2009 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships

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.

World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
Richmond Olympic Oval (Richmond)
Venue	Richmond Olympic Oval (Richmond)
Dates	12, 13, 14 and 15 March 2009
←2008 Nagano 2011 Inzell→

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 details	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 details	Trevor Marsicano  United States	1:08.96 TR	Denny Morrison  Canada	1:09.00	Shani Davis  United States	1:09.02
1500 m details	Shani Davis  United States	1:46.17 TR	Trevor Marsicano  United States	1:46.30	Denny Morrison  Canada	1:47.05
5000 m details	Sven Kramer  Netherlands	6:16.20 TR	Håvard Bøkko  Norway	6:18.02	Trevor Marsicano  United States	6:20.06
10000 m details	Sven Kramer  Netherlands	12:55.32 TR	Håvard Bøkko  Norway	13:03.95	Bob de Jong  Netherlands	13:13.16
Team pursuit details	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 details	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 details	Christine Nesbitt  Canada	1.16,28 TR	Anni Friesinger  Germany	1.16,32	Margot Boer  Netherlands	1.16,44
1500 m details	Anni Friesinger  Germany	1.58,66 TR	Ireen Wüst  Netherlands	1.58,83	Christine Nesbitt  Canada	1.58,88
3000 m details	Renate Groenewold  Netherlands	4.05,43 TR	Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic	4.05,50	Kristina Groves  Canada	4.06,46
5000 m details	Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic	6.57,84 TR	Clara Hughes  Canada	7.00,54	Kristina Groves  Canada	7.02,91
Team pursuit details	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