemaya		25	25	14	21	12	40	21	32	45	60	28	24	8	355
13	Jin Peiyu						19	19	60	24	16	80	70	36		324
14	Yekaterina Malysheva		21	12	32	28	16	21	45	40	24	36			18	293
15	Marianne Timmer		24	36	6	36	14	24		21			45		32	238
16	Lee Bo-ra		36	32	28	18	28	18	6	28					21	215
17	Thijsje Oenema		8	15	10	10	8	8	6	19	18	21	16	21	36	196
18	Shihomi Shinya						15	15			36	45	24	32	24	191
19	Shannon Rempel		28	24	18	12	36	14	14	10		14			10	180
20	Monique Angermüller			21	19		24	16	28	14	28	12		14		176
21	Elli Ochowicz		10	16	21	36			16	6	6	6	14	18	12	161
22	Svetlana Kaykan		4	4	15	15					10	28	25	25	14	140
23	Yukari Watanabe		12	10	12	8	18	12	10	8	14	5	8	10	6	133
24	Nao Kodaira		45	50	5				8	12						120
25	Christine Nesbitt		19	19	24				18	16			12			108
26	Zhang Shuang		6	5		19	10	10	25	25						100
27	Anzhelika Kotyuga		1			1	11	11	15	8	8	8	8	11		82
28	Heather Richardson		2		1	6			8	6	11	19	10	12		75
29	Sheng Xiaomei		11	11	25	25										72
30	Judith Hesse		5	6		11					15	25		8		70
31	Heike Hartmann		3	2	8	4	5	5			19	11	6	6		69
32	Yekaterina Lobysheva		15	2			6	6	19	15	5					68
33	Chiara Simionato										2	15	19	19		55
34	Tamara Oudenaarden		4	4			6	6		2		8	15	6		51
35	Jennifer Rodriguez				4				11	11	6		11	4		47
36	Natasja Bruintjes		6	8	2	8						2	1	8		35
37	Mayon Kuipers										25	6				31
38	Pamela Zoellner		8	3	11	2										24
39	Paulina Wallin			6	6						8	4				24
40	Kim Weger												6	15		21
41	Yekaterina Shikhova						4	8								12
42	Rebekah Bradford		1						4	4						9
43	Laurine van Riessen						8									8
44	Danielle Wotherspoon						2	2	2	1						7
45	Kerry Dankers												4	1		5
46	Gabriele Hirschbichler						1				4					5
47	Ko Hyon-Suk							4								4
48	Yekaterina Abramova											1	2			3
49	Lauren Cholewinski			1										2		3
50	Jennifer Plate		2													2
51	Svetlana Radkevich								1		1					2
52	Anna Badayeva							1								1