2009 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships

World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
Richmond Olympic Oval (Richmond)
Venue	Richmond Olympic Oval (Richmond)
Dates	12, 13, 14 and 15 March 2009

The 2009 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between 12 March and 15 March 2009 in the Richmond Olympic Oval, Richmond, BC, Canada.

Schedule

Date	Time	Events
March 12	12:30	1500 m men
		3000 m women
March 13	12:30	1000 m men
		1500 m women
		5000 m men
March 14	12:30	1000 m women
		10000 m men
		5000 m women
March 15	12:30	500 m women (1st)
		500 m men (1st)
		500 m women (2nd)
		500 m men (2nd)
		Team pursuit women
		Team pursuit men

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
2 × 500 m	Lee Kang-seok South Korea	69.730 34.80 34.93	Lee Kyou-hyuk South Korea	69.920 34.90 35.02	Yu Fengtong China	69.970 35.06 34.91
1000 m	Trevor Marsicano United States	1:08.96 TR	Denny Morrison Canada	1:09.00	Shani Davis United States	1:09.02
1500 m	Shani Davis United States	1:46.17 TR	Trevor Marsicano United States	1:46.30	Denny Morrison Canada	1:47.05
5000 m	Sven Kramer Netherlands	6:16.20 TR	Håvard Bøkko Norway	6:18.02	Trevor Marsicano United States	6:20.06
10000 m	Sven Kramer Netherlands	12:55.32 TR	Håvard Bøkko Norway	13:03.95	Bob de Jong Netherlands	13:13.16
Team pursuit	Netherlands Sven Kramer Wouter olde Heuvel Carl Verheijen	3:41.26	Sweden Joel Eriksson Daniel Friberg Johan Röjler	3:45.73	United States Ryan Bedford Brian Hansen Trevor Marsicano	3:46.07

Note: TR = Track record

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
2 × 500 m	Jenny Wolf Germany	75.750 38.03 37.72	Wang Beixing China	75.870 37.78 38.09	Lee Sang-hwa South Korea	76.390 38.23 38.16
1000 m	Christine Nesbitt Canada	1.16,28 TR	Anni Friesinger Germany	1.16,32	Margot Boer Netherlands	1.16,44
1500 m	Anni Friesinger Germany	1.58,66 TR	Ireen Wüst Netherlands	1.58,83	Christine Nesbitt Canada	1.58,88
3000 m	Renate Groenewold Netherlands	4.05,43 TR	Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic	4.05,50	Kristina Groves Canada	4.06,46
5000 m	Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic	6.57,84 TR	Clara Hughes Canada	7.00,54	Kristina Groves Canada	7.02,91
Team pursuit	Canada Kristina Groves Christine Nesbitt Brittany Schussler	2:58.25	Netherlands Jorien Voorhuis Renate Groenewold Ireen Wüst	3:02.02	Japan Maki Tabata Masako Hozumi Hiromi Otsu	3:04.06

Note: TR = Track record

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands (NED)	4	2	2	8
2	Canada (CAN)	2	2	4	8
3	United States (USA)	2	1	3	6
4	Germany (GER)	2	1	0	3
5	South Korea (KOR)	1	1	1	3
6	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	1	0	2
7	Norway (NOR)	0	2	0	2
8	China (CHN)	0	1	1	2
9	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	0	1
10	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		12	12	12	36

References

• Official results