2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1500 metres

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.^[1]

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  Canada	1:57.65	Brittany Schussler  Canada	1:57.74	Shannon Rempel  Canada	1:58.04	[2]
2	Heerenveen, Netherlands	15 November	Kristina Groves  Canada	1:57.22	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms  Germany	1:57.91	Christine Nesbitt  Canada	1:58.08	[3]
3	Moscow, Russia	23 November	Claudia Pechstein  Germany	1:55.96	Christine Nesbitt  Canada	1:56.40	Kristina Groves  Canada	1:56.76	[4]
7	Erfurt, Germany	30 January	Anni Friesinger  Germany	1:56.90	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms  Germany	1:58.13	Ireen Wüst  Netherlands	1:58.54	[5]
8	Heerenveen, Netherlands	15 February	Anni Friesinger  Germany	1:57.48	Christine Nesbitt  Canada	1:57.58	Kristina Groves  Canada	1:58.40	[6]
9	Salt Lake City, United States	7 March	Kristina Groves  Canada	1:54.08	Maki Tabata  Japan	1:54.79	Brittany Schussler  Canada	1:54.91	[7]

Final standings

Standings as of 8 March 2009 (end of the season).^[8][9]

#	Name	Nat.	BER	HVN1	MOS	ERF	HVN2	SLC	Total
1	Groves, KristinaKristina Groves		100	100	70	36	70	150	526
2	Anschutz-Thoms, DanielaDaniela Anschütz-Thoms		60	80	60	80	–	75	355
3	Nesbitt, ChristineChristine Nesbitt		45	70	80	60	80	–	335
4	Schussler, BrittanyBrittany Schussler		80	32	21	50	40	105	328
5	Rempel, ShannonShannon Rempel		70	36	36	21	–	90	253
6	Wust, IreenIreen Wüst		36	40	–	70	60	24	230
7	Tabata, MakiMaki Tabata		32	10	14	28	14	120	218
8	Riessen, LaurineLaurine van Riessen		28	50	45	18	32	32	205
9	Friesinger, AnniAnni Friesinger		–	–	–	100	100	–	200
10	Pechstein, ClaudiaClaudia Pechstein		–	60	100	40	–	–	200
11	Leenstra, MarritMarrit Leenstra		24	45	18	24	45	21	177
12	Wojcicka, KatarzynaKatarzyna Wójcicka		8	6	25	6	50	40	135
13	Hozumi, MasakoMasako Hozumi		21	21	32	10	28	18	130
14	Vries, ElmaElma de Vries		40	16	24	–	–	36	116
15	Lobysheva, YekaterinaYekaterina Lobysheva		12	28	28	16	–	28	112
16	Sablikova, MartinaMartina Sáblíková		50	–	10	45	–	–	105
17	Angermuller, MoniqueMonique Angermüller		18	24	–	12	–	45	99
18	Haugli, MarenMaren Haugli		25	12	6	14	24	14	95
19	Shabanova, AllaAlla Shabanova		15	8	19	32	–	16	90
20	Voorhuis, JorienJorien Voorhuis		–	–	50	25	–	–	75
21	Geest, LisetteLisette van der Geest		–	–	–	19	36	12	67
22	Hughes, ClaraClara Hughes		10	19	16	5	–	10	60
23	Opitz, LucilleLucille Opitz		16	14	8	–	10	6	54
24	Deutekom, PaulienPaulien van Deutekom		6	25	–	–	12	–	43
25	Valkenburg, DianeDiane Valkenburg		–	–	40	–	–	–	40
26	Noh Seon-yeong		8	15	12	–	–	–	35
27	Dong Feifei		3	8	15	8	–	–	34
28	Lamb, MariaMaria Lamb		–	–	–	–	25	8	33
29	Otsu, HiromiHiromi Otsu		4	0	4	6	18	–	32
30	Rodriguez, JenniferJennifer Rodriguez		14	18	–	–	–	–	32
31	Mattscherodt, KatrinKatrin Mattscherodt		19	6	5	–	–	–	30
32	Likhachova, GalinaGalina Likhachova		6	11	1	11	–	–	29
33	Shikhova, YekaterinaYekaterina Shikhova		–	–	11	15	–	–	26
34	Zlotkowska, LuizaLuiza Złotkowska		–	0	–	2	21	–	23
35	Lee Ju-yeon		11	4	6	–	–	–	21
36	Erbanova, KarolinaKarolína Erbanová		0	–	–	0	19	–	19
37	Swider-Peltz, Jr, NancyNancy Swider-Peltz, Jr		2	0	–	0	16	–	18
38	Garrido, NicoleNicole Garrido		–	–	–	–	15	–	15
39	Obara, YuriYuri Obara		1	0	–	8	6	–	15
40	Xu Jinjin		5	–	8	–	–	–	13
41	Ost, IsabellIsabell Ost		–	–	–	4	8	–	12
42	Rokita, AnnaAnna Rokita		0	0	0	–	11	–	11
43	Ishino, ErikoEriko Ishino		–	–	0	0	8	–	8
44	Beckert, StephanieStephanie Beckert		–	–	0	–	6	–	6
45	Fu Chunyan		4	2	0	0	–	–	6
46	Lipp, AlexandraAlexandra Lipp		–	–	–	–	4	–	4
47	Yang Gao		2	0	2	0	–	–	4
48	Rybakova, NatalyaNatalya Rybakova		0	0	0	0	2	–	2
49	Dumitru, DanielaDaniela Dumitru		–	–	–	0	1	–	1
50	Abramova, YekaterinaYekaterina Abramova		–	–	–	1	–	–	1
	Yasenok, YuliyaYuliya Yasenok		0	1	–	0	–	–	1

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